{"id":170993,"date":"2023-06-05T07:05:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:29:49","slug":"ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you go to &#8220;Unpattern&#8221;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To break the bond between these components, right click and then go to Source > Make Independent. Now when you pull one body, the other will not move because they are independent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170993","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-18-1","topic-tag-ansys-spaceclaim-directmodeler","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-preprocessing-geometry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you go to &quot;Unpattern&quot;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you go to &quot;Unpattern&quot;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-05T07:05:29+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:29:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"When you go to &quot;Unpattern&quot;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluid-dynamics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"fluid-dynamics\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluid-dynamics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"fluid-dynamics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluid-dynamics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/fluid-dynamics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"fluid-dynamics\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/\",\"name\":\"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"When you go to \\\"Unpattern\\\", you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-05T07:05:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:29:49+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"When you go to \"Unpattern\", you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/#listItem","name":"fluid-dynamics"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"fluid-dynamics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/#listItem","name":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/#listItem","name":"fluid-dynamics"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/","name":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"When you go to \"Unpattern\", you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-06-05T07:05:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:29:49+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"When you go to &quot;Unpattern&quot;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/","article:published_time":"2023-06-05T07:05:29+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:29:49+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"When you go to &quot;Unpattern&quot;, you are removing the pattern properties. In other words, you are removing the ability to change the count and the spacing. The subcomponents here though, are still copies of each other, similar to how the components would behave if you made a copy of one using CTRL and move. To"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"170993","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-18 01:33:16","updated":"2026-07-30 04:05:40","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/\" title=\"fluid-dynamics\">fluid-dynamics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"fluid-dynamics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/fluid-dynamics\/"},{"label":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: After unpatterning, changing one body still makes changes on other bodies. Why is this happening and how to overcome it?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-after-unpatterning-changing-one-body-still-makes-changes-on-other-bodies-why-is-this-happening-and-how-to-overcome-it\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2\/6\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["5424"],"siebel_km_number":["2050969"],"product_version":["18.1"],"km_published_date":["2017-08-10T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"application_name":["ANSYS SpaceClaim DirectModeler"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}