Sketch: associative, editable sketch patterns (#1103)

Rectangular and circular sketch patterns stay linked to their source: editing the pattern's count, spacing or the source geometry updates the copies, and the copies keep their point and radius relations. Patterns are saved under format 20; older designs keep their independent copies.
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@@ -246,6 +246,17 @@ Proposed sketch geometry appears **green** before confirmation. Change the input
update the preview, then press **OK**. **Cancel** discards the preview. A circular pattern centre
can be an existing point or a position clicked in empty sketch space.
Sketch patterns keep each instance related to the seed geometry: moving the seed updates the
copies, and a copy cannot deform independently. Circle and ellipse radii follow the seed too.
Choose a circle's centre point to keep a circular pattern centred on that circle. A centre
placed in empty space becomes a sketch point that can be dimensioned or made coincident.
Double-click the pattern badge (at the circular centre or beside the rectangular seed), or
right-click a seed or copy and choose **Edit Sketch Pattern**, to change quantity, spacing,
direction or total angle. Confirmed edits preserve surviving instance ids; Cancel discards
the preview. Pattern settings survive save/reopen and undo/redo. Deleting a seed, copy or
pattern relation breaks that association and leaves the remaining geometry independent.
Patterns saved by older versions remain independent copies; recreate them to add associations.
Offset distances are editable driving dimensions: double-click a dimension or change its model
parameter to resize the offset without moving its source curves. The selected side, distance,
and association survive save/reopen and undo/redo. Symmetric offsets share one driving distance;