I have been trying to upload a test pattern to a 4x4 cube we built to get it to work no luck can i get a little help ?
So your uploading code we haven't seen to a board you haven't told us about to get a pattern on a "cube" where we don't know how it is wired, where you have not told us what it is supposed to be doing or what it is doing, and you are expecting an answer based on what exactly?
In short.... no one can help on the basis of the information you have so far provided.
Which Arduino? Which cube? What error message did you get?
ChilliTronix:
So your uploading code we haven't seen to a board you haven't told us about to get a pattern on a "cube" where we don't know how it is wired, where you have not told us what it is supposed to be doing or what it is doing, and you are expecting an answer based on what exactly?
You mean that you, like me, failed the mind-reading skills 101 examination? 
You need to fix that.
KenF:
You need to fix that.
I would, but I can't find an accredited course anywhere.
Henry_Best:
I would, but I can't find an accredited course anywhere.
They don't advertise. If you don't know where they are, you failed their entrance criteria