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Suppress Cut Feature after Fold Issue

Question asked by Jonny Levelius on Nov 10, 2017
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I am trying to suppress a cut feature in my part that will be run using DriveWorksXpress. I can't seem to figure out why I can't suppress "FirstRowDrainHole" (cut feature) after I fold the sheet metal part. Any thoughts on this? I am running SolidWorks 2017 SP04.1. I would like to suppress this feature using DriveWorksXpress because if I can suppress it, it will also suppress "SecondRowDrainHole" and all the linear feature patterns associated with them. Thus, taking all the "Drain Holes" out of my part.

Jonny Levelius Nov 10, 2017 3:37 PM

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I solved the issue by moving my Sketch30 which was my direction for linear feature patterns that were lower on the tree to a point AFTER my Fold feature (now Sketch32). I don't know why I didn't see this earlier but I am just glad this silly issue is over.

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Deepak Gupta Nov 10, 2017 1:13 PM

Jonny, not sure why you are not getting the suppress feature icon but try using the configure feature to suppress it.

Right click on the feature and select configure feature.

Now in the pop up table, select the box and click OK to suppress it.

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Jonny Levelius @ Deepak Gupta on Nov 10, 2017 2:00 PM

I have this feature connected to a DriveWorksXpress checkbox. When I check the box, this feature suppresses or unsuppresses. When using the "Configure Feature" option, this seems to fail every time I run my form. Do you think there is something with my equations that could possibly be interfering with the feature suppression? I have built another part and put the Cut features before the Fold feature and they seem to suppress and unsuppress just fine but for the rest of the part to work properly I need to have the features oriented in the same way they are in the part I uploaded in the OP. I feel the issue has to do with the Fold/Unfold.

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Deepak Gupta @ Jonny Levelius on Nov 10, 2017 2:18 PM

It seems like some of the equations are linked to sketches of those features which is not letting them suppress. So you need to work on those equations to fix the issue.

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Jonny Levelius @ Deepak Gupta on Nov 10, 2017 2:23 PM

I will take a look at those for a bit. Thank you for the advice.

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Deepak Gupta @ Jonny Levelius on Nov 10, 2017 3:41 PM

Thanks for sharing

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Deepak Gupta Nov 10, 2017 1:13 PM
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Jonny, not sure why you are not getting the suppress feature icon but try using the configure feature to suppress it.

Right click on the feature and select configure feature.

Now in the pop up table, select the box and click OK to suppress it.
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- Jonny Levelius @ Deepak Gupta on Nov 10, 2017 2:00 PM
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  I have this feature connected to a DriveWorksXpress checkbox. When I check the box, this feature suppresses or unsuppresses. When using the "Configure Feature" option, this seems to fail every time I run my form. Do you think there is something with my equations that could possibly be interfering with the feature suppression? I have built another part and put the Cut features before the Fold feature and they seem to suppress and unsuppress just fine but for the rest of the part to work properly I need to have the features oriented in the same way they are in the part I uploaded in the OP. I feel the issue has to do with the Fold/Unfold.
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  - Deepak Gupta @ Jonny Levelius on Nov 10, 2017 2:18 PM
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    It seems like some of the equations are linked to sketches of those features which is not letting them suppress. So you need to work on those equations to fix the issue.
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    - Jonny Levelius @ Deepak Gupta on Nov 10, 2017 2:23 PM
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      I will take a look at those for a bit. Thank you for the advice.
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Jonny Levelius Nov 10, 2017 3:37 PM
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I solved the issue by moving my Sketch30 which was my direction for linear feature patterns that were lower on the tree to a point AFTER my Fold feature (now Sketch32). I don't know why I didn't see this earlier but I am just glad this silly issue is over.
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- Deepak Gupta @ Jonny Levelius on Nov 10, 2017 3:41 PM
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