12 Replies Latest reply on Nov 13, 2018 7:19 PM by Dave Bear

I have issues in deleting these cut features but i cant find them?

Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 5:18 PM

hi guys, i'm having trouble deleting some cut extruded features I made in the assembly which became derived cuts. I need to delete these holes so they dont come back again but I have looked everywhere and cant seem to find where the feature is located in the feature tree! its very strange. I have attached a picture and circled the extruded cut features I want to eliminate but I cant find them anywhere its very weird. Is there any way to locate exactly where they could be?

Back Panel - Bloom - 1082018.SLDPRT.zip 283.9 KB

Re: I have issues in deleting these cut features but i cant find them?

Steven Mills Nov 12, 2018 5:27 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)

A quick way to find features in the tree is to right-click on the face of a feature you are trying to find and select Go To Feature (In Tree)

In this case you will have to select the face inside the holes.
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  Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 5:48 PM (in response to Steven Mills)
  
  i tried that but the sheet metal wouldnt lead me to that cut hole instead it highlights the whole sheet metal body. Solidworks acts as if that cut hole is a part of the original feature which it is not. I cant tell where it went.
  
  I attached the part file for you to look at if you can
  
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Re: I have issues in deleting these cut features but i cant find them?

Paul Salvador Nov 12, 2018 5:26 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)

Hello Varum,.. because they reside within the context of "Panels - Bloom 10082018".
You would need to "Edit in Context".. to remove them..
Or,.. Delete/Patch.
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  Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 5:50 PM (in response to Paul Salvador)
  
  a bit of a side question but would there be a way to take a separate piece of sheet metal that is fixed in width and somehow make it so its a bit skinnier? Only about .10 inches of reduction at most
  
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Re: I have issues in deleting these cut features but i cant find them?

Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 6:34 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)

yea im looking all over but I cannot locate these cut holes anywhere..i really need to get rid of them since those areas of the panel have design changes
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  Dave Bear Nov 12, 2018 7:28 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)
  
  Varun Sharma wrote:
  
  yea im looking all over but I cannot locate these cut holes anywhere..i really need to get rid of them since those areas of the panel have design changes
  
  You need to do what Paul Salvador has told you...............
  You would also be well advised to learn to fully defined your sketches (imho).
  
  Dave.
  
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    Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 7:58 PM (in response to Dave Bear)
    
    thanks I finally found a way but I have an issue right now. So I converted a segment of a solid body into sheet metal that is connected to another solid body piece. but I want this one sheet metal piece to be skinnier in width by just 0.1" at most because when we got it machined it had a tough interference fit and we had to force fit it. We decided to make this front panel skinnier so it just slides right in because our machinist doesent go by drawings he just takes my part file and machines it via programming so i want to design this front panel to be just a tad bit skinnier in width.
    
    would you have any way of doing that? I have attached the file here below.
    
    Front Panel - Bloom - 1082018.SLDPRT.zip 316.2 KB
    
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      Dave Bear Nov 12, 2018 8:21 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)
      
      Varun Sharma wrote:
      
      thanks I finally found a way but I have an issue right now. So I converted a segment of a solid body into sheet metal that is connected to another solid body piece. but I want this one sheet metal piece to be skinnier in width by just 0.1" at most because when we got it machined it had a tough interference fit and we had to force fit it. We decided to make this front panel skinnier so it just slides right in because our machinist doesent go by drawings he just takes my part file and machines it via programming so i want to design this front panel to be just a tad bit skinnier in width.
      
      would you have any way of doing that? I have attached the file here below.
      
      You have a couple of options,
      1) You can just go back and change change the original size of the panel to reflect that change BUT be careful of how your holes were sketched/position because they will change also if dimensioned from edges.
      2) You can simply just trim each edge of the model as it is now by half of the overall amount that you need.
      
      Dave.
      
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        Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 8:27 PM (in response to Dave Bear)
        
        yea I felt just trimming it would work but it is the gritty way of getting it done. I am already aware of the holes that are there which I would need to re align so I was just ignoring that for now. If I go back into my original sketch I am worried it will affect even the back panel as well which I do not want to change in width. Only this front panel is all I want to reduce.
        
        I will work it out. just wondering if there was a way around it. like a scale option or something? It is a very small change just so the interference goes away.
        
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        Dave Bear Nov 12, 2018 8:40 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)
        
        Varun Sharma wrote:
        
        yea I felt just trimming it would work but it is the gritty way of getting it done. I am already aware of the holes that are there which I would need to re align so I was just ignoring that for now. If I go back into my original sketch I am worried it will affect even the back panel as well which I do not want to change in width. Only this front panel is all I want to reduce.
        
        I will work it out. just wondering if there was a way around it. like a scale option or something? It is a very small change just so the interference goes away.
        
        Scaling it will scale every part of it!
        No offense meant here but because of the way you have done your sketches and created this so far, I would just simply trim (cut extrude) each individual edge if I was you........... problem solved!
        
        Dave.
        
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        Varun Sharma Nov 13, 2018 11:54 AM (in response to Dave Bear)
        
        yea it is a bit tricky drawing it the way i did. I was guided by somebody else to do it that way. would you have a better method of creating sheet metal parts in the future ?
        
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        Dave Bear Nov 13, 2018 7:19 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)
        
        You haven't done the inbuilt tutorials that come with your software have you Varun, ?
        
        Dave.
        
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Re: I have issues in deleting these cut features but i cant find them?

Varun Sharma Nov 12, 2018 7:53 PM (in response to Varun Sharma)

I fixed it! ...ahh thank you guys.
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