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Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

(OP)
Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?  I have a sketch that for some reason has 2 sets of identical lines on top of each other.  I can go through and highlight each line and hit the delete button and there is another identical sketch there.  I thought there was something said in the training classes that I had about being able to "Check for & Delete all duplicate sketch entities".
SW2005

Thanks in advance

When it comes to protecting yourself or your family it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

RE: Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

"Tools/Sketch Tools/ Check Sketch for Feature"

Select the feature type you are creating and go.
It should highlight the problem area.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP0.0 on WinXP SP2

RE: Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

Try Tools > Sketch Tools > Repair Sketch


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

(OP)
Thanks for the suggestion but I did try that.  It checks the sketch and reports that there is 1 closed contour and no errors.  However, there was still 2 identical sketches overlapping each other.  I went through and clicked each entity and hit the delete button for each one until I went through the entire sketch.  Now if I delete a line there is nothing left.

When it comes to protecting yourself or your family it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

RE: Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

I thought that tool would hightlight the offending area, but memory's fuzzy.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP0.0 on WinXP SP2

RE: Is there a way to check for duplicate sketch entities?

The Check sketch for feature tool does highlight the offending entity ... but only one at a time. You have to re-rerun the tool to find the next offender.

The Repair Sketch tool actually removes offending entities and joins split lines into one ... and usually in one run ... usually.  


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

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