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deleting a feature in a pattern

deleting a feature in a pattern

deleting a feature in a pattern

(OP)
Sorry for the stupid question but how do you delete few features out of a pattern? I have a large pattern of holes and need to selectively remove a few here and there.

Thanks
kgrzebien

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

If your are on 2001, and its not a Pattern Table, then you can not. You can convert a Pattern to a Pattern Table and then remove features one by one.

Or you can do a silly thing like fill in the holes with a solid feature.

If you have WF, you have more options.

Steve

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http://www.3dlogix.com

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

(OP)
By the way  I am running Wildfire 2.0 and the pattern is done as a dimensional pattern, I have never tied a pattern table before. Probably sound strange coming from someone with 10 years usage.

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

BEST THING TO DO IS CONVERT IT FROM A DIM PATTERN TO A TABLE PATTERN
THEN GO  EDIT/PATTERN TABLE
HIGHLIGHT TABLE 1 ACTIONS/WRITE
THEN ADD NEW TABLE FROM FILE
RENAME IT TABLE 2
ACTIVATE IT      EDIT IT----DELETE ITEMS
THEN YOU CAN FAMILY TABLE IT OR LEAVE IT AS IS BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

(OP)
First of all THANKS for the replys, Two more quick questions
can the pattern leader (base feature) be deleted from the pattern? and is there an easy way to find the ID for each instance so I tell which one I'm deleting. Does "!" comment out a line instead of deleting the instance
THANKS AGAIN

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

yes it can and
use info feature it shoots out the browser with the info
the prob with th ID sometimes is when you look them up in the table they may be off by 1 so in my method above create a 2nd table and active it regen to see it

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

(OP)
I still can't figure out how to eliminate the first item on the pattern. I finaly figured out how to eliminate all the others but delteing the first item which has the driving dimensions is a mystery to me. Again THANKS FOR THE HELP!!

RE: deleting a feature in a pattern

(OP)
THANKS to 3dlogix and mechbull

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