Solidworks Rebuild Problem
Solidworks Rebuild Problem
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Hello,
I recently completed a solidworks model of over 500 features. I then had to go back and revise towards the top of the feature tree which caused a good bit of errors upon rebuilding. I am still in the process of working my way back through the model but noticed that solidworks keeps rebuilding from one point in the feature tree every time i touch the rollback bar or edit a feature. This is driving me crazy becuase it has now gotten up to about 150 features that are rebuilding every time i edit a feature. I have built and revised many complex models in the past and This has never happened. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
I recently completed a solidworks model of over 500 features. I then had to go back and revise towards the top of the feature tree which caused a good bit of errors upon rebuilding. I am still in the process of working my way back through the model but noticed that solidworks keeps rebuilding from one point in the feature tree every time i touch the rollback bar or edit a feature. This is driving me crazy becuase it has now gotten up to about 150 features that are rebuilding every time i edit a feature. I have built and revised many complex models in the past and This has never happened. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
thanks






RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
E.g., when you revise something near the top of the feature tree, you may inadvertently move, remove, or rename some feature that something farther down in the tree was referencing. That, in turn, causes its referencing features to blow up, and so on, in a chain reaction.
You've been lucky.
For me, SW does crazy weird stuff all the time.
Okay, less so as I gain experience, but it still drives me crazy with its mixture of smart and stupid behaviors.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
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Eric
RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
I have traced the problem back to the fillet feature where the rebuilding begins. From there, I tried to detect what could be causing the problem and there was an error within the feature. The once filleted edges were no longer in the model. I was able to correct the fillet error but the rebuilding continues. The situation is getting worse as i weed through these revisions because the rebuild list just keeps getting longer. ugh!
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Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
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RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
Eric
RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
What version/SP of SolidWorks is this in?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
I finally bit the bullet and saved the part out into a new file which cleared the feature treeu. I figured recreating all of the downstream features would be faster than waiting on these rebuilds. Thanks for all of the help!
Alain Eboli
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Solidworks Rebuild Problem
Top down modeling in theory a great idea but not practical for all but the simpler assemblies. No help to you now but consider carefully for the next time.