Breaking feature dependencies?
Breaking feature dependencies?
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Hello,
Here's the problem: I'm trying to move a sketch to a location earlier in the part navigator. But when I do that, an extrude feature gets moved as well and placed right before the sketch. That's because the extrude feature somehow is a parent to the sketch, and therefore automatically gets moved together with the sketch. I do not know how the extrude feature became a parent of the sketch. It was never intended to be a parent, or, if it once was an intended parent I now want to break that dependency. So, in order to move the sketch without the extrude feature being moved simultaneously, I need to break the dependency(ies) the sketch has to the extrude feature. Without knowing how it became the parent, it will take a lot of detective work to find the dependencies and delete them. One way to do it is to open the sketch, look at the Show/Remove Constraints dialog and sift through every single constraint in the sketch until I find the offending constraints and delete them.
Is there an easier and faster way to break the dependency between a child and parent? I thought that perhaps you could in the Dependencies panel right click a parent and select "Remove Dependency" but there doesn't seem to be a command like that.
Here's the problem: I'm trying to move a sketch to a location earlier in the part navigator. But when I do that, an extrude feature gets moved as well and placed right before the sketch. That's because the extrude feature somehow is a parent to the sketch, and therefore automatically gets moved together with the sketch. I do not know how the extrude feature became a parent of the sketch. It was never intended to be a parent, or, if it once was an intended parent I now want to break that dependency. So, in order to move the sketch without the extrude feature being moved simultaneously, I need to break the dependency(ies) the sketch has to the extrude feature. Without knowing how it became the parent, it will take a lot of detective work to find the dependencies and delete them. One way to do it is to open the sketch, look at the Show/Remove Constraints dialog and sift through every single constraint in the sketch until I find the offending constraints and delete them.
Is there an easier and faster way to break the dependency between a child and parent? I thought that perhaps you could in the Dependencies panel right click a parent and select "Remove Dependency" but there doesn't seem to be a command like that.
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RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
Now if you referenced any of the faces or edges of the Extrude feature while creating Sketch constraints then it may be a bit trickier as you'll need to create some new objects, Datums and/or Curves, reordering them AHEAD of where you want the Sketch and then edit the Sketch constraints replacing the references faces/edges of the Extrude using the recently created and reordered Datum/Curves.
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RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
NX9 Win8.1 64bit i7-3770K 16GB Quadro2000
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
I am aware of that feature but will it work with non native solid or surface files?
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
For more information about 'Synchronous Technology' and how it can be used to support multi-CAD workflows, go to:
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?
RE: Breaking feature dependencies?