deleting sketch in the middle of the feature tree

[p2000]

Hello,

When i try to delete any sketch or feature in the middle of the tree, it gives lots of errors later specially if there are other sketches created as a reference to this deleted one, what is the best way to delete something in the middle without affecting the rest and without having rebuild errors.

Regards

 

[JMirisola]

SolidWorks is a history based program. Basically, what you're trying to do is go back in time and remove a chunk of history without changing the present. Anyone who has seen Back to the Future knows that messing with the past could make you fade away.
The only way to do what you want would be to create every sketch and feature independant of any other sketch or feature.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[bvanhiel]

Easiest way for a newbie:

Make a copy of the part and rename it so you can pull both the part and the copy up at the same time.

Delete the feature and start working your way though each failed sketch and feature, fixing the lost references as you go. Use the part copy as reference.

-b

 

[TheTick]

Check Parent/Child (w/ right-click) to see what features are dependent on your sketch. Go to each feature and reassign relations in child features until your sketch has no more child feature dependencies. Once the sketch has no child dependencies, it is safe to delete.

I also use bvanhiel's technique of making a backup copy to check against.

 

[DesignerGuy16]

Go through all of the sketches of the features that are AFTER the one you're trying to delete and delete and relations that link to that sketch you want to delete. Once the link is broken, you can delete and everything is hunky dory.

If it doesn't delete the features after it altogether, it might just be a problem where the features/sketches can't find the face they were made on and just need re-attached (edit feature / edit sketch plane).