Lesson 8 Editing: Repairs Upon successful completion ofthis lesson, you will beable to: Diagnose various problems in part. Repair sketch geometry problems ‘Use the rollback bar. Repair dangling relations and dimensions. Use the FeatureX pest to repair filleting problems. Use the FilletXpert to ad fillets ™Lesson 8 ting Reps Stages in the Process Editing Topics Information froma Model ‘The Solid Works software provides the capability to edt vieualy ‘anything at any time This facilitates the ability to review or repair any sketch or feature inthe history of the model. Many tools for ed ting parts are covered and reviewed in this lesson. Some Key stages inthe process of modifying this part are shown in the following list. Each ofthese topies comprise a section inthe lesson, [Add and delete relations Sometimes the relations ina sketch must be deleted or changed due to changes in the design, What's Wrong? ‘When ertors occur, the What's Wrong option can be used to investigate and pinpoint the problem, Eait sketch Making changes to the geometry and relations of any sketch ea be ‘done through Eat Sketch ‘Check sketch for feature ‘Check Sketch for Feature can check a sketch for problems, verifying its suitability for use ina feature. You must Edt ketch befere using ‘Check Sketch for Feature, Edit feature ‘Changes to how a featur is eeated are done through Edit Feature, ‘The same PropertyManager that is used o reate a feature is used to edit FeatureXpert and FilltXpert Use the FeatureXpert to automatically repair errors in fillet and drat features. Use the FilletXpert oad fillet features. Eling covers a wide range of topics from fixing broken sketches to reordering things inthe FeatureManager design tree. These topics can be summarized as repairing errors, interrogating the part and changing the design ofthe part Nondestructive testing ofa model can yield many important insights as tohow the model was created, the relationships that were estab ished, ‘nd changes that ean be incorporated. Ths section will focus on using, editing tools in conjunction with rollback to “interrogate” the del,Finding and Repairing Problems Settings Procedure ssson edn apa Finding and repairing problems in partis a key skill in solid ‘modeling, Many changes that are made toa given part (Edit Festure, adit Skotch and Reorder, to name afew) can cause features down the line to fil Pinpointing the problem area and fining the soto will ‘be discussed in this section. Problems can occur in sketches or any other feature of the par. Although there are many types of eros, there are some that ocour ‘more offen than others. Dangling dimensions and relations are very ‘common, as is extraneous geometry in sketches ‘Opening apart that has errors cane confusing. One errr ner the beginning ofthe process can often cause many later features to Sil along with it. Repairing that initial error may fix the rest ofthe eros as ‘well. Some repairs will be made to this model Before interrogating and changing it ‘Two settings in the Tools, Options dialog affect how errors are hhandled. Show errors every rebuild ensures thatthe erordialoz appears ater each rebuild, Use the When rebuild error occurs pull- ‘down to control the aetin taken when apart i opened with errs It ‘an prompt for action, stop the rebuild at the eror or continu. ‘We will begin by making the proper settings. 1 Error settings. Click Tools, Options, System Options, MessagesiErrors! Warnings. Click Show errors every rebuild aad the Always pll- down from Display FeatureManager tree warnings. Click OK. Open the part named Halting OS. ‘This part was built and saved with numerous errors Feature fallure. After opening, the system displays another message box, labelled What's Wrong, Each eror is ited by feature name in the serolible dialog. ‘The model is not visible; errors have caused many features to fil,ing Reps What's Wrong Dialog Tp 1! ‘Soliman 2013 ‘The What's Wrong dialog lists all the errors inthe par. The enors themselves are broken down into Errors that prevent features fiom ‘being created and Warnings that do not. The other columns offer some help in diagnosing the problem including «preview in some cass, CCiok the question mark 7 to open on-line help regarding this ype of 2 ————— The columns ofthe dialog ean be sorted by the column headers. Click ‘on the Type header to sort by Error and Warning types. or ew Seopa voor teen wn Saeemeeee Be: Bu Momerecrsnrretesensthar, Bee Bonenes Smattepencoae er Gone Precenreciresceny jer Garona Peaceredpeacea sr Betceat Saeco, jor Somes ESneteemmierentaarnennnSolstorks 2013 Note Lesson tng apa ‘The display ofthis ecor dialog is controlled by the option Show errors. ‘evory rebuild on the Tools, Options, Systom Options, Messages! Errors/Warnings menu. This option must be enabled in onder fr this ressage to appear. There are several contol: 1 Through the Tools, Options dialog ‘5 Through the message dialog itself: rebuild isplay What's Wrong during ‘5 Through the message dialog itself display of just errors (Show errors), just warnings (Show warnings) or both FeatureManager design tre. BO csnngcs oxuncde Cse the What's Wrong dialog. The Seon FeatureManager design tee lists many rors. <5 ametons indicated with markers The markers placed 4 Mw ese pd> next to the features have particular meanings: /- Front 1& Top Level Error eee The error marker nex tothe part name at the top of the tree © marks an eror in the tee below. These markers are useful in 2 Sateht assemblies and drawings to see parterors. @O ca-beuiet = Expand lgose” An Expand marker & i placednexttoa SAR pret, featue dat his an enor or warning on the 5g4@ st feature beneah it Expand the feature tsce 2A () echt the problem, The text of the features shown BQ cree inyellon Tea seo ~ QO shonin a Ener Bo conse AnEror marker © ispacednexttoa PBA seen feature that has a problem and cannot create Gf cor Eeuiee geomety, The text ofthe feature is shown in| 2A Sens = Warning LO citattena AWarning marker A\ is placed nexttoa — S{@Q cortauat feature that has a problem but creates Za sens geometry, Ths is common for “dangling” —|-@Q)@ Fit. geometry and relations. The text ofthe |-@]O Fst? Feature is shown in yellow. GO ries = Normal Features ‘Normal features that do not have warnings or errors appear with black textLesson 8 ‘Stig Aepare ‘Searching the Tree Flat Tree View ‘Where to Find It Where to Begin Sota 2013 ‘The FeatureManager Search ‘box E——— can ‘be used to search by the starting eters of a name or some portion of the name, ‘Try ping “sk”, “A, and “pa” as examples, Click the" to clear the search. In part documents, you can se the FeatureManager at design tee to show features in the order they were Soe created instead of hiearchically Using Flat ree View, 8°" curves, 2D sketches, and 3D sketches are notabsorbed into the features that reference them Ea ‘This view ofthe FeaueManager design ues lp for reviewing parts with errors. Many ofthe errs you 28." will ind are related to sketches. A flat tree view makes it BBs) easier tose sketches in the FestureManager design ee ‘8 Shorteut Menus Right-click the top-level part icon and click Tree Display, Show Flat Tree View Keyboard Shortcut: Ctl#T Features are rebuilt in sequence from the top ofthe tree. Thebes place to begin is atthe first (bas) feature with an eror, in this case that isthe feature main, An eror inthe base feature may cause a series of errors inthe child features Fate vw Fes euT sho a ts vi Re Ei ‘Sketch is now listed ahead of main, the feature that eo ‘uses this sketch. All ofthe other sketches and features - 23". eeu igo BeSollaworts 2015 Lesson 8 sung Rear 8 Whats Wrong? ‘The What’s Wrong option i used to highlight an error message fora selected feature. Right-click the main feature and click What's Wrong? The message indicates thatthe sketch cannot be used forthe ‘eature because an endpoint is wrongly shared, Ce ee Tp Fling ecu vr nor SERTAT in the FestureManager design ree illest in ballon aelled | 9H wih the eture name andthe same desription asthe What's Wrong description 7 Edit the sketch. ‘The What's Wrong message has indicated the sketch (ketoh} asthe problem. Edit Sketchig Ropes Sketch Issues Note Sota 2019 There are several reasons why’ sketches will not rebuild, but they ean include geometry, relations or dimensions. Extra lines connected to existing endpoints and ‘small unwanted pieces of geometry are A single gap in an otherwise continuous contour is acceptable. 8 Zoom toft. ‘Geometry thats away from the intended profile geometry can cause sketch issues. (Click Zoom to Fit and all the geometry in the sketch will be shown, ‘There isa very small pieve of Aisconnested geometry. z= Tp mm Box selection enables you to select multiple sketch entities with a drag-window: Entities are selected based on whether the.window is ‘dragged from right to left or lft o right. The selection includes dimensions Left to right: Only the geometry completely within the window (the short line is selected Right to left: The geometry within and crossing the window (short line and two long lines) is selected. This is also called cross selection. Using Shift with the box selection maintains previous selections, Using ‘Ctl with the box inverts the selectionsSoliavorks 2013 Select. Use left to right box selection to select the extraneous line and delete it Zoom in onthe remaining geomety. Check Sketch for Feature Where to Find It Notes ‘Check Sketch for Feature enables you to check the validity ofa sketch for use ina feature Since different features have diferent sketch requir ‘mens ~ for example, evolved features require an ais of revolution — ‘you select the typeof feature for which the sketch is tobe evaluated. Any ‘geometry that impedes the creation ofthat feature will be highlighted. It ‘ill also check for missing and inappropriate geometry. = Menu: Tools, Sketch Tools, Check Sketch for Feature = If Check Sketch for Foature encounters sketch problems, it wll start Ropalr Sketch automatically. See Repair Sketch on page 280. ‘© Tfyowexita sketch that has a problem that prevents its feature from rebuilding successfully, ou are prompted to show the problem using Check Sketch for Feature, You can do that ar exit the sketch and rebuild anyway. aSobavons 2013 410 Check sketch. Click Check Sketch for Feature. ‘The Check Sketch for Feature command checks for incorrect ‘geometry inthe sketch, eompared to ‘what is required by the Contour type. In this case the Feature Usage is set to Baso Extrude because that is the type of feture tis sketch belongs to. The Contour type is determined from the typeof feature. Click Check and OK on the messaze dialog ‘The Repair Sketch dialog is launched. ir Sketch Where to Find it Magnifying Glass Whore to Find It ‘The Repair Sketch tol is used to find eros inthe sketch and allow ‘you to repair them. Repair sketch organizes the erors, describes them ‘and zooms in on them using the magnifying glass. = Menu: Tools, Sketch Tools, Repair Sketch ‘The Magnifying Glass tol is usefl in finding an selecting small edges and faces in model or an assembly. The magnifying glass ‘typically i used while other tools are active, Some additional functions 1 Use the middle mouse button'whee! to zoom within the glas. Use Alt + middle mouse button/whee! to section the model ‘© Use Gtr + middle mouse buttonwheel to move the magnifying ‘lass and pointer together. = Keyboard Shorteut: 6 1 Repair sketch, — Repair Sketch stats automatically. Set [Pereemame the Gap to 0.010mm andclick Refresh | == (B. Three errs appa withthe Qo Bl ‘magnifying glss zoomed in onthe ist | Stztraazeee™SotsWorks 2083 12 Next Click Next (3. Since two errors are in roughly the same area, the magnifying lass remains in more of less the same place. Rotate the wheel to z00m the magnifying ass in on the problem area, ‘The eror desertion is ‘A small entity. Is it intentional?. Itisn', Click the shor line nd delete it. Click Refresh, 13 Two points gap. ‘The next error is listed as a Two Points Gap. As shown in the magnifying glass, thee is gap between endpoints. Select the endpoints and add a Merge relation 14 Last error Click Refresh and te lst error appears, Close the dialog. 7 Select the line and delete it Close the Repair Sketch dialog 18 Eq Add an Equal relation between the ‘edges as shown to complete the sketch.Lasson tin Repairs Rebuild Options After repairing the first feature, a message appears to help define the next edit. The message Feature Sketch has a warning, which may cause subsequent features to fail. Would you like to repair Sketoha before SolidWorks rebuilds the subsequent features? ‘= Click the option Continue (Ignore Error) to rebuild the entire ‘model and place the rolack bar aftr the lst feature. ‘= Click Stop and Repair to place the rollback har after the next feature with a warning or error. Reattach Collinear Relations mma 16 Exit the sketch. Exitthe sketch snd click Stop and Repal 17 Next error ‘The tp erroron the lst is for Sketoh2 of the feature Cut-Extrudel. It ‘contains dangling sketch entities according to the message. Danling sketch entities are found when dimensions o relation reference things that no longer exist Dangling dimensions and relations ean === ‘be hidden from view. The Hide leno tasminieomen dangling dimensions and fimo ene annotations option canbe found under [-=rmnananot tome ‘Tools, Options, Document Properties, E======== == Detailing. Dangling collinear relations ean be quickly repaired by eataching ‘them to similar linear edge ofthe model, 18 Ealt Sketch, Right-click the sketch Skotoh and click Eat Sketch.Lsson 8 tng eps 49 Dangling relations. One line ofthe sketch is shown inthe dangling color, Click on that line to select it and display its dg handles. The drag handle can be used ina drag and drop repair procedure When you click on the line, its relations are displayed inthe Property anager. The relation that is dangling is color coded the same asthe sketch entity itselé (sa 1 20 Reattach. Drag the handle onto the topmost horizontal ‘edge ofthe base feature. The system transfers the collinear relation from the missing entity (a deleted plane) to the model erg, The sketch is no longer dangling. mmLesson 8 Sots 2019, ig Repo Repairing Relations You can display the relations based on criteria such as dangling or over Using Display defined, Some relations, like coincident points that are dangling can Delete Relations only be repaired through the Display!Delete Relations command. This ‘option enables you to sort through al the relations in a sketch, See Introducing: Display Relations on page 40. 24 Undo, Click Undo to remove the lst event, the repair ofthe dangling ‘lation 22 DisplayiDelote Relations, Click Display!Delete Relations Inthe Fito ist select angling. Ths displays only the relations that are dangling, Select the Collinear relation. Ow om =m 23 Entities section. Look at the lower section of the PropertyManager. ‘There isa list ofthe entities used by this relation ‘One entity has a Fully Defined status, the other is Dangling, 24 Replacement. Select the entity marked Dangling and click the same top horizontal, ‘edge of the base feature as in step 20 on page 283. Click Replace and the cick OK. 25 Exit the sketch,26 Roll forward Drag the rollback bar toa postion between Cut- Extrude and Chamfer1. This will prevent features that come after the edited feature from rebuilding 27 Message. Right-click Sketoh and click What's Wrong. ‘The message states: ‘The plane used by this sketch ts missing and ‘cannot be agcessed. You can use command "Bait Sketch Plano’ to add a reference plane for this sketch. Repairing Sketch Plane Issues Introducing: Edit Sketch Plane Where to Find It Another common error occurs when a plane or feature with planar face is removed that was used asa sketch plane for another feature. In this ase, the sketch hasan error and requies that anew sketch plane be assigned. Edit Sketch Plane enables you to change the pane or face thata specific sketch is ereated on, The new sketch plane does not ave to be parallel othe orignal ‘© Shortcut Menu: Rightcck a sketch and eck Edit Sketch Plane ‘= Menu: Selecta sketch and click Eait, Sketch Plane 28 Ealt sketch plane. Right-click Sketch and click Edit ‘Sketch Plane i. The PropertyManager liss *Missing**Plane<1> as the sketch plane and a dashed oulline ofthe missing reference is shown, Posie t Ge 2sSeason Sotiawrks 2013, 29 Select a replacement. Select the front planar face of the part as a replacement. Click OK. The feature is repaired, 30 Roll forward. Roll forward to just aller Cut-xtruded, which caries the nex error ‘marker. Use What's Wrong on this feature Reattach Dangling dimensions can be quickly repaired by reattaching them to Dimensions edges or vertices ofthe model. The dimension Value will reflect the new distance, T™ Dimensions can be reattached in this manner whether they are dangling 26 31 Edit the sketch, uit Skotch6, the sketch of the Cut- Extruded feature. Note thatthe mm dimension appears inthe dangling color for dimensions and relations. The dimension is trying to attach to geometry that no longer exists, and therefore its considered See @ fd eee oh dss ft lng cad alr \ tls ec ;SolidWorks 2083 Lsson 8 ing pas 32 Drag and drop. Drag the bundle and drop iton the Botom ge ofthe part when the edge cursor pps you ty to drop iton an inspropiate locaton, th cursor wil play the © symbol. Both the dimension andthe _ometry rtum to their normal colors, The 9 dlimensio’s value updates to rele the size ¢ ‘ofthe geome. I you need to change the dimension, double-lick it 3 Exit the sketch. Reattach Concentric Dangling concentric and coradal relations can be quickly repaired by ‘and Coradial eataching them toa similar ireular edge ofthe model Relations ‘34 Roll Forward. Right click on Cut-Exxtrude8 and click Roll Forward, 35 Edit sketch. ait Sketoh1, the sketch of the Cut-Baxtrudes feature. (Click the rightmost dangling circle (Concentric) to see the drag handle, Drag and drop the handle on the small circular edge behind, Repeat the procedure far the leftmost angling circle (Coradia, 36 Exit the sketch. 37 Roll to end. Right-click inthe Feature Manager design tre and cick Roll ToEnd to, position the rollback bar atthe end ofthe FeatureManager design tee.Lesson ‘Ein Reps Highlighting Problom Areas Sotawora 2013 Certain eror messages contain the preview symbol a. Ifyou click on that marker, the system will highlight the problem area in the mde. If you use What's Wrong on the Feature diredy, it automatically highligh the problem area, 38 Highlight messag Click on the preview symbol to visually display the area in which the omenen Honan Oommen 39. Graphic error display ‘The area where the eror occurs is highlighted with an edge. The filet fails in the area indicated by the doted line. FeatureXpert Note ‘The FeatureXpert option is available for certain Gree conditions where fillets or draft features fil. In this 10 ri example, the Fillet2 feature is failing. FeaureXpert will make use of all adjacent fillets to create a solution. The auiomated solution may involve spiting Selections into dfferert fillet, features and reordering the sequence. The FeatureXpert is based on SolidWorks SWIFT technology ‘The option Enable FeatureXpert must be clicked from Tools, Options, System Options, General for ths tobe available.SolidWorks 2013 Lesson ang: tepare 40 Featurexpert. Click the FeatureXpert bution on the What's Wrong dialog box. Note that the original fillet has been split ito thee filets 41 Model rebuilt ‘The model is now rebuilt without any eror oF warnings, Save and close the model Freezing Features Edit Feature and Frozen Features Features ean be feozen using the Freeze Bar. All features above the freeze bar are frozen, they are not rebuilt and cannot be edited. These Ret features havea lock symbol 9. Bas The ieze bars aweful tol when wits: you want to delay rebuilds or prevent Bee changes to some features. For more on. Fi* — $8 rn ‘wy you want ofeee some fetes, Res See Feature Statistics on page 11. Robe ete — Eit Feature is blocked for frozen features. Ifyou try to change a dimension ofa frozen feature, this message appeats Modifying the dimension is disabled because the feature ‘assoolated with the dimension is frozen. 1. Enable Freeze Bar. Click Toots, Options, System Options, General and Enable Freeze bar 2 Open the part FilletXpert, 3 Set freeze bar. Drag the fteeze bar o a postion after the feature (CirPattarmé as shown, None of the frozen features willbe rebuilt or can be edited,Lesson 8 Solaiors 2013 tng eps FilletXpert In addition to solving fillet problems, the FilletXpert tool is used to create multiple filles quickly and efficiently, leaving oncems of sequence tothe system, It automatically leverages the FeatureXpert and Reorder to fx potential problems as you create the fillet features, Options within the dialog allow you to |Add, Change and Remove fillets, Where to Find it am Fillet Property Manager: FilletXport 4 Filltxpert Click Fillet @ and Filletxpert. Set the radius to 4mm, Select the edge as shown and the Connected to start loop & option. Click Apply.SolWorks 2013 lesson sng Repairs 5 Edge selection. Set the radius to Amm. Select the edge shown and the Botwoen lft feature and part 3] option Click APP. aa)tig Reps Nan Changing Fillets Using the Change tab onthe FilletXpert dialog allows you to Resize ‘or Remove fillets within the context ofthe Property Manager. This allows you to make bulk seletions and edit individual fillets. 6 Change. Click the Change tab and cick the fillet atthe base ofthe circular boss as shown, Set the radius value to Smm and click Resize, 7 Remove. Select this set of filets by selecting the indicated face with Left Loop (or Right Loop) and click Remove. Click OK. Ear)SolidWorks 2013 Laon 8 Editable Features The new features are inserted after the See ne freeze bar and are editable ‘Those features above the freeze bar Sm remain uneditable, They can be made editable by: ‘= Moving the freeze bar above them. # ‘= Disabling the freeze bar. é canve | 3 t= 8 Disable Freeze Bar. Drag the Freozo bar tothe top of the tre (below the part nam), Click ‘Tools, Options, System Options and clear Enable Freeze bar. 9 Save and close the model FilletXpert Corners Commer faces generated by fillets can be modified to alternative Hends using the Corner tab ofthe FlletXpert Tp Ifyou ry to select a comer that is unsuitable, a message will appear telling you that you mus select a comer that has three constant radius filles of mixed convexity meeting atone vertex. 1. Open the part Corners. 2 Select face. Click Fillet @, Filletxpert and Comer. Select the fae as shown,Lesson Solos 2013 tn Reps 3. Alternatives Click Show Alternatives and click the alternative shove, 4 Copyto. ‘The Copy to option allows you to apply the same comer alternative to other similar comers (Click the fillet comer that ‘was just changed. Click Enable Highlighting and click in the Copy Targets selection box. Similar comers highlight Select them and click Copy to. 5 Results, Click OK. 6 Save and close the model. mmSolWorks 2013 Exercise 38: Errors1 Procedure Edit this part using the information and dimensions provided to repair the errors and wamings and complete the part. This lab reinfores the following skis: Before Whats Wrong Dialog on page 274 Check Sketch for Feature ‘on page 279. = Reattach Collinear Relations on page 282 18 Reattach Dimensions on page 286. Highlighting Problem ‘Areas on page 288, (Open the existing part Beroral and make several edits to remove the cerors and wamings from the part. Use the drawing below a a guide, —— _] oor Afer fsfoamy Exercise 39: Errors2 Procedure Tp 6 Sotsworks 2019 ai eis part using the information and dimensions provided to repair the errors and ‘wamings and complete the part This lab reinforces the following sis = What’ Wrong Dialog ‘on page 274 = Finding and Repairing Problems on page 273, © Check Sketch for Feature on page 279. Open the existing part Brrors2 and make several edits to remove the errors and wamings from the part Use the drawing below as a guide | | aes T Click Merge solids in the Mirror! feature. The completed partshould ‘bea singe solid body.Solstorks 2013 Exercise 40: Errors3 Procedure ic his parting the sagem, infomation ad dinersons oo provided repute ers oe and wamings and complete tage the part s@Eberun ‘This lb reinforces the = flowing sil ee. " Repel 1 iat Wrong Dilog on peor Check Sec for Feanre cn page 279, ss RepaingRetarons Ching Diplo Delete Relations on page 284 5 Reattach Dimensions on page 286 Afier Highlighting Problem “Areas on page 288 (Open the existing part Errors and make several edits o remove the errors and warnings from the part Use the drawing below as a guide aExercise 41 Exercise 41: Adding Draft Procedure 20 Sotavorks 2019 Et this part using the information and dimensions provided. Use editing techniques to maintain the design intent ‘This lab reinforces the following skill: 1 Introducing: Edit Sketch Plane on page 285, (Open the existing part Add Draft, and make several edits using the final drawing below. Change the mode so that 5° of draft is added,Sotaworks 2013 Exarciae 2 na eae} Exercise 42: Complete this partby using both the Using the FeatureXpert and FilletXper. FilletXpert 1 ‘This lab uses the following skills: = Box Selection on page 278. = Fillectpert on page 290. Procedure (Open an existing part 1) Open PilletxXpert Lab 1. 2 Filet Click Fillt @ and the Manual buton. Set the Radius value to 2mm and Box ‘Select the edges as shown. Click OK, 3 Featurexpert. ‘The What's Wrong dialog explains that the fillets eannot be created. Click the FeatureXpert button. The fillets are createdExercise 42 Sowers 2013 hinge etn 1 4 Remove. Use FilletXpert o remove selected fillet faces as shown, 5 Resize. Use FilletXper to resize selected fille faces to ‘tmm as shown 6 Save and close. 00Solsworks 2012 Exercise 43: Using the FilletXpert 2 Procedure Tp Boece 3 ‘Complete these pats by using the FilletXper. This lab uses the following skills = Fille¥pert on page 290. Open existing parts, Open Filletxpert_ Lab 2 and FilletXpert Lab 5, Filletxpert. ‘Add the fillets shown with the FilletXpert using this code: re and yellow = 2mm, Sometimes itis easier to fll all the edges then remove and edit fillets later.Exercise 43 SolsWors 2013, tinge Pteotpr 2 Poy