Easy way to find extra features? 1

[bvanhiel]

I was just wondering if there was a quick way to find childless features that sometimes accumulate in large models. Things like extra planes, sketches, etc.

-b

 

[josephv]

Hi B,

There is no command per se that can do this.

However, there is a best practice that I do for modeling...

When there is a feature one likes, and one knows it will be used, put it in a folder. That way when you are finished creating a model anything in the feature tree that is not in a folder, can be deleted.

cheers,

 

[JMirisola]

There's an add-on program called SolidMap that may be able to help you with that. a

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M

 

[slohcin]

I got this macro from Chen Gingold some time ago, it removes redundant planes.

' ***************************************************************************­*** 
' C:\TEMP\swx266\Macro1.swb - macro recorded on 08/13/02 by Chen 
' ***************************************************************************­*** 
Dim swApp As Object 
Dim Part As Object 
Dim SelMgr As Object 
Sub deleteplanes() 
Dim SubFeatObj As Object 
Dim FeatObj As Object 
Dim FeatType As String 
Dim retval As Variant 


    Set FeatObj = Part.FirstFeature 
    Do While Not FeatObj Is Nothing 
        FeatType = FeatObj.GetTypeName 
        If FeatType = "RefPlane" And FeatObj.Name <> "Front" _ 
        And FeatObj.Name <> "Top" And FeatObj.Name <> "Right" _ 
        Then 'a sketch - select it 
            retval = FeatObj.GetChildren() 
            If IsEmpty(retval) Then 
                    Part.AndSelectByID FeatObj.Name, "PLANE", 0, 0, 0 
            End If 
        End If 
        Set FeatObj = FeatObj.GetNextFeature 
    Loop 


Part.DeleteSelection (False) 


End Sub 
Sub main() 


    Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application") 
    Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc 
    If (Part Is Nothing) Then 
        swApp.SendMsgToUser2 _ 
        "No Active Part !! " _ 
        , swMbWarning, swMbOk 
        Exit Sub 
    End If 
    If (Part.GetType <> 1) Then   ' If not an assembly or parts, then 
exit 
        swApp.SendMsgToUser2 "Only for use with parts.", swMbWarning, 
swMbOk 
        Exit Sub 
    End If 
    Set SelMgr = Part.SelectionManager()  ' Get the selection manager 
object 
    Part.ClearSelection 
    Call deleteplanes 
End Sub [\code]

Hope it helps
Pete