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Hi,
i have a small group of features patterned simply around an axis, & would like to remove one of the these features from the group, & from all the pattened groups. It is a cosmetic thread i want to remove, but when i try to delete it, the pattern fails, which leads to other failures down the line. Is there a cheat, a way of dealing with this, up until now i have just hidden them, but its a pain in the backside picking them all. I have never been able to understand why pro-e & now creo behaves like this.
Thanks
John
In Creo? When you pattern something, you can click on the black dots and it will turn white. This means that that instance will not be created.
Hi Antonius,
yes i know this, but this does not help me. There are 4 features in each group, one of which is a cosmetic thread, i still require the other 3 features in each group, so i cannot turn off the instance, i simply want to remove the cosmetic from the group. Simply, now there's a word you don't often see when talking about Creo functionality.
Regards
John
I see. Yes, if feature is a sub-feature it becomes part of the pattern and it is more difficult to remove. For "simplicity's sake" I would make a separate feature for that one hole. Cosmetic threads is not one that lends itself to being a stand-alone feature although it could be (old world).
I was able to make a hole in a pattern, then followed up with a reference patterns and omited one. Remember that you have to use the original to create a cosmetic thread to pick up the reference pattern.
Hi Antonius,
i figured you could not do what i orginally asked, but i thought after 17 years of working with Pro-e & now Creo, that something might have changed. Again, it blows my mind that you cannot simply remove a feature from a patterned group. I just re-defined my models, & put these cometics outside the group, they reference patterned just fine, so i will leave things that way.
Regards
John