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  1. #1
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    Trouble with model

    Hello All,

    I have constructed a fixture to hold a part for machining. I extruded off the original model.
    I now want to get rid of the original model and save only the fixture. I delete the model and the fixture goes with it.

    How does one deal with this?

    TIA,

    FMJ

  2. #2
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    Re: Trouble with model

    Are you in an assembly (.sldasm) or part file (.sldprt)?
    Doug Pryor
    David Wolfe Design, Inc.
    Akron, OH
    www.davidwolfedesign.com
    [email protected]

  3. #3
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    Re: Trouble with model

    Quote Originally Posted by dpryor View Post
    Are you in an assembly (.sldasm) or part file (.sldprt)?

    I am in the part file.

  4. #4
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    Re: Trouble with model

    You can`t delete the original model once you have extruded from it, because that extrusion is dependent of your original.
    I think what you want to do is to cut in fixture with original model that need to disappear after that, I assume you have two bodies, so you can use COMBINE - SUBTRACT one from another.

  5. #5
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    Re: Trouble with model

    Once you no longer need the original part, you can open the "SOLID BODIES" list and delete the corresponding body. See attached.
    The "DELETE BODY" then becomes a feature at the bottom of your tree.
    Doug Pryor
    David Wolfe Design, Inc.
    Akron, OH
    www.davidwolfedesign.com
    [email protected]

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