CATIA V5-6 Tip: Deleting Unused Features from the Specification Tree

March 4, 2019 Natasha Reaves

By Natasha Reaves    


There is a quick way to clean up unused or isolated features from the specification tree.  For example, if you have isolated features in a CATPart model such that reference planes or reference points are no longer linked to any solid geometry, there is a quick way to remove the unlinked features.  The Delete Useless Elements tool will delete elements in the part model that do not have any parents or children.


To use this tool:

  1. Access the Part Design Workbench or Generative Shape Design Workbench.
  2. Select Tools menu > Delete Useless Elements

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 3.  The Delete Useless Elements dialog box appears, as shown.

D-U-E_dialog_box

Alternatively, you can use the CATIA.StartCommand "Delete Useless Elements..." in order to get the Delete Useless Elements dialog box to appear.

4. By default, the status of each element is set to Delete. If you do not want to delete all viable elements listed, select any element that you want to keep, hold and press down the right mouse button and select the Keep option.

Select_keep_D-U-E


5.  Click OK_button to confirm the deletion of all elements listed with the Delete status.

 

 

About the Author

Natasha Reaves

Technical Training Engineer<br><br>Natasha joined the company in 2000 and has extensive experience sharing her CAD expertise through delivering webcasts, contributing to blog posts, and leading training classes. She trains end-users with all skill levels on Creo Parametric and CATIA, and she collaborates closely with the company’s technical writers on courseware development. Before joining Rand Worldwide, Natasha served as a mechanic in the U.S. Army National Guard and worked as a mechanical designer for a multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and she holds certification from Dassault Systèmes as a CATIA V5 Expert Mechanical Designer and Certified Surface Design Associate.

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