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Delete parent sketch relations quickly?

Hey All,

I'm being lazy with this question, maybe it's been discussed before but, is it possible to delete parent sketch relations (within a prt file) without editing the sketch? That is, delete all dependencies the sketch may have with a mouse click and leave it floating in space (if it had a plane dependency it would have a yellow error but is still there in space or has a dumb plane created (like a imported plane?)

Maybe a macro?

I know I can edit and remove the relations but it would be nice to do this with one mouse click? The need is a faster way to move later history (dumb) back up the tree to compare/layout and help with later references.

tia..

Reply to
Paul Salvador
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For comparison, I just copy the sketch and paste it... then I can move the compasrison copy all the way up if I want to (at least all the way up to the plane). Caveat - this only works if your sketch was on a plane... if it was on a face, you really have no guarantee that it will land in the same orientation/location as the original. In that case (or when I want to bring up model edges, other goodies) convert the edges into a new sketch, use display/delete relations to delete all external in a single click, then you can drag up the tree. Or convert what you wnat to compare into a 3D sketch and delete external relations using one mouse click in display/delete relations - this way, you don't even need a plane.

Does any of this work for you?

-Ed

Reply to
Edward T Eaton

yeah, copy/paste is a good way... I guess it's just a case of, I want to blow away this now. Or, one of those, drag and it says I can't because of some absorbed condition and I know it is not related to anything. Which gets to the root problem, moving sketches about unaborbed features is really annoying me!

Thnks. (btw, could not replay because mailgate.org is giving me probs so, now using google beta)

Edward T Eat> For comparison, I just copy the sketch and paste it... then I can move the

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