Suppression variables do not appear to work correctly

2021-10-06T23:56:17Z

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In a complex part with several feature groups and several suppression variables possibly driven by a formula it looks like some suppression variables do not work correctly. One feature is not suppressed although the suppression variable is 1 or vice versa.

Solution

In the part examine if you have group suppression variables which might conflict with feature suppression variables.


The group suppression variable always suppresses/ unsuppresses all features in the group.


The feature suppression variable suppresses/ unsuppresses the single feature inside the group only on edit.

Imagine you have a feature group Cutouts consisting of the features Cut1 and Cut2.

You set the suppression variable Cutouts_Suppress = 1.

This will suppress features Cut1 and Cut2 without resetting variables Cut1_Suppress and Cut2_Suppress.

This looks like a conflict but the variable Cutouts_Suppress drives the features and not the variables Cut1_Suppress and Cut2_Suppress.

If you then want to unsuppress feature Cut1 you need to edit the variable Cut1_Suppress even if it already is set to 0. In which case you set it to 1 first and then back to 0.

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 10_1809
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: PART/SHEETMETAL
Function: TOOLS

Ref: 002-8015658

KB Article ID# PL8015658

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