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To Suppress or Delete Features
You can delete or suppress one or more features using the Delete and Suppress commands from the Model tab or from a shortcut menu. When you click the arrow next to Delete on the Model tab, additional delete and suppress commands are available for you to use.
To Delete or Suppress One or More Features
1. Select a feature in the Model Tree or in the graphics area.
2. Do one of the following:
Right-click and select Delete or Suppress. The selected feature and its children are highlighted in the Model Tree and a Suppress or Delete message window appears. Go to step 3.
Click Model > Delete or Model > Operations > Suppress. Depending on what command you selected, three additional (Delete or Suppress) commands appear. Click one of the commands below:
Delete or Suppress—Deletes or suppresses the selected feature or features and all children of the selected feature or features. The selected feature and its children are highlighted in the Model Tree and a Suppress or Delete message window appears. Go to step 3
Delete to End of Model or Suppress to End of Model—Deletes or suppresses the selected feature or features and all following features.
Delete Unrelated Items or Suppress Unrelated Items—Deletes or suppresses any feature or features other than the selected feature or features, and their parents.
 
* Click to undo any of the commands described in step 2.
3. Click OK to suppress or delete the feature and all the children of the feature or click Options (if available) and the Children Handling dialog box opens.
4. In the Children Handling dialog box, select one of the objects and right-click. Depending on the object selected, and whether you are suppressing or deleting, some of the following commands are available. The same commands are available from the Status, Edit, and Info menus in the Children Handling dialog box.
 
You can select more than one object in the Children Handling dialog box, however, only Suppress and Suspend, or Delete and Suspend are available with a multiple selection.
If the feature has external children, Local and External appear under Children. When you select an object in the dialog box, either Local or External is selected.
Delete—Deletes the selected feature.
Suppress—Suppresses the selected child.
Suspend—Suspends action on the selected child. The feature is retained until the part is regenerated. You must then decide how to handle the feature.
Freeze—(Assembly Mode only) Keeps the selected feature in its current location and is available for components only.
Edit References—Edits the references of the selected feature. The Edit References dialog box opens.
Redefine—Redefines the selected feature. If you are redefining an object, the appropriate feature dashboard or feature dialog box appear.
Show References—Shows the references on which the child feature is dependent. The SHOW REF menu appears from which you can show the reference identifier and highlight the reference geometry for each reference of the highlighted child by stepping through the references using Next and Previous.
Info—Provides Feature, Model, Parent/Child, and Reference Viewer information on the selected feature.
 
* If you create a feature in a part and dimension it to another part in the assembly, the other part becomes the external parent. If you then suppress that external parent, the system highlights all the dependent children in blue, and displays the EXTCHILD menu. This menu allows you to abort the suppression of the feature, or suspend all the external children.
5. For each object, select the action you want to take or accept the default status.
6. Click OK.