Deleting Sketcher Elements

This task shows you how to delete sketched elements.

Deleting sketched elements affects associated features. This what we call propagation:

  • If you delete a curve (assigned endpoints, by default), the endpoints will also be deleted on the condition they are not part of a constraint or common to another curve. Curves are assigned endpoints and circle or arcs are assigned center points, by default.
  • If you delete a curve and the endpoints/center point, these points will be actually deleted is they are not either part of a constraint or common to another element.
  • Propagation is not valid for constraints: if you delete a constraint, you will not delete the corresponding geometry.

Sketch a profile similar to the one below.

  1. Select the element you wish to delete.

  2. Select the Edit > Delete command.
    The element is deleted.

  1. If you wish to delete a set of elements, just multi-select them and apply Delete.
 
  • You can also select the Delete command from the contextual menu. For this right-click the element to be deleted.
  • In case you created an element using the Sketch tools toolbar options, constraints are applied to this element:
    • If you delete this element, associated constraints will be too.
    • Conversely if you delete one, several or all the associated constraints, the element will be not delete.
You cannot delete elements that are not currently edited sketch elements. This is particularly true for the reference planes. You can multi-select these elements but they will not be deleted.
 

Deleting Points

Deleting sketched elements affects associated features. This is what we call 'propagation'.
By default, the circles and arcs you create are assigned center points. If a point is defined as the center point of a circle or arc (explicitly or using concentricity constraints), when deleting the corresponding circle or arc, the center point is deleted along with it.

Drafting Workbenches

In Drafting workbenches, if you create a circle (or arc) with no constraint detection (for more information see the documentation about the Drafting Create detected and feature-based constraints option), when deleting the circle, the system does not delete the center point.