7.6.3.2.  Deactivate / activate feature/design step

Sometimes it makes sense to temporarily disable one or several sketches (Base extrude / Cut extrude) (e.g. for testing purposes).

Use the Deactivate / Activate function for this. You can apply this to a single sketch as well as to several at the same time.

There are two options when using Deactivate:

  • There has not been set a condition before:

    The option Only create if applies [Only create, if] is then activated and "0=1" is set as the condition.

  • There has already been set a condition before:

    Then "& 0=1" is added to the existing.

In order to activate proceed the other way around.

Hidden "Base extrudes" are marked with a respective icon .

Sketches with condition are marked with the IF icon by default.

[Note]Note

The new feature is fully compatible with older versions, just the icon won't show up in older versions.

Example:

Initial situation: There is a condition for "Base extrude 3," but not for "Base extrude 2." Both should be hidden. "

  1. Select the desired base extrude and click the context menu command Deactivate.

    -> Hidden "Base extrudes" are marked with a respective icon .

    -> By default, the sketches are created with the if icon marked.

  2. Open "Base extrude 2." The invalid condition "0=1" has been inserted.

  3. Open "Base extrude 3." Here, the invalid condition "0=1" was appended to the previously existing condition "H=30" using "&".

  4. To reactivate the sketches, click on the Activate context menu command.