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Viewing Missing Reference Ghosts

You can view ghosts that give you information about the size, location, and type of references that are missing.

  1. Create a part similar to the one shown.



  2. Expand the extrude feature and edit its sketch to remove the upper-right corner of the sketch, approximately as shown.

  3. Exit the sketch.

    The What's Wrong dialog box reports an error in the fillet feature, which also shows as an error in the FeatureManager design tree.

  4. Close the dialog box.
  5. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the fillet feature and select Edit Feature .

    In the PropertyManager, **Missing**Edge<1> appears in Edge, Faces, Features and Loops . A ghost of the missing edge used by the fillet appears in the graphics area.

  6. Select **Missing**Edge<1> in the PropertyManager.

    The missing reference ghost is highlighted.

  7. Select the top-most edge as a replacement for the missing edge, and the lower edge as a new edge for Edges, Faces, Features and Loops .

    The ghost disappears from the graphics area. **Missing**Edge<1> disappears from the PropertyManager.

  8. Click .

    The fillet no longer shows an error in the PropertyManager.



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