Repairing Missing References for Fillets and Chamfers

Video: What's New in SOLIDWORKS 2020 - Fillet Repair

You can repair fillet and chamfer features that are missing edges.

When you edit fillet or chamfer features that have errors, all missing references display at the top of the Items to Fillet or Items to Chamfer box in the PropertyManager. You can right-click missing references to zoom to their location, repair individual or all missing references, or clear the list of missing references.

To repair, the software attempts to reattach missing references when the missing reference location in the model contains a valid physical edge, face, or loop. If it only repairs a subset of the missing references, the number of repaired edges display.

To repair missing references:

  1. Open system_dir:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2020\samples\whatsnew\parts\repair_references.SLDPRT.

  2. When prompted to rebuild, click Don't Rebuild.
  3. Close the What's Wrong dialog box.
  4. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click Fillet 1 and click Edit Feature .
  5. In the PropertyManager, right-click in Items to Fillet and click Repair All Missing References.

    All missing references are repaired except for **Missing**Edge<8>.



    At the base of the model, the missing reference ghost is highlighted.

  6. Under Items to Fillet, right-click **MissingEdge**<8> and click Clear All Missing References.
  7. Click .

  8. Right-click Fillet 2 and click Edit Feature .
  9. Under Items to Fillet, right-click **MissingEdge**<1> and click Zoom to Selection.

  10. Right-click in Items to Fillet and click Repair All Missing References.
  11. Click .

The tool repairs all fillet references at the base of the model.