Remove face

A feature of the part — a hole, a boss, a pocket — is taken away with its faces, and the neighbouring faces extend and meet each other.

Before and after: the hole goes away with its face, and the neighbouring faces close up by themselves.
Before and after: the hole goes away with its face, and the neighbouring faces close up by themselves.

How to do it

  1. Press Remove face and click the faces of the feature — all of them: for a hole the cylinder (and the bottom if it is blind), for a boss its side and top. Faces selected before the command are taken at once.
  2. Enter applies, Esc cancels.

What it is for

Above all — to simplify someone else's geometry. A STEP file arrives with threads, tiny fillets and manufacturing holes, and all you need is the envelope for layout. It has no history and nothing to roll back: a detail can only be removed together with its faces.

The second use is taking away what should not be in the model: a hole for an old fastener, a pad from a previous revision.

If it did not work

If the neighbouring faces cannot be stretched to meet — deleting a face where half the part converges, say — the command refuses: there is nothing to close such a gap with.

Then remove one face at a time, starting with the smallest.

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