[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":135},["ShallowReactive",2],{"LrGqHBaf5eSpdbw530E_sMev1bJjbHe0IXQExwIa7dY":3,"article_answers-to-commonly-asked-surface-and-advanced-modelling-problems-part-3_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":133,"_apollo:identified":134},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","answers-to-commonly-asked-surface-and-advanced-modelling-problems-part-3","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":132},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":29,"content":30,"date":31,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":32,"masterings":42,"globalTags":56,"products":80,"disciplines":91,"seo":121,"__typename":131},"cG9zdDoxNjkxOA==","Answers to commonly asked surface and advanced modelling problems (part 3)","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fanswers-to-commonly-asked-surface-and-advanced-modelling-problems-part-3","\u003Cp>In this blog you will find tools to remove unwanted surfaces or…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":28},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":23,"thumbnail":25,"srcSet":26,"sizes":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F09-1-615x261-1.png.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F09-1-615x261-1-150x150.png.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F09-1-615x261-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F09-1-615x261-1-300x127.png.webp 300w","(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>In this blog you will find tools to remove unwanted surfaces or a few direct editing tools. And to save your file into separated part files and assembly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"size-large thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F01-6-296x300-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16920\">\u003Cfigcaption>(faces that resulted after split feature)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>To remove this part, there are multiple ways, for example, use offset surface to copy the surface first:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F02-5-300x163-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16921\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Noticing that the surface is the exact same size of the selected face, we have to extend it in order to “overlap” the bit of solid:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"size-large thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F03-5-300x168-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16922\">\u003Cfigcaption>(You should include the side edges as well to avoid resulting zero-thickness faces)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>Finally, you could use surface cut to remove the excess solid part, pay attention to the cut direction and solid to be cut:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F04-3-300x106-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16923\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Or you could try a different approach, for example use delete face to remove the surfaces:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F05-2-300x165-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16924\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Create a loft surface from the two edges, so that you could trim and knit the surfaces to form solid again:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F06-2-300x202-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16925\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Speaking of delete face, there are two additional options “delete and patch” and “delete and fill”; both features are designed to remove selected faces and close up the void using the surrounding edges.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Using delete and patch, it allows you to remove selected face and fill it up by extending the surrounding faces:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F07-1-300x90-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16926\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>And delete and fill allows you to remove selected face and fill it up based on the surrounding edges instead (tangency to face is optional)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F08-1-300x131-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16927\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Delete and fill can basically fill any faces with continues edges:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F09-1-300x127-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16928\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>As your part file is all tidied up, it is time to save the solid bodies to individual part files. Mainly there are two ways to do so:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Using insert into new part, you can save out one or more solid bodies into a new part file, to do this, simply right click the solid body\u002Fbodies you would like to save as a new part file:\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F10-12-300x182-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16929\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>If you want to save all solid bodies into separated part files, you could use “save bodies” instead by right-clicking the solid bodies folder, you could even create a new assembly at the same time:\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"size-large thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F11-13-300x173-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16930\">\u003Cfigcaption>(Hints: you could edit the solid body name first to be assigned as the new part filename automatically)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>Using both methods, it allows you to create a part file with link to the source part. If you wish to break the link to prevent update or change, right click the import feature to lock\u002Fbreak the external reference:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F12-13-300x164-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16931\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F13-6-300x259-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16932\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>The following symbols display after the name of the part or feature:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>–>    External reference\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-> *  Locked external reference\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-> x  Broken external reference\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>-> ?  Out-of-context external reference\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>{->}  Feature contains a sketch with external references\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This is the last part of the blog of “Answers to commonly asked surface and advanced modelling problems”. I believe we have gone through some of the major issues that you might face during model creation. If you have further questions or modelling difficulties, leave a question in the comment and we as SolidWorks community will gladly provide help. 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