Remove Small Features

Use the Defeature: Small Features tool to find and remove/fix small parts, solids and surfaces.

  1. From the Geometry ribbon, Cleanup tools, click Defeature > Small Features.


    Figure 1.
  2. From the guide bar selector, choose the target type for small feature detection.
  3. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define feature detection size.
  4. On the guide bar, click Find to detect small features in the modeling window.
  5. Review each found/selected cavity by clicking and on the guide bar.
  6. Remove/fix small features in the following ways:
    • Click Remove All to remove all small features.

      For small surface features, click Fix All.

    • Fix/remove individual small features by left-clicking.


Figure 2.

Defeature: Small Features Tool

An overview of the Defeature: Small Features tool.



Figure 3.

Use the Defeature: Small Features tool to find and remove/fix small parts, solids and surfaces.

Access
Go to Geometry > Defeature > Small Features.

Options

Size <
Feature detection size.
Suppress Only
Suppress small surface features rather than delete them.