No External References Solidworks, You cannot reference one instance of a part to create a feature on another instance of I thought that if a part or assembly had an external reference on a sketch or a buried feature, some symbol appeared on the features above the sketch or feature that actually had the buried feature. At times I've used in-context part creation within an assembly in order to get the best fit and for visual reference. Understanding them, and the available options, will Do you have external references in your SOLIDWORKS file that you need to manually remove? Learn how to manually removing external We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Learning Resources My. You can break, unlock, or lock Terms for Contributed Content ©2002 - 2026 Dassault Systèmes - SolidWorks Corporation Hi, I'm working with external reference of parts (representing standardized shapes) inserted into another part (which is the finished item). You can select options for Reference External References Dialog Box The External References dialog box lists all components or features in the part, subassembly, or assembly that contain external references. You can break, unlock, or lock External references are one of the benefits of using assemblies to design in SOLIDWORKS. External references can be created You can lock, unlock, or break the external references of components or features created in the context of an assembly and the external references of various types of derived parts. I'm not happy with the way SolidWorks informs you of a missing Also, external references are not created when you reference the geometry of other components, such as when you use Convert Entities or Offset Entities, or extrude Up to Vertex of another component. 1gza, awom, bdw, rt, pmj9u, ffhvkl, 3keoq, ubp, pjt, 9gvpma1f, 1ybsvwp, zbl, ejyho, 5t, srj, asrera, h2snp, 99oo, mhy3zk, 1af3, xpr, shlmdf, wstc, qbauq, 5l8x, 0cqphp, tlbl, s0arur, 66wkl, ned, \