Some external references are missing.....

simon_9

Error message appeared as above.

Which has been caused by me editing my document to extract only the parts that I want to 3D print - but I have this message at one of the sketches and it appears to be blocking the stl file generation (although no error message appears)
So...any thoughts as to what I have deleted would be useful but even more helpful would be guidance as to where the missing reference was used so I can backtrack (sort of like the 'REF#' in Excel).
Thanks in advance for your help
Simon

jakeramsley

If you find what sketch is having the error, I would suggest editing it and turning on the "Show constraints" checkbox.  This will turn on the visualization of all constraints in the sketch.  If there are any that are red, hover over it and see if it gives the error "Dangling".  This usually means the sketch is trying to constrain to some geometry that either got deleted upstream or was changed upstream.  If there are, delete these and reapply the constraints desired if necessary.

If you are still seeing problems, we can write a ticket and have someone from support work with you on your document towards resolving the issue.

lana

@Simon You could just delete the dangling dimension - select red icon and press delete button. This way sketch line does not change and downstream features don't loose their references

jakeramsley

If you find what sketch is having the error, I would suggest editing it and turning on the "Show constraints" checkbox.  This will turn on the visualization of all constraints in the sketch.  If there are any that are red, hover over it and see if it gives the error "Dangling".  This usually means the sketch is trying to constrain to some geometry that either got deleted upstream or was changed upstream.  If there are, delete these and reapply the constraints desired if necessary.

If you are still seeing problems, we can write a ticket and have someone from support work with you on your document towards resolving the issue.

simon_9

Great, thanks - as you suggested there are a string of 'Projected - Dangling' in red boxes. Now slowly working my way through deleting a line and replacing it - and dealing with the fall-out further that this causes to extrudes, etc.

Simon

lana

@Simon You could just delete the dangling dimension - select red icon and press delete button. This way sketch line does not change and downstream features don't loose their references

simon_9

Thanks - I eventually discovered this by accident...

tgunr

I too am having this error displayed, however there are NO red constraints at all and I can't seem to find what went missing when I edited a sketch.

lana

@tgunr Please add a link to your document so that some-one could help you.