Disassociating Blocking Entities From Geometry Entities

  1. Click Select block entities , and then click the block face(s), edge(s), or vertex (vertices) to be disassociated.

    • You may select multiple blocking entities by holding the Ctrl key while selecting.

    • Use Box Select to choose multiple block edges and vertices from which geometry associations are to be removed.

      Note: By design, box select under Select block entities works only on block edges and vertices. To box select block faces, first make the selection using the Select tool. You may then click the Associate tool and delete the association.
  2. Click Delete association to disassociate the blocking from geometry.

You can use the following Blocking Association Options to modify the behavior of the Associate tool:

  • Snap associated vertices is used to move vertices to the target geometry when the association is created. Default is enabled.

  • Update all associations to closest sets a filter to blocking edges only, which allows for easy selection of edges for re-association to nearest appropriate geometry. Box select is available. This is useful to reset association of edges after a model editing operation.

  • Split Composed Target Edges can be used to separate geometry edges that were grouped to complete an association. The tool guide to select block entities is disabled for this option as it only applies to geometry edges. Disable the option to return to normal behavior.

  • Compose target edges by angle can be used to create a target edge for association from multiple edge segments. Selected edge segments that meet within the threshold Tangential Angle will be grouped when the association is created.