Applying Mesh-Based Defeaturing

To apply mesh-based defeaturing, do one of the following:


To...	Do this...
Use program-controlled defeaturing	Retain the Automatic setting. Various topology and meshing settings influence the behavior. To force capturing a particular feature, create a Named Selection for that topology.
Enter your own global defeaturing tolerance	Click the Defeature size text box and enter a tolerance value. If you set the tolerance too high, some bodies or parts may not be meshed properly. You may have to iterate to find a reasonable value, and it may help to mesh different parts with a different defeature tolerance. If you enter `0` or `Off`, defeaturing is disabled (and the text box will display Off). Enter `-1` or `Auto` or `Automatic` to apply program-controlled defeaturing (and the text box will display Automatic).
Turn off defeaturing	Click the Defeature size text box and enter `0` or `Off`.
Apply defeaturing selectively to edges.	You can use the Delete tool to override Automatic defeaturing or global defeaturing on selected edges or vertices, either before or after the mesh is generated. See Using the Delete Tool.