Certain changes might cause frozen features to become out of date.
Examples:
- Changes to external geometry that is referenced by the frozen feature, such as features in another part in an assembly.
- Changes to equations that subsequently affect a frozen feature.
- Changes to a design table that affect a frozen feature.
- Changes to an assembly feature that drives a frozen feature in the part, such as a hole created in the assembly that is propagated to the parts in the assembly.
- Changes to an external base part that is used to create geometry in the part containing the frozen features.
Rebuild Indicator
Out-of-date frozen features are flagged with a rebuild indicator
. When the part is a component of an assembly, you can control whether the rebuild indicator propagates up the FeatureManager design tree. In the part containing the frozen features, right-click the freeze bar and click:
| Hide Part Rebuild Indicators |
Stops the rebuild indicator for out-of-date frozen features from propagating up the FeatureManager design tree when the part is a component of an assembly. In the assembly tree, the indicator appears on the out-of-date frozen feature, but not on the part level or assembly level. |
Update Frozen Features
To update out-of-date frozen features, right-click the freeze bar and click:
| Update Frozen Features |
Rebuilds out-of-date frozen features and their dependent features and returns them to the frozen state. Also rebuilds active features if deemed necessary by the SOLIDWORKS application. |
If the part containing the frozen features has multiple configurations, you can control whether all configurations or only the active configuration are updated. Right-click the freeze bar and click:
| Always Update All Configurations |
When selected, rebuilds all configurations when you click Update Frozen Features. When cleared, rebuilds only the active configuration when you click Update Frozen Features. |
| Update All Configurations |
Rebuilds all configurations regardless of any other settings. |