https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949350#M277575 <P>this is confusing, I admit. &nbsp;What you want here is not "Delete" but "Remove":</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/206390i2DCC3F55CA9A678F/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="remove.png" title="remove.png" /></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It's a long story, but Fusion interprets "Delete" as "delete the feature which created this item", while "Remove" means "insert a feature into the timeline which removes this item". &nbsp;Internally, we call these "hard delete" and "soft delete". &nbsp;Remove is "soft delete". &nbsp;Because this inserts a "remove" feature in the timeline, you can back up to a point in time when that object still exists.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This works all well and fine for most things: &nbsp;If you Extrude a new body, and you "delete" that body, Fusion deletes the Extrude feature which created it, where if you "remove" that body, it just inserts a Remove feature in the timeline. &nbsp;However, Split Body is different. &nbsp;If you select a body produced by Split Body, then choose "delete", then Fusion interprets this as "remove the feature which created this body", and... &nbsp;the Split Body feature is deleted. &nbsp;Which is almost never what you want, because it puts the original body back together.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>We continue to discuss how to make this work better and be more clearer, but have not yet settled on a consensus. &nbsp;Maybe different labels? &nbsp;Personally, I find "remove" and "delete" to be confusing, because they mean the same thing to me. &nbsp; There was resistance to "hard delete" and "soft delete" (which I like, actually), as being too technical. &nbsp;And "insert delete body feature" is too wordy for "remove".</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Anyway, long answer to a short question. &nbsp;The short answer is use "remove".</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Jeff Strater (Fusion development)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:22:48 GMT jeff_strater 2015-12-13T17:22:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949300#M277574 <P>I'm trying to delete the unwanted part of the coil, but unfortunately I have a problem with that, I can move this piece but I can not remove. In the <A href="https://vimeo.com/148783980" target="_self">video which you can see here</A> I shows what happens when I try&nbsp;to remove the unnecessary part. Please help</P> Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:38:31 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949300#M277574 Anonymous 2015-12-13T15:38:31Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949350#M277575 <P>this is confusing, I admit. &nbsp;What you want here is not "Delete" but "Remove":</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><IMG src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/206390i2DCC3F55CA9A678F/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="remove.png" title="remove.png" /></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It's a long story, but Fusion interprets "Delete" as "delete the feature which created this item", while "Remove" means "insert a feature into the timeline which removes this item". &nbsp;Internally, we call these "hard delete" and "soft delete". &nbsp;Remove is "soft delete". &nbsp;Because this inserts a "remove" feature in the timeline, you can back up to a point in time when that object still exists.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This works all well and fine for most things: &nbsp;If you Extrude a new body, and you "delete" that body, Fusion deletes the Extrude feature which created it, where if you "remove" that body, it just inserts a Remove feature in the timeline. &nbsp;However, Split Body is different. &nbsp;If you select a body produced by Split Body, then choose "delete", then Fusion interprets this as "remove the feature which created this body", and... &nbsp;the Split Body feature is deleted. &nbsp;Which is almost never what you want, because it puts the original body back together.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>We continue to discuss how to make this work better and be more clearer, but have not yet settled on a consensus. &nbsp;Maybe different labels? &nbsp;Personally, I find "remove" and "delete" to be confusing, because they mean the same thing to me. &nbsp; There was resistance to "hard delete" and "soft delete" (which I like, actually), as being too technical. &nbsp;And "insert delete body feature" is too wordy for "remove".</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Anyway, long answer to a short question. &nbsp;The short answer is use "remove".</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Jeff Strater (Fusion development)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:22:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949350#M277575 jeff_strater 2015-12-13T17:22:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949424#M277576 <P>Thank you Jeff, working great.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:38:25 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/problem-with-trimming-coil/m-p/5949424#M277576 Anonymous 2015-12-13T20:38:25Z