Sheet metal cuts pattern suppressed if not effect?

[esaldana]

I have some sheet metal cut-outs (slots) that goes to several components, the quantities are controlled using rectangular pattern, when some of those slots don't 'cut' some of the components I then have an exclamation mark saying: "One or more feature occurrences failed to execute. Use Edit Pattern to change the pattern definition or use Suppress on the occurrences that failed."

Is there any API or iLogic rule to go trough all the slots in every component from within the assembly or even within the component itself, and suppressed those occurrences that failed to execute?

[WCrihfield]

Is the feature that cuts out slots in sheet metal parts located within some or all of the sheet metal parts, or is the feature located within the assembly?  Is this rectangular pattern you mentioned defined within the assembly, or is it defined within some or all of the sheet metal parts.  Specifically which type of feature is it that is cutting the slots in the sheet metal parts ('Extrude' sketch as cut, sheet metal 'Cut' feature, or a solid body 'Combine' feature set to cut one solid size/shape out of another solid)?

[esaldana]

Thank you for helping,

Is all in the sheet metal environment.

I have create a main sketch where all the sketch points are located... (points are located in the lower sketch)

Then I create all the components were these sketch are projected (just one of the components shown in this picture) the 5 components shown in the top sketch can change sizes (width), some of the points fall in empty space, some within the components...

I then insert a punch (slot) using those sketch points in every component, and then create a pattern to control how many of those oblongs to use per component. 

As you can see in the browser I don't really have an error but some exclamation marking where the slots patterns are located, those not cutting the component, I suspect if i change size and these patters fall within the component then the exclamation markings will disappear,

Good thing is that the design doctor is not indicating an error, but is there a way to put a code to take care of those patterns and refresh them once I change the top panels sizes?

Or a better suggestion how to build it differently in order to accomplish the same tasks? I tend to over-complicate things.

Hope this helps,

let me know if you need more clarifications,

[WCrihfield]

That looks like a fairly complex scenario you have going on there.  It would be pretty difficult to diagnose the problems and create a code solution for it remotely (without having the files to test with).  I would suggest that you attempt to solve the problem(s) through manual means, while keeping the process of what you had to do to solve it manually in mind.  If it can be solved manually, then there is hope for being able to do so by code.

If you were to provide a sample file for us to test on, make sure it doesn't contain any proprietary or personal data that you don't want the public to have access to.  I usually recommend creating a much simpler example file and recreate a similar (but simpler) scenario within it that causes the same type of problem.  When we solve the similar problem in that test file, you can then use the same technique(s) to solve the larger scale problem in your actual working files.

[esaldana]

Thank you,

I'll try to come with a simplified version of this model and post it,

Regards,

Eric