# Model disappear after deletng sketch

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946 "2024-10-27T15:14:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Dhiggs12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/dhiggs12/32/4189_2.png) [@Dhiggs12](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dhiggs12)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/1 "2024-10-27T15:14:03Z")

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When I delete a sketch cause I don’t need it anymore, it deletes the body its associated with too. How can I delete sketches without deleting the model? Thanks for your time

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/2 "2024-10-27T15:47:07Z")

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You have to collapse the history to disassociate the sketch from the model. [How to delete Sketches? - #3 by Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-delete-sketches/33603/3)

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**Author:** ![Dhiggs12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/dhiggs12/32/4189_2.png) [@Dhiggs12](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dhiggs12)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/3 "2024-10-29T10:44:05Z")

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Been looking forever to try and find the solution. Thank you for replying! I will try it when i get home.

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**Author:** ![Dhiggs12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/dhiggs12/32/4189_2.png) [@Dhiggs12](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dhiggs12)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/4 "2024-10-29T16:54:50Z")

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All that function does is hide the sketch instead of delete it. I don’t want the sketch to be in my items at all. Id like it to be gone completely. I used to be able to delete skeches without it deleting the body.

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/5 "2024-10-29T17:33:25Z")

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🤷‍♂️ I’m with you. Haven’t done a deep dive on it yet as my designs have been simple. Should be a button to simply and effectively disassociate a body from a sketch.

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**Author:** ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/6 "2024-10-29T20:36:05Z")

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Did you do the 3 steps in the link posted by @Oregonerd?  
Make sure you set Delete shown in step 2.

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/7 "2024-10-30T21:17:13Z")

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I think the reason they did it the way they did was because allowing individual disassociations would be overly complex. With the history collapse approach, they essentially export the design as an X\_T file and then reimport it.

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**Author:** ![Dhiggs12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/dhiggs12/32/4189_2.png) [@Dhiggs12](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dhiggs12)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/model-disappear-after-deletng-sketch/34946/8 "2024-11-06T21:01:36Z")

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Yeah I did. Not a fan but I’ll get used to it. I liked it before where I could delete sketches I didn’t need anymore but it’s all good.thanks for your help