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Delete a cage face to open a solid

This examples shows how delete a cage face in the NX Realize Shape task environment to open a solid body.

  1. Choose Home tab→Modify group→Delete .

  2. Select the faces you want to delete.

  3. Middle-click to continue deleting cage faces or select another NX Realize Shape command.


Deleting a cage face of a solid body creates a sheet body. Sheet bodies can be used for subsequent operations such as Thicken.


How do I

  • Delete a face while using Symmetric Modeling

Learn more

  • Delete

Look up more details

  • Delete dialog box

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Delete a cage face to open a solid, NX 2212 Series © 2023 Siemens

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/product/209349590/doc/PL20220512394070742.xid851385/html/xid1123952/xid830520/xid830655 · retrieved 2026-07-10