How do I replace a PDPattern in a design with another Body feature?

[leoheck]

Hi @DeepSOIC, I’m using PDPattern with a Body feature, but I want to replace it with a new design of the same thing.
Instead of updating the current PDPattern object by changing its properties, I created a new PDPattern after the existing one and then deleted the old one.

However, this is not producing the object as a whole — it only gives me the PDPattern feature itself.
What can I do to fix the design after removing an existing PDPattern and replacing it with another?

[DeepSOIC]

in theory i would have expected PartDesign to take care of this, but maybe i'm wrong and it has to be done by the feature being deleted...
Make sure that BaseFeature property is pointing to the previous feature. It's a hidden property.

[leoheck]

I tried to find such a property, but I could not find anything similar. Found the preview shape but I don't think it is the right thing. It was a memory pointer I guess. I will have to inspect this better later, since I have some features that I have to replace.

[DeepSOIC]

right-click in property editor -> show hidden

[leoheck]

Yeah, I was already doing that. But I am going to investigate this now.

[leoheck]

Ok, that is it. Updating the BaseFeature fixed the problem. That was quick. The base feature was empty, so I thought it was not in use. I hate that they make things empty instead of keeping them broken. It is hard to track problems with that. Anyway, thank you @DeepSOIC.

[DeepSOIC]

made issue #122 to hopefully try fix it some day