model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).defeaturing("ShortEdges").delete(<ftag>) creates a DeleteShortEdges feature tagged <ftag> with the specified properties. The property delete is set to selected. If the feature can be built, it is inserted in the geometry sequence after the current feature; otherwise, the feature is discarded.

 model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).defeaturing("ShortEdges").deleteAll(<ftag>) works as the delete method, but the property delete is set to all.

It is also possible to create a DeleteShortEdges feature using the standard create method. The following properties are available.

 model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).find() searches the input objects for edges of length less than entsize.

 model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).detail() returns a selection object where you can select a subset of the edge sets found.

The find and detail methods of  model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).defeaturing("ShortEdges") have the corresponding functionality for the defeaturing tool.

Only edges that can be deleted without invalidating the object are deleted. If an edge was not possible to delete, a warning is given, accessible through  model.component(<ctag>).geom(<tag>).feature(<ftag>).problem().

The following example imports the file defeaturing_demo_4.x_b and finds all edges with length less than 3·10−3. The first of these edges is deleted.