Error recovery in a computer aided design environment

An apparatus comprising:

• first logic to identify a failure within a first failed feature in a computer aided design (CAD) assembly comprising a plurality of features;
• and
• second logic to automatically provide a set of treatments for the failure within the first failed feature from which to select a treatment applicable to the failure, where:
• said set of treatments is based at least in part on the failure within the first failed feature;
• said failure is resulting from modifications of one or more features of the CAD assembly;
• and
• the first failed feature is excluded from the CAD assembly.

A machine readable storage medium having stored thereon machine executable instructions, execution of said instructions to implement a method comprising:

• identifying a failure within a first failed feature in a computer aided design (CAD) assembly comprising a plurality of features;
• and
• automatically providing a set of treatments for the failure within the first failed feature from which to select a treatment applicable to the failure, where:
• said set of treatments is based at least in part on the failure within the first failed feature;
• said failure is resulting from modifications of one or more features of the CAD assembly;
• and
• the first failed feature is excluded from CAD assembly.