Delete Models or Drawings from the Archive

General

  • Use the following procedure to delete models or drawings in the archive in a controlled manner.
  • The deletion cannot be undone, so it is important to have a proper backup before deletion.
  • NEVER delete models in the archive using the Windows File Explorer, because then only the model or drawing file will be deleted, but the archive data will remain.
  • Select the documents to be deleted by entering search criteria. As a search data, you can enter, for example, the document label, project, or any field content found on the search data card.
  • When defining search terms, you can use an asterisk (*) to replace several characters or a question mark (?) to replace a single character.
  • The archive documents meeting the search terms will be displayed as a list, from which you can select the documents to be deleted.
  • You cannot delete an active document.
  • If you select an assembly model as the file to be deleted, only it will be deleted, the parts and subassemblies that belong to it will not be deleted.
  • If you select a model to delete, the drawings related to the model will not be deleted.

Delete archived models or drawings

  1. Select the archive from which you want to delete files:
    • Models: Archives | Documents | Maintenance > Delete Models.
    • Drawings: Archives | Documents | Maintenance > Delete Drawings.
    • The program opens the dialog box Search Data.
  2. Fill in the search criteria.
    • If you do not complete the search data, the entire contents of the selected archive will be listed.
  3. Click OK to accept the data that will be used as search criteria and perform the search.
    • The program lists the models or drawings that meet the search criteria.
  4. Select the models or drawings you want to delete from the list.
    • Select an archived document by selecting a row.
    • Hold down the Ctrl key if you you want to select several documents.
    • Hold down the Shift key if you want to select all documents between two documents.
    • Select All/None to select the entire list or to clear all selections.
  5. Click OK to accept the selections you want to delete.
    • The program asks: Really delete selected models/drawings?
  6. Answer the question
    • Yes, if you want to delete the selected archive documents.
    • No, if you want to cancel the deletion of the selected archive documents.