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Deleting JT Files

Like standard files, you must have Remove access for a folder to remove JT files from it and you cannot delete a JT file if it is connected to other items. For more information on the guidelines for removing files, see Removing an Item from a Folder.

You cannot delete a child file until you first delete the assembly file that contains it and you cannot delete a subassembly without first deleting the parent assembly file that contains it. If you attempt to delete a file that cannot be deleted because its parent assembly file has not been deleted, the system does not delete the file and presents a message that tells you the file isn't deleted. If you selected some files that could be deleted, the system does delete them. Unless you know the file structure, you will have to select files that may not be able to be deleted and repeat the delete procedure until all the files you want to delete are removed.

For example, suppose you want to delete all files within a structure that has several levels of subassembly files. You must first delete the parent assembly file, as indicated by a icon next to the file. Then you must delete all subassembly files, as indicated by a icon next to the files. The system will only delete the highest level subassembly files. The lower level subassemblies remain. Note that the system does not distinguish between levels of subassembly files so you can't tell which subassemblies can be deleted unless you know the structure. After deleting these highest subassembly files, you must delete the next level of subassembly files by choosing all the remaining files with icons. Repeat this until you are left only with child files, as indicated by a . icon. Then you can delete the child files.

Alternatively, if you don't want to pay close attention to the icons, you could simply select all JT files for deletion. The system will delete only the highest level subassemblies. Then you can keep repeating the process, deleting only the highest level subassemblies each time, until you delete all the files.

If you uploaded the assembly without including subassemblies, then the procedure is much simpler. You need only delete the root assembly file and then you can delete all the component child files.

To delete a 3D JT document that has been added to a folder

1. View the content of a folder or route: click the folder name from the folder list or click Content from the route's category list.

For instructions on accessing the category list for a folder, see Viewing Information for a Folder or Subfolder.

2. On the Content page, check the JT files that you want to delete. For help determining which files to choose first, see the explanation at the beginning of this topic.
3. Click Remove Selected from the page Actions menu.
4. From the Remove Content Confirmation, choose the second option: Remove the selections from the folder and try to permanently delete...

You must completely delete the files and not just removed them from the folder.

5. Click OK.

If you receive a message that says some files could not be deleted because they have references to other files, then these files are part of an assembly and the system did not delete them.

6. If there are additional JT files that you want to delete but could not delete previously because they were part of an assembly that you deleted in the previous steps, repeat steps 2 through 5 until all JT files that you want to delete are deleted.