Cleaning Fluidic Links

You can clean broken external references and engineering connections, and delete routes with fewer than two points. If you are in an RFLP session, you can also clean or upgrade implement links. This command works even if the data is partially loaded.

Before you begin: Open a product containing fluidic objects.
  1. From the Fluid Design section of the action bar, click Clean Fluidic Links .
  2. Select a root assembly or a sub-assembly in the tree.
    The 3D Fluidic Links Cleaner dialog box appears. If you are in an RFLP session, three options appear in the dialog box:
    • Clean links about external references and engineering connections and delete invalid route:
      • Deletes broken and isolated external references.
      • Deletes broken engineering connections found under the selected assembly and under its sub-assemblies.
      • Deletes routes with fewer than two points.
      • Replaces external references with a 3D point.
    • Clean implement links:
      • Deletes all broken links implement links found under the selected root assembly and under its sub-assemblies.
      • Links the implement link to the line ID associated to the logical route if the implement link is linked to a logical route and not the associated line ID.
      • Deletes all Instance-Instance implement links if several implement links exist on any single fluidic object.
      • Keeps the object that is the higher in the hierarchy and deletes all other Reference-Reference implement links if several Reference-Reference implement links are associated to logical objects on different levels.
      • Deletes implement links on the spool object but keeps implement links on spool members.
      • Deletes implement links between a fluidic object and a nonfluidic object.
    • Upgrade implement links: Migrates implement links to the right context.
    Note: If you are in a non-RFLP session, only the first option is available.
  3. Select the options you want to perform and click OK.
    A status message is displayed to list the actions that have been performed.
  4. From the standard area, click Update to check if all broken links have been deleted or repaired.