Managing Useless References

You can list useless structure references, search them, and later delete them.

  • In the Expose Split Plate command, the useless references of structure plates are listed.
  • In the Structure Fastener command, the useless references of structure fasteners are listed.
  • In the Synchronization Manager command, the useless references of the following objects are listed:
    • Structure objects with the Out of session status.
    • Deleted structure objects that had the Delete status because of the unavailability of their corresponding functional objects.

Before you begin: Save all the objects.
See Also
Synchronizing Physical Objects with Functional Design Objects
Creating Plates from Split Plate Features
Generating Structure Fasteners
  1. Click the required command: Expose Split Plate , Structure Fastener , or Synchronization Manager .

    Note: In case of the Synchronization Manager command, you need to compute the status of the objects before clicking the Useless References Manager command.

  2. From Operation Toolbox, click Useless References Manager .
  3. In the Useless References Manager panel, click Compute .
    The useless references are listed and the panel is updated with the following columns:
    • Function: Expose Split Plate, Structure Fastener, or Synchronization Manager.
    • Type: Type of the reference.
    • Title and Name: Title and name of the reference.
  4. Select the check boxes of the required rows and click Search .
    The references are searched and displayed in the search results.
  5. Switch to the Collaborative Lifecycle app and delete the references using the Delete command from the Lifecycle section of the action bar.

Note: In case of the Expose Split Plate and Structure Fastener commands, the instances of the useless references need to be deleted through these commands only. Also, it takes into account only those references whose instances are deleted in the current session.