Deleting Useless or Unreferenced Elements

You can delete useless or un-referenced elements. The Delete Useless Elements command considers all elements which are not Part Design features or their inputs as useless elements.

These elements are proposed for deletion by default, when the command is launched. If you do not want all elements to be deleted, you should specify it.

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  1. Select Tools > Delete Useless Elements .

    The Delete Useless Elements dialog box appears. It lists all the geometrical elements, datum or not, that are present in the document.



    Elements used by a Part Design feature have the Keep, used by solid status meaning they cannot be deleted. In our scenario, three elements are mentioned with the Delete status.

  2. If you do not wish to delete all possible elements, right-click the element of interest and select Keep. For instance, apply this contextual command to Part2\Axis System.1.

    The list of un-referenced elements is automatically updated, indicating a new status for the selected element (Keep). In the bottom left corner of the dialog box, the global status is also updated.



    Important: Sometimes, for some kept elements, the application detects other elements that are to be kept as a consequence. In that case, the status is "Keep, propagate".

  3. Click OK to confirm the deletion of all elements listed with the Delete status.

    Note: when using Delete Useless Elements, keep in mind the following:

    • The Delete contextual command is available to delete an element which status is Keep. Also available in the contextual menu are the Center Graph and Reframe On capabilities.

    • Bodies, whether Geometrical Sets, Ordered Geometrical Sets or PartBodies located directly below the main representation are not displayed in the list, as when creating a new document, they are necessarily empty of geometrical elements, and it does not make sense to delete them.