Delete reference from drawing?

[bw009]

I have some drawings that have a bogus reference in them that I'd like to get rid of. The reference only shows up when I use "save as" and click on "references". It's not attached to any views so I can't delete it in the normal fashion. The file I don't want to reference is a pretty large assembly and I don't want all those extra parts that I don't need to be copied to my new folder. Is there an easy way to fix this without having to recreate the drawing from scratch? As of now that's the only way I have figured out to get rid of the reference. I'd appreciate any helpful hints.

 

[ctopher]

The reference is probably in context of one of the parts.
You need to find the parts and its feature that is referencing the assy.

Chris
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[bw009]

Thanks. I thought about that, but that's not it either. The assembly I want to delete doesn't show up within any view or in the tree of any part when I open the part. It only shows up when I go to "Save as" "references". Weird, eh?

 

[Updraft]

Try going to File -> Find References. This will show all the files related to the one and do it in an indented manner so you can tell what file relates to what.

- - -Updraft

 

[bw009]

Well, that lists the part I want to keep and the assembly I want to delete on the same level, directly under the drawing. I'm pretty new to SolidWorks. I've been using it for around 7 months. Is there something similar to the AutoCAD "purge" command in SW?

 

[Updraft]

If your display shows the drawing and then indented at the same level it shows the part and the undesireable assembly then that indicates the drawing is referencing both; the part file is not referencing the assy.

Now you should expand the tree in your drawing file to find the view that is referencing the assy. Click on the "+" symbol for each Sheet* and then similarly expand the drawing views. (See attachment) This should reveal where the assy is being referenced and you will probably then need to delete that view. If you need to keep the view and it is hidden then show it and deal with the errant assy.

- - -Updraft

 

[bw009]

Hmm, I'm not able to see views under the drawing in the "Find References" tree. Also, if I go to the views in the tree in Feature Manager I don't see the problem assembly listed. For right now I've just recreated the drawing for the one I'm working on, but I have seen this on more than one drawing and I'm sure I'll run into this again. I'm wondering if it came from opening an existing drawing and doing a "save as" to create a new drawing. I'm going to quit doing that and see if that keeps it from happening. This one was preplexing though. I deleted all the views from the drawing, the title block, everything, and that pesky assembly was still showing up when I do "Find References". Argh.

 

[Updraft]

bw,

I was refering to the drawing's Feature Tree as in the attachment, not from within the Find References selection.

Yes, your Save As is probably the source of your issue. I'm guessing you did this as a means to keep your title block information and other generic information from a previous drawing (probably the one wiht the assy in the first place). Since your are new to SWX I highly suggest you go through the SWX tutorials and then go through the Help files on how to build a drawing title block with properties and then save it as a template. This is invaluable. For now, please re-read my previous post and try those steps. Your latest comment suggests even more that you have a mystery view that somehow referenced the unwanted assy and all you'll have to do is delete that view.

- - -Updraft