DELETE RELEASED DATA

[Weber]

Once a part or assembly is released ypu cannot delete it. Is there any workaround ? or how can I demote it to status "in work " ??

[TomazJeras]

I think it's enough to edit it, like change a parameter in proe. Status goes back to In Work.

[Weber]

I cannot change a PPT parameter in Proe, which makes sende to me. Parameter "PTC_PP_RELEASE_STATE" is locked. I created a new iteration so this gets status "IN WORK". But when I want to delete the file I still get the conflict that released version with lower iteration exists. Its so easy to release a file, dropdown, klick on datamangment and below lock you have RELEASE but how can I reverse this operation ? to get rid of those files ?

[ptc-2151062]

Maybe try going to Reports > Version History in a part's drop down menu. There you get a list of all iterations. You can then click "Delete Minor Versions". This might let you delete the part. Andri

[Weber]

It tried this but PPT does what it tells: it delets all MINOR versions but as the release is a main version A.0 this one will not be deletet. Still I cant delete this part in my PPT

[LarsBjors]

Hi According to the manual its not possible to delete released files in Productpoint. I tried some workarounds but nothing helped. My main concern was that the format had been saved in a product and I needed to remove the drawing to be able to remove the format. But this was not possible since the drawing had been released and it was impossible to remove the format. At the end I removed all minor versions of the drawing and connected part,then renamed all files to dummy names. This worked fine because Productpoint renamed all old versions of the files. I then tried to open the format from disk and save it a format catalog folder. This gave me an error window about an "exception". It took me some time to figure out that the old file was still in my cache folder. After I deletet the cache it was possible to save the format again. Then my customer looked at me and said: So today you have learned something. /Lars Björs Econocap