topic Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style in Inventor Forum

How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

oransen — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:58:13 GMT

I have a style I want to delete, style library A say.

It appears in the list of styles in the style mananger.

But I cannot delete the style because it is being referenced by style, style B say.

But style B does not appear in the any of the style manager lists.

What have I misunderstood?

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:08:37 GMT

@oransen

Is this a part or assembly style, or a drawing style you're trying to delete?

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

oransen — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:34:52 GMT

@Mark.Lancaster wrote:

Is this a part or assembly style, or a drawing style you're trying to delete?

A drawing style.

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:36:01 GMT

@oransen

OK.. Next question

Is this an overall standard/style or a style related to a given annotation?

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:41:13 GMT

I spent hours on finding such a style to delete... never found it. They made it so complex. It is like a needle in a haystack....

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

johnsonshiue — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:25:50 GMT

Hi! Yes, it can be hard to find the nested styles or associated styles. Somethings the style is corrupted and it cannot be deleted. If you can share an example here, I should be able to tell if it is a corrupted case or find the source styles to delete.

Many thanks!

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

oransen — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:33:27 GMT

@Mark.Lancaster wrote:
@oransen

OK.. Next question

Is this an overall standard/style or a style related to a given annotation?

I've attached a screenshot.

But even my "thrashing around like a drunk octopus" method I couldn't achieve my aim or understand exactlyhow to fix the porblem.

As an aside I've mad a suggestion that drawing styles should be saved in IDW files, so when we open an IDW we know where the styles are and how to modify them. It is unelegant I know, but very very very easy to understand and could save hours of drunk octopus thrashing.

Re: How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

oransen — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:36:47 GMT

Owen, you fool, the screenshot you posted shows what you have to do. Go into Standard and remove the style the dialog box tells you to.