Deleting Files
When you click on the file in A360 do all the design reference show nothing, no numbers in brackets. Something you could try in Fusion is clear user cache data, make sure you don't have any uploads in progress as they will be deleted. Also is Fusion up to date as you haven't used it for a while, I had some problems with the data panel yesterday just before Fusion told me there was an update available.
Mark.
Mark Hughes
Owner, Hughes Tooling
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@HughesTooling, nothing in A360, in fact it tells me explicately that the file is not used by any other designs. Uses, Used-in, and Drawings, all clear. I cleared the cache in Fusion 360 and it restarted as part of that process. I still can't delete the file. It tells me it is in use. In data panel it also tells me it is in use by me. It defiantely is not in use. The other file I cannot delete either. Dunno.
You can see the part below was updated in mid Spetember. I had not opened it since then before trying to delete it.
Don't sweat this Mark. Even if there is a way to get the files deleted it is clear there are major issues with file management. I am current by the way, that was the first thing I did this morning.
I WOULD like to hear from Autodesk though...the guys I PAY for these headaches.
Yes, your suspicion is probably right: If that design was referenced by another design at one time, it is still marked as a dependency for the referencing (parent) design. The reason is: You can "promote" old versions of the parent, including the one that referenced the design you are trying to delete. Today, the only way to get around this is to delete the parent first. Unfortunately, there is no way today to prune out old versions (although that has been requested and is on the to-do list). If you want to keep the parent, you can copy the most-recent revision to a new design. This will not bring along old versions. Then, you can delete the original, and then delete the design you originally wanted to delete.
Hope this helps. I realize that this is a bit tedious today, and we are working toward a more streamlined workflow, but we have lots to do. Personally, I just create a "trash" folder in my projects and move things in there that I don't need anymore. It sometimes offends my need for cleanliness, but I've learned to work with it. And occasionally, I actually do go looking around that trash folder for something I want, and am glad that it's still there.
Jeff Strater (Fusion development)
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
@loddie wrote:
Having the same problem. Two files cannot be deleted due to: "A version of this design has been referenced by drawings or other designs and cannot be deleted." I have opened every file, and these files are not present in other any other files, nor do these non-deletable files contain any data.
How does one delete a file?
I don't know whether you've thought about version saves and how they affect an external linked file. If you insert an external design and make a couple of version saves then delete the external file from the design it will still be linked to the design history so you will not be able to delete it.
So lets say you have design A version 1 and you insert design B, you make a few saves of design A then at version 10 you remove design B so design A V10 doesn't have design B. Design B is still referenced in design versions v1-v9 so it's locked and you can't delete it.
If you look at the overview for one of the files you can't delete does it show any thing under used in or drawings?
Mark
Mark Hughes
Owner, Hughes Tooling
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