Can't delete folder

[Anonymous]

I made some changes in a part, such as changing the value of tft_x_dimension.  When I went to the part that was based on that dimension, the part had not changd.

I'm not sure how I managed it, but tft_x_dimension was given as a user paramter, and the linked file defined the value tft_x_dimwnsion_1.  No other part that was linked had this name, since it is unique to the TFT part.

So I changed the name of the user parameter to txt_x_dimension_0, and, indeed, the value d0, which was based on this, had its formula changed to use tft_x_dimension_0.  So, I thought that what I should do would be to rename all the user parameters starting in tft_... to tft_..._0.  Then I looked at the included file.  Some dimensions, like tft_hole_spacing, were not renamed to _1, so I copied them to User Parameters, renamed them to _0 (instead of _Copy), went back to the linked file, looked at what consumed them, and went back and modified several dn parameters to use the _0 instad of the _1 or unsuffixed name.  Cool.  My strategy was to remove all dependencies on the linked part file, delete it, and then re-link the file, with the right names, and then rename the _0 values to the values from the linked file and all would be well.

I can't "Delete folder" on the linked file.  There are no values imported from it that would prevent this.  If I try to link to the part file, nothing happens, because it appears to Inventor that the part file is already loaded.

How do I get rid of the linked part file?  This used to work.  I am using Inventor 2018.

I have attached case.ipt, which is where I'm having the problem, and Adaruit 3315.ipt, which is the linked part files.  There's a bunch of other files that case.ipt links to, but they are not relevant to this problem, and their absence can be ignored.

I have never had success creating a project file.  Every attempt has resulted in some catastrophic failure.

thanks

joe

[CCarreiras]

Hi!

First... if you build everyday messy files like this with lots of linked stuff, so its better to work with projects, or sooner or later you will regret badly.

Moving to your issue... just edit the derived part and deselect the parameters... and that's it... bye bye folder...

Check the video below...

[CCarreiras · Accepted solution]

Hi!

The video:

[Mark.Lancaster]

@CCarreiras

Video below?   Looks like we posted at the same time..

[Anonymous]

Thanks, that worked.  All is well.

      joe