How to delete a style which is referenced by another style

[oransen]

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?

[Mark.Lancaster]

@oransen

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

[oransen]

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@Mark.Lancaster wrote:

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

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A drawing style.

[Mark.Lancaster]

@oransen

OK..  Next question

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

[Anonymous]

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....

[johnsonshiue]

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!

[oransen]

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@Mark.Lancaster wrote:

@oransen

OK..  Next question

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

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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.

[oransen · Accepted solution]

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.