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Deleting a part from the database

ShankCrusher
I am using Datpage 5 Release and I have looked up in the user manual how to delete parts and it says right click and chose delete.

I do not have that option and the Hex Tec that was here installing it said I had full admin rights for it.

Attached is a picture of what I see when trying.

I really need to get these extra parts out because when I export to text, all the old blank dimension labels come in that had been changed at some point. Makes exporting a real pain.
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  • I skipped from 2011 to 5.2, so I'm not 100% sure when things changed, so I'll give you the 2011 version (since your right click menu doesn't look like 5.2).

    It looks like you will have to "Delete Transaction" from the Data Editor tab, assuming you have access to it. On the Data Editor tab, click the options button and change from Rows to Columns. Select a cell in the column corresponding to the transaction you would like to delete (drag and highlight left/right to select multiple transactions), then right click and you should have the option "Delete Transactions".

    In 5.2, you can delete transactions directly from the transaction selection section of the window on any tab.
  • That worked... Thanks! Now onto my next question......(my boss has not sent me to training yet).

    Even though it deleted the transaction, ghosts of former dimension variables still exist. My end goal is to export a 30 pc Cap study as a CSV and have everything in order....but now there are gaps and whatnot in the data. Why is it not deleting the former dimension variables?

  • in reply to ShankCrusher
    You have to remove those variables manually. Same process as above except go back to rows mode. Select the variables to delete, right click and select "Delete Variables".

    The database doesn't know that the variables only apply to certain transactions, once they are created, they are there until you make them go away.

    When I make changes to a program (basically any changes to dimensions except for tolerances), I will change the name of the program (the very top line) with a "rev" indicator. For me that is with a .0, .1, .2, etc, after the part number, so 123456.0 goes to 123456.1, which creates a new file within DP.
  • Sometimes what I found easy. When in the process of a new part, going through all the corrections having empty variables and bad transactions. Delete the part number from database and run the study from the beginning and it will create it all over again. I have and still do the suggestions that Vinni mentions. The issue I have with this is that if I make slight changes to or added features, Datapage throws it down at the bottom of the list and not with the actual feature it was related to. Maybe like a Position, your DRF is at the top, but you made a slight adjustment. Then you have the empty slots and then it creates new "X" and "Y" at the bottom, now you can merge the 2 lines, and you will have to relate it to the most recent callout in your DMIS program. Now everything is at the bottom and your DRF is still at the top.
  • Sometimes what I found easy. When in the process of a new part, going through all the corrections having empty variables and bad transactions. Delete the part number from database and run the study from the beginning and it will create it all over again. I have and still do the suggestions that Vinni mentions. The issue I have with this is that if I make slight changes to or added features, Datapage throws it down at the bottom of the list and not with the actual feature it was related to. Maybe like a Position, your DRF is at the top, but you made a slight adjustment. Then you have the empty slots and then it creates new "X" and "Y" at the bottom, now you can merge the 2 lines, and you will have to relate it to the most recent callout in your DMIS program. Now everything is at the bottom and your DRF is still at the top.

    Yes, this is why I recommend "revving" the program for any changes.
  • Do they still have VARIABLE SETS in the newer versions? If so, MAKE a variable set that only has the dims you want and use that instead of "MEAS_ORDER". You can put them in whatever order you want them to be in. In RT, I use variable sets for each and every part in the database.
  • in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman
    I'll look into that. Thanks for the heads up on that
  • Yeah that little button right there you can pick and choose what you want
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