Clear drawing file assignments

Open on a project-specific basis

Use this tool to remove drawing files from a fileset.

To clear drawing file assignments

1. Click Open on a project-specific basis (How).
   

   Activate Open on a Project-Specific Basis... in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: File

   • Keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+O

   • Toolbar: Standard

   Tip: You can also double click with the left mouse button in the workspace.

2. Remove the file assignments as follows:
   • To remove all the drawing file assignments from a fileset: right-click the fileset in question and, on the shortcut menu, choose Clear All Drawing File Assignments.

     To remove individual drawing files assigned to a fileset: in the tree structure, select the drawing files you want to remove, right-click the selection and, on the shortcut menu, choose Clear Selection.

     

     You select drawing files by clicking the drawing file numbers or the drawing file name.

     • To select a single drawing file, click it.
     • To select a series of non-adjacent drawing files, press and hold down the CTRL key and click the drawing files.
     • To select a range of drawing files, click the first drawing file in the range, then press the Shift key and click the last drawing file in the range at the same time.
     • To select all drawing files, press CTRL+A or click Select all drawing files on the shortcut menu. This selects all drawing files the drawing file view. This selects all drawing files of the current fileset in the tree structure. To undo the selection, click any drawing file or select Clear selection on the shortcut menu.
       Note: If the focus (name is highlighted in blue) is on a drawing file, CTRL+A selects all drawing files of this fileset; if the focus is on a fileset, all filesets are selected.

     Note: In tree view, you can only select several drawing files when they belong to the same fileset.

     This clears the assignment between the drawing files and the fileset. The drawing files themselves are not affected.

     Tip: You can also remove the selected drawing files by using the DEL key or by dragging and dropping them out of the dialog box.

Note: You can also use the ProjectPilot to remove drawing files from a fileset. Here you can also remove drawing files in projects other than the current one. For more information, see Clear drawing file assignments.

The ProjectPilot is a powerful data management tool developed specially for the data structure of Allplan. The ProjectPilot is used to manage all data in Allplan.