Delete contents of drawing files

Open on a project-specific basis

To delete the contents of drawing files

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. Select the drawing files you want to delete.
   

   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.

3. Click the selection with the right mouse button and select Delete Contents of File on the shortcut menu.

Note: You can also use Delete File to delete the contents of the current drawing file.