I have a higher-level assembly with a child assembly. When I click on a part that is included in the child assembly, delete it (delete/delete), the part is removed from the child assembly.
What I would like is for the whole child assembly to be erased and not just the part.
No configuration to my knowledge, you have to delete the parent by clicking on it in the tree or with a right-click in the 3D, select the assembly, then delete it.
Edit it's a new feature of SW 2013, and there is no solution, an SPR (improvement request) has been created at SolidWorks under the reference:SPR 697503
The problem is that a person can erase a part in a child assembly without realizing it.
While by deleting the child assembly, in its entirety, it is much more visible but above all does not modify the child assembly ;o).
@gt22: On the capture, part 4401-0034 is in child assembly CI 2161. I am working on the CI assembly - to be inserted into ASM. By clicking on component 4401-0034 and clearing it (delete/Delete), I modify the CI 2161 assembly.
A PDM allows you to have some files in read-only, but without it, no protection except when closing, SolidWorks now offers a list to choose the files to save!
This is a known issue at SolidWorks that will be fixed in version 2015:
Personally, and to follow the idea of @Lucas, I put my libraries of commercial parts in read-only mode (without PDM).
I don't know if this would be applicable for you?
It doesn't answer the basic question (delete the subset instead of the part), but it avoids making mistakes (no unintentional registration of the subset with one less part).
Yes, it depends on the architecture, but if all your standard subsets are in a folder (or tree), then it's easy to give write access only to certain users by the domain controller.
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