Deleting a Symbol Definition

When a symbol definition is deleted from the Resource Manager, all instances of the symbol in the active file are deleted completely, replaced with loci to preserve the symbol locations, or replaced with a different symbol definition.

To delete a symbol definition:

  1. Open the file that contains the symbol definition to be deleted.

  2. From the Resource Manager, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the resource, and select Delete from the context menu. Alternatively, select the resource and press the Delete key.

  3. If there are any instances of the symbol currently in the drawing, the Delete Symbol dialog box opens. Otherwise, you may get an alert offering similar, but more limited choices of either replacing instances with loci or deleting instances completely.

  4. Click Yes.

The symbol definition is deleted, and each symbol instance is either deleted or replaced with a locus or the replacement symbol.

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Editing Symbol Definitions

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