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Software Use => Material Database => Topic started by: RayGrenoble on April 09, 2015, 12:54:28 PM

Title: How to delete material from database when material is "owned" by someone else?
Post by: RayGrenoble on April 09, 2015, 12:54:28 PM
I have a Hypersizer database into which I have imported material properties from other databases.

I want to delete some of the materials from the database. However, I get errors on some of them indicating that they cannot be deleted because they are owned by others.

How do I obtain 'ownership' of these materials so they can be deleted?
Title: Re: How to delete material from database when material is "owned" by someone else?
Post by: August on April 09, 2015, 02:21:28 PM
Hi Ray,

The 'ownership' can be over-ridden by using Tools->Material Cleanup to delete any material, including materials that are in use somewhere in the database.

-August