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.

2. From the Resource Manager, right-click on the resource, and select Delete from the context menu. Alternatively, select the resource and press the Delete key.

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.

Parameter	Description
Delete Symbol completely	Deletes all instances of the symbol from the drawing, and removes the symbol definition from the active file
Delete and replace Symbol Instances with Loci	Deletes all instances of the symbol from the drawing and replaces them with loci; removes the symbol definition from the active file
Delete and replace Symbol Instances with	Replaces any symbol instances in the drawing with the symbol definition selected from the Resource Selector; removes the symbol definition from the active file. This option is available only if the active file has at least one additional symbol definition available as a replacement.
Symbol list	Select the replacement symbol from the symbol definitions available in the active file
Replace Class	Changes the symbol instances class to the class assigned to the replacement symbol definition; deselect it to retain the original class of the symbol instances
Always delete Symbol Instances completely/Always delete and replace Symbol Instances with Loci	When Delete Symbol completely or Delete and replace Symbol Instances with Loci is selected, select whether to always perform that action when deleting a symbol

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