Removing unnecessary data from the project

When you work for some time on a project, it may happen that some data you input at the beginning are not relevant any more. For example, you may be force to change the material grades, you decide on replacing certain types of cross-sections, you may opt for another type of reinforcement, the load the structure is subjected to may have been altered, etc.

In order to keep the project (especially a large one) "free of ballast", it is convenient to remove all the entities that are no longer necessary.

Sometimes, it may happen that you must completely abandon the solution you chosen and you must start from scratch – sometimes not exactly, but almost.

For all these situations, you may use tool called Cleaner. It is a simple tool that enables you to select which particular data should be removed from your project.

There are several groups defined within the Cleaner dialogue with each of them containing usually several items. The number and type of the items depends on the data that were defined in the project. The Cleaner dialogue offers only the data that really exist in the project.

Below, you will find an example of the groups and individual items in them (the complete list would be too long and it would contain all possible entities that can be defined in SCIA Engineer).

General	This group allows you to delete e.g. results, temporary solver data, mesh, etc.
Document	Here you can clear the document.
Model	This group allows you to remove e.g. supports, hinges, etc.
Loads	It is possible to remove all the applied loads or just the selected types of loads.
Sets	Defined sets such as load cases, combinations, bore holes, stressing beds, etc. can be deleted here.
Unused library entities	The unused items in specified libraries can be removed from the project to make the project file more compact.