Article - CS156238

Unable to delete the value for a soft attribute with "warning: <Attributename> cannot be removed" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 17-Aug-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 6.2 to 13.1
  • SolidWorks

Description

  • Attribute added to CAD Document Type definition with string length constraint 0 to n characters cannot be updated to empty string
  • Unable to delete the value for a soft attribute and gets the following warning:
For some objects the restrictions have been violated. Refer to status messages column for details
Status message: <AttributeName> cannot be removed
or
For some objects the restrictions have been violated. Change display option or view to make all collected objects visible and refer to status messages for more details
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