• During the design phase of a project, it is not uncommon to create components that will no longer be used—or will never be used—in assemblies, drawings, or derived parts, etc. We will therefore use the first search type to locate all of these so-called “orphan” files.


Example:


In my file, I have an assembly that consists of parts A, B, and C, but not part D.


 


If I run a search in my folder, it tells me that Part D is not used in any assembly or drawing.