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Originally posted by: zon



Hello,

I've a doubt about node clear status.
Can I clear a status from one node without the node after, conected to it, clear also?
I ask this because of disk space. When my disk is going full, I go to previous LAE projects and try to clear some node in order to win space.
But, to do that, I've to open each node, go to Status tab, see were the tmp file is store in my PC disk, go there and delete it. Its kind of "painfull", if you understand what I mean.

Can it be done in another way?

Best Regards,
Natanael Moreira (ZON)

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Originally posted by: rboccuzzi

If you have in your preferences, under the execution tab, Delete Temp Files mode set to Normal, you can do the following:

Open up your graph. Disconnect (unwire) the nodes you want to keep the temp data around for, usually later in the graph. Then clear the status of the earlier nodes (thereby clearing just their temp data, but not the later nodes). Then exit without saving. This will delete all the temp files earlier on, but leave your nodes connected.

However, if you go back and open your graph, you will get a warning that the autosave is newer. I recommend if you are doing this to go back and open the graph right away, and when it prompts you that the autosave is newer, you ignore, and open the file, not the autosave (therefore everything will be wired properly). make a change and save the file.

doing this will leave your graph in a correct logical properly wired state, but with the data missing on the earlier nodes in your graph. This process takes a few steps, so isn't worth it if you are talking about a couple of nodes, but if you are clearing lots of nodes, you can do it fairly quickly and efficiently using this manner.

Cheers
Rich