To Handle Children of Suppressed or Deleted Components
1. Retrieve an assembly and select a component that has children.
2. Right-click and choose 
Suppress or 
Delete from the shortcut menu. The Suppress or Delete dialog box opens.
Suppress or Delete from the shortcut menu. The Suppress or Delete dialog box opens.◦ To suppress or delete the selected items and all of their children, make sure Suppress all or Delete all are selected.
◦ To suspend all the children of the selected items, select Suspend all and then click OK.
This suspends all actions on all children.
◦ To select a method to handle each child individually, click Edit Details. The Children Handling dialog box opens.
3. In the Children Handling dialog box, where applicable, use the following options:
◦ Click Local or External to view the list of local and external children. All external children are suspended.
◦ For local children, use the Set all as options to Suppress, Delete, or Suspend all children.
4. Select a child object, then right-click or select an option from the Status list:
◦ Suppress—Suppresses and resumes the child when the parent component is resumed.
◦ Delete—Deletes the child component.
◦ Suspend—Suspended temporarily until you assign new references
◦ Freeze (available when the allow_freeze_failed_assy_comp configuration option is set to yes) or Fix—Freezes or fixes the component in their original location until they can be regenerated successfully, either by resuming the parent, redefining the placement, or rerouting the child. Frozen components are identified by 
in the Model Tree.
in the Model Tree.When a child of a suppressed or deleted component is a member of a group, the entire group can be suppressed, deleted, or suspended. To select an operation for individual group members affected by suppressing or deleting the parent, clear the Suppress entire group or Delete entire group check box.
Additional right-click options:
◦ Edit References—Opens the Edit References dialog box to edit placement references.
◦ Show References—Highlights the placement references of the selected child. The SHOW REF menu appears.
◦ Info—Opens the Feature or Model references page in the browser, or the Reference Viewer dialog box.
5. Click OK.