Via configuration file replace_std.cfg, you can mark expired and replaced parts with special icons in the Part selection, display dialog boxes and block the export to CAD systems:

Icons in index tree and "Symbols" view

Dialog box

Tip

The following markups complement each other: Part to be replaced (description in present section) Part to be avoided (see Kennzeichnung zu vermeidender Teile) With V10 this functionality is controlled by a specific column CNSAVOID in the characteristic attribute table. Control via configuration file $CADENAS_DATA/datasetup/avoid_parts.cfg is not used anymore! Expired parts (see Section 5.9.2.12, “Menu item Expiration date (End of Life) ” in eCATALOGsolutions Manual)

The use of replace_std.cfg is an alternative to the function under PARTadmin -> Index administration -> context menu command Suppress appearance (see Kontextmenübefehle Übersicht).

However via replace_std.cfg the subtrees stay visible even though they can't be used. Normally this is the preferred variant.