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Drawing purge: powerful utility to purge unused objects

December 18, 2013 by Edwin Prakoso 6 Comments

We published an article about things that you can do to make your DWG files smaller.

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There are many great additional tips from our readers. But there is one thing that really gets my attention, so I decided to post about it separately.

Massimo Corradi mention about Drawing Purge, free utility available on Autodesk Exchange Apps store.

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This utility is great. It will remove unused linetypes, regapps and annotation scales.

It also has batch purge utility: you can process multiple drawings at once.

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If you often have DWG files that unusually large, this plugin will really help.

Go download the plugin here: Drawing Purge.

Do you have other plugins to share?

If you have visited Autodesk Exchange Apps store, what is your favorite plugin? Will you share it with us here?

About Edwin Prakoso

I work as a Sr. Consultant in PT Cipta Satria Informatika. I've been using AutoCAD since R14 and Revit since Revit Building 9. I occasionally write for AUGIWorld magazine and I am also active in Autodesk discussion forum. I'm a member of Autodesk Expert Elite, an appreciation for individuals who give contributions to the Autodesk community.
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Anand
Anand
9 years ago

Is there any commands to copy 2 different texts to clipboard. I want to copy ” TEXT1″ & TEXT2″ & I want paste any one without copying again; while pasting any options in clipboard.

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Anand
Anand
9 years ago

Is there any commands to change the layer of the objects which are in blocks.

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Edwin Prakoso
Edwin Prakoso
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Reply to  Anand
9 years ago

It’s not possible with native AutoCAD command. You need to develop a LISP program to do it.

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Anand
Anand
9 years ago

Is there any commands to change the layer of the objects which are in blocks, means I want to change the layer of objects which are in many blocks.

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Marcantonio
Marcantonio
10 years ago

Is it more powerful than the PURGE and -PURGE commands?

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Edwin Prakoso
Edwin Prakoso
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Reply to  Marcantonio
10 years ago

Well, you don’t have to open the file to purge objects. It allows you to do batch process for several files at once. And It’s much faster.
But it does the same thing with PURGE and -PURGE command.

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