This issue also spreads to unaffected files if data from the affected file is copied to an unaffected file. This issue starts in a drawing due to improper data import from DGN files resulting in huge drawing database.Īutodesk offered a hotfix of this issue for versions older than 2014 but with AutoCAD 2015 and later version they implemented DGN purge feature within the standard PURGE command. This error also leads to other issues like lagging cursor when selecting annotations like text and dimensions, copy paste not working in AutoCAD and file taking too long to open. Sometimes AutoCAD drawings file size becomes too bloated up with seemingly no data in it. For these situations open a blank drawing type RECOVER and press enter then browse affected drawing from select file window and click on open.ĪutoCAD will attempt to recover your drawing removing all errors from it and then it will open it in a new session. Recover command can be used at places where the drawing is corrupt to such an extent that it can’t be opened. Command line will now prompt you to specify whether you want to fix detected errors or not, type Y and press enter to find and fix all detected errors. To clean this kind of drawings type AUDIT on the command line and press enter. These commands are generally used to remove errors from AutoCAD drawings, a drawing containing errors can unnecessarily become bloated up. The cleaned drawing will now be saved on the specified path. Then move to objects panel and click on select objects button and make a selection to include all drawing entities from your drawing area.Īlthough you could have also used Entire drawing radio button from source panel to include all drawing entities in your selection set, but I prefer making the manual selection because it helps in avoiding selection of invisible drawing entities which are generally present in your drawing outside your work area.įrom the Destination panel specify the path where you want to save the exported drawing and click OK. This will open write block window, select Objects radio button from source panel and then click on pick points button and specify a base point in drawing.
To use this feature open the affected drawing then type WBLOCK and press enter. This command transfers all drawing elements to another clean and blank template leaving all clutter behind. This method should only be used when you have no other option of cleaning your drawing as this method causes loss of data from your drawing including layer assignments. This may not look like a straightforward drawing cleanup tool but it is very efficient in cleaning all useless clutter from your drawing. Press enter again and click on OK in the delete duplicate objects window. Type ALL and press enter, this will select complete drawing in our selection set for applying overkill. To use overkill type OVERKILL on the command line and press enter, the command line will now prompt you to select objects from drawing area. Overkill is another such cleanup tool, by using overkill all the overlapping or duplicate drawing entities can be removed and merged together. When the drawing becomes completely clean the purge all button grays out, click on close button to exit purge window. Click on Purge All button from this window, you may need to click on Purge all button several times to remove all redundant objects from the drawing. To use purge command type PURGE on the command line and hit enter, a new purge window will pop up. Purging a drawing cleans all redundant or unused entities like layers, blocks, line types etc from your drawing.
These are probably the first few commands which are used by almost every draftsman to clean their drawing. Let’s start with the most common Purge and Overkill commands. In this article, I have compiled a list of six efficient ways of cleaning and optimizing your drawing. If you are thinking that your drawing does not need optimization then think again, maybe you are missing great benefits of having a clean drawing.Īn optimized drawing with a minimum amount of unnecessary data tends to perform faster, the drawing load time is significantly better and chances of drawing corruption also reduce to a great extent.
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