Fernando Lino Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 I had a problem with some files...they were too big…I purged every AEC objects, blocks, etc. when I audited the file I had 14,000 objects…the problem was the layer filters, every time when you copy an element from another file you are also bringing in the filters, en ADT 3.3 you need to erase them one by one, well this is the string to erase all of them VBASTMT and press ENTER Paste this string: For Each ent In ThisDrawing.Layers.GetExtensionDictionary("ACAD_LAYERFILTERS"):ent.Delete: Next ent I reduced the files more than 50% because I had so many filters. In 2005 is easy to fix the problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Warner Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 that is a great tip! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-k Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 How do you do it in 2005 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Lino Posted November 11, 2004 Author Share Posted November 11, 2004 in 2005 ...you have to go to the layer properties manager ..on your left hand there are some icons..one of them shows the filters, selecting the filters that you don't want to use and press Delete. it is issue if you work in a team where everybody start to create filters anyway it is good to know!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Been mentioned in another post, but you can download a utility called CDGPurge from http://www.caddevelopmentgroup.com (I think it's free - we have it installed on all our machines in the office). One click & the current dwg is scanned. All later filters are listed for you as a category of items to be purged. You can choose to delete them all together or select them individually & then delete. Makes a HUGE impact on the file size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Been mentioned in another post, but you can download a utility called CDGPurge from www.caddevelopmentgroup.com (I think it's free - we have it installed on all our machines in the office). One click & the current dwg is scanned. All later filters are listed for you as a category of items to be purged. You can choose to delete them all together or select them individually & then delete. Makes a HUGE impact on the file size. thats a bad link. could you check that again please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwisherd Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I do not beleive the company is in bussiness, or their webpage went down, but CGDPurge is a great tool. with a little searching, you will be able to find it, or you can post over at the swamp, I know they have a copy in their download directory. http://theswamp.org/phpBB2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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