Purge command

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Stephen Franks, Jul 29, 2004.

  1. Stephen Franks

    Stephen Franks Guest

    Hello all,
    I have some drawings at work that when I purge them the size
    of the file actually increases! Does any one know why this happens??

    Also I have 700 drawings (yes seven hundred, part of council house
    regeneration) that all need purging, does anyone know of a quick way to do
    this? Or is it a case of purging each one individually??

    Many thanks for your help

    Steve
     
    Stephen Franks, Jul 29, 2004
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  2. Stephen Franks

    Paul Turvill Guest

    "Clean" drawing files from a previous version of AutoCAD will often "grow"
    slightly just by being loaded and resaved in a newer version. It's just a
    function of Autodesk's ever-changing file format.

    Batch purging can be done easily with a script. The script can even be
    generated by a LISP routine; for an example, see RESAVE.LSP at
    http://www.turvill.com/t2/free_stuff

    .... easily modified by adding PURGE All to the script-writing subroutine.
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    Paul Turvill, Jul 29, 2004
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