Hi there 1

[bot1357]

Hi there I am new to this forum and I would just like to say a Big hello..!! As my first post I would like to give all you cad users a little tip (not sure whether it has been posted before). If you ever want a quick way of purging all the rubbish off you’re drawings then WBLOCK the specified drawing into itself.

i.e. open the drawing you wish to purge, type wblock, select all of the drawing, save the wblock as the drawing you are in or as something else, depending upon what version of AutoCAD you are using. Close the drawing you have just created a world block of and when it prompts you to save changing say no. Re-open the drawing and you should find that all the unwanted, layers, blocks, linotypes etc. have all disappeared. (think that’s covered it all).

Cheers
Danno

 

[cfee]

Excellent suggestion!

For those of you who prefer the file dialog acessibility we used to have with wblock, try using the "EXPORT" command, and select "DWG" file type for your output. It creates a W_BLOCK style drawing output, with the ability to interactively select the target drive, directory, and filename!

note: By hard selecting the entities you want to include in the target drawing, you strip out ALL unwanted LAYERS BLOCKS and DIMENSIONING STYLES. Results in absolutely minimum file size.
Alternately, you can type "ALL" at the select objects prompt, get all entities in the drawing, and create a duplicate of the drawing with unwanted items (as listed above) eliminated.

If you select the drawing you're in as the target drawing, you replace your heavy drawing with the much lighter result; sort of a super-purge. Just remember to NOT save, as you exit the current drawing!!!

Good Luck!