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Note: The system variable ‘SHOWLAYERUSAGE’ puts a check mark in the layer dialogue by each layer that is in use. Be careful with this tool – there’s no going back! Tip: Use the ‘LAYDEL’ command to permanently delete any layers that you can’t shake. The original layers are purged from the drawing. Tip: Use ‘LAYMRG’ to merge objects to a target layer. AutoCAD won’t let you delete a layer that is frozen in a viewport – even if there are no objects on that layer, so check through each viewport if you have problem layers. This will get rid of a whole load of extra data that AutoCAD doesn’t need to manage.ĪutoCAD won’t let you delete the active layer, so check which layer is active before you start. You can’t accidently delete a layer you need. Delete unused layersĭid you know that AutoCAD won’t let you delete a layer that is in use? Open the Layer manager, select every Layer you don’t need and hit ‘Delete’. This system variable toggles wipeout frames on and off. Note: AutoCAD 2012 now has the option to purge empty groups – see below.įinally, to find wipeouts that have their frames turned off type ‘TFRAMES’ at the command line and hit return. Fire up the ‘GROUP’ command and ‘explode’ any groups you don’t need or recognise. It is possible to create an AutoCAD group with nothing in it. This will reveal the shapes control polygon, allowing you to select and delete it. To find 3D objects with invisible faces, type ‘SPLFRAME’ at the command line, and set the value to ‘1’. You can now select and delete any previously invisible blocks that you don’t need. To find Block definitions that contain Invisible attributes, type ‘ATTDISP’ at the command line, and set attribute display to ‘on’. Note: From 2010 AutoCAD has the option to purge empty text strings in the ‘PURGE’ dialogue – see below. Set qtextmode back to 0 when you are done to put your text back to normal. You can now hunt down and delete any empty text boxes. This will replace all the text strings in your drawing with bounding boxes. To find empty text strings, type ‘QTEXTMODE’ at the command, set the value to ‘1’ and perform a regen. To pick up points, type ‘DDPTYPE’ at the command line to change the size and style of points in your drawing. This could include empty text strings, points and blocks that contain only invisible attributes. There are a number of objects that could be effecting your DWG’s file size – that aren’t always visible. Poof! All unused data will be gone ) Find Invisible objects Note: A quick way to delete all unnecessary objects from your drawing file is to hit CTRL+A (select all), then hold down the Shift key whilst de-selecting what you want to keep.
AUTOCAD 2016 FOR MAC NOT RECOGNISING PLOT STYLES ARCHIVE
If you end up with a lot of unnecessary, old or out-dated geometry, create an archive copy of the AutoCAD DWG file and delete your intermediate work from your working DWG file. This is all additional data that AutoCAD needs to manage. If you need to make a change to your drawing, It can be tempting to copy the old detail to one side ‘just in case’. The dynamic properties of the block will not be able to resolve themselves and this may corrupt your DWG.


Carefully rebuild the block and then replace or re-define the block in the original drawing.īe really, really careful that you don’t explode a dynamic block. Then follow the advice below on the new file. If you suspect a block is causing a problem, copy it out into a blank file and exploded it. If there is more than one copy of each block in the drawing then the blocks will actually be saving memory. If you receive a drawing from a third party, don’t be tempted to explode all their blocks. Other issues that could be slowing your DWG downĪs always, save a copy of your production DWG files before you mess about with them :) This is particularly important if you are working with a third party drawing.
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I’ve listed a few tools and tips below that could help you put a bit of zip back into a sluggish DWG. This could also be necessary when dealing with files from clients, suppliers or contractors. If you’ve been working on a file for some time, and you’ve noticed AutoCAD slowing down, then it may be worth doing a bit of a cleanup to help slim that drawing file down. Working this way will also go some way to preventing your AutoCAD DWG files becoming bloated or corrupt. Using Polylines, Groups, Blocks, Layers and Xref’s effectively will help you to work quickly with your drawings files. If you’ve been following the CAD Setter Out for a while, you will know that I recommend keeping your geometry organised as you go along.
