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jakarel
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:
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I have a dwg file that used to be appx. 100k. Somehow while editing it, it has grown to appx. 3.5MB. I did not add anything major to the file (e.g. blocks, fonts, hatches, etc.); just some lines and romans text. This file should not be this big for a few lines, text, and 3 viewports. I have tried several things to reduce the size of this file.
THINGS THAT I HAVE TRIED:
1)Purgeall. When doing this, the file size becomes appx. 3.3MB.
1)WBlocking the drawing out to a new file. When doing this, the new file I created is now appx. 3.5MB.
2)Copying one entity via clipboard out to a new file, then saving to a new filename. When doing this, the new file becomes appx. 3.5MB. One entity in a dwg should not be 3.5MB, should it?
I am out of options.
Please Help.
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R.K. McSwain
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:38 am Post subject:
Re: 2000i file size huge |
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"jakarel" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote...
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THINGS THAT I HAVE TRIED:
1)Purgeall. When doing this, the file size becomes appx. 3.3MB.
1)WBlocking the drawing out to a new file. When doing this, the new file I created is now appx. 3.5MB.
2)Copying one entity via clipboard out to a new file, then saving to a new filename. When doing this, the new file becomes appx. 3.5MB. One entity in a dwg should not be 3.5MB, should it?
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Have you deleted all named layer filters, unreferenced APPID's, and anonymous groups?
Also see:
http://www.intelcad.com/pages/recover/main.htm#Interesting%20Bug
SuperPurge can help also. |
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jakarel
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:
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I checked the layer filters and there are appx. 500+ filters (too many to count or delete 1by1). This could be the problem. Is there an easy way to delete ALL of these filters at once? I downloaded a trial version of "superpurge", but couldn't find a way to delete filters using this program.
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almohands
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject:
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R.K. McSwain
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject:
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"jakarel" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote...
| Quote: | I checked the layer filters and there are appx.
500+ filters (too many to count or delete 1by1).
This could be the problem. Is there an easy way
to delete ALL of these filters at once?
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Search these newsgroups. There is a lisp file that has appeared in many posts that will delete all named layer filters. I'm not sure 500 layer filters will cause a drawing to be 3MB. I delete ±8000 from drawings all the time and they go from about 1.5MB to 300k. |
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jakarel
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Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:25 pm Post subject:
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| I found a lisp program to delete these filters and it WORKED! The file size went down to 160KB. Thank you everyone for your help! |
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