Description

There are 2 commands for this plug-in

1.DWG-PURGE

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To purge the Current Drawing

By entering DWG-PURGE at the command line this plug-in will delete all the DGN unreferenced LineTypes, RegApps and Annotation Scale.

Also a dialog box will show with list of any XRefs attached to the drawing that needs to purge.

By clicking 'Purge' will start to purge the attached XRefs.

2. DWG-PURGE-BATCH

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To purge multiple drawings without opening the files.

In DWG-PURGE-BATCH you can add the drawings by following methods

By selecting the drawing from 'Select drawing' button
By selecting a folder
Copy/Paste a folder path
Drag and drop

From this dialog box go to Options tab for more options.

Purge the drawings and save to a different location
Purge the drawings and add a suffix to the file name e.g:- Mydrawing_purged.dwg
Purge and save the drawing to an another version

General Usage Instructions

Unused DGN data can increase your drawing file size extremely big. Copying/Pasting the objects between drawings will take longer time due to the unused DGN data. By purging these unnecessary data your file size will reduce and the drawing performance will be increased.

Commands

Ribbon/Toolbar Icon	Command	Command Description
	DWG-PURGE	To purge the Current Drawing By entering DWG-PURGE at the command line this plug-in will delete all the DGN unreferenced LineTypes, Regapps and Annotation Scale Also a dialog box will show with list of any Xref's attached to the drawing that needs to purge. You control this setting from DWG-PURGE-BATCH command, whether to purge the xref or not. By clicking 'Purge' will start to purge the attached xref's.
	DWG-PURGE-BATCH	To purge multiple drawings without opening the files, In DWG-PURGE-BATCH you can add the drawings by following methods By selecting the drawing from 'Select drawing' button By selecting a folder Drag and drop In this dialog box you have below options Purge the drawings and save to a different location Purge the drawings and add a suffix to the file name Ex: - Mydrawing_purged.dwg Purge and save the drawing to another version.

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this plug-in from Autodesk Exchange Apps has already installed the plug-in. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8/8.1) or Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP), and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.