Unused named objects can be removed from the current drawing.

Autocad purge. To purge the current drawing. Purge (command) removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. Remove unused named objects from the drawing:

How often do we wish for 'third party' supplied drawing to 'just work', but they simply do not. Type audit at the command line. Unused named objects can be removed from.

“y” for yes to fix any errors, then enter. When your project is at the final stage and you want to purge all the linked or imported autocad files, just click on the purge cad icon in our plugin and then voila! Audit and fix any errors:

Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. Finally ran toolpac's purge option and the file size was smaller, but regapps were. When using purge on specific drawings, autocad hangs, freezes, or stalls.

Many thing can go wrong when using a drawing, as sson is. See figure a for the purge dialog box from autocad 2013. Ran rpurge and file size was larger.

To stop the crash, open your drawing, dxfout to 2013 version, exit out of autocad (it will cause an error, but that's ok) start autocad again, dxfin, you now can audit and purge. Overlapping geometry is often the result of copying or creating objects on top of each other, and can affect the way your drawing looks, prints, and even potentially lead to. The purge dialog box is displayed.