Purge

Option

Description

BAtch all

Purges all unused named entities from the drawing without prompts.

purge All

Purges all unused named entities from the drawing with the following prompt:

Enter name(s) to purge <*>: (Enter an entity name, or press Enter to have the program check all named entities)
Verify each name to be purged? [Yes/No] <Yes>:

• Yes - purges each unused named entity after you confirm
• No - purges all unused named entities without confirmation

Blocks

Removes unused block definitions from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of block definitions to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones.)

DEtail view styles

Removes used detail view styles used by the ViewBase and related commands:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of styles to remove, or else press Enter to purge all unused ones.)

Dimension styles

Removes unused dimension styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of dimension styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. The "Standard" dimension styles cannot be purged.)

Groups

Removes unused named groupss from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of groups styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. )

LAyers

Removes unused layers from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of layers to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. Layer "0" cannot be purged.)

LineTypes

Removes unused linetypes from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of linetypes to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. Linetype "Continuous" cannot be purged.)

MAterials

Removes unused materials from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of materials to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. The "Global" material cannot be purged.)

MLine styles

Removes unused multiline styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of multiline styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. Multiline style "Standard" cannot be purged.)

MUltileader styles

Removes unused multileader styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of mleader styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. MLeader style "Standard" cannot be purged.)

Plot styles

Removes unused plot styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of plot styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones.)

Regapps

Removes unused regapp keys (1) from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names registered application keys to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones.)

Regapp (registered application) keys are used to attach additional information to entities in drawings by third-party applications. The keys are saved with the drawing, and unused ones can be purged by this command.

SEction view styles

Removes unused section view styles (used by the ViewBase and related commands) from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of section view styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. )

Shapes

Removes unused shapes (loaded into the drawing with the Load command) from from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of shapes to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones)

Table styles

Removes unused table styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of table styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. Table style "Standard" cannot be purged.)

text STyles

Removes unused text styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones. Text style "Standard" cannot be purged.)

Visual styles

Removes unused user-defined visual styles from the current drawing; prompts you:

Enter name(s) to purge <*> - (enter the names of visual styles to purge, or press Enter to purge all unused ones.) Only user defined visual styles can be purged; hard-coded visual styles cannot be purged.

Zero-length geometry

Removes geometry with no length, without a prompt.

Empty text entities

Removes empty text entities from the current drawing, such as those from imported DGN design files. No prompt is displayed.

Orphaned data

Performs a drawing scan and removes obsolete DGN linestyle data. No prompt is displayed.