There are three phases to the drawing cleanup process. It begins here in the Drawing Cleanup wizard.

First, you select the objects to be cleaned, then you set cleanup actions, and finally you determine the

cleanup methods. In this exercise, the objects to be cleaned have already been selected. These are

all of the objects on the demonstration layer. Also, one of the lines has been anchored, which is the

magenta line under the clustered nodes. This anchored object will not be edited during the cleanup

process. Instead, the endpoints within the set tolerance will snap to the anchored endpoint.

To begin, click Next. In the Select Actions page, select Delete Duplicates and then click Add. Delete

Duplicates is now listed in the Selected Actions. When using Delete Duplicates, you can set some

specific cleanup parameters in the area to the right. In this case, set a Tolerance of 1, which

represents one drawing unit. You could also pick this distance from within the drawing file. Leave

Linear Objects and Points selected. Notice that you could also consider Blocks, Text, and Mtext to be

included in this drawing cleanup action. Also notice that Z values is deselected. This means that

AutoCAD Map will ignore all elevation values on any of the objects that it considers to be a duplicate.

Next, select Erase Short Objects, and click Add. This also has a Tolerance, which again set to 1.

Next, select the Break Crossing Objects action and Add that to the list. Realize that for breaking

crossing objects, there are no cleanup parameters, because objects either cross or they don't, and

where they cross, this action will break them into separate objects.

Next, select Extend Undershoots and Add that to the list. Set the Tolerance to 1. Now, any objects

that fall within one unit of each other will be extended. There is also an option for breaking the target.

This is important because when an object is extended and the target is not broken, it would basically

introduce a crossing object error into the drawing.

Next, select Snap Clustered Nodes and Add that to the list. Again, set the Tolerance to 1. And in the

Cleanup Parameters, you can see that Points is checked, which means that you are going to snap

points within objects, such as the endpoints of lines.

And finally, select Dissolve Pseudo-Nodes and Add that to the list. Dissolve Pseudo-Nodes does not

have any cleanup parameters. Endpoints can either be connected, or they can't. There is no

tolerance here for jumping gaps.

At the bottom of the dialog box, you'll see options to perform these actions either automatically or

interactively. The Automatic option simply goes through the cleanup process with no further input.

The INTERACTIVE OPTION

enables you to click through each instance to determine whether or not

you want to perform the drawing cleanup for that particular situation. Interactive mode also enables

you to set up error markers and other behaviors that give you more control.
You have just selected several different types of cleanup actions. In most cases, you would run these

cleanup actions individually to keep better control of the cleanup process. This is particularly

important when learning how these actions work. Once you understand them better, you can use them

in batches. You could also change the order of these cleanup actions by selecting one or more, and

then clicking these up- or down-arrows.