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Dwg-Purge
This plug-in helps to purge unused DGN linetypes,text styles,Regapps and Annotation scales

To purge the DGN linetypes this plug-in using the code from KEAN WALMSLEY's blog
Getting Started | Install/Uninstall | Additional Information | Contact | Version History

Getting Started
Usage
There are 2 commands for this plug-in

DWG-PURGE
To purge the Current Drawing
By entering DWG-PURGE at the command line this plug-in will delete all the DGN unrefrenced 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.
By clicking 'Yes-Purge Xref also' will start to purge the attached xref's

DWG-PURGE-BATCH
To purge multiple drawings without opening the files.
In DWG-PURGE-BATCH click 'Select drawing to Purge' and select the drawings you need to purge
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 eg:- Mydrawing_purged.dwg
Purge and save the drawing to an another version

Screenshots

DWG-PURGE command result DGN linetypes that standard DGN unused data in attached xref's After finishing the Xref's purged Dwg Purge Batch
AutoCAD command cannot purge will detect and prompt for user
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Installation and Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this plug-in from AutoCAD Exchange has already installed the plug-in. You may need to restart AutoCAD to activate the plug-in.
To uninstall this plug-in, rerun the installer by downloading it again from Exchange and selecting the 'Uninstall' button. You can uninstall it from 'Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features' (Windows 7) or Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP), just as you would uninstall any other application from your system. The panel on the Plug-ins tab will not be removed until AutoCAD is restarted.

Additional Information
To purge the DGN linetypes this plug-in using the code from KEAN WALMSLEY's blog
There is already a Hotfix released by Autodesk to purge the unused DGN data AutoCAD® DGN Hotfix

Why I created this plug-in

When I compiled and used the DGNPURGE source code from Kean Walmsley's blog, it was taking too long to delete the unused DGN data on a very big file in size
Also it was not detecting any unused DGN data from the xref's attached to the drawing

Known Issues
After finishing DWG-PURGE always use standard AutoCAD purge command.
While using DWG-PURGE, AutoCAD hangs for long time
Depends on the Unrefereced data to be removed AutoCAD hangs for some time
If this takes time, best suggestion is to close the drawing and use DWG-PURGE-BATCH

Contact
For more information please contact ajilalv@gmail.com.

Support Information
Email us at ajilalv@gmail.com with feedback or requests for enhancements.

Version History
1.0.0.0 Original release

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