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Purge Nested Items removes items only when you select one of the following
options:
■ All Items or Blocks in the tree view
■ The Purge All button
View Items You Cannot Purge
Switches the tree view to display a summary of named objects in the current
drawing that you can't purge.
Items Currently Used in Drawing
Lists named objects that cannot be removed from the drawing.
Most of these objects are currently used in the drawing or are default items
that cannot be removed.
When you select individual named objects, information about why you can't
purge the item is displayed below the tree view.
Confirm Each Item to Be Purged
Displays the Confirm Purge dialog box when you purge an item.
Purge Nested Items
Removes all unused named objects from the drawing even if they are contained
within or referenced by other unused named objects.
The Confirm Purge dialog box is displayed, and you can cancel or confirm
the items to be purged.
Tip
Displays information detailing why you can't purge the selected item.
Unnamed Objects
Purge zero-length geometry and empty text objects
Deletes geometry of zero length (lines, arcs, polylines and so on) in non-block
objects. Also deletes mtext and text that contains only spaces (no text) in
non-block objects.
NOTE The PURGE command will not remove zero-length geometry or empty text
and mtext objects from blocks or locked layers.
Purge
Purges the selected items.
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