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Purge All
Purges all unused items.
-PURGE
Quick Reference
See also:
Erase Objects
Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing.
Summary
The -purge command provides the ability to remove unused items from a
drawing through scripts. -PURGE removes only one level of reference. Repeat
-PURGE until there are no unreferenced, named objects. You can use PURGE
or -PURGE at any time during a drawing session.
NOTE The PURGE command will not remove unnamed objects (zero-length
geometry or empty text and mtext objects) from blocks or locked layers.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Type of Unused Objects to Purge
Deletes unused applications from blocks, dimension styles, layers, linetypes,
materials, multileader styles, plot styles, shapes, text styles, multiline styles,
table styles, visual styles, regapps, zero-length geometry, empty text objects,
or all.
Enter Name (s) to Purge Enter an object name of * to list the objects.
Verify Each Name to Be Purged? Enter y to verify each name.
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