Reduce file size autocad lt

I will write a common answer here and share the link on the other question. Objective: to reduce the file size of a. The other added benefits are PDF's that will view and print faster due to the reduced file size. The text in the PDF's will also print sharper. These tips will help you gain back those precious megabytes!

Other symptoms include: Failure to copy and paste elements. Hanging for a long time when selecting text with the properties palette open. Drawing file takes a long time to open. Causes: Use the following commands to reduce the size of a DWG file.

This happens when data is imported from a DGN file and the original linetypes were not mapped or were incorrectly mapped to AutoCAD linetypes. This produces a huge object database in the drawing that cannot be purged with the standard tools. Filter by Lables. Message 1 of Reduce File Sise. Hello everyone, Is there away to reduce file size? I tried 1. Audit 2. Purge 3. Eugene Sian Siam Solved! Message 2 of Message 3 of Message 4 of Message 5 of Hello Everyone, Thanks for all the warm replies.

Here is the said file. Message 6 of Message 7 of DXF file is never smaller: where did you learn tat was ever an option? The resulting new file that the command asks you to locate and name is about as small as your content will ever be. If it is still too big, your next task is start splitting your one file into "dozens" of XREFs that are then referenced into one master file.

Message 8 of Message 9 of Hello Steven, Sorry for the late reply. Message 10 of Message 11 of Can someone please help. Thanks in advance. Other symptoms include: Failure to copy and paste elements.

Hanging for a long time when selecting text with the properties palette open. Drawing file takes a long time to open. This produces a huge object database in the drawing that cannot be purged with the standard tools. Furthermore, if you copy and paste an entity from an affected drawing into another drawing, the entire database is also copied and the problem is spread to the other file.

Be sure to enable the checkbox labeled 'Automatically purge orphaned data.