SmartPurger is a batch and script
processing utility for processing multiple AutoCAD
drawings with full control. SmartPurger handles crashes so the
script continues to the end and leaves bad drawings. This is extremely useful
before backups and distribution of drawings. Many purge settings
available. The file's modified time stamp can be restored.
SmartPurger comes with full 32-bit and 64-bit compatibility,
something that is not available for AutoCAD's free ScripPro
making it a good alternative.
The
free trial without license file
is fully functional except that you can only batch process 3 drawings
per session to give you the chance to confirm that the
program works as expected. When you purchase you can use SmartPurger with no limitations.
Contact us for a license to
activate the time
limited fully functional version for free.
SmartPurger is useful if you want to minimize the size of files before a backup or
before sending drawings by e-mail, burning to CD or just to use as a quick
viewer of drawings. You have options to save the files to a separate folder or to a
different drawing version.
SmartPurger can execute custom script files (.SCR) or
AutoLISP files (.LSP, .FAS or .VLX).
You can set up
SmartPurger to run different AutoCAD applications for different drawing file
versions. Optionally specify the profile to be used when starting AutoCAD.
From a real project:
1773 drawings and a total size of 526MB in 2000 DWG format become 218MB in 2004
DWG format. Conversion and purging was made totally unattended.
SmartPurger can without problem process 10,000 drawings and more.
You can run audit, zoom
extents, create preview icons. Convert between versions. Purge Blocks, Dimension
styles, Layers, Linetypes, Mline styles, Shapes, Text styles, Plot styles, Page
Setups, Filter states, Layer states, Layer manager states (Express Tools), Line
objects without length, Text objects without text, embedded VBA code, registered
applications collections, Anonymous Groups, Groups. It's possible to restore the
date and time of the file to what it was before the scripting.
Delete .BAK and other temporary or garbage files. And much more.
Remember that this is a
very powerful tool and make sure you understand and know what you do when you
use it. Read the manual before you run it. Try on some test files/folders as a
start. To be on the safe side make sure you have backups before you run.
If AutoCAD's -PURGE command crashes AutoCAD because it runs
out of memory (FATAL ERROR: Out of memory - shutting down) when purging Regapps
make sure to use the purge option "Purge all registered applications collection"
instead. It can take really long time (from some minutes to some hours) so set
the timeout to max value (100000) and leave it running during the night.
Sometimes it can help to unload the xrefs on all drawings you want to purge from
Regapps otherwise they just keeps coming back. Create a small lsp file with this
code and run it first on all drawings.
(command "._-xref" "_u" "*")
After that you can run the files, purging the Regapps. Remember that all nested
xrefs has to be run.
Then run a lsp file that loads the xrefs again using code like this:
(command "._-xref" "_r" "*")
Since release 2.6 you can use the option "Purge Regapps
using ASDKCleanRegAppARX.arx (2004-2008)". Thanks to
James Maeding that provided it. This is
much better than the other options "Purge all Regapps" and "Purge all
registered applications collection". Layer filters too are purged with this option.
Click here to download
the free trial of SmartPurger 3.0.4
32-bit (1.96 MB) (Released 2009-12-07)
Click here to download
the free trial of SmartPurger 3.0.4
64-bit (2.00 MB) (Released 2009-12-07)
The above downloads are also valid for existing customers.
Download the previous version
2.8 (1.35
MB) (Released 2009-02-02)
Tested for AutoCAD 97 LT up to AutoCAD 2010 LT (LT
only supports a limited number of functions), AutoCAD r14 up to AutoCAD 2011 and ADT 3.3 and ADT 2007,
ACA 2008, ACA 2009, ACA 2010 (AutoCAD Architecture 2010), ACA 2011 (AutoCAD
Architecture 2011). All flavors should be working. Vanilla
AutoCAD, ACA, ADT, ABE, ABM, ABS, AMEP, LDD and MDT has been tested.
32-bit and 64-bit supported. An AutoCAD based
application is required to run SmartPurger.
Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Vista and Windows 7 have been tested. 32-bit and
64-bit supported.
