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SmartPurger is the ultimate AutoCAD software for purging multiple AutoCAD drawings at top speed with full control. SmartPurger is a batch processing utility that allows you to purge multiple drawings. A Unique feature is that the file time stamp can be restored. SmartPurger handles crashes so the script continues to the end and leaves bad drawings. This is extremely useful before backups and distribution of drawings.
SmartPurger can also execute custom script files (.SCR) or AutoLISP files (.LSP, .FAS or .VLX). You can also set up SmartPurger to run different AutoCAD applications for different drawing file versions. Moreover you can 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. 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. 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. 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. 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". :ayer filters too are purged with this option. More on SmartPurger can be found in the SmartPurger
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Download System requirementsTested for AutoCAD 97 LT up to AutoCAD 2009 LT (LT only supports a limited number of functions), AutoCAD r14 up to AutoCAD 2009 and ADT 3.3 and ADT 2007, ACA 2008, ACA 2009 (AutoCAD Architecture 2009). All flavors should be working. Vanilla AutoCAD, ACA, ADT, ABE, ABM, ABS, AMEP, LDD and MDT has been tested. An AutoCAD based application is required to run SmartPurger. Windows NT, 2000,XP and Vista has been tested. Installation on Windows Vista requirements: Disable User Account Control (UAC). Restart the computer. Download and install Msvbvm50.exe from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180071 Right click on Msvbvm50.exe and select Run as Administrator, after that right click on SmartPurger setup.exe and select Run as Administrator. Enable UAC. If you run into getting a dialog box saying "Run-time error '339': Component 'acThumb.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" see this blog post for a solution.
PurchaseJoin with many other satisfied customers around the world. SmartPurger have been sold to customers from Alaska USA to New York USA, to Brazil in South America, to Netherlands in Europe, and all the way down to Australia and many other places. From small one man companies to large companies like Autodesk are among our customers. When purchasing using Share-It the license key is sent out automatically after purchasing.
Mastercard/Eurocard, Visa, American Express, and Diner's Club online are accepted. Alternatively, there is support for bank transfer/wire transfer, or Checks and Money Orders through postal mail. Online transfers via giropay and Nordea Solo are also supported. PayPal can also be used for purchasing SmartPurger but then the license key will be sent to you manually. But it will only cost you 25 USD. Either you can use your PayPal account or use a credit card. DocumentationMore on SmartPurger can be found in the SmartPurger
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What customers have said about SmartPurger"this program is one of the best utilities I have seen in a long time ... I
just purchased a copy yesterday and ran it on my network today cleaning up a few
larger projects. Some drawings went to 10 % of their original size - finally a
tool that can get rid of all that useless invisible data in the Architect's
drawings. This will free up a lot of space on my server ... Thanks for doing a great job and making it available for an affordable price
!" Regards, "I have run this on your 200gb of AutoCAD 14-2005 DWGs and it is an awesome tool, we have gone down to only 125gb! That's saving us hours and hours of backup time." - PB "First I wanted to thank you, Smart Purge is a mini miracle, we have several hundred gigabyte of CAD files, dating from 1992 to 2007 and have used Smart Purge exclusively to convert, clean, and repair ALL of our files in readiness for the 2008 release of AutoCAD, as before now we would open, and save as needed, Audit and Purge files as we went along, and generally waste 100’s of man hours trying to remove native AutoCAD issues like bad layer, and random object data corruption we considered Smart Purge a absolute life saver." - PB "è un programma fantastico !!!!!" - arri "Thank you so much for your quick response ... much appreciated. I have been using the SmartPurger quite a lot over the last few weeks and literally freed up several Gigabytes of space on my server. I noticed that the new version allows to run a custom script - you must be a mind reader ... I was hoping for that possibility to be added for a while and was not aware it was already included until I looked at it last evening as I had to re-install." - Herbert "Helpful utility programs are always great and worth the money in a business where time is money. SmartPurger is one of the best values yet!!" - John |
