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We have a problem in our company with AutoCAD files becoming very bloated. Files that should be only a 100kB-300kB are becoming 3-5MB or even larger. We found a solution online that involves saving the file as a DXF, reopening the DXF, runing -PURGE, AUDIT, PURGE on the file and resaving as DWG. This gets the file size down to the expected size. I have tried other suggestions found online without the DXF but nothing seems to fix the file bloat significantly. I have been having to do this to dozens of files because we have the bad habit of Cut-Copy-Paste all our work so the problem keeps coming up until I can find File Zero where it first showed up. I notice during the AUDIT of the DXF that it seems to process a lot of items that don't show up if I just AUDIT the DWG. Any suggestions of where the excess file information may be coming from and if there is a way to remove it without going the DXF route.
Thanks, Sean
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