Empty drawing

[dvrVSNMW]

I have started a new drawing. This is a standard drawing from our company.

So I deleted everything, purged everything... and I have the next lines still showing:

Are these standard for autocad?

Or how do I open a new, empty, fresh, clean drawing? With zero "polution"?

Regards,

DVR

[Valentin-WSP]

@dvrVSNMW ,

Consider using default AutoCAD Templates or Sample Files:

• AutoCAD 2021 Templates
• AutoCAD Sample Files

[j.palmeL29YX]

Are these standard for autocad?

No.

how do I open a new, empty, fresh, clean drawing?

Use one of the unchanged template files (ACAD.dwt, ACADISO.dwt, ...).

If you have modified all of these files - post your file here. 

[RobDraw]

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@dvrVSNMW wrote:

I have started a new drawing. This is a standard drawing from our company.

So I deleted everything, purged everything... and I have the next [layers] still showing:

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You didn't get everything. There's more than likely something like a block that is being used in a dimension style.

Are you sure that your company wants you to be deleting everything from their custom template? You may need some of that stuff that you just deleted.

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@dvrVSNMW wrote:

Or how do I open a new, empty, fresh, clean drawing? With zero "polution"?

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You're calling your companies custom template "polution"? Not a good way to make a first impression.

[WeTanks]

Please try this?

[RobDraw]

How would doing that get rid of anything in the drawing file?

[dmfrazier · Accepted solution]

"...how do I open a new, empty, fresh, clean drawing?"

Another way:

Command: FILEDIA
Enter new value for FILEDIA <0>: 0
Command: NEW

At the prompt, enter just a single dot (period) to indicate "no template".

This starts a new DWG file with only the bare essentials (assuming there is no custom startup stuff that runs and adds to these).

Note: You might find a few "non-essential" (purge-able) things like an annotative Dim Style and Text Style.

(And, of course, don't forget to turn FileDia back on.)

[dbroad]

Having 3 extra layers isn't really a problem.  0 is built in. Defpoints is created as soon as you add a dimension and then can't be purged.  If your company wants those layers in its template, don't worry about it.  In addition to what the other's said, if you like using CTRL+N to start a new drawing, it usually opens a dialog.  There, pick the down arrow, next tot he open button to see the other options, such as:

[pendean]

@dvrVSNMW Share that DWG file here and we can all show you what you missed.

if that's not an option, then I'm wondering why you are not just using LAYMRG command to merge those layers to layer 0 then you can continue to pretend your method to creating a blank file is way better than the suggestion offered list this one https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/empty-drawing/m-p/11844635#M1101563

[dvrVSNMW]

Hello everybody. Thanks for the help so far.

We use a template for our drawings. But I wan't a clean empty drawing to make blocks in. So don't be worried my company would be mad. They wont.

Also calling pollution in a not empty drawing is the way to explain in english that I want to get rid of it. I'm an english dictionairy that know every word 🙂

In attachment I have uploaded the file with a lot of purging. It is almost clean.

So far I can live with it but if anyone knows how to start with a drawing for scratch. Let me know.

If I click ctrl+N I get this suggestion:

This is our basic drawing to start our plans in. Which I don't need to make new blocks and stuff.

[RobDraw]

Why start with a template just to purge everything?

Your solution to start a blank empty file is in message #7.

[cadffm]

Hey,

You forget to tell us what you want to know or which part you want to keep or what you like to purge, or?

You can del&purge a Layer and one Block after PL_OFF Layer is thawn&on.

You can porge some RegApps by using the "-PURGE" command

Command: -PURGE Reg * no

I guess you are not unsing an Application "ITC Layout" or similar?

Turn Proxynotice on, open your file..

Open PURGE command on the second Tab

+PURGE 1

There you are able to see where named objects are refered.

Some objects are refered by this 3rd party Application.

I think tools like Drawing Purge or other tools can help you

https://apps.autodesk.com/us

But I would prefer: Start a new clean file and recreate your template from scratch without insert or paste from other files.

ACAD.dwt or ACADISO.dwt for metric files is a good base to start.

[pendean]

[dvrVSNMW]

Problem solved. Message number 7 was the thing I was looking for.

[cadffm]

also in #2 and #3, templates acad/acadiso.dwt are templates, but really clean plain AutoCAD templates for imperial/metric drawings.

Additional to #7, there is a GUI way too: