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Anonymous
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Making Blocks Non-purgeable

Is there any way that I can purposely set a small number of blocks in my model and paper space so they cannot be purged by normal means? I have CAD environments set up for future use with all the layers and blocks needed, but I want to keep the unused layers and blocks intact in case one of our designers "purges all" as they tend to do. Any help is appreciated,thanks!

 

 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
en respuesta a: Anonymous

Hi,

 

>> Is there any way that I can purposely set a small number

>> of blocks in my model and paper space so they cannot

>> be purged

If blockreferences of such blocks are inserted in modelspace or paperspace you can't purge them anyway :cara_guiñando_un_ojo:

 

Without development you might create one new block, that has lines on the layers you want to protect, that contains other block-insertions you want to protect, and text with text-styles, dimensions with dimension-styles, lines with linetypes, ... and whatever you want to keep even if purge would be called.

Insert that block on a standard layout you use in your template, at 0,0,0 with a scale factor of 0.00001 or some small value so you can't see it on a plot. As long as that layout is not erased or that one block-insertions is not erased you are save doing purge.

 

>> I have CAD environments set up for future use with

>> all the layers and blocks needed

From the above new block run command _WBLOCK and create a new drawing with all the lines, text objects, dimensions, and so all your layers and create a new dwg-file from that.

Whenever you have lost any of these layers because of a purge or whatever cleanup was executed you can simply insert that external dwg-file to get all those layers and settings back, that did not exist any more.

 

Using development might bring you more options but would need to have this tool to be installed on each of the workstations and would not work on AutoCAD LT.

 

HTH, - alfred -

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