Topic: dwg file - MB to high too soon

[AUTOKAD]

I'm working on Autocad 2008, just opened a file and draw three lines. Check the memory it already has 2000 MB!. Why is this happening? No xreefs, no images attached, nothing..just three lines..Any solutions? Help Please, thanks

[dgorsman]

The usual suspects: blocks with only invisible attributes (ATTDISP command), annotation scale (command-line version of annotation scale manager -> reset), inherited registered application names (command-line version of PURGE -> REGAPPS), poorly managed extended entity data (depends on the application; ProSteel/ProStructures recognizes a pscheckdwg file[no extension] in the root of C: for auto-purging, AutoPLANT object enabler data requires careful manual removal -> I've banned the object enabler here).

[Chris]

when you say memory, are you referring to the amount of RAM that AutoCAD is using, or to the amount of harddrive space that the drawing file takes up.

[AUTOKAD]

it's the file MB, I opened cad, drew 3 lines and then saved it..go the windows explorer and the MB shows 2000MB. why?

[Lee Mac]

Maybe this by MP will help ascertain the source of the bloat.

[Chris]

also, how large is your dwt file you are using to create that drawing, my guess is that it is quite large as well (unless you have some sort of customization that loads a ton of junk into your drawing when creating it.