Topic: Purging Page setup...

[Andrea]

How to purge "PAGE SETUP"
when plotting ??

if i enter _-purge i have these options...

Command: _-purge

Enter type of unused objects to purge
[Blocks/Dimstyles/LAyers/LTypes/Plotstyles/SHapes/textSTyles/Mlinestyles/Tablest
yles/Regapps/All]:


so if i type "P" for plotstyle....there is 0 found....

WHY ??

maybe i can't understand....
i have inserted a drawing with a page setup in it...
and than choose a page setup on the plot dialog box..

even if i purge ALL....these page setup won't clear..!!


any help here will be appreciated.
tx.



             

[Dent Cermak]

Sometimes you have to purge more than once  before AutoCad catches everything. Maybe try a purge "ALL" then do a purge "plotstyle' ?

[hudster]

edit.

here you go, a wee lisp to dele the plot styles

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;;  Function to delete all user plot set ups
(defun Del_Plot_config_list (/ curdwg pslayout x)
    (vl-load-com)
    (setq
      curdwg   (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-Acad-Object))
      pslayout (vla-get-Layout (vla-get-PaperSpace curdwg))
    ) ;_ end of setq
    ;; Call RefreshPlotDeviceInfo before GetPlotDeviceNames
    (vla-RefreshPlotDeviceInfo pslayout)
    (vlax-for x   (vla-get-Plotconfigurations curdwg)
      (vla-delete x)
    ) ;_ end of vlax-for
  ) ; End Plot_config_list

ps I didn't write this, but I do use it a lot

[Andrew H]

Page Setup and Plot Style are two different things. To delete unused Plot Styles use the purge command. But to delete the unused Page Setups you will either have to do it through a lisp or I use CDG Purge 3.0 (which is free).

http://www.caddevelopmentgroup.com/downloads.htm

Let me know if this helps.

[Jassper]

I use CDG Purge 3.0 (which is free).

http://www.caddevelopmentgroup.com/downloads.htm

Let me know if this helps.

Thats a really handy program, we use it alot.

Little

[pmvliet]

Has anyone been able to get CDGpurge to work via a script routine?
It runs into a continuos loop when I have tried it....

Pieter

[Andrew H]

I was having the same problem and have e-mailed Cad Development Group (CDG) and have yet to get a response.

When I do, I'll post what I find out.

[daron]

Does not the lisp that was handed out prevy, work?

[Andrew H]

My understanding is, that it does, but the program we're referring to (CDG Purge) has a few more options.

Also...

I finally received an e-mail from Cad Development Group yesterday concerning the script problem. They sent me the CDG Purge 4.0, but it still doesn't work in a script. It has the same looping problem. I'll keep everyone up to speed when I hear back from them.

[Joel Roderick]

Hello guys!
Thanks for all the compliments on CDGPurge!

Sorry about the script problem.  I have that bug squashed and have cdgpurge 4.0 ready.

If any of you would like to test it, let me know and I will post the update here...

[ronjonp]

Joel,

I would like to test it. Please post it.

Thanks,

Ron

[Slim©]

Same here, Joel.

Looks like something we all could use.

[Andrew H]

Thank you Joel for all the help and the great program.

I would also love to test the new and improved CDG Purge. Is this one different from the CDG Purge 4.0 you e-mailed me the other day because the one you e-mailed didn't have the script problem fixed.

Hope to help, not hurt.

[Joel Roderick]

I have tested this one "in-house" and it seems to be working fine....

I don't see a way to attach files here, so I wil have to upload the new file to the website....

I was thinking of adding the ability to purge zero entity blocks.  For instance, we have the problem here of people using refedit on a block, and then deleting all the contents of the block and saving it.  You end up with a block that can only be selected using the filter command.

What do you guys think?

[Mark]

I don't see a way to attach files here

Go to the lilly pond;
http://theswamp.org/lilly.pond/

create a new folder called something like joel or jroderick upload files to the newly created folder.