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About
SmartPurger is a batch and script
utility for processing multiple AutoCAD
drawings with full control. Execute LSP or SCR files
on multiple drawings. SmartPurger handles crashes so the
AutoCAD batch processing continues to the end and leaves bad drawings to be
corrected manually. Many purge and cleanup
settings available. Useful
before backups and distribution of drawings. The file's modified time stamp can be restored.
 The
free trial without license file
is fully functional except that you can only batch process 10 drawings
per session to give you the chance to confirm that the
program works as expected. When you purchase you can use SmartPurger with no limitations.
Batch process drawing files with SmartPurger to avoid
bloating or corrupt files by running AUDIT and PURGE on them or any other
custom command you want.
Contact us for a license to
activate the time
limited fully functional version for free.
SmartPurger batch processing for AutoCAD is useful if you want to minimize the size of files before a backup or
before sending drawings by e-mail, burning to CD or just to use as a quick
viewer of drawings. You have options to save the files to a separate folder or to a
different drawing version.
SmartPurger can execute custom script files (.SCR) or
AutoLISP files (.LSP, .FAS or .VLX). We can help you create them based on your
special needs.
SmartPurger can make use of AutoCAD Core Console that
was introduced in AutoCAD 2013 making the scripting process faster then ever
as the Core Console takes less than a second to open per drawing. In a test
using the Core Console took 11 minutes compared to normal AutoCAD 2013 that
took 58 minutes to process 145 drawings.
You can set up
SmartPurger to run different AutoCAD applications for different drawing file
versions. Optionally specify the profile to be used when starting AutoCAD.
From a real project:
1773 drawings and a total size of 526MB in 2000 DWG format become 218MB in 2004
DWG format. Conversion and purging was made totally unattended.
SmartPurger can without problem process 10,000 drawings and more.
You can run audit, zoom
extents, create preview icons. Convert between versions. Purge Blocks, Detail
view styles, Dimension
styles, Layers, Linetypes, Materials, Mline styles, Multileader styles, Plot
styles, Regapps, Section view styles, Shapes, Text styles, Table styles, Visual
styles, Page
Setups, Filter states, Layer states, Layer manager states (Express Tools), Line
objects without length, Text objects without text, embedded VBA code, registered
applications collections, Anonymous Groups, Groups. It's possible to restore the
date and time of the file to what it was before the scripting.
Delete .BAK and other temporary or garbage files. And much more.
Remember that this is a
very powerful tool and make sure you understand and know what you do when you
use it. Read the documentation before you run it. Try on some test files/folders as a
start. To be on the safe side make sure you have backups before you run.
If AutoCAD's -PURGE command crashes AutoCAD because it runs
out of memory (FATAL ERROR: Out of memory - shutting down) when purging Regapps
make sure to use the purge option "Purge all registered applications collection"
instead. It can take really long time (from some minutes to some hours) so set
the timeout to max value (100000) and leave it running during the night.
Sometimes it can help to unload the xrefs on all drawings you want to purge from
Regapps otherwise they just keeps coming back. Create a small lsp file with this
code and run it first on all drawings.
(command "._-xref" "_u" "*")
After that you can run the files, purging the Regapps. Remember that all nested
xrefs has to be run.
Then run a lsp file that loads the xrefs again using code like this:
(command "._-xref" "_r" "*")
Since release 2.6 you can use the option "Purge Regapps
using ASDKCleanRegAppARX.arx (2004-2008)". Thanks to James Maeding that provided it
and the ADN team that created it. This is
much better than the other options "Purge all Regapps" and "Purge all
registered applications collection". Layer filters too are purged with this option.
Download
Latest release from 2012-04-30 is version 3.4.
Portable download with the possibility to get the files without the need run
the installation.
SmartPurger as AutoCAD app. SmartPurger version 3.4
English/German version for both 32-bit and 64-bit. This will install a
Plug-Ins Ribbon tab panel in AutoCAD 2012 and newer versions as well as
verticals. Installation instructions below.
Installer
SmartPurger_3_4_AutoCAD_app.zip (4.9 MB)
Manual installation:
SmartPurger.bundle_3.4.zip (4.4 MB)
Limitation with the download without a license file is that only 10
drawings can be processed per SmartPurger session. For a trial that is fully
functional but time limited
Contact us. SmartPurger can also be downloaded and installed as an app from the
Autodesk Exchange Apps site. Purchase is also available through this
site.
System requirements
Tested for AutoCAD 97 LT up to AutoCAD 2013 LT (LT
only supports a limited number of functions), AutoCAD r14 up to
AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009,
AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD
2011, AutoCAD 2012,
AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD
2014 and ADT 3.3 and
ADT 2007, ACA 2008,
ACA 2009, ACA 2010 (AutoCAD Architecture 2010), ACA 2011 (AutoCAD
Architecture 2011), ACA 2012 (AutoCAD
Architecture 2012), ACA 2013 (AutoCAD
Architecture 2013), ACA 2014 (AutoCAD
Architecture 2014). All flavors should be working. Vanilla
AutoCAD, ACA, ADT, ABE, ABM, ABS, AMEP, LDD and MDT have been tested.
32-bit and 64-bit supported. An AutoCAD based
application is required to run SmartPurger but other DWG compatible applications
might also work.
Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have been tested. 32-bit and
64-bit supported.
Purchase
Join many other satisfied customers around the world since
its first release in 2001. SmartPurger has
been sold to customers from Alaska USA to New York USA, to Brazil in South
America, to Netherlands in Europe, and all the way down to Australia and many
other places. Customers ranges from small one-man
companies to very large companies.
30 EUR for one license of SmartPurger or less depending on the quantity of licenses.
When you purchase with PayPal you can use your credit card or bank account
where available. You will be emailed the license (this is done manually but
normally within 24 hours). If you want to purchase for example 15 licenses add
first 10 to the chart and then add 5.
If you have a really many users that you want to give access to this software
we can discuss a discounted price based on your particular situation and network
license needs can be met. Educational discounts available.
The license is perpetual and support is included. If you have more than one
computer and you are the only user of the application one license is enough.
Contact us for other payment
methods. PayPal, share-it, Mastercard/Eurocard,
Visa, American Express, and
Diner's Club online are
accepted. Alternatively, there
is support for bank
transfer/wire transfer, or
Checks and Money Orders through
postal mail. Online transfers
via giropay and Nordea Solo are
also supported.
To pay by PayPal you can also send payment to the
account of info@jtbworld.com at
www.paypal.com.
SmartPurger can also be downloaded, installed and purchased as an app
from the Autodesk Exchange Apps site. Use these links to
purchase
1 license, or discounted
5-pack or
10-pack.
Documentation
Quick Introduction |
Adding drawings | Run |
Drawing list | Right
click menu | Options>Settings |
General tab | Purge tab
| SaveAs tab | Delete tab
| Shortcut tab
| Variables |
Application menu | Tips & Tricks |
Known issues
Install SmartPurger using any of the
downloads.
Alt. 1. Using setup. Run either the exe
or msi in the zip file.
Alt. 2. Unzip the portable download.
Extract the files to any folder on your computer or USB memory and run
SmartPurger.exe. AppShortcuts.vbs can be used to create either a Desktop or
Start Menu shortcut for the program.
Alt. 3. AutoCAD app. Only for AutoCAD 2012 and verticals or newer versions. These are supporting the autoloader.
Installation can be done both while
AutoCAD is running or not running.
Enter the below path in Windows Explorer address field and press enter.
%appdata%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins
Extract the SmartPurger.bundle<version>.zip file in that folder. It can look like this where jtb
is an example of the user name.
C:\Users\jtb\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\SmartPurger.bundle
PackageContents.xml should be found in the SmartPurger.bundle
folder.
To uninstall, delete the SmartPurger.bundle folder.
If you have the license file
SmartPurgerLicense.txt place it in the installation folder where
SmartPurger.exe is located. For the AutoCAD app the location is \SmartPurger.bundle\Contents\Win32
and \SmartPurger.bundle\Contents\Win64.
Start with Options>Settings and configure SmartPurger to
work the way you want it.
Select drawings to process.
Click on run.
For deployment on multiple machines silent/automated installation can be
done:
For Vista/W7: MsiExec.exe /qb /i SSMPropEditorSetup.msi
For XP: MsiExec.exe /qn /i SSMPropEditorSetup.msi
Use MsiExec in a BAT, CMD, VBS so that the license file also is included
with the installation.
There are four methods to add drawings to SmartPurger.
1. Drag and drop files and/or folders from Windows
Explorer. If folders are selected you’ll get a question if you want to
include folders and subfolders.
2. Add Folders Only - This adds only a folder. The files
are added to the drawing list when you start the script. This one should
primarily be used when you want to script really many files. This one give
you also the option to delete several files in all folders found, the file
types that are deleted are specified in the settings menu.
3. Add Folders - This is to add all the drawing files
within a folder or driver. It works recursively.
4. Add Drawings - This is to add drawing files to the
list.
Click on Run to start the processing and click on Stop to
halt it.
Use the timer to start the script at a specified time.
Filename - DWG or DXF file name.
Path - Path for the drawing.
Version - File version: 2013, 2010, 2007, 2004, 2000, 14, 13, 11/12, 10, 9, 2.6,
2.5 or ??? if the version is not recognized. If it's a folder it shows
FOLDER.
Status - OK, Skipped, Access Denied, ReadOnly, Timeouted, "Error: Could not
open file" or Skip for files not to be scripted. Educational drawings
can be in some AutoCAD versions be detected if AutoCAD is run in normal mode (not core console) and
close popups automatically is being used (Best tool to identify educational
drawings is EduFinder).
The status "Error: Could not open file" might indicate that the drawing has
to be recovered.
Timeout can happen if digital signatures are attached to the drawing or if
the purge process takes longer than the timeout limit.
Size before - size in kb.
Size after - size in kb.
Date before - modified time stamp for the file before the drawing is
scripted.
Date after - modified time stamp for the file after the drawing is scripted.
 Remove
- Remove selected drawing from the list view
Reset Status - Reset the status for selected drawing
Set Status to Skip - Set the status for selected drawings to "Skip"
Select All - Select all drawings
Deselect All - Deselect all
drawings
File Properties - Open Windows File Properties for the selected drawing
Explore - Open Windows Explorer at the folder location of the selected
drawing
Start AutoCAD - Start the selected drawing with AutoCAD
The settings are saved in the registry, so you don’t have
to change them again the next time you run SmartPurger.
Restore button – Restores the settings to the default settings. This also
includes the windows settings for the main SmartPurger window and the column
widths and positions of the listview.
AutoCAD application:
This combo box lists all installed AutoCAD applications. The default value
is the application that is associated for the moment to the DWG-files. If
you change the application it will also re-associate the DWG-files and use
this application with SmartPurger.
Profile:
This combo box lists the active profile for the active AutoCAD application.
And if you want to change it select another one to be used by SmartPurger.
Alternatively specify the path to the executable and if AutoLISP is
supported by the CAD application or not. From AutoCAD 2013 and newer the
AutoCAD Core Console can be used and will make scripting much faster. Browse
for accoreconsole.exe that is found in the main installation folder where
acad.exe also is located.
Include DXF files:
This filter makes it possible to also run DXF files. Some non standard
formatted DXF's are not version identified but might be run anyway. The
version is set to "DXF?". Until anyone wants it (just contact us) the DXF are saved to the closest matched DWG version.
Close Popups Automatically:
Dialog boxes are closed automatically making it possible to proceed with the
scripting process uninterrupted. Click on the button to open the log file.
Include subfolders:
Works with the icon for adding folders and makes it possible to include
subfolders in the file search.
Include files with Archive file attribute:
By having this one not selected the number of files can be drastically
reduced if done before a backup. This way if you regularly use SmartPurger
it might be a good choice. But remember to have it selected the first time
you run to include all files.
Add drawing version to the list:
If you chose to have this checked it will take a longer time as each file
needs more time to process. But if you select a drawing in the list the
version is always showed.
Script timeout per drawing (seconds):
Timeout for processing each drawing can be set. This makes it possible to
let the scripting continue if something goes wrong with any of the drawings
in the list. If you have large drawings or it takes long time to purge them
you might want to increase this value. If the drawing is not finished purged
within the timeout limit AutoCAD will be shut down and the next drawing
purged.
Run Audit on all drawings:
Run Audit on all drawings to ensure the quality of them. It is the standard
AutoCAD command Audit that is run.
Zoom extents Force:
Many likes to zoom the drawings to extents before saving. And it's possible
by selecting this checkbox.
PSPACE to avoid zoom extents in a viewport:
If you zoom extents in paperspace and have a viewport in modelspace you
might loose your zoom settings if the viewport is not locked. This can be
avoided by this option.
Run with SmartPurger on top of other applications:
This explains itself I hope.
Thumbnail Color button can be used to change the background color for the
drawing thumbnail that shows when a drawing is selected in the drawing list.
Script/lisp file:
A script file can be loaded and executed as the last thing SmartPurger does
before saving and quitting. Since a AutoCAD is started with a script by
SmartPurger the main script will be stopped by the custom script that you
have added. Therefore you have to add for example QSAVE and QUIT at the end
of your script file. The functionality in SmartPurger to save the file to a
specific version is lost if script files are used. AutoCAD LT only supports
script files. Script files has the SCR extension.
Full/vanilla AutoCAD supports LISP files (extension LSP,
FAS or VLX). The lisp file will be loaded just before SmartPurger saves the
drawing.
Always know what you do when you purge drawings. If you
are not sure make sure to take backups of drawings before.
The Purge options in the left column are standard AutoCAD commands that are
run using the -PURGE command.
Number of times to purge:
Enter a number between 0 and 5 for the number of times you want to purge
each drawing. This is to allow for purging nested objects.
Purge All
Purge all Blocks
Purge all Detail view styles (Works only for AutoCAD 2013 with verticals or
later)
Purge all Dimension styles
Purge all Layers
Purge all Linetypes
Purge all Materials (Works only for AutoCAD 2007 with verticals or later)
Purge all Mline styles
Purge all Multileader styles (Works only for AutoCAD 2008 with verticals or
later)
Purge all Plot styles
Purge all Regapps (Works only for AutoCAD 2005 with verticals or later)
Purge all Section view styles (Works only for AutoCAD 2013 with verticals or
later)
Purge all Shapes
Purge all Table styles (Works only for AutoCAD 2005 with verticals or later)
Purge all Text styles
Purge all Visual styles (Works only for AutoCAD 2007 with verticals or
later)
The following options will only be used if AutoCAD 2000+
is used or any of its verticals.
Delete all Page Setups
Delete all Filter states
Delete all Layer states
Delete all Layer manager states (Express Tools)
Delete all Line objects without length (Works with AutoCAD LT 2010 or newer
too)
Delete all Text objects without text (Works with AutoCAD LT 2010 or newer
too)
Delete all embedded VBA code (WARNING)
Be very careful when using this settings
because some applications using the drawing might malfunction.
DWG files can have embedded VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code and is
deleted using this option.
Purge all registered applications collection (WARNING)
Be extremely careful when using this
settings because some applications using the drawing might malfunction.
Applications made by Autodesk or 3:rd party developers might create
registered application collections. Much of the intelligence of many objects
will be lost.
Extended data is grouped by registered application name. Registered
application names correspond to APPID symbol table entries. An application
can use as many APPID names as needed. APPID names are permanent, although
they can be purged if they aren't currently used in the drawing.
Make sure to take backups of drawings before using this option.
Purge all Anonymous Groups
Purge all Groups (This includes anonymous groups.)
Purge all named object dictionaries (WARNING)
Be extremely careful when using this
settings because some applications using the drawing might malfunction.
Applications made by Autodesk or 3:rd party developers might create named
object dictionaries. For example this will mess with drawings made in ADT.
ADT styles, display configurations and a lot more will be deleted even if
they are used! Much of the intelligence of many objects will be lost.
Embedded VBA code will also be deleted using this option. NOD: ACAD_VBA
This will remove references that holds materials attached by AutoCAD Color
Index used by RMAT even if it's used. NOD: AVE_ACITABLE
AutoCAD 2005 features like table styles will be purged. A drawing's relation
to a Sheet Set will be removed.
Even images in the drawings will be destroyed!!!
Make sure to take backups of drawings before using this option.
Purge Regapps using ASDKCleanRegAppARX.arx (2004-2008)
Be extremely careful when using this
settings because some applications using the drawing might malfunction.
Applications made by Autodesk or 3:rd party developers might create
registered application collections. Much of the intelligence of many objects
can be lost.
Make sure to take backups of drawings before using this option.
Extended data is grouped by registered application name. Registered
application names correspond to APPID symbol table entries. An application
can use as many APPID names as needed. APPID names are permanent, although
they can be purged if they aren't currently used in the drawing.
Does not work with AutoCAD 2010 and newer.
Create backup files for each save
If checked ISAVEBAK is set to 1 when the script is run. It is restored after
the script is ended. If SmartPurger crashes you might have to restore this
setting manually.
Restore date and time
This option makes it possible to restore the date and time of the file to
what it was before the scripting.
Convert R12 or older, R13, R14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013
The following options are available
"Don't convert format" : If the file is R12 or older and you run AutoCAD r14
the file is saved as R12 format. But if you run AutoCAD 2000 or newer it
cannot save to R12 so it saves to R13 format instead.
"AutoCAD R2013 DWG" : Files are saved in 2013 format.
"AutoCAD R2010 DWG" : Files are saved in 2010 format.
"AutoCAD R2007 DWG" : Files are saved in 2007 format.
"AutoCAD R2004 DWG" : Files are saved in 2004 format.
"AutoCAD R2000 DWG" : Files are saved in 2000 format.
"AutoCAD R14/LT98/LT97 DWG" : Files are saved in R14 format.
"AutoCAD R13/LT95 DWG" : Files are saved in R13 format.
"AutoCAD R12/LT2 DWG" : This option is only possible if you run AutoCAD r14.
Otherwise the file is saved in R13 format.
"Don't save" : This option makes it possible to chose not to script files of
a certain version.
Overrides general setting if selected:
Select first an AutoCAD application, then you have the option to chose a
profile.
It can be used if you want for example AutoCAD r14 to run R14-files and ADT
3.3 to run 2000-files.
Save to this folder:
Check the box if you want the drawings to be saved into the folder in the
box to the right. If not checked the drawing is saved over the existing
drawing. To get a folder click on the button with three dots or just enter
the path manually.
Delete only files older than [10] days
Specify number of days. Could be set to 0 to even delete today's files. The
following extensions can be searched and deleted at the beginning of the
scripting. Observe that you have to use "Add Folders Only" to use this
option since it will only search in the folders and the subfolders added
this way.
*.BAK – If checked the AutoCAD Backup Drawings are deleted before scripting.
*.BK? – If checked the AutoCAD Backup Drawings (like BK1, BK2) are deleted
before scripting.
*.SV$ – If checked the AutoCAD Autosave Drawings are deleted before
scripting.
*.$$$ – If checked the AutoCAD Emergency Backup Drawings are deleted before
scripting.
*.AC$ – If checked the AutoCAD Temporary Files are deleted before scripting.
*.DMP – If checked the AutoCAD Error Dump Files are deleted before
scripting.
*.ERR – If checked the AutoCAD Error Files are deleted before scripting.
*.XLG – If checked the AutoCAD XREF Log Files are deleted before scripting.
*.DWL - If checked the this lock file is deleted before scripting.
*.DWK - If checked the this lock file is deleted before scripting.
PLOT.LOG - If checked the this plot log file is deleted before scripting.
These are system variables that are used by AutoCAD but
can be controlled using SmartPurger.
AutoCAD LT is not supported for this.
INDEXCTL
Controls whether layer and spatial indexes are created and saved in drawing
files.
Saved in each drawing by AutoCAD.
Don't change
0 - No indexes are created
1 - Layer index is created
2 - Spatial index is created
3 - Layer and spatial indexes are created
Without indexes will make the smallest files but the
performance can be ten-fold if the indexes are used depending on the
drawings and how they are used.
ISAVEPERCENT
Determines the amount of wasted space tolerated in a drawing file. The value
of ISAVEPERCENT is an integer between 0 and 100. The default value of 50
means that the estimate of wasted space within the file does not exceed 50
percent of the total file size. Wasted space is eliminated by periodic full
saves. When the estimate exceeds 50 percent, the next save will be a full
save. This resets the wasted space estimate to 0. If ISAVEPERCENT is set to
0, every save is a full save.
Saved in the registry by AutoCAD.
Don't change
0-100
For optimal size set ISAVEPERCENT=0
PROXYGRAPHICS
Specifies whether images of proxy objects are saved in the drawing.
Saved in each drawing by AutoCAD.
Don't change
0 - Does not save image with the drawing; a bounding box is displayed
instead
1 - Saves image with the drawing
Having PROXYGRAPHICS=1 will make some files much larger then having it set
to 0. ADT drawings are one example of drawings that will be very large
having it set to 1.
RASTERPREVIEW
Controls whether BMP preview images are saved with the drawing.
Saved in the registry by AutoCAD.
Don't change
0 - No preview image is created
1 - Preview image created
The Preview image is adding some kb to the drawing size.
Create or delete shortcut to SmartPurger in Explorer when right clicking
on drawing files.
Connect Network Disk
Disconnect Network Disk
Export List to Log File - This saves a tabulated log file
with the information from the list. This text file can easily be opened from
Excel or in a text editor like Notepad.
Import List to Log File
The first time you run SmartPurger it's recommended that you only try a
few drawings to see it works in your environment. Use
also the feature to save the purged drawing to an alternate folder.
Observe that the first time you run SmartPurger you should go to the
Options>Settings and change the values as you want
them.
SmartPurger can make use of AutoCAD Core Console that was introduced in
AutoCAD 2013 making the scripting process faster then ever as the Core
Console takes less than a second to open per drawing. In a test using the
Core Console took 11 minutes compared to normal AutoCAD 2013 that took 58
minutes to process 145 drawings.
By preparing a special AutoCAD profile and run
SmartPurger with that one. That profile might not load as many menus as the
one you usually have. For example if you have AutoCAD
Architecture, makes a profile that doesn't load ACA
menus.
You can save older drawings to
another format. This is useful if the drawings are missing the
preview icon. Purging is optional.
To sort the list click on one of the column headers in the file list. If you
click on the header a second time it changes from ascending to descending.
Resizing of the column is possible by dragging between two column headers.
You can drag on the column header to move a column.
To select more than one file in the file list use Shift or Ctrl.
To select all files in the file list press Ctrl+A.
Files that are read only or opened and locked by any AutoCAD session are not
processed.
Really corrupted files are not processed, they are skipped.
If SmartPurger is minimized AutoCAD will also run minimized. But notice that
this disables the automatic closing of some dialog boxes that might result
in a timeout.
If you want to filter out what drawings to run you can use the search
function in Explorer and then drag and drop the drawings into SmartPurger.
Why does SmartPurger not make the drawings smaller? A 4kB drawing is now 26
kB! That could be because the old file was in another version and or it
didn't contain the preview picture. Otherwise you might notice that a file
of 100kB goes down to 75kB or something else depending on how well it was
purged before.
The BAK files are not deleted even if I selected the settings on the Delete
tab to delete BAK files. The deletion happens before any DWG's are processed
and if the setting on the tab SaveAs is set for "Create backup files for
each save" a new BAK file will be created.
Have you got any of these pop up message when opening
a drawing?
This application has detected a mixed version of AEC
objects
participating in this operation.
Newer AEC objects will be dissalowed from participating in this operation
or
This application has detected objects from a newer version
in this drawing.
Some commands will not be available.
Save this drawing from the original application as AutoCAD 2000 format
either with AEC objects exploded, or with ProxyGraphics turned on,
and attach it as an Xref in order to use it as a background.
or
ARX ERROR: eDuplicateKey
This might be because you have used ADT 2004 when working on the drawing.
If this was unintentional you can remove references that triggers this by
using the "Purge all named object dictionaries" option. But be aware that
this might make the drawing malfunctioning. Use with caution.
Information about the older version 2.8:
SmartPurger 2.8 documentation can be found in the SmartPurger
Help file. If for some reason the file will not open at all,
right-click
the .chm file, click Properties, and then click Unblock (this button is on the
general tab). You might also need to save it to your hard disk to have it
working.
Version 2.8 installation tips: Installation on
Windows Vista requirements that might be needed: Disable User Account Control (UAC). Restart the computer.
Download and install
Msvbvm50.exe from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180071 Right click on Msvbvm50.exe and
select Run as Administrator, after that right click on SmartPurger setup.exe
and select Run as Administrator. Enable UAC. If you run into getting a dialog
box saying "Run-time error '339': Component 'acThumb.ocx' or one of its
dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" see this
blog post for a solution. Vault tips: Check out a folder to Work Space.
Run SmartPurger on the files.
Check folder back into vault.
Partial opened and saved drawings might
cause timeout as some commands like PURGE are not allowed.
Purge Regapps using ASDKCleanRegAppARX.arx
(2004-2008) should only be used if you have AutoCAD 2004 up to AutoCAD 2008.
If SmartPurger hangs with AutoCAD running
and the drawings gets timeouted the reason can be that you have some of the
palettes opened automatically. It might look like this on the command line:
Command: EXTERNALREFERENCES
Command: _ToolPalettes
Command: _aecprojectbrowserstartup
Try to make sure these are not opened
automatically.
1. Click Tools menu within AutoCAD >
Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click the AEC Project Default tabs.
3. Select to not show the Project Browser at Startup
Revision History
2012-04-30 - SmartPurger 3.4
-Added support for AutoCAD console mode.
-Support for AutoCAD 2013 and the 2013 DWG file format.
-Thumbnail color can be changed.
-Support for purging of Detail view styles and Section view styles.
-Support for custom Windows DPI settings.
-Free trial allow to script up to 10 drawings.
-AutoCAD apps support.
-And some other minor bug fixes.
2011-08-23 - SmartPurger 3.3
-Support for other applications like Bricscad or AutoCAD OEM
-Version check added to see if a newer version of SmartPurger is available.
-Support for dialog box to be closed: Open - Foreign DWG File
-Support for dialog box to be closed: Annotation Scale - Large Number of
Scales
-xstrcase usage within SmartPurger to handle usage of diacritics and
accentuated characters in filenames
-Profile list is not always working
-OCX registration problem fixed
-Correctly showing the total time when it is more than 24 hours
2011-06-12 - SmartPurger 3.2.2
- Fixed timer issue when selecting folders only.
- Fixed a problem that the lisp file selected to be run was not run.
- Can close password dialog box.
- Other minor fixes.
2011-05-01 - SmartPurger 3.2.1
- Fixed a problem showing file properties on 64-bit systems.
- Added portable download making it possible to run without installing.
2010-08-06 - SmartPurger 3.2
- Bug fixes related to timer and adding folders as well as some minor bugs.
2009-12-07 - SmartPurger 3.0.4
- Bug fixes for adding files.
- Bug fixes to enable saving to DWG 2004 format.
2009-11-16 - SmartPurger 3.0
- New UI and
full 64-bit support.
- Current customers need to contact us for an updated license file.
2009-02-02 - SmartPurger 2.8.0
Support for AutoCAD 2010 and Windows 7 as well as better support for Windows
Vista
2007-09-17 - SmartPurger 2.7.0 Added support to close more
popups.
2007-07-29 - SmartPurger 2.6.0 Thanks to James Maeding for
ASDKCleanRegAppARX.arx can be used to more effectively purge registered
applications.
2007-06-19 - SmartPurger 2.5.0 Fixed some problems that
made SmartPurger not work for AutoCAD LT 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2008.
2007-04-09 - SmartPurger 2.4.1 Support for plotting even
with popups being closed. The plot progress dialog box is not closed.
2007-03-28 - SmartPurger 2.4
-Support for AutoCAD 2008 based products. Plotstyles and textSTyles are also
purged when using Purge All option.
-Support for Windows Vista
2006-03-21 - SmartPurger 2.3
-Support for AutoCAD 2007 based products.
2005-08- - SmartPurger 2.1
-Support for AutoCAD 2006 based products.
-Clean up DWL files if the AutoCAD processed is killed due to timeout.
-More pop ups that might halt execution are closed automatically now.
-Minor issues fixed.
2004-04- - SmartPurger 2.0
-Support for AutoCAD 2005 based products added.
-Added: For AutoCAD 2005 based products you can purge Regapps and Table
styles.
-Added: Purge all named object dictionaries (Be very cautious to use this
feature since DWG logic can be lost)
-Script or lisp files can be executed.
-Abitiliy to control INDEXCTL
-Abitiliy to control ISAVEPERCENT
-Abitiliy to control PROXYGRAPHICS
-Abitiliy to control RASTERPREVIEW
-QAFLAGS restored to 0
-"AutoCAD Error Report" dialogs are closed it they appears.
-Status that shows the progress when adding and deleting files.
-SmartPurgerDeletedFiles.log is created in the temp folder during deletion
of files. It's a semicolon separated text file including the path and
filename, the base name, the file extension and the file size in kb. The
file can for example be opened in Excel.
-Import List from Log File. This can be used if you have Exported a list
previously and want to use it several times. One reason could be that you
had to halt a previous large batch that you later want to continue on.
-A bug has been fixed that in some situations stopped when more then 15384
files where run.
-Now when you stop a batch and AutoCAD is running you can chose to terminate
it.
-Minor issues fixed.
2003-03-03 - SmartPurger 1.6.7
-Intermediate fixes to for AutoCAD 2004 based products.
2003-01-28 - SmartPurger 1.6.4
-DXF files can now be batched. Some non standard formatted DXF's are not
version identified but might be run anyway. The version is set to "DXF?".
Until anyone wants it (just send an e-mail to info@jtbworld.com) the DXF are
saved to the closest matched DWG version. Filter to include DXF files added
to the Options> Settings.
-Files that have a status have to have the status resetted to be run a
second time.
-Simplified installation that can be silently installed as well with the
command line option /SILENT
-The installation package is minimized not including Visual Basic 6.0 SP5
Run-Time Files and HTML Help Package since most users already have it. It
can be downloaded and installed separately.
2003-01-24 - SmartPurger 1.6.3
-The price has been lowered.
-Unlocked versions can be ordered based on an agreement.
-The status column shows more different statuses.
-The information during a batch is showing the drawing that is processed.
-Accumulated and total time for the batch is showed.
-The licensing is changed to make it easier for the customer.
-An option to audit the drawings have been added.
-Added: Delete all Page Setups
-Added: Delete all Filter states
-Added: Delete all Layer states
-Added: Delete all Layer manager states (Express Tools)
-Added: Delete all Line objects without length
-Added: Delete all Text objects without text
-Added: Delete all embedded VBA code
-Added: Purge all registered applications collection
-Added: Purge all Anonymous Groups
-Added: Purge all Groups
-The drawing list steps forward as the program progresses, so you can always
see what drawing it is working on.
-A log file can be exported from the list of drawings with status, size,
etc. Right click in the file list area...
-More validation done for Windows XP
-Minor issues fixed.
2001-12-21 - SmartPurger 1.5
-Some random read only errors that halted SmartPurger fixed.
-UNC file format supported fully.
-Improved performance.
-Improved resize function to avoid screen flickering.
-Added deletion possible of DWL, DWK lock files and PLOT.LOG files.
-Bug fixed when empty drawing files where created in some cases.
-Explorer shell context menu. Shortcut can be added for quick start from
Explorer. Select the drawing files in Explorer, right click and select
SmartPurger.
-Prevent multiple sessions.
-Command line argument for /nologo and one file is added.
-Added right click functionality for the drawing list view.
-Status can be set to skip selected drawings.
-File properties on right click
-It's possible to start AutoCAD from SmartPurger with right click
2001-11-21 - SmartPurger 1.4
-Shape and Font and Proxy dialog boxes are closed automatically. One reason
is since FONTALT doesn't work as a solution when it comes to big fonts.
Macro warning dialog boxes are also escaped from.
-Option added to be able to toggle between having SmartPurger on top or not.
-Columns added with the size and date of the file before and after.
-Information after a run of how many files where run, the total size of the
files before and after.
-More information is given during the run to inform of the progress.
-Column header sizes and positions are saved to enable personal look. Can be
reset with the Reset function.
-Control that it's possible to zoom. Could be in perspective view.
-It's possible to save to another location. Useful if you want to send
drawings and don't want to touch the originals.
2001-11-01 - SmartPurger 1.3
2001-10-11 - SmartPurger 1.2
2001-09-17 - SmartPurger 1.1
2001-08-05 - SmartPurger 1.0
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What customers have said about SmartPurger
"this program is one of the best utilities I have seen in a long time ... I
just purchased a copy yesterday and ran it on my network today cleaning up a few
larger projects. Some drawings went to 10 % of their original size - finally a
tool that can get rid of all that useless invisible data in the Architect's
drawings. This will free up a lot of space on my server ...
Thanks for doing a great job and making it available for an affordable price
!"
Regards,
Herbert Kornhuber
System Administrator / Technical Support
Hidi Rae Consulting Engineers Inc.
Web: www.hidi.com
"I have run this on your 200gb of AutoCAD 14-2005 DWGs and it is an awesome
tool, we have gone down to only 125gb! That's saving us hours and hours of
backup time." - PB
"First I wanted to thank you, Smart Purge is a mini miracle, we have several
hundred gigabyte of CAD files, dating from 1992 to 2007 and have used Smart
Purge exclusively to convert, clean, and repair ALL of our files in readiness
for the 2008 release of AutoCAD, as before now we would open, and save as
needed, Audit and Purge files as we went along, and generally waste 100’s of man
hours trying to remove native AutoCAD issues like bad layer, and random object
data corruption we considered Smart Purge a absolute life saver." - PB
"è un programma fantastico !!!!!" - arri
"Thank you so much for your quick response ... much appreciated. I have been
using the SmartPurger quite a lot over the last few weeks and literally freed up
several Gigabytes of space on my server. I noticed that the new version allows
to run a custom script - you must be a mind reader ... I was hoping for that
possibility to be added for a while and was not aware it was already included
until I looked at it last evening as I had to re-install." - Herbert
"Helpful utility programs are always great and worth the money in a business
where time is money. SmartPurger is one of the best values yet!!" - John
“SmartPurger from JTB World helped me clean up and reduce the size of
100's of files from our architects. Many were DWG files converted from DGN
and contained a lot of Regapp IDs and other artifacts. I am delighted with
its read version number feature, which I use regularly to check that I am
sending the correct version of DWG, when I am sending a large number of
files to co-consultants who work in lower releases of AutoCAD.”
Plessey Mathews, Architect
Kuwait
“SmartPurger from JTB World is the fastest and most versatile batch and
scripting utility I have ever used. It is also high in cool factor!”
Ken J. Fisher, Design Software Manager
Shive-Hattery, Inc.
Cedar Rapids, IA
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