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Using PURGE for housekeeping

Using PURGE for housekeeping - AutoCAD Tutorial

From the course: AutoCAD: Working with Drawings Exported From Revit

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Using PURGE for housekeeping

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- [Narrator] We're starting a new chapter now where we're finalizing the exported CAD drawing for use within AutoCAD. Now, what we've done in previous chapters is we've exported the CAD drawing out from the Revit model. And what we've also done is we've exported out a sheet view with a viewport and then what we've done is that particular XRef that's come through with the exported CAD drawing has been bound into the host drawing. And then what we've done is we've exploded the block reference that it became when it was bound to the host drawing, making it all one AutoCAD drawing. So, the A-100-GROUND.dwg file is the file that you're left with after you've bound the XRef and made it all one drawing. Now, because of that, one of the first things you would do with the housekeeping is you would use the purge command. So I'm going to type purge, like so, and press enter, there it is on the suggestion menu, and in the view items you can purge area here, you can see for example, there's…

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