RickR Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Does anyone have a procedure or script for removing exact duplicate objects? I seem to get a lot of dwgs where someone has collapsed several things on top of each other. Often its just wall lines but they are the same layer, class, color, width, pen. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The only script that I am aware of is Optimize Drawing from Vectorbits. Unfortunately though it is Mac only. http://www.vectorbits.org/VectorBits_2013/vectorbits/vectorbits.html Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Did you try some of the select similar tool's settings? You might be able to narrow down the parameters to select the things you need. Quote Link to comment
RickR Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Bruce: unfortunately the select similar is exactly the wrong tool. The objects are identical in every way I can find, down to lines that have the same start and end coordinates! Imagine copying a drawing for various sheets and then stacking them back on top of each other in the same layer. Looks OK but really a waste. Thanks for trying Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This came up in a thread a while ago. http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=37987&Number=187530#Post187530 If you do a click,drag-option across a bunch of collinear lines to select them, this script should combine them to one line. This script is pretty clumsy. But it should work. Maybe someone else has already written a "real" script for it. hth mk Quote Link to comment
Elite Exhibits Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The VectorBits tool is the way to go. Peter Quote Link to comment
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