Duplicates

[RickR]

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!

[mike m oz]

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

[Bruce Kieffer]

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.

[RickR]

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

[michaelk]

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

[Elite Exhibits]

The VectorBits tool is the way to go.

Peter