MisterH Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, they are all on the same layer. No help on re-importing either. With 17,000 plus elements, the one by one solution will not work. Maybe I'll just live with it. Anybody else? Quote Link to comment
MisterH Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment
BG Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Vectorbits.com has a "optimize drawing" tool that deletes duplicate items. BG Quote Link to comment
MisterH Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 After importing a dwg file, I find that almost every element is duplicated, i.e. there are two of everything on top of each other. Is there any way to select and delete these duplicates? Thanks for any ideas. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 DH, first make sure you are in LAYER>ACTIVE ONLY mode to make sure what you are seeing is not on two separate layers. If it is actually a duplicate (or duplicates) in the same layer they were (probably) created by whoever sent you the file, and if so, you might have them try again. To directly answer your question: unless the duplicates are on their own layer (or in their own class) there is no way the I know of to delete them except one-by-one (ahrrrg!). Quote Link to comment
MisterH Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Thanks for the suggestion and the great resource link. I am investigating now if this tool will work with VW v11.0.1. I will post the amswer here. Quote Link to comment
Ajychau Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) After importing a dwg file, I find that almost every element is duplicated, i.e. there are two of everything on top of each other. Is there any way to select and delete these duplicates? Thanks for any ideas. If you have access to AutoCAD, go back there and 'Overkill' your file. That will get rid of the duplicates...literally type in 'overkill' leave the defaults checked and let it do its thing...If you don't have ACad, good luck and I hope you have health insurance for that RSI you'll be getting by going through manually cleaning the drawing. Edited August 2, 2012 by Ajychau Quote Link to comment
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