Clean layers in Autocad drawings

[rkirklin]

Do any one knows a command (other than purge) that will allow me to import an inventor drawing into Autocad and clean the layers / drawing? I think it is a macro that runs through your drawing and clean the layers for you.

[Tharwat]

What's the extension of Inventor drawings ?

And do you want to purge only layers that don't have any entity lays on or what ?

[rkirklin]

I take an (.idw) and save copy as dwg. Then I open that file in autocad and I would like the layers to be cleaned out and have my current layers (hidden layer, thread layers, etc.) to be used. I saw this command done before, but I was not able to do more research on which program or command that they used.

[ReMark]

You're not referring to the Standards Checker are you?

You can use Layer Delete to get rid of stubborn layers that the Purge command fails to eliminate.

[rkirklin]

I think standards checker will work, but where can I find my .dws file??

[Lee Mac]

I think standards checker will work, but where can I find my .dws file??

You will need to create one, save a 'template drawing' as a .dws file.

[rkirklin]

Ok after using the standards checker, it is not this command. After doing research, I have to design a macro that is capable of doing (clean layers) by creating a command and developing a macro. So I am back to square one trying to design a macro that is able to clean my ISO DWG layers.

[ReMark]

Clean it how?

If purge is not acceptable and layer delete isn't what else do you have in mind? Layer Merge?

[Lee Mac]

Laytrans?

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