File too big

[Diast]

Autocad 2010 C3D. I have been trying to copy a file and place it in another but when I hit the copy command the hourglass comes on then nothing. I go to the Task Manager window and it says AutoCad is not responding. I have tried to copy a small portion and it works ok but I was wondering if anyone else has run into this before. The original drawing came from a DGN but I haven't had problems with this in the past. They just haven't been this large.

[Dadgad]

How large is it, and was it created in PROSTEEL?

[Diast]

I knew as soon as I hit the post button that I should have included the size (60 mg) It was created in ARCGIS (formerly arcview) And I don't know if it makes a difference but the file, which doesn't seem too unwieldy to me, is made up of polylines.

[bill_borec]

ARCGIS can export to .dxf and to .dwg, can't it? Those file formats may be less painful. 60Mg of polylines IS kinda huge. Have you tried '-purge' and 'audit' on the file to dump unnecessaries?

[Diast]

It was exported as a dwg. I ran audit and the only thing it fixed were a few lettering mistakes. I was not sure what you wanted me to purge. I am thinking that maybe it is just too large to handle at once. Thanks for the suggestions.

[Murph_map]

If you're using Civil3D then use the MAP dwgcleanup tools, mapclean command, or at least the vanilla command Overkill.

[Logiseek]

Try click print screen in your key board

[MSasu]

@Logiseek: I'm really not sure how is going to decrease the size of OP's file?!?

[Diast]

I would like to thank everyone for your suggestions. I tried most but time constraints forced me to move on. I copied the file to a thumbdrive and then downloaded from that to the new file. Again, thanks for your time.

 

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