How to reduce file size

[Aarya]

what Is the best way to reduce my file size. I have converted 1 file from pdf to acad, but I am not able to work on it , as the size is big, I tried to reference it from outside but doesn’t work, help me please

[f700es]

Try the "overkill" command 1st.

[BIGAL]

The pdf convert is like raster to vector it will make thousands of little tiny lines for stuff like text where it is not saved as text in the pdf. Line work not quite square will be lots of little segments.

 

Reduce your pdf area remake a  pdf, zoom in etc to remove as much as possible of stuff you don't want. May take a couple of go's.

 

Sometimes trace over top of pdf is quicker, same problem with raster.

Edited January 29, 2020 by BIGAL

[Ajmal]

(defun c:pua ()
  (dictremove (namedobjdict) "ACAD_DGNLINESTYLECOMP")
  (command "-purge" "all" "" "n")
  (command "-purge" "r" "" "n")
  (command "qsave")
  )
       

try this

[f700es]

While cool lisp but why not just run the purge command without running a lisp?

[Cad64]

On 1/29/2020 at 11:53 AM, Aarya said:

what Is the best way to reduce my file size. I have converted 1 file from pdf to acad, but I am not able to work on it , as the size is big, I tried to reference it from outside but doesn’t work, help me please

 

What are your computer specs?

What program did you use to convert the pdf?

What is the dwg file size after you converted the pdf?

 

I agree with BIGAL. The problem is probably the sheer number of individual line segments created by the pdf conversion. A better approach would be to attach the pdf and then trace over it.

[f700es]

53 minutes ago, Cad64 said:

A better approach would be to attach the pdf and then trace over it.

ALWAYS this. Even if the PDF is very clean and simple.