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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

RegApps (File Corruption & Problem Drawings)

You have a problem drawing. It's slow to respond to commands, it's bogging down, and the visual content doesn't justify the file size. It crashes for no apparent reason, you can't nail down the problem, and it seems to be getting worse. Computer hardware problems, power surges, user mistakes, or software problems can cause errors that prevent you from editing or plotting the drawing. By saving and AUDITing your work regularly, you can ensure a minimum of lost data if your system fails. Its interesting to note, if you AUDIT a drawing, and the command hangs for no apparent reason, you may have the following issue: RegApps Some major programs on the market (not an Autodesk, Bently, or Carlson product) have a tendency to save registered applications with an invalid name, such as "##*a%")?s*" in an AutoCAD drawing file (similar to an anonymous block). Anytime this drawing is used, even as an xref, new "##*a%")?s*" RegApp entries will be added to the drawing referencing it, as AutoCAD doesn't recognize that "##*a%")?s*" is already registered in the current drawing; a "virus" is born. Invalid RegApp entries will balloon a drawing over time, Audit will report no errors, but at some point, the drawing will no longer open. You can check if the "bloating" is indeed caused by this "virus" by doing the following test: Issue the following command at the AutoCAD command prompt:(tblnext "appid" 5)(while (print (tblnext "appid"))) If this action produces a similar listing to the one below (often scrolling infinitely), you need to clean the infected drawing (EP is a reference to Eagle Point): ((0 . "APPID") (2 . "EP##*a%") (70 . 0)) ((0 . "APPID") (2 . "EP##*a%") (70 . 0)) ((0 . "APPID") (2 . "EP##*a%") (70 . 0)) ((0 . "APPID") (2 . "EP##*a%") (70 . 0)) ((0 . "APPID") (2 . "EP##*a%") (70 . 0)) If you enter -purge at the Command prompt, -PURGE displays the following prompt on the command line: Enter type of unused objects to purge: [Blocks/Dimstyles/LAyers/LTypes/Plotstyles/SHapes /textSTyles/Mlinestyles/Tablestyles/Regapps/All]: Enter "R" to purge unused applications. -PURGE removes only one level of reference. Repeat -PURGE until there are no unreferenced named objects. As an alternative, download the following routine (will clean an entire directory and any attached x'refs): http://tinyurl.com/bbmkz Thanks to James Maeding, Shaan Hurley and the Autodesk Developer Network for making this tool available! The tool can be used to purge unwanted Layer Filters and unnecessary REG APP IDs in DWG files. This tool actually purges any APP ID that is not needed, just like the -PURGE command does in

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For almost 10 years I've taught subdivision and site design techniques to private engineering firms, professional associations and societies, as well as Federal, State, and Local government agencies and Colleges & Universities from coast to coast. I've worked with the Autodesk Civil/Survey suite of products for nearly 20 years, have taught many of the firms on ENRs list of the Top 50 Design Firms, have been an instructor at Autodesk University for the past 5 years, and am an Autodesk Implementation Certified Expert (ICE). View my complete profile

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