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AutoCAD Based Launching HydraCAD (Ribbon/Toolbar/Location)

Description:

Drawing from GC or one of the trades was drawn in MicroStation was converted from a DGN file to a DWG file. The DGN linetypes bloat the DWG file. n/a file size 2014 or older

Solutions:

Cause:

Drawing from GC or one of the trades was drawn in MicroStation was converted from a DGN file to a DWG file. The DGN linetypes bloat the DWG file.

Solution:

Use the link below to download the AutoCAD 2013/2014 hotfix. You will have to purge the drawing afterward and it may take up to 20 minutes, but in our sample drawing, it went from 65MB to 11MB. Make sure to check the box for "Automatically purge orphaned data" http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-C2-AE-dgn-hotfix.html

Updated: April 1, 2024, 12:16 p.m. Created: March 1, 2019, midnight