DST File Size

[Rick.B]

How can I reduce the file size of a Sheet Set, .dst file that has ballooned to 20MB? It contains 120+ sheets with multiple sheet views per. Is there any way to "purge" or "audit" the file and reduce the size? Opening it (or any sheets from it) across our network is taking an excessive amount of time.

[jimmy.bergmark]

Sometimes DST Converter can help.

[rkmcswain]

How can I reduce the file size of a Sheet Set, .dst file that has ballooned to 20MB? It contains 120+ sheets with multiple sheet views per. Is there any way to "purge" or "audit" the file and reduce the size? Opening it (or any sheets from it) across our network is taking an excessive amount of time.

Finally....someone else with this problem.
I have run across this several times.
Get the DST Converter program that Jimmy linked to.
Convert the DST to XML, then open it in an XML editor.
Find the one or two nodes that are full of garbage, delete them, save the XML
Convert it back to a DST and life is good again.

[rkmcswain]

Finally....someone else with this problem.
I have run across this several times.
Get the DST Converter program that Jimmy linked to.
Convert the DST to XML, then open it in an XML editor.
Find the one or two nodes that are full of garbage, delete them, save the XML
Convert it back to a DST and life is good again.

EDIT: I should also add that I have sent several examples of this DST file bloat to Autodesk and they cannot figure out what is causing it.
See this thread also: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...=1#post1137263