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    Angry My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    Anybody, Have any ideas why my computer locks up when I invoke the purge command? I have or had a fairly large drawing (111,000 kb) I got rid of a lot of data and wanted to clean up drawing a little bit.

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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    try using -purge at the command line first.

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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    Make sure to also purge Registry Applications (REGAPPS).


    You can do this manually with the -PURGE Command, as it is not included with the PURGE dialog, write your own LISP/Macro, or even use this to do it for you automagically at Open + Save:

    https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Det...en&os=Win32_64




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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    Quote Originally Posted by tmiller744547 View Post
    Anybody, Have any ideas why my computer locks up when I invoke the purge command? I have or had a fairly large drawing (111,000 kb) I got rid of a lot of data and wanted to clean up drawing a little bit.
    Besides the fact that you may have a boatload of REGAPPS or other drawing file bloat, this sounds a LOT like the issue with C3D that requires the "performance fix".

    A ridiculous amount of time for PURGE to work was a classic symptom of this.
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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    Quote Originally Posted by rkmcswain View Post
    ...this sounds a LOT like the issue with C3D that requires the "performance fix".
    https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autoc.../idi-p/6860840
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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    There was a day in the past where those KB articles were golden. I simply do not trust them these days, and that is a good example why.

    Why would ANYONE not apply the fix and go around WBLOCKING the drawing every time you save anyway? Illogical at best.
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    Default Re: My Civil 3D locks up when I start the purge command

    Quote Originally Posted by rkmcswain View Post
    There was a day in the past where those KB articles were golden. I simply do not trust them these days, and that is a good example why.
    Agreed; even the newest online help isn't as helpful as the preceding year... Searching for a topic (think I used a Command last?) results in several Autodesk Forum threads above the actual help topic for the Command I needed... Worthless is perhaps overstating it, but it is certainly worth less.


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