Regapp and Anno Scales

[CadDog]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to touch on these two utility to see if anyone have any new information.

I have been finding more problems this past year with users not know anything about this.

What if anything are you doing to control and/or maintain this problems.

Thanks and any information will be welcome and helpful.

[rkmcswain]

What if anything are you doing to control and/or maintain this problems.

Utilities that run at drawing load that auto-purge this bloat. For the Anno-Scales, it deletes everything and restores defaults we specify.
DGN linetype bloat is also auto-purged, although it's rare to run across this now. Most DWGs out there are clean.

[dgorsman]

REGAPPs get left alone, manually purged from time to time. I've had problems with a few applications that get cranky when their REGAPP isn't present. They're rarely a problem for internally created files.

Annotation scales are handled automagically and intelligently i.e. each drawing has an idea of what should be there, and it will check any inherited from XREFs for the same name and values.

[BlackBox]

I use my AutoPurgeReg utility (free at Exchange, link in my signature) to handle all unused RegApps at drawing Open and Save automagically, and Autodesk's 'Cleanup Scales' utility to batch process folder(s) of drawing's Annotation Scales at once... Just be sure to set the 'scale list threshold' to 0 (zero), so you don't end up with duplicate Annotation Scales with same name.

[CadDog]

I use my AutoPurgeReg utility (free at Exchange, link in my signature) to handle all unused RegApps at drawing Open and Save automagically, and Autodesk's 'Cleanup Scales' utility to batch process folder(s) of drawing's Annotation Scales at once... Just be sure to set the 'scale list threshold' to 0 (zero), so you don't end up with duplicate Annotation Scales with same name.

Thanks BlackBox but before I install this utility I need ask.

Has anyone else install this and if so how is it working for you?

Sorry BlackBox I just want to make sure this utility has a little history of working before I install it.
A few of our offices I recently have been helping have many problems with file size issues so I really need to take a second look at any I proposed to use as a fix.
I my local office problems are small since most here use regapp and anno scale cleanup utility.
I love that once install I won't need to worry about this issue so much...

[BlackBox]

Thanks BlackBox but before I install this utility I need ask.

Has anyone else install this and if so how is it working for you?

Sorry BlackBox I just want to make sure this utility has a little history of working before I install it.
A few of our offices I recently have been helping have many problems with file size issues so I really need to take a second look at any I proposed to use as a fix.
I my local office problems are small since most here use regapp and anno scale cleanup utility.
I love that once install I won't need to worry about this issue so much...

No worries; questions are always welcomed.

If you're referring to my app; that's been published in Autodesk's Exchange Apps store since September 2013 (2014 version), it's got a 5-star rating (although getting positive feedback is very difficult), it's been downloaded +1300 times, used in +/- 70 Countries, and I've been using it for my own daily plans production since 2011 version. If you're apprehensive (that's fine), perhaps try it out on a single workstation that you've already backed up, before utilizing on multiple. Good news, it comes with a money back guarantee! Haha Besides, you can always email if you've found an issue.

If you're referring to Autodesk's Cleanup Scales app; it's fantastic too. The only real issue I have with it, is that it's a standalone app you've got to download from their KB page, and isn't either included with the official ACAD/C3D product installer, nor from your Autodesk Account. I use this LISP to make it available to users without having to navigate to the app's install folder to launch manually:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...r-AutoCAD.html

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...2-AE-2018.html

(defun c:CleanupScales (/ file)
  (if (setq file (findfile "CleanupScales.exe"))
    (startapp "explorer" file)
    (prompt "\n** File \"CleanupScales.exe\" not found ** ")
  )
  (princ)
)

HTH

[CadDog]

BlockBox.

I sometimes read to fast so I totally misunderstood this "I use this LISP to make it available to users without having to navigate to the app's install folder to launch manually:"

I thought you had a way to eliminating the users need to install locally by being able to run this app from the local server...

This lisp is nice but I have them place a shortcut for both apps on their Taskbar.

Thanks BlackBox...

By next week I hope to be able to tell them to remove the BROOM from the Taskbar...

[BlackBox]

Cheers dude; glad you got it sorted.