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Glenn Pope
2005-03-17, 08:09 PM
The most common reason for this are layer filters. Layer Filter, though useful, can multiply very quickly. This also causes the Layer Manager to open up slowly.

So to fix this problem you need to delete all the Layer Filters you don't need. This can take awhile if you have a few thousand filters. AutoLISP to the rescue. Our own Robert Bell wrote a routine just for this problem. See the attached file.


Links:
Autodesk Knowledge Base:

ID: TS65282 - Drawing is completely empty but file size is very large (http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS65282)

ID: TS21533 - Using the ISAVEPERCENT variable to affect file size, performance, and interoperability (http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS65282)


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