{"id":8991,"date":"2019-05-02T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=8991"},"modified":"2020-04-07T20:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T03:01:14","slug":"part-one-map-3d-toolset-tools-for-regular-autocad-objects-clean-a-dirty-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/part-one-map-3d-toolset-tools-for-regular-autocad-objects-clean-a-dirty-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Map 3D Toolset Tools for Regular AutoCAD Objects [Part One]: Clean a \u201cDirty\u201d Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Map 3D toolset has some great tools that help you work with regular AutoCAD objects. Best of all, these tools save you tons of time. In this three-part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/map-3d-toolset-tools-for-regular-autocad-objects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series<\/a>, we\u2019ll explore how to remove overlapping data, trim thousands of AutoCAD entities in one fell swoop, and transform or \u201crubber sheet\u201d your AutoCAD objects.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First up\u2014and keeping with the spring cleaning theme from Frank Mayfield&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/spring-cleaning-autocad-tuesday-tips-frank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/spring-cleaning-autocad-tuesday-tips-frank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tip<\/a>\u2014let&#8217;s take a look at how to do some clean up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/included-toolsets\/autocad-map-3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/included-toolsets\/autocad-map-3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/included-toolsets\/autocad-map-3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toolset<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cleaning-a-dirty-drawing\">Cleaning a \u201cDirty\u201d Drawing<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes you get a drawing from a consultant or you download it from a website where they didn\u2019t really use AutoCAD to generate the data. These drawings can sometimes be \u201cdirty\u201d with lines on top of lines, too many vertices, lines that don\u2019t touch (that should), etc. This can make your file larger than it needs to be, and the Map 3D toolset drawing cleanup tools are here to help you clean up drawing data prior to using the data.<\/p>\n<p>The Drawing Cleanup tools can be accessed in the Ribbon: Tools &gt; Map Edit panel &gt; Drawing Clean Up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-1-Part-One_fiw08y.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Cleanup Tools AutoCAD Map 3D toolset\" width=\"1271\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-1-Part-One_fiw08y.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-1-Part-One_fiw08y-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-1-Part-One_fiw08y-1024x174.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-1-Part-One_fiw08y-768x131.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1271px) 100vw, 1271px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Drawing Cleanup tools that are available in the Map 3D toolset are listed in the table below with a brief description of each tool:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-2-Part-One_nk7wk0.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Cleanup Tools AutoCAD Map 3D toolset\" width=\"420\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-2-Part-One_nk7wk0.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-2-Part-One_nk7wk0-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at an example of how useful these tools can be. I have downloaded a file that contains USGS contour data that I want to use to eventually create a surface to do some design. If we look at the size of our drawing, it is approximately 10 MB.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-3-Part-One_zewzj5.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Cleanup Tools AutoCAD Map 3D toolset\" width=\"460\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-3-Part-One_zewzj5.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-3-Part-One_zewzj5-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s look at our drawing data. First, if I select one of the contour lines, I notice that there appears to be way too many vertices that represent the contours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-4-Part-One_v6r1q0.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Cleanup Tools AutoCAD Map 3D toolset\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-4-Part-One_v6r1q0.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-4-Part-One_v6r1q0-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-4-Part-One_v6r1q0-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-4-Part-One_v6r1q0-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, the first tool I will run from the drawing cleanup tools is Weed Polylines. This tool will \u201cweed out\u201d any unnecessary vertices that you really don\u2019t need in the polylines based upon a distance and Angle factor. As a side note, there is also a Supplementing factors option that allows you to add vertices between vertices based upon a distance and a Bulge factor. Look to the Map 3D toolset help file; it really describes each setting in detail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-5-Part-One_ukwyrv.jpg\" alt=\"Weed Polylines AutoCAD\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-5-Part-One_ukwyrv.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-5-Part-One_ukwyrv-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Cleanup Methods section of the dialog box, there are options that enable you to do whatever you like with the objects that will get \u201ccleaned\u201d up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-6-Part-One_bsvinn.jpg\" alt=\"Clean up methods AutoCAD\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-6-Part-One_bsvinn.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-6-Part-One_bsvinn-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you click Finish, look at the command line window to see if anything was done. In my case, 634 objects were modified.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-7-Part-One_s6c85a.jpg\" alt=\"command line window AutoCAD\" width=\"744\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-7-Part-One_s6c85a.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-7-Part-One_s6c85a-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next tool I will use is Erase Short Objects. This tool will erase objects within polylines or by themselves, based upon a distance you type in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-8-Part-One_ggwm0f.jpg\" alt=\"Erase Short Objects AutoCAD\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-8-Part-One_ggwm0f.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-8-Part-One_ggwm0f-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After looking at the command line, I notice that 2 objects were modified, and 32 objects are deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-9-Part-One-1_tacicy.jpg\" alt=\"command line AutoCAD\" width=\"744\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-9-Part-One-1_tacicy.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-9-Part-One-1_tacicy-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last tool I want to use is Delete Duplicates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-10-Part-One-1_bymc00.jpg\" alt=\"Delete Duplicates AutoCAD\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-10-Part-One-1_bymc00.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-10-Part-One-1_bymc00-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After running this tool, I notice that 1571 objects are deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-11-Part-One_jqvl0o.jpg\" alt=\"command line AutoCAD\" width=\"744\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-11-Part-One_jqvl0o.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-11-Part-One_jqvl0o-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, when I save the drawing and look at the size, it has almost lost double its size!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-12-Part-One_h5nk2j.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing cleanup tools AutoCAD Map 3D toolset\" width=\"459\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-12-Part-One_h5nk2j.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Image-12-Part-One_h5nk2j-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drawing Cleanup tools = Cool!<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for the second and third installments of the &#8220;Map 3D Toolset Tools for Regular AutoCAD Objects&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/map-3d-toolset-tools-for-regular-autocad-objects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Map 3D toolset has some great tools that help you work with regular AutoCAD objects. Best of all, these tools save you tons of time. In this three-part series, we\u2019ll explore how to remove overlapping data, trim thousands of AutoCAD entities in one fell swoop, and transform or \u201crubber sheet\u201d your AutoCAD objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6732,"featured_media":9007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[923,1047],"class_list":["post-8991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-map-3d-toolset","tag-map-3d-toolset-tools-for-regular-autocad-objects","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Map 3D Toolset Tools for Regular AutoCAD Objects [Part One]: Clean a \u201cDirty\u201d Drawing | AutoCAD Blog | 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