Re: DBUG> Re: Misc. Errors & Quirks

[David Bergman <bergman@cyberg.com>]

At 11:34 PM 7/20/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>Actually this should be headed "Miscellaneous Blunders" in my case.  While
working
>on some rather involved section cuts late one night, I somehow
"fat-fingered" a
>keystroke while attempting a move-to-layer-and-copy routine.  I don't
recall what I
>did next, but the result was not one or two, but about 4 instances of the
same
>selection copied all in the same location.  The bad thing is that this
happened on
>the source layer, not the destination layer.
>
>Anyway my problem is how to get rid of the extra data.  There is about 1 meg
>altogether where there should be 200k of assorted lines, symbols, hatch,
linetypes,
>etc.  Going in and trying to erase a piece at a time is incredibly
time-consuming,
>but I'll do it if it's the only way.  Leaving it isn't good as it takes
forever to
>plot or print.  LayerUtil doesn't have a routine (as far as I know anyway)
to remove
>duplicate (or quadruplicate) entities.
>
>Anybody have a suggestion (other than removing my boxing gloves while
typing?)?
>
>AHWBA   (any help would be appreciated)
>
>Chuck Cleveland
>Wintergreen Designs
>
If I understand your problem correctly:

Can you erase by group each copy one at a time, doing a screen refresh
after each one, and then undo the erase when you get to the last one?

David Bergman
David Bergman Architects/Fire & Water Lighting
bergman@cyberg.com   http://cyberg.com
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