Purging Files

Purging files is a good way to help prevent your Filestore and consequently your Database from containing unnecessary Data and Metadata (this is information about data). Benefits can include reduced back up times, smaller backups and better overall browsing/searching performance.
In Vault it is possible to perform a Purge from either the Vault Client or Vault Server. The Vault Client will only allow a user to Purge Selected File Versions. To do this find the relevant file, right click on an Older Version > Purge as required.

Purge Zero Length Geometry and Empty Text Objects

A new option has been added to the PURGE command in AutoCAD 2011, this is Purge Zero Length Geometry and Empty Text Objects. This new option deletes geometry of zero length (lines, arcs, polylines and so on) in non-block objects. Also, deletes mtext and text that contains only spaces (no text) in non-block objects. This can be useful when trying to tidy your drawing and remove empty text boxes etc, which you were perhaps not aware of.

Note: The PURGE command will not remove zero-length geometry or empty text and mtext objects from blocks or locked layers.