CAD tip # 9739:

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Size of a saved DWG file grows unexpectedly.

If your DWG file size increases a lot (compared to the originally opened file) when saved from AutoCAD (2012, 2013 or 2014) - up to multiples of the original size - it is most probably caused be processing of complex linetypes from a DGN file. Aply the DGN Hotfix -

Download - and then run the DGNPURGE command.

Other causes of smaller increases of the DWG file size:

Setting an older version of the DWG file format as the default (e.g. DWG2000 in AutoCAD 2014) - see Options
Processing AEC objects - try the command -EXPORTTOAUTOCAD
Processing other proxy objects - see SAVEFIDELITY
Saving thumbnails in high resolution - lower THUMBSIZE (see the tip 8754)
The incremental save mechanism - see ISAVEPERCENT
Anonymous objects - perform PURGE (or see tip 9553)
The original drawing file is not in the genuine DWG format

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Mechanical · Civil 3D · AutoCAD Map 3D · AutoCAD Plant 3D ·

See also:
Tip 14650:	3D rotation of a DWG object to the target point.
Tip 14526:	How to export geometry from AutoCAD DWGs to JSON files and import it back?
Tip 14484:	Minimum, maximum, average, sum and delta values from selected drawing texts.
Tip 14477:	PurgeAll - automation of DWG file cleaning
Tip 14446:	Undocumented options in AutoCAD FIELDs - hyperlinks, hexadecimal or binary format

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