DWG Cleaner Free is a free utility for batch cleaning AutoCAD DWG drawings.
The program is designed for situations when you receive “dirty” DWG files from architects, contractors, engineers, clients, or other companies. These drawings may contain unnecessary layers, unused blocks, extra layouts, duplicate objects, old styles, frozen or hidden layers, non-plot layers, and other CAD clutter.
DWG Cleaner helps you prepare drawings faster for work, review, sharing, archiving, or further processing.
DWG Cleaner allows you to clean one or multiple DWG files using a simple and convenient interface.
Available work modes:
connect to an open drawing in AutoCAD;
select multiple DWG files from different folders;
process an entire folder, with an option to include subfolders.
DWG Cleaner Free can perform the following operations:
run AUDIT to check and fix drawing errors;
run PURGE to remove unused drawing elements;
run OVERKILL to remove duplicate and overlapping objects;
delete empty layers;
delete selected layers by list;
delete frozen layers;
delete switched-off layers;
delete non-plot layers;
delete selected layouts;
delete selected block definitions;
set drawing units using INSUNITS;
extract block attributes into separate MText objects;
save a detailed processing log.
One of the useful features of the program is the ability to convert block attributes into regular MText objects.
If a block contains a label stored as an attribute, the program can extract that value, create a separate MText object in the drawing, and optionally hide the original attribute inside the block reference. This can be useful when you need labels to be easier to edit, export, or process later.
By default, the program does not overwrite the original DWG files. It creates cleaned copies instead. This helps reduce the risk of accidental data loss.
An overwrite mode is also available. When this mode is enabled, the program shows an additional warning before working directly with the original files.
Cleaning settings can be saved to a separate profile file and loaded again later. This is useful when you often process similar projects and want to reuse the same cleaning rules.
DWG Cleaner Free may be useful for:
CAD technicians;
land surveyors;
engineers;
architects;
designers;
drafting specialists;
AutoCAD users who regularly receive and process DWG files.
AutoCAD must be installed on the computer for the program to work. DWG Cleaner works together with AutoCAD and uses it to open, clean, and save DWG drawings.
Before processing a large folder of drawings, it is recommended to test your selected settings on a copy of one drawing first.
DWG Cleaner Free is distributed as a free tool. It was created as a practical utility for everyday CAD work.