Erase Objects (Concept)

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Erase Objects

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

You can erase objects from your drawing using several methods.

Erase them with ERASE.
Select them and then cut them to the Clipboard with CTRL+X.
Select them and press DELETE.

You can restore accidentally erased objects using UNDO. The OOPS command restores all objects deleted by the most recent use of ERASE, BLOCK, or WBLOCK.

Clean Up the Display

You can remove the plus-shaped markers called blips and stray pixels that may be left over from some editing operations from the display area.

To remove blips, use REDRAW.
To remove stray pixels, use REGEN.

Remove Unused Definitions and Styles

You can remove unused named objects, including block definitions, dimension styles, layers, linetypes, and text styles with PURGE.