Purge

What it does

Removes unused content from one or several open projects: unused families and types, filled region, tag, dimension and text types, view filters, view templates, materials, views not on sheets, imported line patterns, empty elevation markers, empty worksets, unplaced rooms and unused reference planes and lines.

When to use it

Use it to slim down a model before issue or archive, or to tidy several projects in one pass.

How to use it

1. Go to Penguin Manage › Management › Purge.
2. Choose the categories and the open projects to purge.
3. Scan to see what would be deleted and what is kept, with the reason.
4. Untick anything you want to keep and confirm.
5. Read the per-category report.

What you get

Each category is scanned again and only confirmed items that are still unused are deleted. Element deletions in a project are one undo step, and the report lists what was deleted, skipped and refused by Revit.

Good to know

The active view, default 3D views, and views whose dependent views are on sheets are kept. Closed worksets are kept, and deleting a workset cannot be undone. "All rooms" deletes placed rooms too and is never ticked by default.