System requirements for smoother work with large files
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 1:05 pm
Hi, I would like to draw and store many electric schemes(diagrams) in a one file.There are reasons for this. I can split them to more than one file, but than it has some disadvantages for me. I have created group of 10 schemes ang copied it 50 times to try if QCAD is able to handle such a big file. It works when zoomed in (even if editing a block used 100time in the drawing take few seconds to open an close). But when zoomed out, moving is very laggy.
Questions:
1) I have changed switched 'display text as text' option to 'display text as paths' and this made a HUGE difference in speed. Now it is much more smoother. Is there any other option which could help to handle such a big files?
2) My computer is a basic office machine (i5, 8GB RAM, SSD hard drive, no dedicated graphic card). I have tried to open the same file on my colleague computer (i7, 16GB RAM, SSD, Dedicated graphic card) and the work in QCAD is litttle bit better, but I had expected better results. Is there any hardware component which have strong influence on QCAD "smoothness"? For exampke: It does not matter if the RAM is 8 or 16 GB because processor is always the limit.
Questions:
1) I have changed switched 'display text as text' option to 'display text as paths' and this made a HUGE difference in speed. Now it is much more smoother. Is there any other option which could help to handle such a big files?
2) My computer is a basic office machine (i5, 8GB RAM, SSD hard drive, no dedicated graphic card). I have tried to open the same file on my colleague computer (i7, 16GB RAM, SSD, Dedicated graphic card) and the work in QCAD is litttle bit better, but I had expected better results. Is there any hardware component which have strong influence on QCAD "smoothness"? For exampke: It does not matter if the RAM is 8 or 16 GB because processor is always the limit.