File Sizes of Plans

[Browneye]

I would love to get some help but now my plan is 31526 KB (well over what is allowed to attach).  I have another plan that is no where near as detailed that is 69,750 KB!!!!   I would imagine the more detailed a plan (furniture, fixtures, etc) the more file size it would be but sometimes I see my plan file size go up when I haven't done anything.  Are your file sizes this large?  Any tips to reduce file size?

[SteveCanbury]

Of 145 .plan files currently in my reserve, the largest is 46mb and the smallest is around 5.5mb.

because of meta data, it isn't necessarily how much detail is in the plan or how many items per se', as it is how cleanly was it drawn.

If you have revised the same plan 15 times, even if nothing was added (just moving cabinets and walls) all that data is still saved into your file, therefore making it a much larger file than your first revision.

It is my impression that behind the scenes, the software operates as such: (not exactly, but you get the idea)

 

draw exterior wall

wall is 120" in length

wall is 96" high

wall materials are XXXXX  XXXXX, XXXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXXX

delete wall

note wall was deleted

undo

redraw wall

draw exterior wall

wall is 86" in length

wall is 96" high

wall materials are XXXXX  XXXXX, XXXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXXX

 

because we have the "UNDO" function, the software essentially will note every single click you make, BUT Undoing or Deleting doesn't make information disappear (if anything it will add MORE information) it is still embedded in the file, therefore making it larger.

 

OR AT LEAST ... that's my take on how the software works.

 

 

[y-g-m-n]

if that is case then they need a file cleaner aka soemthing to delete the junk not used.

[Browneye]

I noticed that if I do a save as, then eventually the file size drops significantly.  Maybe it erases some of the stored changes that allow you to use undo all the way to the start.   I had one that got all the way up to 187000 KB but the same one after save as is now 48000 kb.