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   I have created a drawing for our contractors that is made up of many OS tiles and water mains data but because of the amount of tiles included, the file is a massive 35meg!!

Basically, I seem to be able to open and use the file without many problems but our contractor's computers don't seem to be able to handle the data and there machines keep crashing when they try to open the drawing etc

Is there a way I can reduce the size of the file or somehow make it less crashy?

Ideally I'd like to keep all the data in the one file but maybe splitting it across a few separate drawings is the only way.

Any help would be much appreciated

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pizzle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27.May.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 93	Topic: Drawing size issue. Help needed Posted: 12.Dec.2011 at 15:49
	I have created a drawing for our contractors that is made up of many OS tiles and water mains data but because of the amount of tiles included, the file is a massive 35meg!! Basically, I seem to be able to open and use the file without many problems but our contractor's computers don't seem to be able to handle the data and there machines keep crashing when they try to open the drawing etc Is there a way I can reduce the size of the file or somehow make it less crashy? Ideally I'd like to keep all the data in the one file but maybe splitting it across a few separate drawings is the only way. Any help would be much appreciated

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2124	Posted: 12.Dec.2011 at 15:52
	Try to split the drawing into separate files linked as xrefs. Also check the related tip 3649 for typical reasons of bloated DWGs.
	Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 12.Dec.2011 at 18:01
	Could it be the hardware on the contractor's computers? How does the specs for your computer compare to the contractor's?
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

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