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ZeroLengthCurve  
#1 Posted : Friday, June 26, 2026 2:11:37 AM(UTC)
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Am wondering if there are others like me whose saved states have hit 360+ MB, depending on what's on screen at time of saving the file.

I have lots of layers (4,000+ (4,130 specifically), based on deleting name of layers and seeing a new number incrementally appearing) and lots of associative curves, surfaces, and solids. Maybe less than 70 constraints.

Currently, when open, the file runs comfortably at using 4,095.8 MB. No meshes (I don't do mesh-related stuff).

Lately, few to no crashes regarding the file, but, still get a wacky blacked-out SharkCAD GUI and screen (main display) whiteout (on one of 3 screens) with torn-up file folders if a file explorer is open.

Otherwise, for now, still humming along.

I may be mistaken in that I feel someone in the forum relorted hitting higher than 600mb.

Edited by user Friday, June 26, 2026 2:14:36 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Fat fingered 5000; it's at 4,130 now
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#2 Posted : Friday, June 26, 2026 3:00:26 AM(UTC)
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By the way, the screen tearing matter is not particular to the file I mentioned. I haven't for months had it in this file (not attached, just mentioned in text/writing), as heavy as it is.

But, yesterday, in a file of only some 68kb, just doing Push-Pull type operations would make the tool pallet text go bold and oversized. Since I work on 3 displays (29" at top, 2 aux displays below, with SharkCAD pallets on lower right; reading docs on left), I often will go up to 20 seconds of activity before I realize the GUI crashed. (All other apps remain impacted.) Then, when looking bat input fields, I recognize the GUI crash. Even so, it's not everyday in occurrence. Just randomly 1 or 2 times a month. But, ehen it happens, it can be startling and scary.

My solution to that is not to try to do "Save As...". I immediately open a file explorer, copy and paste said file, then rename the to "post-gui-crash pre-save copy".

Then, I return to the screen-wacked file and do Ctrl+S.

It took me YEARS to just on a lark figure out that that was the way for me to not save a possibly bad or damaged file on top of a good file.

The garbled/blasted GUI happened to me in 2014/2015 (and, I lost a number of files progress) across Slt, SharkCAD Pro, whether or not power-packed, and across different laptops, and across Win 7 VirtualBox and Win 11 on native hardware, whether in 16 GB system RAM or 48 GB, whether the drawing file size is large or small.

But, thanks to the Gripper, I draw more relaxed than with other apps. Tho, I wish SharkCAD's gripper had some of the Rhino and Blender Gumball/equivalent as arrays and angle adjustments of geometry go.
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#3 Posted : Friday, June 26, 2026 4:17:55 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: ZeroLengthCurve Go to Quoted Post
Am wondering if there are others like me whose saved states have hit 360+ MB, ....


Hello,
I frequently hit 100 MB in my multi layer / multi components files.
300MB+ sometimes when I import data from injection mold makers (made on another software)...

Saving takes long time, though it improved a lot in V17...

Regards,

JL
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ZeroLengthCurve  
#4 Posted : Friday, June 26, 2026 8:23:25 AM(UTC)
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Thanks, JL.

Opening can take that one 360 MB file around 2.5 minutes to open and about the same to save.

Some files at around 160 to 200mb open/save faster. I suspect it's since some of them have fewer layersvs having less geometry.

If I delete all the geometry and save the file, it can still be dozens of MB which I'm guessing is the history not being deleted unless explicitly selected.

I regularly do compacting to keep file size down.

But, under Preferences, Filing, Settings, I only checked "Save Unit settings with file" and "Show full paths in menu".

I also use Super Fine resolution since my system is ok with it.
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