File Sizes

[Clarencecat]

Can anyone help?
i am creating a house model - it was starting to get slow, so i downgraded the images i was projecting
which didn't make a lot of difference, so i tried experimenting by gradually taking parts away then saving,
but the file is same size (its not a large model) 11.5mg i use a mac
thanks

[Alan Fraser]

Have you purged unused components and materials?

[Clarencecat]

Yes i just checked that....

[Edson]

if i am not wrong what really matters is the poly count (edges and faces). sometimes a big file behaves better than a small one because of that.

[brodie]

That sort of thing has happened to me before. Eventually I deleted the whole thing just to see what would happen and my file was still crazy big. What I did was turn on all the layers copy everything and paste it into a fresh skp file - sort of a super-purge!

-Brodie

[plot-paris]

@edson said:

if i am not wrong what really matters is the poly count (edges and faces). sometimes a big file behaves better than a small one because of that.

you are absolutely right, Edson.

if you have structured your model well, with components where possible to reduce the file size, even a small model can bring your graphic card to it's limits.

try scene 6 in this model for example. look at the file size (only about 130 kb). but the poly count is enormous and therefore your computer will have difficulties to cope with it...

[Dave R]

In addition to purging unused components, you might need to purge unsued materials, too.

[Alan Fraser]

There's an echo in here.

[Dave R]

[Clarencecat]

Thanks chaps, i'll try a few things