TechNotes/Autosave takes much longer than usual
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2004-03-19 |
• ArchiCAD 9 |
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• Mac OS X |
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• average users |
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We received reports about AutoSave taking a lot longer than usual. When starting a Project, AutoSave occurs so fast, you may not even notice that the cursor changed to the BulldozerCursor for a moment. In case of larger Projects, Autosave may take 2-3 seconds. But when it takes significantly longer than that, it may be because you have many bitmaps placed on the Floor Plan. A Bitmap can take up a lot of memory, as they are stored uncompressed in memory. Resulting from this, Autosave may sustain a time penalty.
ArchiCAD 8.1 has much-improved memory management, which has a positive effect on the speed of Autosave.
But in case your Autosaves slow down, try removing unnecessary bitmaps from the FloorPlan until Autosave is back to its normal speed.