FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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Re: FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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chrisb wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 8:56 am
bruce wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 1:17 am Is there enough here to open a bug up?
Not yet. Is there anyone out there having a newer OCC version on a Linux system?
my version is newer. what should be done ?

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (XFCE/xubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.24847 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 20e756306d9aa624fcbf465f0345d721673ce720
Python version: 3.9.2
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.1
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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Load the file from https://owncloud.gwdg.de/index.php/s/ft ... C/download . Remove the TechDraw page and recompute. File size should drop at least to half of its original size.
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chrisb wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 12:11 pm Load the file from https://owncloud.gwdg.de/index.php/s/ft ... C/download . Remove the TechDraw page and recompute. File size should drop at least to half of its original size.
with this version

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (XFCE/xubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.24847 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 20e756306d9aa624fcbf465f0345d721673ce720
Python version: 3.9.2
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.1
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)

the file is even larger after the deletion and recalculation




but with this version of realthunder


OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (XFCE/xubuntu)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 2021.504.24301 +3511 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: LinkStage3
Hash: b8cd87c34a66a8f7a8177f483cebf79e29273813
Python version: 3.8.8
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)


the file is smaller even without the deletion process. here is the file

bracket-rt.FCStd
(1.37 MiB) Downloaded 13 times
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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I've updated my appimage file to 25025 and now report an OCC version 7.5.2. The file size is now 30.9MB
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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bruce wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:47 am
is the realthunder version a solution for you?
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19 makes huge files

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Using the realthunder version produces a file size of 1.9MB, which is way better, but still strikes me as way too big.
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