I am running into the situation where any file that I save, even if it’s just one point object, has a minimum file size of 1.8Mb. I have been trying to figure out where this is coming from. I am starting with a default mm template, saving small, without plug-in data and without textures. Below is…

Hum… I need to step out, but I will poke at it - probably going over the same ground as you’ve checked but you never know… -Pascal

A second set of eyes is always good! :smiley:

Is this Windows or Mac? The thumbnail image may be at play

So it looks like the mystery hasn’t been solved… hmm. On my end I am on the same computer, same Rhino version, same standard template file (mm small), same everything, except I am using different schemes to be able to start Rhino with different configurations - basically interface language and too…

If you use Save As on your custom file, does the new file stay large? (It shrinks when I save it). Same in both configurations? Can you share the .RUI?

[image] jeremy5: If you use Save As on your custom file, does the new file stay large? Yes, it does, if I do that from my custom .rui scheme. However if I open the file created in the custom .rui scheme with Rhino using the default scheme and just re-save it, the file size goes back down to …

[image] Helvetosaur: Sorry, but I cannot share the .rui here. No problem. But the Save As shows that the problem is not intrinsic to the file, rather to the scheme, so the best way to identify the source of the problem (albeit tedious) will be to reset the .RUI changes piece by piece. I’d sta…

No, it’s not the language settings, as I have schemes for English, French and German all using the default.rui, and they all are the same - small files. I think I just figured it out though. In my custom scheme I have Options>Advanced>UseCompressionWhenSaving set to False. I did this because havi…

File size too big

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davidcockey (David Cockey) May 16, 2021, 1:14am 6

I had a very similar situation in February. V7 File with no objects over 1 MB - Why?

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