Very small AI file but super slow - can't even pan.
I have floor plans that I exported from DWG to 2007 DXF. I then imported to AI to do graphic edits. I'm using AI 2020.
This was done a long time ago and the AI file has always been extremely slow but I've managed to work with it to the point it is now. But I'm getting super sick of how it can barely handle me panning across the artboards and now dashed lines won't show up as dashed lines either. Help!
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Hey I know this is not the answer you'll want to hear but after beating my head against the wall dealing with ductwork and floorplans for a huge hospital, I can tell you Illustrator just isn't cut out for it. I tried cleaning the CAD files that I imported into Illustrator using Astute Graphics software. I tried exporting the CAD files to PDF using various settings (like lowering DPI) and many other things.
After over a year trying to figure out how to work with these files that just take forever to import and clean and forever to edit, I ended up using Sketchup to work with the CAD files and export the ductwork using Sketchup.
As a bonus using Sketchup made it easier to fill in ductwork, color it, filter it by tags etc. Overall it took a job that took over 40+ hours trying to shoehorn the CAD/PDF files into an Illustrator workflow down to about 6 hours in Sketchup. I even tried alternative vector editing software such as Inkscape, Affinity etc. Nothing could handle these massive ductwork files. Nothing that is except Sketchup. I never in a million years though I'd be doing 2D ductwork graphics in Sketchup instead of Photoshop or Illustrator, but here we are.
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Rain, do you still have issues with this particular file?
