file size shinks after working in osx

[Anonymous]

I have worked the last couple of days at home on my Mac and noticed that when I brought the files back to work they had decreased in size. The pln file I had worked on went from 19266 KB to 18628 KB and a lbk file I had worked on went from 29130 KB to 7940 KB. All I did was add to both of these files. Have others noticed this? Does anyone what the difference is? Just curious - the files seem fine.

[Aussie John]

Preference settings can effect the file size. For instance Show preview in navigator will increase the file size in ArchiCAD and Save the cache file in file in Plotmaker wil substantially increase the file size. Maybe somehow these settings have been changed.

[Andy Thomson]

I notice this all the time when working between mac and pc generated files. I have no idea what the difference is or why.

The pc seems to generate smaller pln files, but much larger lbk files.

[Greg Kmethy]

Layout Books grow large easily because the images are stored as bitmaps (on Windows. On MAC they are converted to PICT, that's why MAC LBK's are usually smaller)

Now, In PlotMaker 9, images are stored in their original format. However, it is not enough to re-save your LBK in PlotMaker 9. You have to re-link your JPEGS etc. to be stored in their original format. This could reduce LBK sizes significantly in PlotMaker 9.

Greg

[Karl Ottenstein]

gkmethy wrote:
However, it is not enough to re-save your LBK in PlotMaker 9. You have to re-link your JPEGS etc. to be stored in their original format.

Thanks for sharing that tip, Greg. Didn't know that we had to re-link.

Karl

[Djordje]

andyro wrote:
The pc seems to generate smaller pln files, but much larger lbk files.

Depends on whether you are saving the cache with the files or not.