[Tyler Hobbs]

Okay, great to know, thanks for the explanation and the update!

[Tyler Hobbs]

I just wanted to note that after experimenting further with this, it seems that the number of distinct paths was the prime culprit, rather than the file size. I’ve been working with ~10 MB files that have about 1/100th the number of paths and there are no issues when pausing. (Basically, instead of using many short paths, I made sure to join them into long paths with multiple vertices.)

Since pausing is done by updating the SVG itself, I wonder if there is perhaps some inefficient behavior in the Inkscape extension around finding/updating individual paths?

[Tyler Hobbs]

Through lowering the precision and combining separate segments into longer paths, I was able to lower the size to ~2 MB, and pausing is no longer an issue. Thanks for your assistance!

[Tyler Hobbs]

Thanks for the suggestions. I can definitely easily lower the precision and maybe shrink the file by ~30%. I’ll try that first.

There’s no styling info, so it’s good there.

In terms of the vertex count, I’ve designed it so that each vertex is about 1mm apart. What’s the practical lower limit to vertex density? (Or is that a complicated question/answer?)

The other option I can always use is to break up the plot across multiple files, which I may do if adjusting the precision isn’t enough on its own.

Thanks for your help so far!

[Tyler Hobbs]

Windows 10

[Tyler Hobbs]

I think the issue may be related to the size of the SVG in some way. When I tried to reproduce the issue with a simpler plot, there was no problem. Then I switched back to the complex plot, and it reproduced right away. For reference, the problematic SVG is about 14 MB. I’m happy to send it to you so that you can reproduce the issue for yourself, if that would be helpful.

[Tyler Hobbs]

I thought that might be the case and checked pretty thoroughly for that. There were no other dialog windows that I could find.

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