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Re: Subfiles - Question
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:34:58 GMT
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> But remember that file size is only a consideration if it makes a difference
> to the total number of disk clusters it uses. If your disk is formatted to
> have 4Kb clusters each file takes 4Kb. One 4095byte file containing inlined
> code will use 1 cluster, but the same part with four references to a
> 1024byte subfile would use 8Kb - one cluster for the main part and one for
> the subpart. Further use of subparts would increase the overall disk space
> usage.
Right, but what I want to say is that if the filesize is to big the file needs
a lot of time to render. When this is splitted into subfiles the renderer only
needs to read smaller subfile. This saves rendertime.
Bernd
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| (...) That's been my view as well. In addition, is disk space usage really a factor? I mean, I have a small (3 gig) hard drive, and my whole LDraw file set takes up only a couple megs. For someone with a less archaic system than mine, the storage (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| (...) But remember that file size is only a consideration if it makes a difference to the total number of disk clusters it uses. If your disk is formatted to have 4Kb clusters each file takes 4Kb. One 4095byte file containing inlined code will use 1 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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