<p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Definitely not a laptop cpu or memory problem. I run Qgis with a window7 core 2 cpu with no trouble for everything except Lidar.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Try using the simplesvg plugin to save the shape file or maybe try a "save as" for the layer. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Don't try to save a layer with the print composer. If you have funny crashes, try deactivating all the plugins except to one you really need.<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/simplesvg/</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 8, 2016 20:48, "Phillip Money [via OSGeo.org]" <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5275505&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:<br type='attribution'><blockquote style='border-left:2px solid #CCCCCC;padding:0 1em' class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I have a 50 MB shapefile. I am trying to import it into Illustrator. When I try printing to an svg file from the Print Composer, QGIS crashes. I am using QGIS Essen 2.14.3. I have tried lots of different things:<br /><br /><ul><li> simplifying the geometry (QGIS crashes)</li><li> trying to print to a postscript file (will only print to a prn file, which Illustrator can't read)</li><li> installing Cute PDF (doesn't really work in Illustrator)</li></ul><br />I am using a laptop with Windows 10, 32 bit and 4gb of RAM.<br /><br />Will upgrading to a new machine with 8gb of RAM and 64-bit windows 10 make any difference?<br /><br />I can't afford a new laptop, but I need to output to Illustrator so will probably have to bite the bullet.<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Phillip Money<br /><br /> </div>
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