[GIS] QGIS to Illustrator: file cannot be opened because there is not enough RAM

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I am having trouble getting my files to transfer or export to a vector file. When I open the file in Adobe illustrator there is a lot of information missing. I have tried to "save selection as a vector…" I have all my layer selected. I tried selecting individual layers, all the layers at once, I selected the layers individually.

Next I tried to play with the CRS pull down menu. I used all the options and still get no results. I finally got what may be a file but when i open it in illustrator I get an error message that says "file cannot be opened because there is not enough RAM, I have 12 gigs of RAM, should not be a problem.

Am I missing something? A plug-in?

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have you tried to export to pdf via print composer and to import this pdf into illustrator?

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[GIS] Seeking purge function to remove layers from qgs file which are not present in Layers pane of QGIS

Note: This code is no longer compatible with QGIS 3, see the answer below with a link to the Layer Board plugin instead https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/218719/9839

The layers in question are in the layer registry but not in the legend.

The following python script removes all layers which are loaded, but not shown in the legend.

Removing the layers:

registryLayers = QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayers().keys()
legendLayers = [ layer.id() for layer in iface.legendInterface().layers() ]
layersToRemove = set( registryLayers ) - set( legendLayers )
QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().removeMapLayers( list( layersToRemove ) )

It should be run from the python console inside QGIS. After applying it you can verify the operation by checking that the layers are gone from File (Project in 2.0) => Project Properties => Identifiable layers. Changes are not saved automatically

By adding the following line at the end, changes will also be saved automatically.

iface.actionSaveProject().trigger()

Please make a Backup copy of your Project file (.qgs) before overwriting your project file after applying this script.

For QGIS 1.8 the following line is required to be run initially:

iface = qgis.utils.iface

[GIS] Parts of geometry disappearing in QGIS export to Illustrator PDF

As @Mapperz says:

Illustrator has a display limit around 60,000 vertices per feature you need to split lines or generalise your data down before export.

You can generalise the lines down before exporting and entering in to Illustrator. You can generalise lines with Vector > Geometry Tools > Simplify Geometries

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