I purchased a new system (windows 8, i7, 16 Gigs of RAM) to work with Illustrator and large files. I have a file that is 100 meg with a bunch of layers and i'm trying to group them by the same fill color. When i try i get the message:
"Can't group the objects. Nearly out of memory. Please save your files immediately. Free up more memory to continue"
The thing is, with 16 gigs of RAM, i check and Illustrator is only using just over 2 gigs. I know if Photoshop i can allocate more memory to the program, but can't find that feature in Illustrator. I don't figure this file would be that difficult (it is a repeating pattern that is 44" x 44")...
I called "support" and they said they could fix it, but it would cost a "nominal fee" of $200!!! Unbelievable...
Brand new computer, CS6, 16 gigs of RAM...don't understand what i'm missing...
Please advise...
jared