JF,
On 2018-06-21 19:09, J. F. Lemaire wrote:
Can anyone think of a way of finding those objects - either in the GUI or by looking at the SVG code so I can delete them?
In my experience with these kind of files there is a lot of clipping going on. So I always start by switching to outline mode, select all, release clip, several times if necessary, ungroup, several times if necessary, unlink clones if needed, etc. I sometimes had to deal with very devious PDFs but always managed to get the result I wanted.
- Outline mode - check - Select All - check - Release Clip - check - Ungroup - Inkscape seems to hang although it might just be overwhelmed - but I have a relatively fast processor with 32GB RAm . .
Hope this helps,
Maybe . . I will leave it running overnight and see what it is like in the morning . . although top does not show Inkscape thrashing at all . . ah, it has just come back - trying another iteration . .
Thanks,
Phil.