Timing redraw

You can easily time how long a document takes to redraw. This is useful for comparing the redraw speed of with other drawing packages.

To time redraw

1. Open the document. (See Opening documents).

2. Zoom in and move the document until it is at the required size and position. (See Zooming in and out.)

3. Press CTRL+Shift+T.

This redraws the document and then a dialog box appears showing the time taken for the redraw.

To make a fair comparison with other packages

Turn off anti-aliasing by setting the Quality slider to Normal and set the dithering method to Ordered dithering. This sets the screen display quality to be the same as other packages. See Changing the screen quality of documents.

Turn off background redraw. See Turning background redraw on and off.

Use a document that does not contain any transparent objects as documents containing them take a little longer to redraw.