Multiple tabs heavy memory usage

Not sure if this is a bug or not, my computer is having memory maxed out when I have multiple ZZTakeoff windows open. Is there a workaround or a method to have tabs that are not currently being focused on not require such high memory? I often have multiple tabs open to view various building angles/spaces when performing piping/electrical takeoffs. Perhaps a feature that allows page tabs within a single browser window would reduce this memory demand (not sure if this is already a feature!)

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Lorin Allred zzTakeoff5d 21h

Hey Michael! Most of the memory usage comes from having a larger project open and all the takeoff data/computed variables loaded into memory. In addition, we sometimes load the PDF into memory to render Hi-Res and extract point snapping.

Various users have requested a split view, which, if implemented, would reduce overall memory usage, as you mentioned, because the takeoff data wouldn't need to be loaded per page tab. I'll bump this with the dev team.

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Michael Matos 5d 21h

Thank you! I've been slowly but surely transitioning from Planswift to ZZtakeoff and the ability to keep using it the same way as I always have(with a million tabs open) would be extremely valuable to me. Below is 3 tabs of ZZtakeoff (the number also includes background processes Chrome uses like Omnibox worth about 350MB), compared to Planswift's load with 8 tabs open and undocked.

Additionally, if we're able to utilize the bookmark preview feature but move it off the individual browser that would be great as well. This may be a limitation of browser based software though (im no expert on this kind of stuff)

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