Cannot Open Large .fig files

Hello,

I am creating some very large (3.6MB) .fig files. The files are plotting 41,000 x 12,500 points using imagesc.

When I click to open the files, I get:

"Error using open (line 162) Cannot read file C:/file.fig"

I am using savefig to save the figure to my computer using R2014b

I tried using my program to create smaller .fig files by only changing the imagesc size. For example:

These size CAN be opened 41,000 x 500 gives me an 290kb .fig file 41,000 x 1000 can (437kb)

These size cannot be opened: 41,000 x 5,000 - 1,500kb .fig file 41,000 x 2,000 cannot (736kb)

I followed the openfig.m file and the error that is thrown comes from the localOpenFigure -> loadFigure

if ~reuse
    h = loadFigure(filename, visibleAction);
else

and it looks like loadFigure is '.p' file?

Any ideas?

[Joe]

Just want to say that this was a computer memory resource problem - I didn't have enough memory on my computer.