Thanks for the file, CreativeRaul.
I can’t remember (at least in the past years) to have not used my naming convention, except for todays file, and yours has the same name, I shouldn’t be that sloppy. Proper naming is crucial. Perhaps a reason why you couldn’t find my file after using my link above.
I can see clearly that my file had no color inside of the DNA. So it was smaller.
In Ai, Select>Path>Same>Fill and Stroke will help to select all from the same and you can merge them. In that way you get way less sub-layers. Then Pathfinder> ShapeModes>Unite (like Boole in C4D) and you reduce the amount of path again.
To my knowledge that is the least amount of Sub-layers possible in Ai.
So far I understood Ai in the past ~20 years of using it (or Freehand for that matter as well), it is practically a Post Script “editing tool”, with lots of features added since the introduction in ‘80s of course. But the underlaying structure is based on the Post Script “language” (easily to see on the native use of EPS—encapsulated post script), and the structure of the language shows in the layers. I do not see a change coming in that area, but then again, we all might only guess what Adobe is up to with PostScript.
How much the SVG exporter will allow you to create outlines or other “compression” of “merge” function, I can’t tell, not my area of interest nor expertise.
As a side note, the Object>Path>Simplify (see image will certainly help, how much is certainly an artist call.
Good luck
Sassi
The file is not even 10% of the original file size. I think some Clean Up would even improve it more. (Smooth Tool for example for the straight areas)
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