Creating spatial indices
Large data layers with hundreds or thousands of features will render much more quickly with a spatial index. A spatial index is a separate file ending with a .qix extension. To create a spatial index, choose the Create Spatial Index tool by navigating to Vector | Data Management Tools. Select the loaded canvas layers or check the Select files from disk option and navigate to a folder and select layers on disk. Click on OK to create the spatial indexes:
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