When you mention keeping the properties palette closed whenever possible, do you mean click-the-X closed, or just minimized? I have mine undocked, floating in my second monitor, and rolled-up so it's only a thin blue bar. Is that "closed enough" to realize an improvement, or is it better to close it all the way?
Jeffrey Rivers
Win 10 Pro 64-bit, Intel i9 3.7GHz, 64 GB
NVIDIA RTX A4000
C3D 2020 V13.2.89.0