SW Material & Feature Pattern Problem
SW Material & Feature Pattern Problem
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I am running SW04-SP2.1 ... I recently modelled a panel (much like a diffusion panel in flourescent lights) which was 5.5" wide x 22" long x .5" thick. Into this panel I cut a square thru hole, then patterned that hole across the width & length (11 x 44). The pattern feature took about 3 seconds to build itself ... so far so good. However, when I applied a material to the panel, the rebuild time was about 10 minutes!
Anyone else had this problem or can explain it? I have not seen or heard of it before, but the same thing happens on 3 P4-2.4GHz computers ... 2 with nVidia Quadro FX500, 1GB RAM and 1 with ATI Radeon 7000, 512MB RAM.
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Anyone else had this problem or can explain it? I have not seen or heard of it before, but the same thing happens on 3 P4-2.4GHz computers ... 2 with nVidia Quadro FX500, 1GB RAM and 1 with ATI Radeon 7000, 512MB RAM.
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RE: SW Material & Feature Pattern Problem
Chris
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And hey ... it's good to see I'm not the only one without a (Saturday night) life.
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RE: SW Material & Feature Pattern Problem
3 kids and wife works night.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
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RE: SW Material & Feature Pattern Problem
Anyone can be Captain in a calm sea.