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Large Assemblies

Large Assemblies

Large Assemblies

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Our company is evaluating 3D_CAD Software for machine design, and I'd like to get a feel for the size of model (number of parts) that people are building with SE.
 
Please don't turn this thread into a "Software X vs Software Y" discussion, the main question is:

In the models you currently building, how many parts do you have?   

If you like to type, some other questions are:
For large assemblies, what kind of performance do you get with rebuilds, saves, editing of parts, etc?  

RE: Large Assemblies

Well, i curently work with 132 parts (most of them are sheet metal parts), and i experience some lags, but no lockups. Its essential, that you use simplified parts to get things run smoothly. I have spoke with some people, that are using over 700 parts within one assembly without problems.
My configuration is AMD Athlon 550 MHz, 256 Mb RAM,
13 Gb HD, And ASUS 6600 Graphics card.
I noticed no problems SAVING and REBUILDING OR editing parts within large assemblies.

I hope i've helped you....

Take care

RE: Large Assemblies

I make often assemblies > 600 parts. Even assemblies of 1500 parts or much are good to handle. Solid Edge is good in big assemblies.
Use a lot of memory (I use 512 Mb.

When opening huge assemblies your VIRUSSCANNER IS A BOTTLENECK. A slow scanner opens the files and time is going by. Disabling such scanners boosts performance.

Henk

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