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parasolid file size

parasolid file size

parasolid file size

(OP)
We received an assembly of unparameterized parts (UG file) from a customer.  I exported
the parts to individual files using Part -> Export.  I then open the new individual
part files and export parasolids of them (for vendors who don't have UG).  The original
part files that I created are much smaller than the parasolid files, for example
61 KB for the original UG file verses 10,418 KB for the parasolid of that part.
 Is this the way it is supposed to work?  I always thought that parasolid files
would be the same or smaller than the original files.

RE: parasolid file size

Parasolid files get huge if you have a lot of surfacing data in them.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
"Fixed in the next release" should replace "Product First" as the PTC slogan.

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: parasolid file size

(OP)
Ben,
This is apparently what happened.  The models are of turbine blades.  I was just suprised at how huge the parasolids became.  I just burned the files onto a CD instead of emailing them to our vendor as I had originally intended.

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