15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
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It takes 15-20 mins to add 1000 elements (small cubes to a surface) using pattern feature. Is this normal? I'm just curious about wether it is OK or not considering the config I have or something may be wrong with it. Do anyone have information or assumption regarding how much does this operation takes on a similar computer?
The config is the following:
OS: xp pro sp2
SW ver: SW 2005 sp.5.
ram: 1G
cpu: 3200+ amd64
video card: 6600GT Nvidia Geforce
The config is the following:
OS: xp pro sp2
SW ver: SW 2005 sp.5.
ram: 1G
cpu: 3200+ amd64
video card: 6600GT Nvidia Geforce






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Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
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Jeff Mowry
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RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Right now the managers need the printout of the isometric view of the model, but the number, angle, size etc of the plates may change anytime, so the model changes quite often.
When they saw, it takes that much time to draw in SW, they told me to solve the problem (better hardware), or look for a different software that can handle the problem.
An "expert" came and told, autocad will solve our problems. Do you think that's true?
I used autocad for 2d drawing and have no experience in 3d handling capabilities, but experienced already in 2d drawing that modifying drawings can be very complicated. Under SW changing system part sizes is fast and easy.
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ht
Getting a faster (Memory Bandwidth) card should help.
http://nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html
Maxing out the RAM & using the /3GB switch may also help.
IMO, the 'expert' who suggested ACAD is talking crap.
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HA HA HA! Yeah, Autocad will solve the problem all right. Sure! Does this "expert" work for Autodesk perchance?
Really, going from 3D design to 2D is an enormous step backward. 3D takes more resources from your computer, but gives back enormously in reduced time to properly edit a part.
The graphics card is very important in running SolidWorks--check out what CorBlimeyLimey said in the post above if you would like to reduce the problems you're having.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Rotating the model itself in the window is a bit slow, that's OK, it depends on the video card.
I tought that during the calculation process of adding the plates to the surface (calculating mate relations, element positions to display) mostly the cpu works (100% load), not the video card.
So our problem is lack of computing power. If the problem is the same with other softwares also, than I'll recommend to improve the HW, not changing the SW.
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Can you post a pic? Also, can you get away with only patterning a small area? Do you HAVE to have the pattern complete?
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Faster processors are a good way to go. Consider the AMD 64-bit chips for good value/dollar. Dual-core is nice if you do many renderings or have lots of background tasks along with SolidWorks--otherwise, dual-core won't be of much use to you for modeling in SolidWorks, since SolidWorks doesn't support multi-threading to use the second CPU core.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Say what!!! Which faq suggests that? You are probably being confused by the gaming type cards. Most gaming type cards are not suitable for running 3D CAD software. Different rendering methods/engines are required. The nVidia Quadro series are recommended by SW.
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Also try unchecking "Geometry Pattern" in the pattern feature. This could speed it up. And under "Tools/Options/Performance I think, uncheck "Verification on Rebuild".
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2
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Regards
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IMO there cannot be such a significant difference between proe and sw.
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5 seconds Identical
12 seconds Variable
3 minutes General (I think this one does more maths to allow the instances to intersect each other)
Are there any similar choices in SW?
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Are you doing a feature pattern or a body pattern?
Todd
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Things have definitely improved since SW04, which was the last time I tried such a pattern>
tbryant ... What are you machine & software specs?
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I do not know of a comparison for WFs General option.
What are your computer specs?
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My machine is a P4 3.4 GHz
2 Gig of Ram with an ATI Fire GL V3100
Windows XP SP2.
Not really anything special, but it is clean, it was reimaged before installing SW 2006 at the end of last year and I don't install anything questionable on it.
I don't think your video card will have too much to do with how long it takes to make the pattern it will effect the parts performance after it though. Rotation is much slower than normal for me on the part I made.
Todd
RE: 15-20 mins to calculate pattern feature?!
Patterning 1000 cubes on a flat surface is one thing, but the geometry is curved, that's another.
Solidworks has one option really "Geometry Pattern". If it is checked, then end conditions of the patterned feature are not solved for each pattern instance and each instance is identical geometry to the parent or seed feature. Unchecked (the default) means it does solve end condition. So if the end condition was "up to surface", then each instance will solve for that surface meaning the extrude depth varies for each which of course takes longer.
The other option "Verification on Rebuild" in Tools/Options/Performance if checked applies additional error checking and can slow down rebuilds. It affects everything in the tree. Depending on the complexity of the geometry, rebuilds can be quite a bit slower with this option on. The irony here is, the more complex geometry which is already slow to rebuild really needs this option on to be sure the model is "tight".
Anyway, so I would try these otions and see if that helps. And may show us a pic and explain how you are going about creating this.
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2
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Flores
SW06 SP3.0
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http://www.engtran.com/SWBM001.html
Post your results including settings and I will check them against my system.
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