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Increasing size of templates

Increasing size of templates

Increasing size of templates

(OP)
Hi. I hope that somebody can help me!

I was trying to send some drawings by email, but I notice that some of mi files are more than 8 mb size, while others are only 500 KB or less.  I discovery that my templates have an 8 mb size, but I don't know why is this.  I erase everything in the template, and, with a white sheet, it still had 8 mb. I restart a new template with the solidworks drawing template as a base (32 kb)  I add some elements to the format and check the size (500 Kb) I DID NOT add more elements, move some lines, save again and check the size (1 MB!!!!) Does anybody know how to keep the templates small, and why it increase their size when I save?  It's amazing that i cant send mi files by email because the template is much, much bigger than the drawing itself....  Thanks for your help!

Adi Corrales Magallanes
Centro de Ingenieria y Desarrollo Industrial
Queretaro, Mexico

RE: Increasing size of templates

What's in your drawing template? Inserted pictures? Empty Views?

Out templates contain just the drawing border and titleblock and are around 200kb, no matter ahow many times you save them.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2

RE: Increasing size of templates

(OP)
well, I have the drawing border and the title block, plus two inserted bmp (46 and 13 kb Each). It is not so complicated.  When I create the template for the first time, it has 500 Kb (is not that big) but the problem starts wheN I modify and save.  I erased an old image that was so big, but no diference, the template still 8 mb.  And the strange thing, I delete EVERYTHING in the template, save it, and it is still 8 mb.  By the way I use sw2005 SP 5

Adi Corrales Magallanes
Centro de Ingenieria y Desarrollo Industrial
Queretaro, Mexico

RE: Increasing size of templates

Have you tried "Save as. . . " which generally deleted all the restoration data in other programs?

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2005 SP 4.0 (reluctant to change)
Matrox Millenium G550
AMD Athalon 1.8 GHz 512 Meg RAM

RE: Increasing size of templates

(OP)
It works!  When I "save as" the file size returns to the original.  I just Save as another name, delete the original and rename the new file.  Thank You Veri much snowcrash!!!!

Adi Corrales Magallanes
Centro de Ingenieria y Desarrollo Industrial
Queretaro, Mexico

RE: Increasing size of templates

I would've suggested running UnFrag on those files.


Windows 2000 Professional / Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
SolidWorks 2006 SP02.0 / SpaceBall 4000 FLX
Diet Coke with Lime / Dark Chocolate
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com

RE: Increasing size of templates

EcoSqueeze is another one you ought to try.  EcoSqueeze can be found here:
http://www.ecocom.com/

Flores
SW06 SP3.0

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