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Dealing with large imported geometry.

Dealing with large imported geometry.

Dealing with large imported geometry.

(OP)
I have a huge imported part (70meg).  It drags my system to a halt.  I need to assemble parts to it and create assembly drawings.  I've read a little bit about envelope parts, and am giving that a try, but I wondered if there were other approaches available to try and lighten the model.

The imported part was an IGES assembly.  I've already corrected all of the import errors and saved it as a multibody part.

-b

RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.

When you bring it into an assy, make it lightweight. Can you save it as a parasolid and use it in your assy?

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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FAQ559-716

RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.

(OP)
I've tried saving as a parasolid and bringing it back in to solidworks as a part.  It's still huge.  

Envelopes would work great (~8meg rather than 70) except that I can't use it in a drawing!

-b

RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.

(OP)
I've already searched for envelope info on this site.  Some good information but nothing I can use.  It seems that envelope parts do not show up in the drawing and are therefore no good for creating an assembly drawing.
 
I've learned that configurations really bloat the file size.  I had 4 configurations in the file I started with.  Stripping them out took the file from 200+meg to 107meg.

What has seemed to have also worked is creating an assembly, pulling the part in as an envelope and exporting as parasolid.  Pulling the parasolid back in and I get a 16meg file (32meg if I save again).  That's significantly lighter than the 107meg before I started.

-b

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