Dealing with large imported geometry.
Dealing with large imported geometry.
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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.
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The imported part was an IGES assembly. I've already corrected all of the import errors and saved it as a multibody part.
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RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
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RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.
Envelopes would work great (~8meg rather than 70) except that I can't use it in a drawing!
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RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.
thread559-123507
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Dealing with large imported geometry.
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.
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