PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
(OP)
Hi,
I'm experiencing extremely slow performance with PDMworks when working with large assemblies - it's taking around 10 mins to check in an assembly that's got around 3500 parts.
Is this normal? Or just something I've got to put up with?
I'm running SW2006 sp4.1
2.4GHz processor
2.00GB RAM
PDM client build 0066
PDM vault build 0066
Cheers for any help
I'm experiencing extremely slow performance with PDMworks when working with large assemblies - it's taking around 10 mins to check in an assembly that's got around 3500 parts.
Is this normal? Or just something I've got to put up with?
I'm running SW2006 sp4.1
2.4GHz processor
2.00GB RAM
PDM client build 0066
PDM vault build 0066
Cheers for any help






RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
You could have the fastest server and workstations available but if your network is only running at 10MB half duplex (which isn't likely) it's going to be slow to move files across it.
I'm sure one of our resident PDMW gurus will chime in and give you a more accurate assesment, but again I don't think it's completely out of the question to take 10 minutes for that large assembly and its components...at least not with ST.
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Specialist
Invacare Corp.
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
- My network connection speed is 100Mbps, which I presume is pretty quick(?)
- I'm generally working locally, with the Vault located on the server
- Even though there are 3500 separate parts, there are only 100-150 different parts
Is this sort of check in time really to be expected?
Cheers,
Simon
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
Your network speed is more than adequate, your working locally then checking in which is typical, and you're only talking about 100-150 unique parts w/ 3500 instances/iterations of those in your assembly.
10 minutes is beginning to sound a bit lengthy for a check in of this size.
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Specialist
Invacare Corp.
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
The slowness you're seeing is likely not only related to moving the actual files to the vault serverbut processing the reference list as well. This can be quite complex in an assembly of the size you mention, even more so if you've got external references.
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
Have your network cables and server checked also.
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
Kevin Carpenter
CAD Systems Specialist
Invacare Corp.
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
Brad
SW2006 SP4.1
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
It depends on the complexity of the components. I have seen assemblies with 300 components (most of them very complicated) that take 10 minutes or more to check into PDMWorks and can't even be loaded on a 32-bit machine because of memory limitations.
Bottom line, if your components are fairly simple, the slow check-in time would surprise me, but if they are somewhat complicated, I would not be surprised at all.
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
Most of the components are sheet metal parts, most without a huge amount of complexity. It appears our servers are running on Windows 2000 Primary, so I'm guessing that'll be a big contribution to the slowdown?
RE: PDMWorks - slowdown with large assemblies?
You might try copying a folder containing your project to a shared folder on the server. That will take the PDMWorks out of the equation and you can see if the bulk of the time is just in transferring the files to the server.
If transfer time is the bottleneck, you should get a performance boost by upgrading to a gigabit (10x faster than 100MB) network, assuming that the CPU and HD in the server is not holding you back.
Although you reported a different version of Windows than the one mentioned in the article, I found the April 26, 2005 bulletin at htt
Eric