Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
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I have “saved as” part for 9 large assemblies. Those parts are put into an assembly. This assembly and drawing opens in 1 minute. Now I change a distance between any of the parts and the drawing takes 25 minutes to open.
The files have been “Pack and Go” to my hard drive. Still takes 25 minutes. The PC is used only for SolidWorks, no e-mail, web surfing, no games, and no music. I deleted backup files, deleted trash can, deleted temp files, and defrag. Virtual memory has been set to 4 GB each Initial and Maximum.
Does anyone have any ideas to open large assembly drawings fast? Opening the assembly of part models is about a minute. The main reason we are having such a problem is because our assemblies are built using over 300 mates per subassembly.
The files have been “Pack and Go” to my hard drive. Still takes 25 minutes. The PC is used only for SolidWorks, no e-mail, web surfing, no games, and no music. I deleted backup files, deleted trash can, deleted temp files, and defrag. Virtual memory has been set to 4 GB each Initial and Maximum.
Does anyone have any ideas to open large assembly drawings fast? Opening the assembly of part models is about a minute. The main reason we are having such a problem is because our assemblies are built using over 300 mates per subassembly.
Bradley
SolidWorks Professional x64 2007 SP2.2
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400






RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
How about some detail on the drawing. How many sheets, views per sheet? Are there lots of sections, cropped and broken out views, etc? Are all the views wireframes or solids?
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
I also assume you are NOT using the /3GB switch. Using it with XP x64 could restrict performance.
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
I have 1 sheet, 1 view, no sections, no cropped views, no broke out views, only one view to build the SolidWorks BOM. The views are wireframes.
CorBlimeyLimey,
My virtual Memory is set to 8192 for both. I changed it to 12,577, still no help. I am not using the /3GB switch. I double checked to be sure.
Scott,
I tried opening lightweight and the drawing still takes 27 minutes to open after one small dimensional change.
I am calling my VAR.
Thank you all for you comments.
Bradley
SolidWorks Professional x64 2007 SP2.2
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 3.93 GB of RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
Thanks for the info on the drawing. Hmmm.... very strange indeed. Sounds like something is sick in the drawing file if everyone elses suggestions give you no relief..
Hopefully your VAR can give you some insight.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
CorBlimeyLimey,
I replaced one of the parts within one of the 9 subassemblies. Took 27 minutes to open the drawing.
Anna Wood,
I added a view to sheet two I just created and it took 27 minutes to open the drawing.
Have not heard back from the VAR yet. I e-mailed him the assembly and drawing.
Bradley
SolidWorks Professional x64 2007 SP2.2
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 3.93 GB of RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
Bradley
SolidWorks Professional x64 2007 SP2.2
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 3.93 GB of RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
What type of parts are we talking about and how much detail is in the parts? EX..chain sprockets with every tooth shown?
also If I may, Can I ask who your VAR is?
Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
SW06
SW07
IBM T42p, 2g proc., 1g RAM,ATI Mobility Fire GL T2
HP XW4100, 3g proc., 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro 980 XGL
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
And some of our customers think our support is bad... we always investigate every issues.
I would be a little upset.
Are you opening the files over the network.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Large assy turned into part models, takes drawing forever to open
The part model is a “save as” of one of our extremely large assemblies. I pick outside edges to create the model from assembly. Our VAR is very helpful (Go Engineer) and he is looking into it. I sent them a zip file of the assembly and drawing. I would recommend Go Engineer to everyone.
Scott
I did put the files on my hard drive with no sign of improvement
Bradley
SolidWorks Professional x64 2007 SP2.2
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 3.93 GB of RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400