File Size
File Size
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Good Morning All,
I have a STEP file that was sent from our customer and imported into SW. I saved it as a part and noticed the file size was 117MB, WOW! I realized I needed to reduce it to use in my assembly because I really don't need all the details. So, I sent about 45 minutes cleaning it up and saved it as a new model (keeping the old one intact). How come the file has increased in size? It's now 137MB!
I have a STEP file that was sent from our customer and imported into SW. I saved it as a part and noticed the file size was 117MB, WOW! I realized I needed to reduce it to use in my assembly because I really don't need all the details. So, I sent about 45 minutes cleaning it up and saved it as a new model (keeping the old one intact). How come the file has increased in size? It's now 137MB!
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 4.0
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000






RE: File Size
RE: File Size
RE: File Size
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Did you do save as copy. Try saving it as a parasolid then opening it again and saving it as a part. Does this improve the size?
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RE: File Size
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 4.0
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000