Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
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Morning all.
I have a few part files that ate 60-70 mgs - -however, they are opening at 20 mgs.
Not opening in lightweight, nothing hidden or suppressed.
Any advice on why this is doing this?
Thanks
Rip






RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
I goofed...its early, its Monday...
The saved files are general assembly drawings.
Thanks
Rip
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
Rip
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
However, when the file is opened at home, or on another machine ( lappy or stand alone) the file has shrunk to like 20 mgs.
Why is this happening?
Thanks!!!!
Rip
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Regards
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
it shrinks after its opened on home machine.
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Ripper, food for thought. Go to "Personal Profile" at the top left of this page and put your system profile and SW and SP versions to the "Signatures" area. See my signature example below. This way we can help you better.
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 4.0
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
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nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Great food for thought!
Personal stuff entered.
Not running PDM works at work.
It is a 60-70 mg file when saved, when opened its 20 mg.
Perhaps my computer is possessed.
Thanks!
Rip
Solid Works 23007 Office Pro.SP 4.0
Compaq Presido 6000
Win XP
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
How are you seeing the file size if it is only opened and not saved?
What size is it after being saved on your home computer?
I assume you copying the file to a removal media of some sort. Perhaps the act of copying is acting like a "Save-as" and cleaning out the Windows 'shadow' crap.
... or it could be that because you are running such an advanced version of SolidWorks. Maybe SW has finally figured out how to compress its files.
BTW, it's SolidWorks not Solid Works.
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Im seeing the smaller file after its saved and then opened. Im not saving it on my home computer, just the one at work. This is also happening to another person who works her as well.
Misery loves company!!
Thanks!!
Rip
SolidWorks 23007 Office Pro.SP 4.0
Compaq Presido 6000
Win XP
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Don't worry about it. SolidWorks file size changes and get bigger and smaller all the time.
It is a product of the Microsoft Structured Storage and the shadow data that is stored in a SolidWorks file.
You will notice this a lot with files that contain multiple configurations. There is a lot of shadow data stored with the configurations, which among other things help with the speed of changing configurations.
You are not losing data. Just a natural part of working with SolidWorks files.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP4.0, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
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RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved
Thanks you for the advice.
And, thanks to all who gave answers as well.
Rip
SolidWorks 23007 Office Pro.SP 4.0
Compaq Presido 6000
Win XP
RE: Part files opening smaller than Originally saved