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Multiple SWX Sessions on Multi-Core CPUs

Multiple SWX Sessions on Multi-Core CPUs

Multiple SWX Sessions on Multi-Core CPUs

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One of my guys wrote a very nice set of macros, but they take about 7 minutes to run depending on the size of the file they are processing.  (For our online catalog downloads we have simplified reps of our products in a single file with multiple configs, one file per model family, typically 5-25 configs.  The macros generate the downloadable files as such: 1. Names and saves individual IGS, SAT, X_T, and eDrwg 3D files of each config, 2. Names and saves SLDDRW (not downloadable), DWG, and PDF files of 2D drawings with 4 views (no dims).  This automatic process cleverly iterates the scale to get the views to fit.)

My question is this:  Can I have multiple sessions of SWX open on my multi-core machine, set the affinity for each to dedicated processors, i.e., session one set to CPU 0 and session two set to CPU 1, and truly achieve concurrent operation of the two sessions?  For a macro that runs for seven minutes in a single session this would lead me to believe I can actually get two of them run at the same time.  Since SWX is not multi-threaded I am hoping that running multi-sessions on separate CPUs gives me faster results.

I plan to try this myself, but this is new territory for me and I was hoping some of you can share your experience with this approach.  I look forward to the discussion on this.

Thanks in advance,

- - -Updraft

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