Assembly Rebuild Times
Assembly Rebuild Times
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Hello again, Boys and Girls. I was just wondering if there is a way to check the rebuild times on an assembly. In a part you can check the Feature Statistics, but there isn't an option for assemblies. AssemblyExpert just tells you the number and type of parts. Maybe someone has a macro?






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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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Just shooting from the hip, though.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
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-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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I never use the "in use" configuration setting for any assembly components, but if you do I think this macro will likely change that.
The macro keeps track of which configs of which parts have already been rebuilt, so no config gets rebuilt twice, even if it's on a different level.
There is also an option to save the components (after rebuild) and report the save time.
The results of the rebuild/save are presented in Excel format.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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I also turned screen updating back on in Excel. Turning it off doesn't make it run a whole lot faster, and with it off it sort of looks like it's not doing anything.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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I hadn't got around to testing the first one, but that last one is excellent. It will really help (and already has) when trying to find out why an assy is taking so long to save.
Thank you.
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Very nice - as usual
Thanks
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
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-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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Now with the ability to set the depth i can definitly see this as a pre-plm insertion process.
Awesome tool. Thanks
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-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
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When i run this on a large assembly i look for the high rebuild times then open and evaluate the parts to see how minor tweaks can be done to speed up the rebuilds.
With this info i can go back to the designeer and give him some pointers for things to avoid in the future. Also me as well to just overall better modeling practices.
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I'd like to do a small article about this macro. I think this is the kind of thing a lot of people have been wanting for a long time. please contact me. Thanks!
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Assembly Rebuild Times
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Assembly Rebuild Times
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group