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Giant Femap Files

Giant Femap Files

Giant Femap Files

(OP)
I have a very large .MOD file (3GB) that is taking forever to load and save.  The original reason that it was so big is because all steps of a random analysis were saved in the results.  I have deleted these but the file has not shrunk at all.  Is there any way to reduce this file size?

RE: Giant Femap Files

Maybe try replacing your IT guy with one who realizes a terabyte drive si worth $75.  Problem solved?  It's just not worth your time.

RE: Giant Femap Files

Once upon deleted results you must issue command "File > Rebuilt", this will compact FEMAP database and next time you save your model it will have a very reduced size.

By the way, 3 GB is nothing, I have modal transient models (SOL112) with 8 GBytes ....

Best regards,
Blas.  

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Blas Molero Hidalgo
Ingeniero Industrial
Director
 
IBERISA
48011 BILBAO (SPAIN)
WEB: http://www.iberisa.com

RE: Giant Femap Files

(OP)
Thank you Blas.  That was the solution I was looking for.  The problem I had wasn't the space, It was taking 10 minutes to save.

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