As i said in an earlier post, I was able to work with this model just fine with a laptop. At this point, my concerns lie within the computer settings rather than the model.
Along the same lines, however, the problem with making any part of this assembly rigid, is that parts on a car inherently...
The only anti-virus software we have is the windows security essentials, but that was a very good suggestion.
At the time of the first post, the driver from the solidworks website was installed. Now the latest driver from NVIDIA is installed. (V 276.28)
We are using a Logitech mouse, but we...
I tried opening the entire assembly on my Dell XPS 15" and the results made me very confused. The assembly performs much better on this computer than it does the workstation. I can have everything unsuppressed and the model moves just fine. no errors, no freezes, no crashes.
Dell XPS 15":
Intel...
Punch Holder test rebuild time = 73.76s
From what I can see from other user's results, this seems a bit high, but i just could be having to much faith in the hardware in this computer
OS and SW are both 64 bit versions.
In the first post i included a picture of what the model looks like. In the most simple terms, the assembly is divided into these sub assemblies:
-One A-Arm/Suspension/Upright/Wheel assembly for each corner of the car (a total of 4)
-Engine Assembly
-Pedal Assembly (not shown)
-Gearbox Assembly...
Meant to say NVIDIA, not GeForce... Sorry for the confusion.
This is the card we have:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-5000-us.html
The sub-assemblies work fine and the rebuild times are quick. We are also not using any limit mates, the majority of the mates are width and...
OS is windows 7
That link seemed to pertain more to what to look for when buying a new machine rather than optimizing settings. I'm going to go ahead a say that a total of 24 cores, 54GB of physical RAM, and a $1700 video card designed for CAD software should make this computer extremely capable.
Over at CSU Fullerton we have a Dell T5500 workstation that the FSAE team is using to design a formula car for competition. We are having issues with manipulating the top assembly of our car. The problem is that when we try to move parts as constrained by their mates, the system locks up and it...
