File size patches (the microsoft ones!) are available! 2

[StefanHamminga]

Check out your tech alerts, SolidWorks got permission to distribute the patches needed for the file size reduction!

Search the knowledge base for 012243 to get the x64 version and 012242 for the 32 bit version.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Thanks Stefan. Do you know if the previous hotfix should be uninstalled before applying this new one?

 

[StefanHamminga]

I don't know for sure, but most hotfixes I've seen can be installed over any previous version. I just did that and it worked fine on Windows XP x64

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

 

[J-C]

Can you guys post some file size comparisons after the update?

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[StefanHamminga]

First I took a design table driven bolt, I guess about 100 configurations:

Original:
5772 kB

plain save (with patch):
5824 kB

save as copy (with patch):
1035 kB

Opening the copy and doing a CTRL-Q with a couple of configs caused the file to grow back to 5.7 MB


On the other hand, I tried a SKF SNL bearing unit assembly (3 configs):

original 5913 kB
Each config CTR-Q and save: 3848 kB

So it seems to depend... some parts/assemblies benefit, some do not.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I did not see any significant file reductions for 20MB, 5MB & 2MB documents. However, I was already running the original (flawed) hotfix, so the file sizes may have been reduced already. Short of uninstalling the hotfixes and re-testing I have no way of knowing now.