File sizes are HUGE!

[jt4ward]

I just started to notice that a lot of my part files are huge. Some of my assembly files are big also. If I do a save as to a different name they get up to 10 times smaller. Why is this? Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way to get them back smaller again w/o opening them all and saving them twice? I have also noticed that when you do a save as to a different name the size of the drops tremendously but as soon as you do a regular save the file doubles from the initial small size. Kind of weird. Curious to hear the opinions out there.

Thanks,

Jason Forward
Solidworks 2005 sp3.0

 

[macPT]

Search Forum. Lots of discussions regarding this subject.

Regards

 

[kellnerp]

Save As Copy or use EcoSqueeze.

 

[dogarila]

or Unfrag

 

[krywarick6]

Another trick is to reduce image quality for shaded and wire frame views.

Regards,

Christopher Zona
Litens Automotive Partnership
Concord, Ontario, Canada

 

[SBaugh]

thread559-113145

See the bottom of the thread to help understand why they are huge.

Also do a search at

http://www.google.com

on this subject.

File Save as will reduce it temporarily but as soon as you save it once more the size returns. See above to why that is.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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