Sam said:
Scott, do you mean that if you do a Save as (Which does basically the same as Ecosqueeze)the file is going to take longer time to open the first time??
Regards,
Sam
No that means that the Unfrag and EcoSqueeze removes data from the file that will cause the file to be rebuilt upon the reopening of the file.
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macPT said:
The risk of corrupting files is not in an interrupted save (as it can occour with any other software) but in mix data that can make the file unraedable by SW.
So you are disagreeing that an interrupted save will not cause files to corrupt in SW? If so, your wrong. I just had a customer save his file, then crash and it corrupted his file beyond repair. I have personally had files corrupt due to Power outages, and saving over a network. These types of corruptions have been noted from SW.
macPT said:
But how many millions of compressing have we already done and howmany corruptions have we found? I think that the probability of corruption is so low that we can "safely" use file compressors.
That's true! I have only talked to one person in my life that has came to me and explained that using Unfrag caused his files to become corrupted and there was nothing SW could do with them. So it is a risk IMO.
Everybody uses it, and I can't lie... I have used both unfrag and EcoSqueeze. I don't much anymore. Heck I don't have either installed. If I want a smaller file I export it out as a parasolid and open it back up. Then I save it with a new name. I still have my old file (which is backed up) incase I need to make a change to the file. I turned a 36 MB part file into a 1 MB file. Doing it like this, I saved my assembly a ton of load time.
Remember SW files continue to grow. So you will always have to run these utilities on these files. By me exporting it, I don't have to worry about the size anymore. As for changes... It's not that hard to add 3 mates in my assembly if the part needs changed. If the Replace component doesn't work right the first time.
macPT said:
But I recomend to backup before compression and test the files before cleaning the backup.
I also recomend that you never do a "CUT/PASTE" over the network (with any files). Do a "COPY/PASTE" and after check a successful copy delete the original files.
Absolutely!!
ALWAYS do a backup before you do anything that could cause an issue. That should be common knowledge for any and all SW users... heck any CAD user should be backing up his files.
Indeed!!
ALWAYS do a Copy/Paste and never a Cut/Paste. If something happens (like accidentally Copy instead of Paste.) then you might loss all your data.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
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