NX 7.5 File save time

[isnemo]

Good day to you all.
I've been running UG NX since 1996 and recently have come up against something that has me stumped.
With the company I am working for we do a lot of cloning of existing assemblies where the part data is very similar. This way we can utilize 90% of the tool design and just swap out the part data.
This has been working fine (and the cloning process continues to work fine) but recently I've found, on a couple of my cloned assemblies, that the file save process is taking a long time. On an assembly that is 350 mg (which is not a large assembly for us) the save process is taking as long as 9 minutes. The whole time the status bar is displaying 'Building file'. Then right near the end of the process the status bar changes to 'Saving' and you see the progress bar scoot across the display just as it normally does.

My saves are to my local drive.

It does not happen on all assemblies/parts.

I've run 'Part Cleanup' on the fully loaded assembly and there does not appear to be any issues with the model itself. I can navigate anywhere in the assembly and the session is very responsive... no delays of any kind. It's only slow when I try to save the assembly.

I'm wondering if the issue could be the fact that these assemblies have been cloned so many times.

It's also worth noting that when I'm doing the saves it's only the top two nodes that are being saved... not every part in the assembly. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nemo



PS I'm pasting the last 'Save' information from my log file below:


&MACRO FOCUS CHANGE IN 1
&MACRO CUSTOM 24 XFORM_SEQUENCE 0 -0.610092 -0.789524 0.0666258 0.282223 -0.137968 0.949376 -0.740364 0.59801 0.306995 -7.88999 3.13907 -21.038 0.170666 !
&MACRO MENU, 0, UG_FILE_SAVE_PART UG_GATEWAY_MAIN_MENUBAR ! <MB/Toolbar>
Part::SaveManager::SavePart C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt
Part::SaveManager::AddPartForSave C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt [315604]
Part::SaveManager::AddPartForSave C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt [29977]
Part::SaveManager StartSaveCb C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt
Part::SaveManager StartSaveCb C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt
&MACRO FOCUS CHANGE OUT 1
Part::SaveManager SavePart C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt
Saved components of "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt", cpu 0.000, real 0.000
RM_save_part "_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt": CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.004 secs
CM_save_part "_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt": CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.001 secs
EXP_save_part "_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt": CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.000 secs
OCC_save_part "_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt": CPU time: 0.140 secs, Real time: 0.146 secs
Saved KF partition: CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.002 secs
Saved "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt" itself, cpu 0.203, real 0.703
Completed save of "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_3D_MOLD.prt" and its components, cpu 0.203, real 0.703
Part::SaveManager SavePart C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt
Saved components of "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt", cpu 0.000, real 0.000
RM_save_part "_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt": CPU time: 0.531 secs, Real time: 0.673 secs
CM_save_part "_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt": CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.001 secs
EXP_save_part "_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt": CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.002 secs
OCC_save_part "_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt": CPU time: 2.199 secs, Real time: 2.405 secs
Saved KF partition: CPU time: 0.000 secs, Real time: 0.002 secs
Saved "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt" itself, cpu 2.933, real 4.665
Completed save of "C:\_work\140491\Mold_Data\_DR-4697_2Ddesign.prt" and its components, cpu 2.933, real 4.665
Part::SaveManager saved 2 parts successfully.
&MACRO FOCUS CHANGE OUT 1
&MACRO FOCUS CHANGE IN 1
&MACRO MENU, 0, UG_HELP_SYSTEM_LOG UG_GATEWAY_MAIN_MENUBAR ! <MB/Toolbar>

 

[JohnRBaker]

If you go to...

File -> Options -> Save Options...

...what items do you have checked ON?

Also, have thess Assemblies, and their Components, been 'refiled' and brought fully up to the latest release status?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
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UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[isnemo]

Hi John,
The only two options set in the Save Options are:
Save Drawing CGM Data
Save Data for Fast Rollback and Edit

I have not run the refile on these assemblies as when I did in the past it caused problems with all my drawing sheets.

Greg.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Try toggling OFF these two options and see if it has a significant impact on the save time. If refile caused you problems in the past, did you report the problems to GTAC? If not, why NOT?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.