4 Replies Latest reply on Jul 26, 2016 9:16 AM by Jay Seaglar

Meshing large assemblies

James Riddell Jul 11, 2016 3:06 PM

Anyone else having issues with SW meshing of 'largish' assemblies? We have noticed in 2015 v5, 64b that when a 'largish' assembly (100+ bodies/parts) that SW "grabs" the computer and "steals" the cursor so you can't effectively use the computer for anything else. Is there something I'm missing? The application is running at normal priority. Machine has plenty of cores/RAM and is not running at 100%.

Re: Meshing large assemblies

James Riddell Jul 21, 2016 9:31 AM (in response to James Riddell)

I see that this post has been seen by more than 10 people - don't any of you try to do something as simple as sending an email while meshing a large-ish assembly?
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  Chris Michalski Jul 21, 2016 10:23 AM (in response to James Riddell)
  
  Sure I do, but the company cut my contract at SW2014 so I don't have that "feature". (One of the rare times where them being frugal is a benefit, not a curse...)
  
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    James Riddell Jul 21, 2016 11:05 AM (in response to Chris Michalski)
    
    Yeah, I miss that ability. The only saving grace is that I have two computers that I run FEA on and I make it a practice now to only mesh on one at a time.
    
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Re: Meshing large assemblies

Jay Seaglar Jul 26, 2016 9:16 AM (in response to James Riddell)

The symptoms described are consistent with the following known issue:

SPR 864210 - "SOLIDWORKS Simulation – Mesh: While meshing, Mesh progress dialog window/box automatically takes focus after each solid body has been meshed, interrupting anything you may be doing"

This issue is resolved in SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2016 SP3. If you still encounter similar behavior in this version, please contact your SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller (VAR) for assistance.
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