hi guys, does anybody know how to stop a part from rebuilding during editing in sw2015?
i am sitting with more than 800 surfaces in an imported part and when ever i delete a surface, i have to wait while the whole lot rebuilds...very frustrating
freeze bar wont work in this application...
regards marc
hi bjorn, yep i know about the freeze bar but cant use freeze bar in this application as the surfaces are all named "imported [numeral]" so i cant tell what is what in the feature tree and it would take too long to "reorder the parts".
Can you try to suppress some surfaces (assuming they are separate surface bodies)?
Freeze Bar works wonders...
Steve C
Bringing this question back to the top as it was never answered. (I see similar questions dating back 8 years with no answers)
Freeze bar is great when your 100% finished editing the part. But is close to worthless while still in the design phase.
There is an option to suspend rebuilds in an assembly. Is there, or why is there not, an option to suspend auto rebuilding in a part?
Why are we given an option to "hit ESC to abort rebuild" and all it does is close program?
Sorry for my blunt discourse. I currently spend 1/3-1/2 my day simply watching my part rebuild over and over and over and over.... (I have a lot of sweeps). I've used SW for 12 years now and have spent 6 years of that watching it rebuild.
Hi Don
Maybe I'm just mistaken here, but what happens if you combine the freeze bar and the rollback bar... wouldn't that limit any rebuild to what is after the freeze bar and before the rollback?
Correct Rob. That is how I'm working now. Problem is every time you touch the rollback bar it rebuilds. So if I do not do things just right, I get stuck for 10-15 minutes looking at a spinning circle. So it would be nice to just turn the rebuild option off completely.
Since I'm dealing with about a dozen sweep features, plus cuts and radii, I turn off 'merge results' on everything. Then at the very end I combine and add in all the radii. This combine and the radii on sweep features accounts for 80% of the rebuild time. So a work around while working on the part for sure. But then updating prints is another headache. Because after rebuilding, saving and closing the part, then the prints needs to update and rebuild the part that was just rebuilt. Too much fun....
Thanks, Rob
Paul Salvador wrote:
No kidding! What a wonderful tool he's made and given to us for free! Thanks Artem Taturevych!
Artem Taturevych wrote:
Hi Don,
Try this: Suspend Rebuild Operation
Thanks,
Artem
Somebody, pinch me! Artem, you just solve a huge problem for many users. Each company should send you a $1000 cheque every month from now on.
How come SOLIDWORKS hasn’t send you a huge contract by now, I cannot fathom. You are changing our lives!
Agreed ! you get my vote !
So close.... when I simply enter a feature and exit, all my features grey out until I rebuild. I don't understand why SW requires a rebuild when no changes are made.
Hi, Artem. Did you make that Macro that you linked to?
Hi Thomas,
Yes, I did.
Suspending rebuild is awesome. It is key to fast automations. I do this also but with the built in API project eventhandlers class. I set suspendrebuild = true or false which handles the rest.
Your solution is much better when you want this specific functionality.
As always artem. Amazing work.
No worries, guys, my pleasure
Hi,
Just decided to move this feature to the Geometry++ so it is easier to use. Here is a short demo: How to improve SOLIDWORKS rebuild performance - YouTube , it also explains Don's issue with suppressed features.
Planning to add more functionality such as an option to automatically rebuild or regenerate after the rebuild and also work for in-context parts editing in assembly.
Thanks,
Artem
Hi Marc,
you tried the freeze bar? http://help.solidworks.com/2015/english/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Feature_Freeze.htm
2015 SOLIDWORKS Help - Feature Freeze