I'm trying to reduce the size of some sub assemblies that
make up a complete upper level assy, so I did a save as part on a
few of the assemblies, then went back and looked at the file size
of the part vs the assy, and there is very little difference. What
am I doing wrong?
btw -- all jokes about my name are welcome.
btw -- all jokes about my name are welcome.
What I do to shrink assemblies is make a configuration with all components and features suppressed, then do a save as to a different file location. This will greatly reduce your file size. The drawback of this is it's only temporary. Once they are shrunk, you can set them to read only, this will help to not save them again unless necessary.
Also works in parts by suppressing all features.
I understand about the problems. My goal was to reduce file size. I have a machine assy that I'd like to be able to open a little quicker with a litlle more flexibility than (view only). In other words, I still want to be able to use SW functions in this assy. I simply want o reduce file size of certain subs I want in the assy, but never anticipate changing. The model is for my use only.
As you can see below -- the results are not as expected no matter how I do it.
My results are as follows:
Document size as sldasm. -- 2,507 Kb
Saved as part -- Ext. Faces -- 5,077 Kb
Saved as Part -- Ext. Components -- 3,825 Kb
Saved as Part -- All Components -- 4,458 Kb
Assy -- 48 seconds
Part - 5 seconds
So -- I guess I've answered my own question. There is a huge advantage despite the file size. I should have phrased my question differently.
So yes, larger part files do tend to open faster than assemblies.
Loved your movies by the way.
Don
Loved your movies by the way.
Don
Ha --- you mean my little brother's movies
I vaguely recall the ability to search for, and suppress objects and features below a certain volume in SW. That may allow you to find the small holes, or small parts that are causing it to swell up. On a project I recently worked on, we had similar problem, and found that it was caused by one of the vendors sending a model where each sub-assembly that had thousands of small parts. We manually edited their model to suppress them (though a few were left in to show that there was stuff there), and created a new configuration called "Small parts suppressed". It took a day, just for that process.
Alternatively, you might create an even simpler representation of the assembly. Model it with square blocks, with just the appropriate mounting holes. Of course, this idea may take quite a long time to do, depending on the assembly and how much detail you want.
Joe Dunfee