At least in large part mode. Using the punch holder model, I am getting the exact same rebuild times as I did with SW 2009. I think most of their speed efforts went into large assembly.
Still, I am getting into 2010. A lot of good improvements have been made
Yeah, to get the benefits of speed improvements, the files do need to be saved in SW2010 from what I've seen. Simply opening down version files can (and does) slow down SW.
Just a follow up to my earlier post complaining about poor performance on XP64 / SW2010. It seems that not all files were successfully converted during a task I scheduled 2 weeks ago. The result it seems was extremely poor performance on handling certain (large'ish) assemblies. After running the scheduled task a second time and ensuring no files missed the upgrade, I can confirm that performance is back on par with 2009 levels (which was quite satisfactory).
The imprtance of updating ALL files (preferably using task scheduler) to the new release seemed a little understated in my opinion. The general improvment in system performance has been astounding. Without knowing the in's and out's of why this is so critical, I hope any early adopters of SW2010 take this on board when upgrading their software and avoid the headaches we have been facing recently.
The punch holder is only representative of a certain type of modeling. If you are doing any surfacing or multibody modeling, or anything where you've used Move Face, 2010 is definitely faster. I did some tests on my blog
Matt,
I agree.... Each company needs to set up their own benchmark files for the type of modeling they do. Then they can truly test new hardware and new versions of SW for the performance increases they are hoping to see.
Cheers,
Anna
Anna,
I'm working on testing out SW2009 right now, to upgrade from SW2007.
One of the other Matts
Too many Matt's. I think I'll change my name to Isosceles.
Point taken on the type of files being tested. Since we don't use large assemblies, we need to come up with an intense part file with all kinds of features to more thoroughly tax Solidworks for these benchmark tests.
Any suggestions?
Matt,
If you guys come up with a new benchmark model that stresses more areas of SW I will be happy to host it.
Cheers,
Anna
Large assembly work in SW2010 seems a little slower than it's predecessor. Not sure about the how and why's but have already asked our VAR to look into the issue. Alterations to mate distances for example take 20-30 seconds to update. Productivity has really taken a beating.
I have found that the first few weeks after upgrading to major releases do bring on such issues. Things tend to calm down once all files have been fully converted to the version.
The productivity enhancements that were promoted with the product have delivered nicely though I must add. Additional functionality with multi-body parts are already paying divdends for us.