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Solidworks with pdm is working very slow

Question asked by Huma Andrei on May 28, 2014
Latest reply on Jun 10, 2014 by Brian Hoerner

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Hello guys,

When I open an large assembly form PDM I have to wait a very long time (about 30 minutes).

This is acceptable if the large assembly is opened for the first time, but when the assembly is loaded in to the workspace this shouldn't happened.

Also when the assembly is finally opened I can not do anything because the solid works is working very slow.

If I want to open a simple part from the assembly that is already opened I have to wait another 20 minutes.

I spoke with my IT guys and they restarted the server and nothing was changed.

After several attempts I discover that if I clean my workspace and restart the server, I still wait 30 minutes for a large assembly to download from the PDM but if I try to open a simple part the waiting time is reduced to 15 seconds.

If I close all the parts and the assemblies and try to open again the time increase to 25 minutes per assembly and 20 minutes per part.

Does anyone encounter this behavior on PDM and solid works?

I do not want to clean my workspace and restart the server every time when the solidworks is closed.

Can anyone came up with a solution for this problem?

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Jeff Holliday May 28, 2014 9:29 AM

You will get a better set of answers if you tell us more about your system specs (memory, graphics, etc).

At first reading, I was suspecting it could be related to the type of parts - swoopy, curvey with transparent appearances can take longer to open but after restarting you say they open much faster. Where are your parts being saved after opening from PDM vault? If they are being save on your local drive, they will respond faster than if being pulled from a server.

I suspect the problem is not with the PDM vault, but with the parts/assy's themselves.

You may want to check a couple of settings. First, in the PDM Vault admin, see if verification is set "on" fulltime. Second, check the settings in "tools, options" as shown in the attachment.

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Huma Andrei @ Jeff Holliday on May 29, 2014 2:54 AM

Jeff,

My "workstation" is a dell precision T1650 with a xenon processor, 16gb of memory and a nvidia quadro 2000 graphics (see the attachments).

The server is a virtual machine that it is in different location from were I work.The transfer rate over network is about 80 Mb/s.

My parts are saved on my local drive all the time.

Can you send me a picture with the settings from the PDM vault admin regarding the verification.

I've searched in the PDM vault admin an I did not find the option that you indicate.

Thanks

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Jeff Holliday @ Huma Andrei on May 29, 2014 8:07 AM

It sounds like your computer should be capable, although the T1650 is a low-end workstation but the RAM and graphics-card should help.

Here is a picture - it is for vault validation, not verification - my fault, I'm sorry.

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Huma Andrei @ Jeff Holliday on Jun 4, 2014 2:13 AM

Hello Jeff,

I did not have the chance to check that option in the PDM vault admin.

I am in the middle of a large project and I do not want to jeopardize it.

I will try that after I will finish the project and came back with a feedback.

Thanks,

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Kenneth Barrentine May 29, 2014 11:08 AM

Huma Andrei wrote:

Hello guys,

<snip>

but when the assembly is loaded in to the workspace this shouldn't happened.

Also when the assembly is finally opened I can not do anything because the solid works is working very slow. If I want to open a simple part from the assembly that is already opened I have to wait another 20 minutes.

<snip>

If I close all the parts and the assemblies and try to open again the time increase to 25 minutes per assembly and 20 minutes per part.

<snip>
Can anyone came up with a solution for this problem?

Close assembly.

Disable PDMW addin (Tools> Add-Ins...)

Open Assembly.

Is performance the same?

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Marc Godbout @ Kenneth Barrentine on Jun 1, 2014 1:47 PM

We found when "Include Drawings" was enabled performance slowed considerably because PDM searched for related drawings for each part in the assembly. In our case the search included network folders external to the vault. Disabling "Include Drawings" made search/load times much faster.

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Huma Andrei @ Marc Godbout on Jun 4, 2014 2:08 AM

Hello Marc,

That option was already unchecked.

Thanks.

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Huma Andrei @ Kenneth Barrentine on Jun 4, 2014 2:07 AM

Hello Kenneth,

This trick is working unthil I make an update to my workspace, and unthil now this is the only solution

Thanks,

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Kenneth Barrentine @ Huma Andrei on Jun 4, 2014 10:37 AM

do you have anti-virus checking solidworks files?

if yes, try to exclude these types from anti-virus, .sldasm, .slddrw & .sldprt

disable anti-virus on pdmw server

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Brian Hoerner Jun 10, 2014 11:53 AM

Huma,

Is it possible there is one file that is rebuilding because it has errors in it? If that is true, then it will try and rebuild everytime you open it. Another option is to check the image quality and lower it on the assembly and all of the parts.

Another work around might be to set the assembly parts to lightweight except for the part(s) you are actually changing.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Brian

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Jeff Holliday May 28, 2014 9:29 AM
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You will get a better set of answers if you tell us more about your system specs (memory, graphics, etc).

At first reading, I was suspecting it could be related to the type of parts - swoopy, curvey with transparent appearances can take longer to open but after restarting you say they open much faster. Where are your parts being saved after opening from PDM vault? If they are being save on your local drive, they will respond faster than if being pulled from a server.

I suspect the problem is not with the PDM vault, but with the parts/assy's themselves.

You may want to check a couple of settings. First, in the PDM Vault admin, see if verification is set "on" fulltime. Second, check the settings in "tools, options" as shown in the attachment.
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- Huma Andrei @ Jeff Holliday on May 29, 2014 2:54 AM
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  Jeff,
  
  My "workstation" is a dell precision T1650 with a xenon processor, 16gb of memory and a nvidia quadro 2000 graphics (see the attachments).
  The server is a virtual machine that it is in different location from were I work.The transfer rate over network is about 80 Mb/s.
  
  My parts are saved on my local drive all the time.
  Can you send me a picture with the settings from the PDM vault admin regarding the verification.
  I've searched in the PDM vault admin an I did not find the option that you indicate.
  
  Thanks
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  - Jeff Holliday @ Huma Andrei on May 29, 2014 8:07 AM
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    It sounds like your computer should be capable, although the T1650 is a low-end workstation but the RAM and graphics-card should help.
    
    Here is a picture - it is for vault validation, not verification - my fault, I'm sorry.
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    - Huma Andrei @ Jeff Holliday on Jun 4, 2014 2:13 AM
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      Hello Jeff,
      I did not have the chance to check that option in the PDM vault admin.
      I am in the middle of a large project and I do not want to jeopardize it.
      
      I will try that after I will finish the project and came back with a feedback.
      
      Thanks,
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Kenneth Barrentine May 29, 2014 11:08 AM
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Huma Andrei wrote:

Hello guys,

<snip>

but when the assembly is loaded in to the workspace this shouldn't happened.

Also when the assembly is finally opened I can not do anything because the solid works is working very slow. If I want to open a simple part from the assembly that is already opened I have to wait another 20 minutes.

<snip>

If I close all the parts and the assemblies and try to open again the time increase to 25 minutes per assembly and 20 minutes per part.

<snip>
Can anyone came up with a solution for this problem?

Close assembly.
Disable PDMW addin (Tools> Add-Ins...)
Open Assembly.
Is performance the same?
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- Marc Godbout @ Kenneth Barrentine on Jun 1, 2014 1:47 PM
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  We found when "Include Drawings" was enabled performance slowed considerably because PDM searched for related drawings for each part in the assembly. In our case the search included network folders external to the vault. Disabling "Include Drawings" made search/load times much faster.
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  - Huma Andrei @ Marc Godbout on Jun 4, 2014 2:08 AM
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    Hello Marc,
    
    That option was already unchecked.
    
    Thanks.
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- Huma Andrei @ Kenneth Barrentine on Jun 4, 2014 2:07 AM
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  Hello Kenneth,
  
  This trick is working unthil I make an update to my workspace, and unthil now this is the only solution
  
  Thanks,
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  - Kenneth Barrentine @ Huma Andrei on Jun 4, 2014 10:37 AM
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    do you have anti-virus checking solidworks files?
    if yes, try to exclude these types from anti-virus, .sldasm, .slddrw & .sldprt
    
    disable anti-virus on pdmw server
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Brian Hoerner Jun 10, 2014 11:53 AM
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Huma,

Is it possible there is one file that is rebuilding because it has errors in it? If that is true, then it will try and rebuild everytime you open it. Another option is to check the image quality and lower it on the assembly and all of the parts.

Another work around might be to set the assembly parts to lightweight except for the part(s) you are actually changing.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Brian
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