Posted: 11/6/2015 3:21:12 PM EDT
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I have a friend with a 1.7 gig cluster of files that form one monster assembly. Basically an entire manufacturing plant in one assembly.
No matter if he has the file locally or on the server, it takes almost 6 minutes to open with a quadro k2000 ($400) video card. Is system has a Xeon processor and 16 gigs of memory. Would upgrading the video card make it open faster? The k4200 is ~ $800, I was going to recommend that but I really have no idea when it comes to workstation graphics cards. I do understand that video game graphics cards are totally not related. Anybody know anything about this sort of stuff? Thank you in advance. |
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Best bet is to call Solidworks and ask them. +1 here are the certified cards and drivers |
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6 minutes is really fast for something like that, the only hardware solution would be more CPU, an SSD and maybe more memory. The GPU doesn't have a ton to do with the opening/rebuilding of large assemblies. There is a lot of little tweeks and best practices within Solidworks that can improve that time as well, their VAR can help a lot with that. Again a 6 minute build time doesn't sound too shabby for something like that. |
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I have a friend with a 1.7 gig cluster of files that form one monster assembly. Basically an entire manufacturing plant in one assembly. No matter if he has the file locally or on the server, it takes almost 6 minutes to open with a quadro k2000 ($400) video card. Is system has a Xeon processor and 16 gigs of memory. Would upgrading the video card make it open faster? The k4200 is ~ $800, I was going to recommend that but I really have no idea when it comes to workstation graphics cards. I do understand that video game graphics cards are totally not related. Anybody know anything about this sort of stuff? Thank you in advance. Post Count California GD "for a friend" lulz |
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Why the hell would he need it all open at once in full detail?
Create "shell" configurations for your sub-assemblies for the main assembly to use. By "shell" I mean suppress all the guts in subs that you don't need to see. Mates are a massive speed killer as well; use patterns where you can. |
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I have a friend with a 1.7 gig cluster of files that form one monster assembly. Basically an entire manufacturing plant in one assembly. No matter if he has the file locally or on the server, it takes almost 6 minutes to open with a quadro k2000 ($400) video card. Is system has a Xeon processor and 16 gigs of memory. Would upgrading the video card make it open faster? The k4200 is ~ $800, I was going to recommend that but I really have no idea when it comes to workstation graphics cards. I do understand that video game graphics cards are totally not related. Anybody know anything about this sort of stuff? Thank you in advance. Using a PCI E SSD and caching the file on it would probably speed it up significantly. Not a lot left system spec wise you could do given what you've got already. Not a Soldworks expert, but is there a way to simplify the models and reduce footprint while still keeping motion constraints? http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/24/kingston-hyperx-predator-ssd/ |