Catia V5 Performance Poor. Does not utilise system resources

[Ganesh N]

Hi,

I have a HP Z4 workstation running Catia V5 and Catia V5 with Teamcenter Integration. Anything other than the most basic part or assembly makes the software very slow to respond and stops responding entirely for a few minutes.

The application hardly uses 20% of my system resources under any kind of task\file opened.
I have tried tweaking the application settings and Nvidia\Windows settings. Got IT to restore all system defaults but the problem is persisting.

My system specs:
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2223 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 65536MB RAM
GPU Chip type: Quadro RTX 4000
Display Memory: 40650 MB
Dedicated Memory: 8019 MB
Shared Memory: 32631 MB

I would really appreciate any help on improving the software's performance.

Thanks

 

[Wuzhee]

What is your operating system? I encountered a similar problem on Windows 11 with Catia V5R19.

You should check every driver on the HP Support page, because most the time IT just installs what's default and default drivers can be outdated.
My fresh new Zbook Fury had obsolete display driver both for integrated GPU and Nvidia and I had similar issues like you.

 

[Little Cthulhu]

Are you aware that V5 doesn't support mutiple CPU cores?

 

[Wuzhee]

Does that mean you can have quintillion cores and threads, Catia will always use only 1?
What's the purpose with the dassault recommendations then? Those specifically state you need XY generation i7 or i9 processors.

 

[Little Cthulhu]

Well, you need the fastest core you can get. And turn off hyper threading btw.
Or switch to V6.

 

[Wuzhee]

Seems legit. Hyperthreading? I don't know, my computer is a factory setup, never looked into it. Industry configuration. After driver installations I don't have any problem, I'm running the smoothest settings and highest performance options without a hassle.

Company uses V5 since launch (1998?). Our customers are the largest car manufacturing groups. Everyone uses V5. Everyone saves local copies. V6 don't have that.
Imho the whole auto industry won't switch to cloud-based file management very soon. Not in the next 20 years. Only time will tell.

 

[JohnRBaker]

When I was still working for Siemens (before I retired), we always told our NX users to turn OFF hyper-threading. I suspect that the same issues apply in this case to Catia as applied to NX, since they're both similar in the size of the executable image and types of computations being performed.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
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[Ganesh N]

I am using Windows 10. I also use NX and that runs like butter. I used to work with Catia V6 at my previous job. The whole PLM integration is a double-edged sword. At my current work place, we use Catia V5, 3DExperience and NX. I don't have too much experience using 3DExperience.

I will check all the drivers on HP support page and make an update if the performance has improved.

 

[ferdo]

Imho the whole auto industry won't switch to cloud-based file management very soon. Not in the next 20 years. Only time will tell.

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Regards
Fernando

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[Wuzhee]

ferdo,

That's just 47 of the thousands that makes the global automotive and transportation industry. A small percent. I'm not denying the benefits of cloud sharing though.
Also, several of them (Tesla, JLR, NIO) they also use V5 parallel with the other CAD systems.

 

[ferdo]

Wuzhee, believe me, the end of life of v5 is much closer than those 20 years you were talking about..look what is happening also in aerospace, nuclear, and civil engineering...
And by the way, there are already big automotive manufacturers (including JLR) who have already switched on v6 (2013x or 3DX and those on 2013x will have to switch to 3DX).

3DX is not only on the cloud, you have it also on-premise...

Regards
Fernando

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9mSHa4SOedVUEkEojiX_kdzpe0sDbaz2

 

[Little Cthulhu]

Fascinating, but off the topic ;-)

 

[ferdo]

Agree Little Cthulhu, my bad, I will not continue.

Regards
Fernando

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[itsmyjob]

in order to understand why the computer is slow you need to track activities so you can tell if CPU is slow, network is slow or any other elements...

if your teamcenter database is on the other side of the planet it will affect connected catia speed...

if OOTB catia working file base is fast, then why not pointing finger at teamcenter, the network, the integration TC / CATIA ???????

Eric N.
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