Drawing File Doubled 2

[edreaux]

On Friday my drawing file was 55mb. Then saturday morning, after only a few changes, I tried to save the drawing and it took about 10mins. The file size had now almost doubled to 97mb.

I have searched this site and found some info but no solid fix. (save as copy is temporary)

Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

What changes did you make this morning?


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[edreaux]

I added a few 1/4-18 water lines to one component.

BTW: I pulled the smaller file from backup. But everytime I save it grows by about 10mb.

 

[Plastserv]

Dear edreaux:

Maybe you are using the feature "cavitiy", "circular pattern","linear pattern" , or "component pattern" in your model or assembly. These can be reflected in the drawings with respect to file size.

Here is something you can try that will decrease file size. With all other parts and all assemblies closed down (important), do a control Q, Then save under a new name, for example -XX. then close down the drawing or model. Then go into explorer find your new file, click on and re-name, take off the -XX then check the file size. It might be as small as 1/3 the size. You can then replace your old file with the smaller new file.

Solidworks keeps previews, and with all the previews, depending what is in your model the file sizes can grow large. You really don't need all these previews. Don't worry,it will save more.

eDrawings works with previews, so if you are making an e-drawing make sure to control Q first.

Best regards,

Plastserv

 

[Heckler]

What year of SWx are you using? Do you have any inbedded MS Excel graphs or tables? In 2000 SWx and MS Excel didn't play well together. I was working on a weldment drawing and had a material cut list in Excel that I had ebedded into the drawing. That drawing grew to an out of control size of 150 megs. They have since worked out the issues but if this drawing is legacy to year 2000 it still could have these issues.

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Heckler
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[edreaux]

I am using swx06 sp4.1. I do have excel being used for configuration tables. But this is the first time I have run into this. I have tried the "save as" and then rename and that seem to reduce the file but only a little. The file should only be about 10-20mb. The "save as" will reduce it to around 90mb. I have chalked it up to a corrupted file and moved on.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[CSLufkin]

Search for a free download called UNFRAG. run it on you bloated SW files and it will shrink them back to where they should be. Solidworks does not support the use of this, but I have had no problems.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You could also try EcoSqueeze from

http://www.ecocom.com/eng/index00.h...com/eng/EcoSqueeze/ecosqueeze01.htm&frameno=2

It is not supported or recommended by SW, but it does (temporarily) reduce file size.


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[edreaux]

As I researched UNGRAG I also read about EcoSqueeze and decided to use the Eco. It seems to be working.

I am thinking about setting it up on a schedule or task to run it regularly on certain directories. Is anyone doing that? Any known problems?

Thanks so much. I have learned at least 80% of what I know about SolidWorks from this forum. MS Windows should have a forum like this.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Tek-Tips (

http://www.tek-tips.com)

has several.

Microsoft: Windows XP Pro Forum forum779


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[edreaux]

CBL: Got it. Thanks.