Helical Protrusion file size

[iwalters]

I've recently changed employers and am now using SE V20 (which I had used in the past) after using SE ST for about 1.5 years. I'm having a bit of a problem.

I can't be sure, but I think when I was at my former employer and was still on V19 and V20 I had made helical protrusions, added adjustable part values, and used them as auto adjusting compression springs in assemblies. I know I had done this in ST and it wasn't a problem whatsoever.

Yesterday, I made a small helical protrusion. Ø.120 X Ø.024 X 1.000 with 25.8 coils. This single feature created a file size ~17mb. Now unless I'm crazy, such was not the case before since I had assemblies with 10+ springs in them. With this new extra large file, I can't even add it to an assembly without the computer staggering let alone set it as adjustable.

Are there still any older non ST users out there who can maybe attempt a similar part and let me know what the file size is? Maybe I have something set wrong.

 

[KENAT]

Sorry, don't have time to play around right now but helical protrusions get big (memory wise) fast.

I had simple springs back in the day with maybe 5 coils or so which bogged down my computer when put in a fairly small assembly.

This is why I rarely use them, unless I need a detail drawing of the spring, I just model a hollow tube for compression springs, similar to the concept of how you used to draw them in 2D. Even for a drawing of a spring you may get away without all the detail, maybe just a turn or two at each end of the spring at most.

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[donyoung]

Hi,

the above spring:

- V18 852KB
- V20 1.17MB
- V102 1.16MB

dy

 

[iwalters]

KENAT;

I wouldn't mind using a representation if I hadn't previously been able to use an actual spring model.

donyoung; Thank you. Now I have to figure out what I'm messing up

 

[iwalters]

Ok I just remade the spring and it's 1.15mb.

My computer must've been angry yesterday.

 

[beachcomber]

ST1 - 1.24MB

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Quadro FX4600.

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