I'm working on a part in the Unix C3P 10.1 classic (I-DEAS 10 NX) environment and my file size is becoming enormous. I have been making a lot of modifications to the part, but the complexity has not changed much. I know that there is a file size issue because if I export an older version of my part to IGES, it is only have the size as a current IGES export.
I have a theory that parts require a lot more space as they change because if you continuously delete curves (for example) and keep replacing them, the Curve ID # will keep growing. As an example, the last curve I created has a Curve ID label of "C53241". Surfaces, Features, Coordinate Systems, etc. all have similarly large ID numbers even though the total sum of these should be well below 1000.
Is there a way to force I-DEAS to recycle the names of unused Curves, Surfaces, Features, Etc in an attempt to bring my file size back to normal?
Does anybody have any suggestions besides starting over from scratch? Am I even on the right track to finding the problem?
I have a theory that parts require a lot more space as they change because if you continuously delete curves (for example) and keep replacing them, the Curve ID # will keep growing. As an example, the last curve I created has a Curve ID label of "C53241". Surfaces, Features, Coordinate Systems, etc. all have similarly large ID numbers even though the total sum of these should be well below 1000.
Is there a way to force I-DEAS to recycle the names of unused Curves, Surfaces, Features, Etc in an attempt to bring my file size back to normal?
Does anybody have any suggestions besides starting over from scratch? Am I even on the right track to finding the problem?