cadcoke5
Mechanical
- Aug 11, 2003
- 80
I am dealing with a very large assembly, which has run into some memory limits in the version of Windows we are using.
I know I can freeze components, such as fasteners by setting a filter in the Hireachy window, and filtering for "screw*" and "washer*", etc, and then freezing them. but, this still leaves a model file that is quite large, since all the components are still there.
I am thinking that one way to deal with this is to first check out a large assembly from the library, and then make all of it a local copy. This is so that I can not just freeze the small fasteners, but delete them entirely from the model file. However, I don't know an easy way to make the entire assembly and all its sub-assemblies a local copy. I know I can manually make a local copy of each one, and rename them as I go. But, since there are so many, I am hoping there is a way to do all of this at once.
Then, the 2nd phase would be to somehow erase all the unused components from the model file.
SolidWorks and Inventor both have a way to make a copy and rename all its components by adding a prefix or suffix automatically. This is all done as one operation. After editing the copy of the assembly another step that can be done is to export that new assembly so that you leave all the orphan components behind.
My main goal is to end up with a smaller assemly. Am I overlooking an easy way to do the same thing in I-Deas?
Thank You,
Joe Dunfee
I know I can freeze components, such as fasteners by setting a filter in the Hireachy window, and filtering for "screw*" and "washer*", etc, and then freezing them. but, this still leaves a model file that is quite large, since all the components are still there.
I am thinking that one way to deal with this is to first check out a large assembly from the library, and then make all of it a local copy. This is so that I can not just freeze the small fasteners, but delete them entirely from the model file. However, I don't know an easy way to make the entire assembly and all its sub-assemblies a local copy. I know I can manually make a local copy of each one, and rename them as I go. But, since there are so many, I am hoping there is a way to do all of this at once.
Then, the 2nd phase would be to somehow erase all the unused components from the model file.
SolidWorks and Inventor both have a way to make a copy and rename all its components by adding a prefix or suffix automatically. This is all done as one operation. After editing the copy of the assembly another step that can be done is to export that new assembly so that you leave all the orphan components behind.
My main goal is to end up with a smaller assemly. Am I overlooking an easy way to do the same thing in I-Deas?
Thank You,
Joe Dunfee