Suitable Workstation Spec to Run SolidWorks Animator 1

[dilbert247]

Hi, does anyone have any recomendations for a workstaion spec for running SolidWorks Animator.
I am currently rendering an animation on a 2.6GHz Pentium 4 with 1.5GB Ram runining windows 2000 and SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1.
The problem at the moment is that I am trying to generate a movie at 24 FPS (Frames per Second), the whole presentation lasts 25 sec's. It is currently taking between 60-70 hours to create.
If anyone has any thoughts let me know.

Thanks

Andy

 

[rockguy]

This is normal. A better workstation won't have much effect on the generation times. You could try using less FPS. I usually use around 15 FPS. it provides good quality and saves faster.

 

[SBaugh]

What video Card?
What SP for windows are you running?
Are you using photoworks when your creating your Animation?

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Theophilus]

Increased chip speed will be the best thing to add (unless you're maxed out on RAM during the operation, which I doubt). You might want to make sure you don't have any hardware bottlenecks anywhere, too.

I'd guess you're using PhotoWorks to create large-screen rendering with complex lighting to get that sort of time out of a 25-second rendering. That's only 600 frames. I make huge renderings on my machine and they don't take that long to process after everything is set up.

Might check into an AMD Opteron and start running 64-bits if you decide to upgrade. Great prices for great performance. Check out Xi Computer's machines--best prices I've found--and don't be fooled by clock speeds such as 1.7 GHz. It's apples and oranges. My 1.7 GHz machine is roughly equivalent to a P4 3.0 GHz machine (for SW stuff) and it's almost a year old. Search the forum on this topic and you'll find a lot of posts (AMD GHz Opteron RAM etc.).


Jeff Mowry

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[SBaugh]

Video Card is important when making these animations. If your not using a supported video card that could decrease your perfromance as well.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

Merry Christmas
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