SW 2d file size

[Yogibear]

Has anyone noticed an increase file size while using SW2003. I have a valve manifold with 6 standard views, 2 iso views and 3 valve mounting details. Nothing too complicated and the file size is 10 Meg and I'm not done dimensioning it yet. It was 14 Meg and I'm trying to redo it to see if it was a fluke. So far it doesn't seem to be. Any help would be great.

 

[DetroitPickles]

Yogibear,

Is this with or without an Ecosqueeze or Unfrag? And are you saving that wonderful eDrawings Data with the file?


Mr. Pickles

 

[Yogibear]

Unfrag doesn't seem to touch it and the eDrawings option is unchecked.

 

[RonalddeBruijn]

I also noticed the great file size of 2d drawings.
Also 3d parts are sometimes to big in my opinion. It is possible that is file has a lot of junk features. I had a part of 1.4Mb which was not complicated at all. The trick is to save it with a temporally other name and then overwrite the old file. The file size increased to 288Kb. Unfrag made this file 580Kb.

 

[Rocko]

i have also seen this bug and i repeat it is a bug. The last thing we all need is a cad program to make files multiple times bigger than they should be. SW should fix this asap or allow us users some better control on what the heck gets saved.

 

[rocheey]

Just ran into this very thing in a Part Doc. It was 16 megs in size, opened fairly quickly, took approx 5 mins to "SAVEAS", and saved to 800k!!!

 

[TheTick]

Sometimes the type of geometry can drastically increase file size. This is especially true with helical sweeps (torsion springs in my case). Do you have any free-form or complex geometry like threads modeled in your part?

I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.

 

[SBaugh]

Larger file sizes can occur because of special geometry like TheTick has pointed out above (helixes, configurations, DT, etc...). Also there is a Shade file created every time you save your file. I think this file is a bitmap image. What this file does is, is when you pick the file from the OPEN dialog and you have preview checked, you will see it. That's all it does, but it takes up a lot of space when it makes that file. Only the UNFRAG utility can get rid of the file as far as I know.

But here are a few ways to help with that.

1) use an Unfrag utility. SW doesn't support this utility so it is a use at your own risk.

http://www.nhcad.com/old/html/download.html

2) If your trying to email a file to someone.
a) You can Extrude a feature that encompasses the entire part.
b) You can suppress everything in the FM.

3) When you save the file move it off the screen so only your background is visible. This will help to make a smaller shade file.

4) You can do a save as and it will bring the file down but the next time you save it, it will grow back to the size it was before.

Check out Feature statistics. It won't tell you which features are using the most MB's but it will tell you which features take longer to open and that should indicate to you which features may need some simplifying.

I hope this helps...Best Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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