Hello All,
I'll soon be submitting an enhancement request and hope any of you who agree will echo it in regard to the current behavior of Suspended Rebuilds.
Even with Large Assembly Mode active and/or Suspend Automatic Rebuild turned ON, SolidWorks forces (under certain conditions) rebuilds which I wish could be avoided.
Often I work with many in-context references and these tend to make the rebuild times more exhaustive; however, even without such in-context stuff, the time wasted with incremental rebuilds can really add up.
My usual design intent is to make a series of edits to various parts (some from within the assembly environment and others from separately opened part windows) and then use MANUAL rebuilds when I'm ready!
Here's a short description of the current, undesirable behavior:
- The assembly is opened with rebuilding suspended. (Note: Rebuild assembly on load is set to "Prompt" in the System Options.) Nonetheless, there are times when inescapable rebuilding goes on in the background - even with an assembly which was rebuilt and saved when it was last closed.
- A part (from within the assembly window) is edited with a new standalone Cut-Feature. Upon returning to the Edit Assembly Mode, there is NO rebuild (or even a prompt). This, however, is GOOD in my view and represents how rebuild suspension SHOULD behave!
- The same part is then opened in a window of its own and another standalone Cut-Feature is added. Upon returning to the Edit Assembly Mode, a prompt appears to ask whether or not I want the assembly to be rebuilt. This prompt was appropriate, but if the NO button isn't clicked quickly, SolidWorks goes into rebuild anyway. WHY? Even if the NO button is clicked right away, it seems as though rebuild activity of some sort takes place in the background, although nothing is clearly identified in the status bar.
Even with the System option set to NEVER for Rebuild assembly on load, making a part edit in a separately open window (and then returning to the referencing assembly) SolidWorks rebuilds (with NO prompt or user opportunity for escape) while presenting a message about the modified component causing the updating...
- I decide to Reload the separately open part file from its own window and upon returning to the assembly, SolidWorks informs me that the part has been modified and the assembly is being updated.
HELLO, What's the point of purposely choosing to suspend rebuilds? I feel like I did many years ago when (at the wheel of a special car for driver's education) the instructor sat in the passenger seat with a duplicate steering wheel and brake pedal...
I understand that the program's intent is to not let too many related features stockpile before an update is run. This is certainly important, especially for novice users; however, the question is one of optional control and whether or not it actually exists.
Speaking of controlling rebuilds, I wish it were possible to truly ESCAPE them when desired. Escape isn't always a selectable option and, even when it is, the partially finished rebuild oten leaves many features in limbo and the rebuild has to be manually continued before the file becomes properly usable anyway.
I think there's need for improvement!
Per O. Hoel