How to handle/optimize large assemblies for final layouts

Is there a good way to reduce/compact a large assembly, so that a final mounting of e.g. auxiliary piping can be dealt with without the computer suffering from the size of the assembly?

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DD100
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-Use configurations for specific drawing views that only address what is necessary for that particular drawing view.

-Look for undefined/underdefined sketches in each of the components and define them completely.

-Break the assembly down into sub-assemblies and document each of those one their own drawings instead.

-Fully constrain the components within the assembly.

Anyone else?

Matt

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fcsuper

another one to add...

-create simplified configurations of the parts in your assembly.

I usually have a SIMPLE config in everthing. large letters makes it quick to see if everything has been set to simple.

Reply to
solidsmack

good ol' bob z. likes to use lightweight mode. do not be afraid of lightweight mode. lightweight things can be your friend.

bob z.

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bob zee

It has been my experience that opening the assembly that drives the drawing first helps the drawing itself open. Don't ask me why. I don't know. All I know is what I do.

I agree with bob z about lightweight. Do not fear it. Just remember fully resolve before you do any work with bom's.

Reply to
jlbeen

I've seen a large assembly very slow to pan, rotate etc, but if you open one of the parts, then the assembly works just fine, orders of magnitude better response.

Another interesting thing I noticed is when SW crashes, if you look at the auto-recovery file for the part, it is around 30% in size of the part file when saved as normal. Nothing is missing, apart maybe for the last edit or two, in the auto-recovery file, it's just a lot smaller in file size, why's that then?

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greyhound

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