question - rebuilds, model updates, etc while editing drawing

while editing some small multisheet drawings, i got to wondering if there is
a way to
cut down on all the file crunching swx does while working on drawing views.
in some recent sessions, i was editing text, etc, and not doing anything to
models. it seems that about 50% of my time is spent watching the hourglass
or clicking response buttons about updating models, etc. the same model
files were rebuilts, updated, etc, etc etc, maybe 300 times each during the
session, all while not a thing was touched on any model. in a 4 hour
session, i figured
that the hard drive was thrashing about 210 minutes, while just editing a
little text on
3 smallish drawing files. is there any way to reduce the unnecessary file
activity,
or is Dessault in the hard drive business??

thanks
bill

 

Lol wow doesnt sound like fun. I know you can save a detached drawing
file but I am not sure about your question.

 

Have you got any cherries in your model or a green re-build light that will
not go away?? If so, SW will be constantly trying to rebuild the model to
get rid of them.

Merry

 

Yes, there are some of the green lights.
I've answered yes to the Rebuild? prompts on components that haven't been
changed in years
(hundreds of times), hit the rebuild icon, control-Q, etc, etc.
Is there a secret menu within swx that can enable it to be productive
software :>) ???

Thanks
Bill

 

You could try converting the drawing to RapidDraft format. Never having used
it, I don't know how it is done, or even if it is possible to convert
without remaking it from scratch. All I vaguely remember is that RapidDraft
doesn't actually load the model.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

 

Wow, Paul you really don't like this software do you. What do you use?
I hear that you use Pro-E is this true. You must know a lot about SW
because I believe I have seen you either win the Beta testing
competition or you were at the top of the list.

 

Your green lights may be a sketch contained within a supressed feature that
is trying to referece something that it can no longer find. If so, find the
feature/s and supress it's underlying sketch.

Another cause of green lights is the use of 'flexible sub-assemblies'.

If you no longer have green lights then it MAY be quicker to work with.

The other thing that I have found to really slow down a drawing is sections
thru weldments - it seems to struggle with this a lot more than it would
with a similar sized assembly.

Merry

 

No flex subs, but the green lights seem to be confined to one subassembly
(multiple instances).
The thing is, when one of these is opened, the components don't have the
green light, and
rebuilding, etc on each config don't seem to change anything.
Maybe this is just a bug that might be fixed by 2012 or so.

thanks
bill

 

I've always been amazed that every release contains gee-whiz stuff that only
a small fraction of users will infrequently utilize.
On the other hand, a simple time study could come up with 30 to 40%
productivity improvements for EVERY user, that would entail
fixing bugs, and very obvious interface efficiency issues (years & years
old). Yad think 30/40% productivity improvements would
be of some interest to swx.
Bill