solidworks & network setup

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by swmachinedesigner, Jan 31, 2007.

  1. I have been on SolidWorks for a very long time. I have also been a
    network admin back in the day.

    Sometimes when saving over the network it is very slow, I'm talking 5
    minutes to save a simple part.

    When that same stuff is on my desktop it is very fast. I know we can
    buy a real expensive software to handle this and/or just work from the
    desktop but we have more than one guy working from the same job at the
    same time.

    Any ideas at all?

    Our server is very basic. It is a router that plugs into a simple
    computer with hard drives.

    thank you
     
    swmachinedesigner, Jan 31, 2007
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  2. swmachinedesigner

    JKimmel Guest

    Get a faster network. Mine is 1gb and it saves to the network almost as
    fast as it saves to the c drive.

    --
    J Kimmel

    www.metalinnovations.com

    "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have
    their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.
     
    JKimmel, Jan 31, 2007
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  3. swmachinedesigner

    SteveO Guest

    PDMWorks will fix most of your problems. It acts as a vault repository
    of your SolidWorks models. You take Ownership of what you want to work
    on, then copy everything out to your local hard drive (Latest
    Revisions come out by default). While you have ownership, no one else
    can update what's in the vault. When you're done, you check it back in
    and the vault is updated (central place for backups as well). This
    methodology keeps all the files you need local so this saving problem
    is eliminated and the ownership keeps you from stepping on each
    other's toes and playing the he-who-saves-last game.

    IT folks love this product because it requires very little from them
    in the way of setup and maintenance. It is meant to be easy to use.

    This tool is included in SolidWorks Office Professional and Premium,
    so if you have either, you already own the product. I would have your
    VAR do a presentation for you so you can see it for yourself.

    You may need to check your server specs to make sure it will support
    the product.

    Steve O
     
    SteveO, Jan 31, 2007
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  4. swmachinedesigner

    John H Guest

    There's got to be something wrong with your network.
    We also have a simple 100MBit network and a basic server, and no PDM and we
    don't get the delays you get. A 10MB assembly might take 1min to open,
    though it first appears on screen much quicker.

    John H
     
    John H, Jan 31, 2007
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  5. swmachinedesigner

    SteveO Guest

    John - Not to dispute upgrading the network because I know most
    companies need it, but a 15mb assembly took me 3 seconds to open
    locally. Same assembly took 4 seconds to copy over the network. So
    using PDMWorks, it will take me ~7-10 seconds to take a 15mb assembly
    and copy all its parts to a local drive and then open it. Multiply
    that out over the course of a day or week and you've got some great
    time savings.
     
    SteveO, Jan 31, 2007
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