solidworks & network setup

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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 - 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.