Unnecessary Rebuilds!

There are numerous operations which trigger automatic, un-interruptable
rebuilds of an assembly; however, I will use the addition of a mate as
one example.

If a new mate is defined but then aborted (canceled), I think it is
fair to suggest that the parts within the assembly have NOT been moved
or modified. Nonetheless, in such cases, I often find that SolidWorks
insists upon going through a complete rebuild from which there is NO
escape.

Similarily, if a part is dragged into an assembly and the insertion
operation is undone, an automatic rebuild kicks in.

Often, if I open a sketch for editing, make NO change and then close
it, the same undesirable sort of rebuild can occur.

If the parts and/or assembly are simple, then such rebuilds may not be
an issue. On the other hand with complex parts and large assemblies
(especially those making use of in-context modeling), the waiting
required for undesired rebuilds can be quite wasteful and frustrating.

I think the user should be given more control in opting to postpone or
escape the rebuilding process!

The software needs to be more "intelligent" when determining whether or
not changes have actually been made. This is true not just in relation
to rebuilding, but also for file saving operations.

Per O. Hoel

 

You can right click the top level assy in the feature manager and suspend
rebuilds of any assy


Cheers
Dennis

 

Dennis,

Thank you for the tip! I have to admit that I wasn't keenly aware of
the "Suspend Automatic Rebuild" option and will now make active use of
it.

Sure you can toggle the "Suspend" option ON/OFF during any session but,
nonetheless, it needs to be turned ON (if desired) each time the
assembly document is loaded (something easy to forget to do) and
doesn't address the issue of allowing the user to ESCape on the fly in
the midst of any particular undesired rebuild.

A related System Option which can be helpful is to choose for
SolidWorks to "prompt" the user about rebuilding during the loading of
assembly files instead of "always" doing so.

Per O. Hoel
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