How to Increase Drawing Performance (Sheet Metal Work)

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Hi all!

I work on large sheet metal assemblies, there is also often piping. The overall drawings are impossible to do, at the slightest manipulation, the software crashes ... Are there any parameters (graph) that I can modify so that the computer is less necessary to calculate for drawings? When I was working on Catia V5 R21, in 3D, the graphics side was not as present, is it possible to do the same on solidworks? Always in a concern for slowness.

The PC configuration looks pretty good.

Thank you:)

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Hello @p.lacaze

A few small questions

  1. Which version of SW
  2. How many pieces in your big ASM
  3. How many subsets do you have (under ASM)
  4. Can you tell us more about your config (which looks......)
  5. How much of your MEP is it stuffing? when opening or when you make detailed views or complicated cuts.

Kind regards

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To answer your questions:

1. SW 2018

2. A hundred only in sheet metal, there is also all the integration of commercial components (fan, compressor, electric motor, ect)

3. 10 for sheet metal, plus all those of the trade elements

4. The performance rating is 7.7, Windows 7 professional, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU es-1620.5 GHz processor, 16 GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro M4000 graphics card, and 250GB SSD

5. When I want to move the views, make cuts and detail views. At the opening, everything goes well and it doesn't take very long.

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Hello

Thank you for these clarifications! indeed nice config except the W7 which is at the end of its life for SW.
I don't remember the W7 and SW 2018 compatibility.

A few days ago, we had a discussion on a similar issue, I think.

I'll try to find her!

Kind regards

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Hello

To avoid the re-calculation of everything, the locking bar should be activated in the rooms. It avoids unnecessary reconstructions.

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For crashes in a large assembly it is much more often related to imported engine parts, commercial elements, than to those that have been drawn (sheet metal)

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