High-performance desktop or laptop for eDrawing

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Good morning, dear comrade.

Here I have in my schedule a meeting to define what new computer they buy for the technical service. 

Objective, branded computers with a minimum 3-year warranty

non-onerous

AND: powerful enough without being a workstation for the use of eDrawing without having problems with sacade when viewing 3D models larger than 5000 parts.

 

A gaming desktop PC with catre video fx gives better results than a quadro for eDrawing, all for half the price of a workstation.

Laptop the same (the MSI range for example) 

We also observe the possibility of tablet tactil.

 

We know that for solidworks you need ram, ssd, 3Gh processor or more and a pro video card..... But for edrawing???? What is the best configuration?

 

 

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It's not easy to find the right configuration for eDrawing, especially if you have a lot of parts in your assembly.

What we were doing (in my old company) was that the old workstations of the design office were recycled for the edrawing consultation terminals for assembly.

Despite everything, big assemblies under edrawing are not great. Instead, favor the visualization of smaller sub-assemblies.

Another idea, if you have 3DVIA, the best thing to do is to convert your SolidWorks assemblies to the 3DVIA format. With the (free) player on your mounting terminals, you will be able to visualize very large assemblies with uncomfortable ease.

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The problem that arises is that the files are only seen by eDrawing because there are easm but also native solidworks. 

Unless the viewer 3 dvia can also see the sldasm I stay on eDrawing

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watch this edrawing pro video on iPad

https://youtu.be/7Y0_qsh3uzU

 

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@gt22, good demonstration now it's still on a small assembly.

So I remain in the dark on this question.

what does eDrawing really need to run, a pro card or a gamer video card, a lot of ram? A big processor?

I can look right and left nothing is very frank

 

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See this link

http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Hardware/conseilsachats/microsoft-surface-cao-sujet_990834_1.htm

it does not recommend tablets for 3D use

among other things the surface pro and yet it has a good memory and a good proc

I think that for Ipad Pro it's the same since the proc is + light as well as the onboard memory

So the laptop must be the right walkthrough in value for money

preferably a pro pc with a pro card ;-)

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@gt22 well I don't know if for edrawing a pro card is really necessary 

there is nothing to justify it in short 

We have better results with a gaming PC than with a mobile workstation

now for the processor management of the iPad you have to know that the management is really different especially in graphics or an Apple proc has 2gh has better results than a 3gh in pc 

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you're talking about 5000 parts without sacade in an assembly anyway

so apart from a pro or certified  card I don't see

contact a SW dealer  

and ask them the appropriate questions of your real need

and if necessary asked to do a test

with loan tablet or rental

to find out about the possibilities of these new tools

which are according to my research not yet optimal to work with EADS logs

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The information received at the time was from cadware but it remains unclear and refers to the solidworks configues

I have the impression that there is a difference in use between the Pro version and the simple viewer. 

I'm also going to see this server story because we're in pdm server based in Russia !!!!

So the collaborative effect should not help

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@ Gerald 

question can be stupid?

how many computers to provide

Is it possible to think that a pro or server fixed station is the bible

(copy of the Russian severage) updated punctually

and that via the readers, i.e. tablet or laptop, take control of the said server or station

via a log such as teamviewer, VNC or other (do a search on the net via our mutual friend)

This would be the station that works via the control of laptops or tablets and would allow you to make a view of the screen of the Pro fixed station

to be recheflir ;-)

 

 

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@gt22, 

We had a meeting on the subject and I was informed of the reference of the cards used.... a quadro K600.... the basic model which beyond 30 pieces starts to pixelate (I have one so I know)

The subject was badly addressed because already in itself the machines are very weak graphically. I'm between 2 colleagues, a computer scientist who has the purse strings, and the DT who only talks about a gamer card (comparing a K600 with a gt 980) 

So I'm going to show my toy (a simple K2000 with I7 and 16 GB) and see what they say about it.

The remote server is linked to a VNC protocol so no worries because it is a mirror of Russia in our premises.

The team viewer idea is interesting but if the receiving computer has a ridiculous graphics card it will have the same result.

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@ Gerald

yes being equipped with quadro 600 is the mini from mini for SW 

for the Team viewer I'm not convinced  of the need for a pro card since it won't be this card that will create but simply read your pc or the job this fact 

since you take control remotely on a fixed station which does the job the Team viewer only copies what comes out of this screen and not the reconstruction work at least it seems to me

To analyze maybe 

We imagine a very good station or server

with super graphics card or several and

proc that runs above 3.4Ghz

with SSD for solid and system

a good amount of memory with a large cache such as Ecc  

during the year I got information that the graphics cards will make a considerable  leap via a new process see the Lynkoa news among others my link in response to this said info ;-)

So for your purchases, plan a great PC + PC readers  for users 

after all, you can do it via screenshots or visual of the super station 

That's my thought but maybe I'm talking ;-(? 

 

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For team viewer you need a good pro card or not because if you add to that the web latency it becomes very quickly tricky. Laughing out loud

Otherwise, no no lol

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Epilogue

so an edrawing file on hard disk

view on pc i7 3.4 16GB  with quadro k2000=> pixelated while on solidworks no problems

on a gaming pc with gtx770 => no problems and nice definition when moving...

 

so the real answer is for only Edrawing a gamer type video card is to be preferred

 

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Nothing beats like tab a good test in real config

so your conclusion

eDrawing doesn't need a pro card...................... A GTX 970 is enough

Question what proc on the laptop

Have you been able to visualize and take measurements of who was working and the % of work proc/map

on Edrawing / SW 

on the 2 PCs

it's true that the GTX has 1664 cores against 192 for the quadro 2000

question is it conceivable that 1 GTX 970 can work properly with SW

a little test would be great ;-)

If that's the case, no more pro cards

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