I'm working on an assembly that at first glance is nothing extraordinary compared to the ones I usually deal with, but here, for each reconstruction, it takes at least 15 seconds. Switching between the parent assembly window and the child assembly window is the same or worse, it can take a minute! Same when I move a component freely in the 3D, it's easy 5s when I let go of the click. Changing the configuration (with deletion/activation of components) is 30s. It's hellish!
What tool can I use to identify the component that is slowing everything down?
I used the Assembly Xpert, but it's not accurate enough (or am I using it badly?).
Try to launch the "Visualization of the assembly" function in the "Evaluate" tab, then you add the column "SW-Rebuild time". You will then have a list of the components with their time to know what is blocking.
For a long time, in the part environment, you can get an idea of which functions are the most time-consuming to reconstruct for the part that is open in SolidWorks, among other things, to try to optimize the part in order to save time during reconstruction.
This function does not exist in the assembly environment, but it can be extremely advantageous to know which components are the most time-consuming to rebuild, which will in some cases reduce this reconstruction time and therefore, optimize the loading of the assembly and simply save time.
It is possible in an assembly to sort the parts by reconstruction time. A SolidWorks system variable exists and can be accessed through the Evaluate toolbar .
This system variable will allow us to
Sort out the most demanding components
Easily open these components to save them in the latest version of SolidWorks
Optimize reconstruction time
The handling is very simple. Just follow the video below and apply.
In addition to these two good solutions mentioned above, you can also block the automatic rebuild and change the appearance to the most basic so that your PC lags less.
And after finding the component that takes time to rebuild, you will have to lower the function block bar to prevent it from rebuilding. If you haven't enabled it, you have to go to tool>options>system options>general> activate the blocking bar.
Indeed @gt22, it's been a while, but still in the TOP3 ! ;-)
In order of appearance:
everything lightened or solved everything → it doesn't change anything unfortunately.
complex assembly → not appropriate to my needs
Evaluate/visualise... Is this tool great!!!!!!! Unfortunately that doesn't give me the explanation. The longest piece to rebuild has a time of 1.7 seconds. I deleted it altogether, but no tangible effect.
Block automatic reconstruction→ where is it?
Lowering the image quality → it's already at the minimum, my circles are octagons! :-)
Blocking bar → no part explaining the reconstruction time.
I'll dig into the assemblies if there are any time-consuming repetitions or symmetries.
