Solidworks Part Size Reduction

3D Design
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Hello,
I work under solidworks 2016. There is a piece on grabcad that I downloaded in .step but almost impossible to open it, it is 150 MB. I just need this part in a very light version, without needing exact measurements, simply for schematic diagram in my assembly and my drawing. Here is the link to the piece:

https://grabcad.com/library/milling-machine-deckel-fp1-clone-fus200-infratirea-oradea-1

I've tried everything with chatgpt but given the performance of my pc I can't get anywhere. Can anyone help me please?

Anthony

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Hello,
I opened the room in SW 2026 and then used the Feature feature.
Finally, I exported it in STEP and XT. :wink:

Defeature_export.zip (31.0 MB)

Tell me if you manage to open it.
Have a nice day

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Hello remrem,

Thank you very much for your feedback, it's great! I hadn't received the email and therefore hadn't seen your reply!
There are 3 warnings on Defeature parts 19/20/4 and 14. Do you know how I can ignore them?

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Hello,
You need to do an analysis of import errors: Welcome to the SOLIDWORKS Web Help

Have a nice day

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Hello @remrem

What Defeature options did you use?
Not too long to generate the lightweight model?

In 2020, the only times I tried this function it was very very long and not really efficient (or too efficient → cube)

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Hello,
I used the " Best Contours " mode.
It is necessary to do several parameterization tests so that it corresponds to the desired result.

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