I’m struggling to import a large STEP file (~500MB) into SolidWorks. Every time I try, the software either crashes or just hangs forever. I’ve tried different import settings (B-Rep, Graphics Body, etc.), but no luck so far.
My PC is pretty decent, so I don’t think it’s a hardware issue. Has anyone dealt with big STEP files like this? Any tricks to make the import smoother or tools to simplify the file beforehand?
Funny enough, while searching for answers, I even ended up down a rabbit hole reading what are deep learning models — definitely not helpful here, but interesting!
Would really appreciate any advice from those who’ve handled this before.
Not to my knowledge, and by the way it works I don't see how it would be feasible. Opening/loading a file means that its contents are transferred to the computer's memory. What is opened by the machine cannot be loaded into the memory of the machine machine.
The only interest in opening it on a different computer is to test its integrity or to simplify/convert it. It can then be returned, corrected or simplified, but it will still have to be opened and loaded by the host, with more or less success.
dixit: The only interest in opening it on a different computer is to test its integrity or to simplify/convert it. It can then be returned, corrected or simplified, but it will still have to be opened and loaded by the host, with more or less success.
I didn't say the opposite. You misunderstood me or I expressed myself badly, I'm just saying that unchecking the checks and diagnostics can only speed up the loading of steps.
