SOLIDWORKS was able to recognize all of the geometry and convert it to parametric features. When you look at the performance impact a part has on an assembly you have to multiply it by the number of instances in the assembly. If the file size is not very large and triangle counts do not seem excessive, how do we improve the performance of this part? Keep in mind that we usually never have only one gear in an assembly. This is an imported part, so the template that was used when imported had the image quality set very high.

Moving the slider to the right end (Red Zone) will cause exponential file size growth. The slider should be between ¼ and ½ of the way from the left side. We also want to take a look at the image quality. I took a look at the performance evaluation data for this file and it shows us that all the rebuild time is in the cut hole.īut our Graphical triangles to display this is 19190 Taking a look at the part, it is imported geometry and there is an extra hole cut into the gear.

Let’s take a look at a typical imported gear file. Placing highly detailed parts into large assemblies can cause severe performance issues. Having highly detailed parts for piece part manufacturing is perfectly acceptable and necessary.

Gears are used in a lot of mechanical designs, and are often parts that are downloaded from the web and inserted directly into our assemblies. The next component I want to take a look at in our discussion of files that slow down SOLIWORKS assembly performance is the gear.

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