Dear All:
I frequently get models from vendors for circuit cards, power supplies and the like. They are great models, but typically way too detailed with thousands of parts. For production level drawings, it's nice to have all of the parts visible so it looks at least partially realistic. However, if I have a model that includes 2 or 3 such parts, everythign slows down drastically - especially when harnesses are included.
I can't use a shrink wrap as they simply don't work in the many cross sectional views that I need to generation. These STEP files typically consist of many layers of empty assemblies for every single part which probably doubles the memory required. I would like to automatically "thunk" everything down to the top level, delete all of the empty assemblies and clean up what's left. Any thoughts on how to do this efficiently? Can this be done automatically?
Mike
I frequently get models from vendors for circuit cards, power supplies and the like. They are great models, but typically way too detailed with thousands of parts. For production level drawings, it's nice to have all of the parts visible so it looks at least partially realistic. However, if I have a model that includes 2 or 3 such parts, everythign slows down drastically - especially when harnesses are included.
I can't use a shrink wrap as they simply don't work in the many cross sectional views that I need to generation. These STEP files typically consist of many layers of empty assemblies for every single part which probably doubles the memory required. I would like to automatically "thunk" everything down to the top level, delete all of the empty assemblies and clean up what's left. Any thoughts on how to do this efficiently? Can this be done automatically?
Mike