File size of the assy.

[Saravana116228]

Hi all,

What will happen to file size of the assy, if we suppress some components inside?

Actually i supress some Harness in an assy & i saw that the file size is increasing.. why?.

Any thoughts guys.

Thanks.
Saravana.

 

[jabbadeus]

The assembly file size will probably not change that much by suppressing components, since the assembly doesn't contain the components themselves, but information on which components should be located where.

 

[dross]

You can supress the features in each of the components to reduce the overall files size of the components.

 

[PROMOUSER]

Think of it like this.

A CAD file is more-or-less data made up of these three things:

1. Geometry definition - a list of subroutines and associated values and the glue that ties them all together.
2. Display information - how to get it to the screen.
3. Overhead - parameters, notes, annotations, layer info, what is turned on and off etc.

An assembly really only takes information for 1 & 2 from the part files. It has a lot of 3 in it. Turning parts off in an assembly is one more thing the assembly has to "remember" and that means added information.

Suppressing all of the features in a part eliminates most of item 2 which can be significant, as well as items from 3 where applicable.

Hope this helps.