inconsistant file size

I have 2 part files that are the same. They have a Design Table in them
which has about 25 configs. My problem is 1 file is 975 kb and the other is
12000 kb. Has anyone got any idea wy this would be the case. I did make a
part file and saved it as FILE1 then I saved as copy FILE2.

Thank you
Damian

 

Typical with SW. SW keeps all this shadow data. If you take file1 and
SaveAs over the origional file you will see quite a drop in size.

 

With SW2004, it becomes more of a mystery.

SW2004 files sizes are beyond me.. sometimes they are 2X-4X bigger than
SW2003 files and sometimes only about 1.5X?

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SW keeps parasolid data for all the configurations. If you have cycled
through the configs so it had to build and display them, then it is saving
that data inside the file so next time it doesn't have to build it from
scratch again.

matt

 

BTW, I'm "not" using configurations on most of my files..

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and how can i remove thoses informations ?
for archives, i can afford a long rebuild and i prefer small files.

+++

 

rty running 'unfrag' on the files / folders this does the same as
save-as will almost always half the file size

-----Original Message-----
From: Damian [mailto:]
Posted At: 16 December 2003 20:24
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Conversation: inconsistant file size
Subject: inconsistant file size


I have 2 part files that are the same. They have a Design Table in them
which has about 25 configs. My problem is 1 file is 975 kb and the other
is
12000 kb. Has anyone got any idea wy this would be the case. I did make
a
part file and saved it as FILE1 then I saved as copy FILE2.

Thank you
Damian

 

As other folks already said, you can do a "save as" and it should strip out
some of the extra information. I don't know if that will get rid of the
config info. If it doesn't, you could save out the DT to a separate file,
delete all the configs, and then reinsert the design table.

If you're really desparate to reduce file size, you could use the
autorecover file. Set the Tools, Options, Backup, Autorecover setting to
1, and make a couple insignificant changes (like change a dim and then
change it back), and go to the temp directory and see what it did to the
file. This usually only leaves the instructions to make the features, and
strips out the parasolid and display data. This isn't practical for a
large number of files, but for individual files, it's a fairly dramatic
difference.

matt

 

Try EcoSqueeze from www.ecocom.com, certainly the most valuable free tool
for SolidWorks...
Then ask the real question : "why doesn't SolidWorks implement this in SW or
in SW Explorer ???"
The only answer that came to my mind is they suffer from NIH Syndrom (Not
Invented Here = No Good...)

 

This seems to be a downfall in the system as most of my files reside on a
server here at work wich is making things run alot slower.

 

Actually, after using it, it works ok but.. it toggles itself off during
edits or rebuilds so, it becomes useless or the user has too remember to
turn it back on before a save.

BTW, you may have noticed that it is also becomes a option in SW2003
sp5?
It also toggles itself off during edits/rebuilds.

And, if anyone is thinking that because SW2003 now has this option it is
somehow turning off the SW2004 option, that isn't the case because I can
work in "only" SW2004 all day and notice the SW2004 tessellation option
toggles off.

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