Hello,
Can anyone explain why, when using dynamic views the file size of sheets and drawings get enormous? We are having files – and these do only contain references and there is not a single line drawn in it which get up to 100MB. We are using a lot of cached references as otherwise it would be impossible to work with.
What does AECOsim (SS4, 08.09.11.593) load into these files? Compressing them squeezes them down back to a few KB but it does take some time and large files aredifficult to share.
Thanks,
Johannes
Johannes,
ABD caches the visible edge settings and unification information for the Dynamic Views into the file to improve the graphics performance of the file. The increasing file size does not mean reduced performance. In fact it really means the opposite, in that the greater the view is cached the faster the graphics performance when navigating the dynamic view. Compressing DV Accelerators does clear this cached information, but will also slow the graphics performance of the file.
-Travis
Travis has the theory. But I also see problems with long loading times of files in ABD .593.
Search for posts with 'compress on exit'.
regards / Thomas Voghera
Hi Thomas,
I previously played around with 'compress on exit' but with very mixed results. Generally it is fine with smaller sized model files but really becomes a pain when switching often between files. We tend to use batch compress jobs to shrink an entire project over night which really helps shortening loading times. However it seems a good idea not to use it in DV files.
Cheers,
worth noticing is also 'compress on exit' don't include all options.
A lot of people don't like 'compress on exit', including some within Bentley, who recommend that it is left at its default 'off' setting. Overnight batch compression is a good solution for those with the resources to set it up. Smaller organisations may wish to try it out or could just run it manually, maybe by assigning a function key.
Setting the Compress Options at the system level can help in all cases.
Details on Compress Options and ABD here: communities.bentley.com/.../8252.aspx
More info about batch processing Cached Visibles Edges here: communities.bentley.com/.../7184.aspx
Regards
Marc