Performance Enhancement in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 - Workspaces with large numbers of Workset

The Work Page consists of two major components, WorkSpace and WorkSet. The smooth transition from selecting the WorkSpace and delving down to the WorkSet has now become quick to access with MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14. There are two methods of loading the WorkSet. One within the application and one by browsing to your desired file path. In the previous update, the time taken to load the WorkSet within the WorkSpace was stirring at a slower pace as compared to Update 14.

  • Launching a file from MicroStation CONNECT Edition

  • Launching the Design file from your desired file path.

The test data has been accumulated based on machines with multiple processors and an average of the same has been drawn to run the study. MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 14 has shown substantial hike in the graph as compared to Update 13.

Following are the specifications that were used for the test.

Content

Description

Windows OS

Windows 10 Enterprise

Processor

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1660 v3 @ 3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz (Megahertz), 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)

RAM

64 GB

Page File Size

9.50 GB

Graphic Card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

 

We have made use of both MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 13 and Update 14 respectively.

 

Chart Content: The chart below represents the various datasets used from multiple verticals showing the time required to load the WorkSpace and the WorkSet in Update 13 and Update 14.

Graph Content

These tests have been conducted multiple times and the average loading time was considered to obtain the graph below. The datasets used for the tests are from different verticals which help in gauging the performance. The objective of this study is to help our users understand the difference in the time required to load the WorkSpace and WorkSet in MicroStation CONNECT Edition Update 13 and Update 14.

  • X Axis: Dataset
  • Y Axis: Time (In Seconds)
  1. No WorkSet - Launch and File Open

Builds

           NoWorkSet_Launch+FileOpen

NoWorkSet_FileClicked

10120040

13

10

10130048

12

11

10140083

12

10

  1. 250 WorkSet – Launch and File Open

Builds

Launch+FileOpen

FileClicked

10120040

125

120

10130048

100

95

10140083

20

18

 

If you want us to test any specific datasets that you are working with or wish to suggest scenarios that we can test for similar performance study, please feel free to comment or connect with us.

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