Hi Everybody;
As mentioned in this thread...
https://communities.bentley.com/products/interoperability/f/fileformats-forum/130162/dwg-in-connect-edition/477061#477061
.. the basic philosophy of MS-CE seems to be that ACIS Solids in referenced dwgs are converted into Parasolids for some reason when opening them.
Whereas In MS-V8i the ACIS solids were only converted when there was a need to modify them.
This is causing a of of performance issues for our company because we use a lot of dwgs that have been created from subsuppliers using programs like Catia, Creo or Autodesk-Inventor where you automatically end up with 3D-Solids.
For example :
Opening the same Masterfile with lots of huge dwgs-references takes
- in MS-V8i SS4: 5Minutes 40sec
- In MS-CE Update 9: 37Minutes !!
- in MS-CE Update 10: 29Minutes
There is definitely something going in the wrong direction here.
If you only reference these files, as opposed to editing them, you may try MS_DWG_BREP_AS_PROXY=1 in CE 10 or a newer release. This config var bypasses B-rep conversion and creates mesh or wireframe elements depending on DWG file's active settings, or the options in DWG file open that control proxy/custom objects.
Hello Don;
i tried this configuration variable and it reduces the loading time for the set of reference files from a whopping 29 minutes to only 4 minutes.
But unfortunately, the meshes will mess up our drawings.
Example with meshes:
Same drawing with the original Settings:
If you set "Custom Objects Display Mode" to "Rendered", some wireframe objects (e.g. cylinders in your screen capture) may become mesh, potentially improving the display.