BENTLEY... URGENT URGENT URGENT
This has been raised many times by many people in this forum, including myself
We are now at CE9 and this is STILL AN ISSUE
I have many clients that I am trying to get to use CONNECT....
They are ALL saying........
WE CANNOT USE CONNECT because it is SO SO SO SO SLOW. Their same files in V8i are super fast.
If you compare CE to V8i... users will opt for V8i every time, V8i is literally is a fraction of time. User cannot and will not wait for 2-5 minutes to open the software, they will not wait to open another dgn file. So not matter how hard we try to convince them CE is the way forward... they simply say NO.
THIS IS NOW A CRITICAL ISSUE and BENTLEY you seriously need to get this FIXED ASAP.
As I mentioned we are now at CE9 and this issue is still present.........its beyond a joke.
In my opinion... stop working on anything else and get the speed issue fixed or you will not have any users left to use it. Its only a matter of time before you lose them and they start using ACAD!!!!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, you're surely right about the slowness when opening files, I also noticed the odd wait. But if you're opening files within the same folder you can get it lighteningly fast with Jon's add-on (https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/146404/microstation-connect-move-to-next-or-previous-dgn-file). Meanwhile that's a standard tool in our company and it's a big relief for me. It's faster to switch through three or four files than opening one. IMHO this should become a standard application within Bentley.
But all in all Connect is slower in reaction. If I want to move or copy a bigger amount of elements I have to a) wait until all elements are highlighted and b) wait for them being moved or copied completely (it's like a little 2 second hiccup to wait for) and only then hit ESC. If you hit ESC a bit too early you can start over again because only half of the elements were handled. I'm working pretty fast with keyboard shortcuts and NEVER had this issue in V8i, only in Connect - from the very start of it.
My colleague noticed serious problems when working in 3D files, it works smooth in V8i SS4 and in each and every CE it starts stuttering when twisting, turning and zooming. Mind you, we're talking of the same computer, same files.
So I'm the only one in our company who completely switched to Connect, the others keep working with V8i.
Jan Šlegr said: I remember Keith Bentley information long time ago that based on internal testing, a migration from 32bit to 64bit code brings about 10% performance increase
If comparing like-for-like code (i.e. apples vs. apples), I'm sure that's true. Unfortunately, Bentley Systems did not develop a 64-bit version of MicroStation V8i. Instead, they developed a new product that uses many new technologies. The new product has so many bells & whistles that it's slower than its predecessor. We're looking at apples vs. oranges.
Compare that approach with, say, Intel's tick-tock strategy. Intel's processors depend on two primary technologies: architecture and silicon. A tick-tock cycle lasts about two years. The 'tick' refers to improved architecture. The 'tock' refers to improved silicon. They don't do both simultaneously. They introduce each separately, about a year apart. That gives Intel time to refine each change before proceeding to the next. Has that strategy been successful for Intel and its customers?
Drawing an analogy with MicroStation, a 'tick' would have been a 64-bit port of V8i. A 'tock' would have been the addition of bells & whistles to 64-bit V8i to develop CONNECT. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Hi Jan,
I can completely understand and empathize, but please be assured that our team is working hard towards improving the performance that is currently being experienced.
Thanks,
Dan
f.mandoki said: if you're opening files within the same folder you can get it lighteningly fast with Jon's add-on (https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/146404/microstation-connect-move-to-next-or-previous-dgn-file)
Presumably that's because the VBA code avoids the MicroStation backstage. It's opening the DGN file with no extra baggage.
You might like to check if the NEWFILE filename key-in is also fast?
NEWFILE filename
In my case all the references that make things sluggish are already loaded and then it's a breeze to open the next file.