IPLOT - very slow

RE: IPLOT - very slow

Todd Combs — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:14:43 GMT

Marc,

IP_PW_IGNORE_REFERENCES alters the way InterPlot Organizer stores ProjectWise file information in the IPS. Besides storing reference file information inside the IPARM, the IPS file also maintains a separate ‘tracking’ list of ProjectWise file GUIDs that the IPS file references. This is for the purposes of checking whether ProjectWise files have been renamed or moved from their original location. When IP_PW_IGNORE_REFERENCES is set, Organizer does not track reference files associated with the master, it is assumed that a copy out of the master design file will cause ProjectWise to also copy out all the reference files.

Side-effects can be:

1. If you attach a reference file via the IPLOT property pages in Organizer, this file will not be tracked by the IPS and may not be subsequently copied out.
2. If you rename or move a reference file, Organizer will not be able to detect this and display its “Files Moved/Renamed” dialog box.

RE: IPLOT - very slow

Marc Freshley — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:07:37 GMT

Todd,
this did make things much faster but I was wondering if you could explain exactly what it does. This did seem to make things much faster in not just Iplot with local files but also in Projectwise. I don't like setting variables without knowing exactly what it does.

Thanks!

RE: IPLOT - very slow

Todd Combs — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:21:15 GMT

If you are working in ProjectWise mode, test with the following variable set in ip.cfg (C:\Program Files (x86)\ProjectWise InterPlot Organizer\config\ip.cfg):

IP_PW_IGNORE_REFERENCES = true

This will limit the copy out/verification to master file and logical set maintained by PW.

Note: For IP_PW_IGNORE_REFERENCES=true to work, in PW Explorer > Tools > Options > Settings > Document, make sure “Use up to date local copy on copy out” is checked.