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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;InRoads&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.07+&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Surface&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;Answer:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please review the following wiki for additional suggestions on improving processing speeds: &lt;a href="/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/2360.microstation-memory-management"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/2360.microstation-memory-management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Improve Surface Processing Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed/revision/5</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:59:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d75773d-9492-4c23-93ac-542648b64b06</guid><dc:creator>Jacquelyn Pettus</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Jacquelyn Pettus on 1/7/2015 4:59:32 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;InRoads&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;08.11.07+&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;Answer:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please review the following wiki for additional suggestions on improving processing speeds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Improve Surface Processing Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed/revision/4</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:02:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d75773d-9492-4c23-93ac-542648b64b06</guid><dc:creator>Jacquelyn Pettus</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Jacquelyn Pettus on 9/3/2014 4:02:36 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;InRoads&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;08.11.07.615&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Surfaces&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Question:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Answer:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please review the following wiki for additional suggestions on improving processing speeds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Improve Surface Processing Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed/revision/3</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:01:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d75773d-9492-4c23-93ac-542648b64b06</guid><dc:creator>Jacquelyn Pettus</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Jacquelyn Pettus on 9/3/2014 4:01:36 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Question:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Answer:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please review the following wiki for additional suggestions on improving processing speeds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Improve Surface Processing Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d75773d-9492-4c23-93ac-542648b64b06</guid><dc:creator>Jacquelyn Pettus</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Jacquelyn Pettus on 9/3/2014 4:00:11 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Answer:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please review the following wiki for additional suggestions on improving processing speeds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Improve Surface Processing Speed</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:57:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3d75773d-9492-4c23-93ac-542648b64b06</guid><dc:creator>Jacquelyn Pettus</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/road___site_design/w/road_and_site_design__wiki/16779/improve-surface-processing-speed#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to OpenRoads | OpenSite Wiki by Jacquelyn Pettus on 9/3/2014 3:57:32 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Jacquelyn Pettus, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I have a very large surface that processes very slowly.&amp;nbsp; Is there anything I can do to improve processing speed?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Answer:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following solutions may improve processing speeds in InRoads/MicroStation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the mapping for the project is very dense you might have some latitude to thin the model.&amp;nbsp; If using InRoads 8.7+,&amp;nbsp;there is&amp;nbsp;an Application Add-In called Thin Random Points. It will appear under&lt;b&gt; Surface &amp;gt; Utilities&lt;/b&gt;. This command is much faster than the normal thinning routine and it was developed for Lidar data. The Help has an explanation of the methodology used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Surface Properties&lt;/b&gt; and see how many deleted points are in the model.&amp;nbsp; You may need to run the &lt;b&gt;Surface &amp;gt; Utilities &amp;gt; Compress Surface&lt;/b&gt; command to remove these deleted feature points to reduce the size of the DTM.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Copy portions of the large surface into separate DTM surfaces using the &lt;b&gt;Copy Portion of Surface&lt;/b&gt; command.&amp;nbsp; This will allow you to work in a designated area for a project that may be confined to a small area within a larger surveyed / laser scanned surface, greatly reducing the amount of information that is required to be opened in InRoads to perform your design tasks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Another possibility is to&amp;nbsp;increase the virtual memory on the machine. &amp;nbsp;Use your Task Manager and set the column view to include/show the Virtual Memory Size.&amp;nbsp; If&amp;nbsp;the physical memory used&amp;nbsp;exceeds the virtual memory size, there are processes in Windows&amp;nbsp;which can be performed&amp;nbsp;to increase&amp;nbsp;the virtual&amp;nbsp;memory.&amp;nbsp; The following workflow is provide by MicroSoft:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7"&gt;http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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