troubles working with large autocad file

[bb]

I am working with a 100000 entity mcx file imported from autocad with views that need to be xformed .my mastercam x mr2 is very slow at doing this.

any tips at speeding up the process.i am currently running ram saver on the file for the last 10mins not finished yet.

[Guest]

What processor and RAM and video card combo are you running.

 

That is a large file and performance will not be great.

[bb]

pentium 4 3.4ghz

2 gb ram

nvidea fx1400 quadro

[Guest]

pooter ain't the problem

[kinglouie V]

what does the dxf.c-hook do? will it help?

[bb]

Lou

i converted or opened the dwg file using file open autocad files.

the dxfrescuer chook converts dxf files.i dont know if there is a differance in the way it does the conversion compaced to the open autocad method.

[bb]

the mastercam file is 11mb.the file is stored on server .would performance be enhanced if i use the local drive for storing the file while working on it?

[Guest]

I would try that yes, network lag on a large file can be a PITA

[kinglouie V]

quote:

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dxfrescuer

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fitting name. I've never tried it. I don't

know what it does.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

DXFRescuer is used in those rare instances where a badly-formatted DXF file cannot be read by our standard File/Open. It's really a last resort, and can only import lines, arcs, notes, and not much more.

 

Suggestions re: the large drawing in Mastercam...

 

- change all line styles to a solid line

- change all line widths to the thinnest allowed

- you may see better graphics speed with OpenGL drawing turned off

- manually separate parts of the drawing onto different levels, if possible, and then only view what you want

- put the file on the computer rather than the server