Benchmark

[iowajim62]

we got that other one too

Dribblecam, Scribblecam sumfin like that

[Tim Pruett]

16:25

Dell workstation pws 450

Intel xeo

cpu 2Ghz

windows 2000

2 gig ram

[Guest]

11:34

xp-pro

2 gig ram

norton running in background (think this may be

a huge variable in our bench marks?)

specs in sig

[kota]

11:45

xp pro

2 gig ram

P4 3.2

n_vidia quadro fx 540

 

BUT......, wat about 1:48, YES, ONE MIN FOURTHY EIGHT SEC

my friend transfered solid model as parasolid to SOLIDWORKS and run SOLIDCAM,

and created same HS toolpaths;

same step, same paramerters, saved it and rebooted.

changed tollerance and regen.

ONE MIN FOURTHY EIGHT SEC!!!!

kota

[kota]

hee, hee, hee

this is my lecherous laugh

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

10min 55sec

 

Dell M90

T2600 2.16GHz Duo

2GB DDR2 667MHz

XP Pro

[Ekke]

8 minutes 42 seconds

 

Dell 490

Xenon [email protected]

3 GB RAM

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

11 min 37 sec

 

Xp pro

Sp2

Dell precision M70

Intel Pentium m 2.00 ghz

1.00 gig of ram

Nvidia quadro fx go 1400 256 meg ram

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

The previous posted time was from Ajmer Gills M70 of In-House Solutions BC

[Roger Peterson]

Interesting, that M70 is identical to mine but was about a minute and a half slower???????

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Hmmmmm?

[kota]

what hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

one min fourthy eight sec was not jock !!!!!

[Jeremy Haage from MCAM NorthWest]

Just wanted to mention that there are far more variables to consider than just CPU speed, amount/speed of RAM and OS. Hard disk speed being a major factor left out IMO. One of the testers with nice quick times had dual SCSI drives, which is probably another big contributor to the faster regen times. Other factors like software tweaks, windows virtual memory settings, motherboard, the software (drivers) that are running all the hardware etc. are all going to add up to faster or slower times.

 

Also keep in mind that not all model #'s are equal. When I purchased my Dell M170 laptop last year it had many options for CPU, RAM, Hard Disk and Video that could dramatically change the performance, so someone could get the best of the best available and someone else the lowest and end up with the same model # but different hardware.

 

For future computer buys I would take into consideration hard disk speed. Do some research on the different hardware available in this area. I think it's often one of the most overlooked components and can really make a difference.

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Jeremy,

 

My Dell M90 was loaded and I'm assuming that it is pretty much the same as Colin's M90 and I scored 10 min 55 sec. almost a 2min difference.

 

quote:

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9min 5sec

 

Dell M90 Laptop

T2600 processor (dual core 2.16Ghz)

2GB RAM

FX 2500M graphics card

95% Toolpath RAM Allocation

Display surface/plane intersections: OFF

 

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Colin Gilchrist §

IRC NC Programming

The Boeing Company

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[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Any other suggestions to speed up processing.

[kota]

Hi Jeremy

Bicicle is not the Porshe 911 "Carrera", BUT

do I have to buy it if I wonna go just for

lunch 500 meters from my place?

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Dude are you in the right thread?

[Bob W.]

I would consider a CAD/CAM environment to be one of the more demanding settings for computers and it is an area where one can realize a significant savings by assembling their own system. I have done this with my last two computers (with help from friends) and I will never again buy an off the shelf unit, unless it is for my kids.

 

When I regenerated the file the time was ~6:40 on the first run and I had half a dozen programs open (including ProE) because I was in the middle of work). I saved about $1k by building this myself. Good stuff :-)

 

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66

2 gig ram

Windows XP

Nvidia 1500

[Mastercam Mike]

7min 20 sec

 

Desktop

Kingston 2GB ram (800 mhz)

Windows Vista 32 bit

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

ASUS P5B Deluxe

 

MCAM X2-MR1-SP1

 

I am going to try this again with 4GB of ram and Vista 64 bit

[Jay Kyle]

10 min 2 sec

 

Dell M90 Laptop

T2500 (dual core 2.0 GHz)

2 GB RAM

FX 2500 Nvidia GeForce 512 MB

Windows XP

 

Jay

[Colin Gilchrist]

Keith,

 

Have you configured your Graphics card to use the solidworks performance and quality profile and selected the CAD desktop profile? These two settings work like magic on the FX 2500M. The other thing you might want to do is set the affinity of Mastercam to the 2nd core processor. I didn't set the affinity or the process priority for my test though.

 

Did you turn off the surface/plane intersection display? What are your toolpath repaint options set to for toolpath creation (settings - configuration - Toolpaths - Toolpath display during creation)?

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Colin,

 

quote:

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Have you configured your Graphics card to use the solidworks performance and quality profile and selected the CAD desktop profile? These two settings work like magic on the FX 2500M. The other thing you might want to do is set the affinity of Mastercam to the 2nd core processor. I didn't set the affinity or the process priority for my test though.

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This was a fresh default install and I hadn't reset a thing. Affinity is set by default to both cores.

 

quote:

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Did you turn off the surface/plane intersection display?

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No.

 

quote:

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What are your toolpath repaint options set to for toolpath creation (settings - configuration - Toolpaths - Toolpath display during creation)?

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[Jay Kyle]

quote:

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Have you configured your Graphics card to use the solidworks performance and quality profile and selected the CAD desktop profile? These two settings work like magic on the FX 2500M. The other thing you might want to do is set the affinity of Mastercam to the 2nd core processor. I didn't set the affinity or the process priority for my test though

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I changes the video setting on my M90 as per the above, made only a 1 sec difference - as expected since this test is purely CPU intensive.

 

Jay

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Thanks Jay,

 

That is kind of what I was thinking.

[bogusmill]

8 min. 5 sec.

 

Dell M90 2.16

2 gig RAM 667 Mhz

Win XP Pro

Quadro FX2500M