Does anybody else experience poor performance with larger files

[austing]

I normally work on larger files. I tend to experience that when my file size gets above 50 megs Mastercam seems to slow down when trying to complete tasks.

Is anybody else exeperiencing this?

How do I get better performance?

[Thee Rickster ™]

I am assuming you mean X6MU2

 

IMH, Your processor looks a little light weight....

[mig]

true, mastercam don't like big files

[Jayson Kramer]

Are you running Win7 64bit with MC X6 64bit as I find this handles bigger files better.

[Todd Mann from Fastech]

I tried to load a modle of the Steves sub plate on our DMF and it reall slowed it down then finally crashed!!!!

[Jayson Kramer]

I just opened a 60 meg file Stock models and all and nothing seems to slow down all paths open fast the hole file moves smooth. What is slowing down I need to look for a bigger file now.

[Jayson Kramer]

So now I just pulled a 254 meg file from the FTP and opened that up and played around. with every level on I saw a little slowing on my Space pilot rotation but not much and not enough to keep me from working smoothly. thru another path on it and opened some ops and made changes no slowing. this tread just made me wonder with my rig I built what was going to slow it down in MC. PS while I was doing this playing I have XM streaming and email open and this forum going. now I have to try this on my laptop.

 

I would review you system. jM2C

[austing]

Jay,

 

It appears to me that you don't have a computer that thing is a frickin' tractor!

 

I had a sneaky suspicion that my computer (if I can call it that now) was not up to par. Even though I'm running 64 bit I still feel inadequate.

 

I just got windows 7 put on this thing last month. Guy next to me had been running XP.

 

Now.... how do I convince the powers that be to get me a computer that is "worthy"?

 

The catia guys are running about the same computer that I am.

[Jayson Kramer]

Show them this tread for starters...

[austing]

Yeah....

 

Did you get that memo??????.......

[austing]

My box benchmarks in 1 min 10 sec.

[crazy^millman]

My next System is only $30k with 16 cores of processors and 256 gigs of RAM you could try to talk them into that monster.

[Smrk]

I usually open about 300MB+ step files (complete model of injection mould) and it takes about 2 or 3 hours to open it. After opening it is little slower, but after i found part i need and save it in separate file its ok.

For one kind of job i always create about 100+ MB mcx file (a lot of komplex free surface solids with toolpaths) and i must say that with these files MC became little unstable, i have to save job every 10 mins, because crashes when doing some operations with solids became more often. But it can be solved by splitting file in parts. Reopening is faster than, because i can open only file with part i curently need. But I do not complain, because second best won't it :-) Mastercam is the best for me.

[mig]

I usually open about 300MB+ step files (complete model of injection mould) and it takes about 2 or 3 hours to open it. After opening it is little slower, but after i found part i need and save it in separate file its ok.

For one kind of job i always create about 100+ MB mcx file (a lot of komplex free surface solids with toolpaths) and i must say that with these files MC became little unstable, i have to save job every 10 mins, because crashes when doing some operations with solids became more often. But it can be solved by splitting file in parts. Reopening is faster than, because i can open only file with part i curently need. But I do not complain, because second best won't it :-) Mastercam is the best for me.

I found same thing mastercam become unstable and do weard stuff when file grovs.

[gcode]

I've found that very large files are much more stable if I don't use solids to drive toolpaths.

This is especially true with using solid surfaces for check surfaces.

Sometimes the warning yell about check surfaces will hang and the 3 fingered exit

is your only choice.