Light weight models

[cdown]

I'm looking into a way of creating lightweight models of our machine assemblies.

I have looked at shrinkwraps however  these tend to be very large files.

How do people manage large assembly models when it comes to layout drawings of plant etc?

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

if you want to view an assembly, only ... then you can open it in Creo, save it into PVZ format file and view it in Creo View Express.

[cdown]

Thats not the issue with viewing the files it's getting a line out drawing from a model say having 8-10 machines in the line.

This is where the issue is getting a 2D line drawing from a massive assembly, hence looking at ways to lighten the macine models to create easier line drawings

[psobejko]

I've been creating a non-parametric shrink-wraps using the surface-subset method.

note: usually this is a shrinkwrap of a simplified rep of the machine model (that has the fasteners and insides removed).  It is a manual process but I don't have to do this often as the released design will be suitable for layout purposes for a long time.

I use quality=10; remove small surfaces & fill all holes options.

The line drawing still takes minutes to load, but looks decent and it is way faster.  I don't see the problem with file size.