Open ProE Assembly as Light Weight model

[ptc-3191571]

Hello,

I have a assembly with almost 1K components, my system has 4 GB of RAM.When I open this assembly in ProE sometimes ProE becomes non-responsive or other process starts executing slowly.

I am working on WF 5.0 M060.

So I would like to know is there any way to open ProE assembly as a light weight using which I would able to work a bit faster?

Thanks

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[TimMcLellan]

I would suggest reading up on simplified reps in the PTC Knowledgebase
(support) section. There are many, many options you can leverage to work
with light weight, simplified assemblies.



I am assuming you own your seat and pay maintenance.

Tim McLellan
Mobius Innovation and Development, Inc.

[mlocascio]

Simplified Reps or Shrink-Wrap or Copy Geometry.you have a few different
options based on what you're actually trying to do.



Michael P. Locascio

[ptc-3191571]

What is Shrink-Wrap or Copy Geometry?

can you please elaborate more?

[jellis]

A Shrinkwrap collects the geometry based on a quality setting and creates a surface centric model. If you create a Shrinkwrap from an assembly you will get a lightweight prt file. With this, there is little option for modifications. If you desire is to continue editing components or developing the design then Simplified Reps using On-Demand features is your likely path.

However, if you simply want to have a complete assembly for viewing/presentation then perhaps usnig ProductViewmight be beneficial? Save your ProE assembly out of ProE as a ProductView.pvz file. Erase the assembly model from session. File, Open the saved .pvz file and ProE will translate .pvz into a model of faceted components. This new ProE assembly will be light weight.The only edits permitted would be Deleting and/or coloring of the translatedcomponents and adding additional ProE components giving you a mix of light weight and heavy models.

Regards, Jim

[ptc-3191571]

Thanks All for replies..

Information I received was very helpful.