purge to "<name>.1"

[SYNDAKIT]

Is it reasonable rename all part version extensions individually to ".1" in hopes of increasing performance in Creo?

If so, is there a way to purge and have it rename all parts and assembly's to "<name>.1" instead of "<name>.150"?

-thanks Joe

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[TomD.inPDX · Accepted solution]

Renaming will not help performance. There is a lot of history buried in every part and assembly file.

However, you will save file size if you do not let shaded geometry data be saved.

Use save_model_display wireframe in config.pro to miniminze file size.

The greater your graphics quality is set to, the larger the file size will be.

[JonathanHodgson]

Also, what aspect of 'performance' are you concerned about - file open/save; regeneration; model manipulation (zoom/pan/spin)?

[SYNDAKIT]

both regeneration and model manipulation

[JonathanHodgson]

Unless you're running out of memory (unlikely on a modern workstation unless it's a huge assembly), then I think these both come down mostly to single-threaded CPU performance.

More discussion in
http://communities.ptc.com/message/210755

[dgschaefer]

If you can get a hold of a copy of the Spekan purge utility 'Spurge' it has an option to rename all files to *.1. It seems that the website for it (Spekan was bought by Innov) is gone. Google 'spekan purge' and there seem to be some options for getting it.

Be aware, however, that it does so by looking for any file with two periods and renaming it. A user here decided to purge his entire hard disk and subfolders, renaming to *.1. His music library had files named song.artist.MP3 and they all got renamed song.artist.1.

Also, this thread seems to indicate that there may be some other issues with the rename functionality of Spekan, although it was never resolved.

However, as Antonius said, you won't get any performance improvement from this. It'll just make your file list look neater.