Size of .prt, .asm after a few saving

ptc-2027409 · ‎Dec 17, 2009

Hi everyone, i'm always encountering a nasty thing with ProE. The size of my part files are increasing linearly with the amount of saving operation, even if there's nothing new in the part or assembly. (I save my files a lot since Pro E close randomly sometimes) They become terribly heavy and very difficult to open! We are even obliged to draw again some parts! For exemple, at this moment, i'm waiting for a 6Mo part to open for 15 min now. DOes someone have already encountered this kind of problem? Is there a solution? Thank you!
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ptc-1619899 · ‎Dec 18, 2009

Seems to me that you dont have your part extenstion. Does your part read bearing.prt.1, bearing.prt.2, ect?

ptc-2289807 · ‎Dec 19, 2009

hi Fabien I also have that problem. But you can delete the old versions of your file. Go to File > Delete > Old version every time you save. I defined a mapkey for that, saving and deleting the old version simultaneously. So every time I save I use the mapkey. Hope that helps you

ptc-2027409 · ‎Dec 21, 2009

Hi Both of you, OMar: I don't see the point but yes, my part is named: piece.prt.1, piece.prt.2 ... up to piece.prt.41 whose size is 6 Mo. JohnLeo: What is it supposed to do? Thanks

ptc-2289807 · ‎Dec 21, 2009

Hi Fabien "Delete old version" function, deletes old version of the file and leaves the latest version of the file. Try opening the file with many part extensions then go to 'file' > 'delete' > 'old version'. You may check the folder (using windows explorer) if part extensions were erased. it worked for me.

ptc-2027409 · ‎Dec 22, 2009

Hi Jonhleo, your technique doesn't lighten the size of the last prt file. It just remove the former savings of the current file. Is it correct? Thanks

ptc-1972305 · ‎Dec 22, 2009

Hi Fabien, You have to delete older version and for that set working directory and go to (inside pro/e) window/open system window and type purge then hit enter and close this new window. Hope this will resolve your problem. Regards, Vimlesh

ptc-2027409 · ‎Dec 22, 2009

Hi! i'm sorry but the problem is not that there are a huge number of old versions of my .prt, but that my last .prt is 6Mo and that it takes a very long file to open. Best regards

ptc-2027409 · ‎Dec 22, 2009

Oops i meant "a very long time to open" and not "a very long file..." but you corrected by yourself

ptc-2289807 · ‎Dec 22, 2009

"Fabien LUCE" wrote:

Hi Jonhleo, your technique doesn't lighten the size of the last prt file. It just remove the former savings of the current file. Is it correct? Thanks