up to 40% reduction in memory usage in Wildfire 4

[ptc-113113]

So it says in the PTC literature.

Can anybody explain how PTC arrived at that number, or better yet, techniques new to Wildfire 4 that reduce memory usage?

We keep hitting the wall, getting more memory may not be possible in this down economy.


Thanks in Advance

Andrew Amsden
CAD\PDM Administrator
Midmark Corporation
937-526-8770




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[ptc-113113]

I should have looked here first
the venerable OCUS benchmark show a mild creep up in memory usage,

Perhaps there are techniques or options that are not part of the OCUS workflow that would enable a 40% reduction in assembly memory usage?

How would PTC answer that?

[DaveEngel]

PTC marketing loves those "40% reduction" claims. Remember the
"40% reduction" in clicks when we went from 2001 to Wildfire?

They are probably referring to on demand simplified reps.

-Dave

[StephenW]

40% would be great. It would put our big assemblies back into the realm of being open-able by our 32-bit computer users...with no simp reps or other memory management techniques.

I'll believe it when I see it. My favorite is when you can get a large assy to open and it finally comes up and the moment you try to do anything...***poof***...instant exit. You just get that warm fuzzy feeling all over.

Steve

[ptc-113113]

I'm pretty sure it simp reps, but I think the usability may have improved.

I got some literature that associated the "up to 40%" memory savings with "always on demand simplified reps"
Sounds very promising to me.

Andrew