How do I search for large assemblies

[CS_10428158]

Version: Windchill 12.0

Use Case: I need to find examples of very large assemblies. Either quantities of different parts or size of models, but I don't know how to go about doing that using search.

Description:

I am attempting to find very large models in our windchill database in order to do testing of load times and other matters, however, I am not sure about how to go about searching for these models to test.

There doesn't seem to be a search criteria for which I can filter out the largest or most complex models.  

Is there a way to search for quantity of references? or Size of model?

[avillanueva]

You are right. There is no search parameter available to find them. I assume you are performance testing windchill right? Or is this Creo testing? Creo testing you might want complex models so I would look for large file sizes. For large assemblies, I would go after large numbers of members in the as-stored baseline. This should be retrievable with a custom query builder report. You need a count of members, the assembly number and perhaps a limit to only show top 50 sorted by highest number. That’s is about as much as I can think of from the couch.

[CS_10428158]

Yes this is for Creo testing. How would I go about creating a custom query builder with member count?

[avillanueva]

Try this attached QML report. It joins to the as-stored baseline. Note that this looks for shear size of assembly. Other factors can influence Creo performance like complexity of models and use of family tables. My memory is long but back in the day, very large family table models were terrible for performance however that was fixes in later releases and mainly impact workspace performance. 

You can set your filter for a number to cap at in the configuration. Its sorted by highest to smallest. 

[rhart]

I’m sure you could write a query to find large models in your db but another option for you could be to use the assembly models provided by PTC for your tests, if you search the support site for creo performance benchmark testing you should find the benchmark test instructions and the ‘world car’ models for a point of reference and expected result of the tests.

[anursingh]

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Anurag