Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

Here is my results for the 1000.iam test.  I compared 2011 and 2012.  Same machine.. similar application option settings.  If 15 is the refresh rate we are after, 2011 would do about 650 parts, 2012 is down to 525. A drop of about 20%.

[#2]

ah ha.. Got it.. (Display Silhouettes should be turned off)

400 parts 15.2Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080 resolution. (quality hardware mode)

400 parts 15.8Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080 resolution. (performance hardware mode)

400 parts 15.95Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080 resolution (compatibility hardware mode)

 I had "display silhouettes" turned on (default is off). As soon as I turned it off I went from 200 to 400 parts at 15Hz..

[#3]

Silhouettes are turned on in both 2010 and 2012 in the results I show below.

IV2012 is still a dog when compared to IV2012 D3D 10.

However I did 500 parts with sihlouettes off in IV 2012, here are the quick results:

Quality, 500 parts, 1920 x 1200  16.39 Hz

Performance, 500 parts, 1920 x 1200 16.67 Hz

Compatability, 500 Parts, 1920 x 1200 16.95 Hz.

Also, I have dual 1920 x 1200 displays, not sure how that affects results since the only part of Inventor on the second monitor is the browser bar.

[#4]

... Just to add to the numbers 

Hits 15 Hz at 400 parts, although I noticed that if zoomed in the Hz went up.  Evens out at 15-ish after the entire assembly is in view and spinning.  Zooming out further doesn't change anything.  

my vital statistics...

Windows 7 64 bit
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 860 @ 2.8GHz; RAM 8Gb
Hard drive (300 GB)
NVIDIA Quadro 4000; Samsung SyncMaster 2343 - 2048 x 1142

[#5]

Summary of interim results

[#6]

During the summary, there was a suspicion that there may be misread the data. Therefore, if you have the opportunity, please submit the test data in a form.

[#7]

And that test is more reliable? "Inventor 6 bench" is like a kinder for us...

[#8]

300 part -

Shaded

manual                    32Hz

Inventor 6 bench    36,5Hz

Hiden                     

manual                    4,9Hz

Inventor 6 bench    8,8Hz

 Wireframe

manual                    27Hz

Inventor 6 bench    26,6Hz

but "Inventor 6 bench" exactly the same is not valid for all users

[#9]

interesting coincidences

[#10]

I ran my home PC to see how it handled the same.

I got approx. 460 parts (shaded with edges) at 15Mhz.

System is the following

AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.11Ghz

8GB DDR1600

NVIDIA GTX 560 Superclocked 2GB

1680x1050 Resolution

Windows 7 x64