How do I improve the performance of my Inventor when using large quantities of unique parts?
Sorry, no way to shrink wrap myself out of this one...do I need a hardware or settings solution?
System Manufacturer - Dell Inc.
Model - Precision WorkStation T7500
Total amount of system memory - 4.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 8
Storage :
Total size of hard disk(s) 298 GB
Disk partition (C:) 170 GB Free (298 GB Total) Media drive
(D:) CD/DVD Graphics Display adapter type;
NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1)
Total available graphics memory 2302 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1790 MB Display adapter driver version 8.15.11.8593
Secondary monitor resolution 1920x1200
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version - DirectX 10
Lots more ram to start out with. Your video card is reserving 1790 mb of your 4gb or ram. That only leaves 2gb and change to run your operating system, any other programs you have open and Inventor. Picking up 12gb (I think your computer is triple channel) shouldn't be too expensive and then you should have more than enough.
Maybe a video card if the ram doesn't help you out enough. You'll have to define "large number" for us to be able to tell if you really need a new video card.
Hard disk performance can affect the amount of time that it takes to open files, but once they are open it won't. So if it is taking a very long time to open things, the last thing you may want to do is invest in an SSD. Even the new traditional HDD's might be a good bit faster than the one in there. This would probably be the last thing I try though.
Hi! The RAM seems little to me. I would get 8GB at least for a 64-bit machine. But, it is hard to tell where the problem is without seeing the dataset. How many unique parts you have? And, how complex the geometry is? Are most of them imported geometry? If possible, I would like to take a look at the model. Please send me an email. I can set up a secure account for you to upload.
Thanks!