Using Inventor PRO on the LARGE LARGE scale??

[i_am_fail]

I'm wondering about using inventor Professional on the scale of Revit MEP to design entire buildings with multiple floors.

Basically, will it crash/freeze if I try to do this?

I have my reasons for wanting to use inventor pro instead of any other software.. just need to know if this is possible, whether you think I'm crazy or not 🙂

[Anonymous]

Contrary to what some may claim, Inventor is capable of having very large models run well.

I have created entire process plants and had minimal issues.

Having them run well, however is dependant on a few things.

Get your hardware right.

Get your pc setup right. (isolated paging files / temp folders etc)

Maintain your pc. (defrag defrag defrag - if you defrag every day without fail, it only takes 5 mins or less)

Use setout skeletons and substitution.

Its not something i would do wothout a high level of understanding how Inventor wants things done.

[i_am_fail]

thanks alot for that informative reply!
can you explain further?
will I be needing a 1.5k computer, or a 5k computer..

what are setout skeletons and substitution?

about the high level of inventor knowledge to do this - everyone has to start somewhere right?
I'm not making complex assemblies like you are though, just some plumbing pipe. but I intend to EXTENSIVELY use iLogic, does iLogic drain system resources?

thanks man. 

[Anonymous]

Im not a big ilogic user (i use it, but only for specific little tools) some of the ilogic gurus could chime in on this one (curtis?)

PC

get a good mobo with a good chipset (gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 = $300)

cpu: the bigger the individual cores clock speed the better (i7 3820 $300) (or a better one if you have funds i wouldnt bother spending more than 5 or 6 hundred as bang for buck drops massivly as the price goes up from there)

ram: DDRIII dual or tripple channel 1333 or faster 8 gig min (more if your assemblies are getting big - inventor runs much better from ram than your page file) ($100 to $200)

HDD: Inventor does a lot of file accessing - solid state for you OS would be good.

if you have good redundancy (backup) then 2x raptors or similar - striped (raid0) if backup not so good go with 4x drives raid10 (the WesternDigital models with EAR in the number go good (platter density / cahce blah blah)) $100 per drive scsi great if you can afford the expense

GPU: massive debate : Inventor uses directx so the exensive CAD cards a just a waste of money for a dedicated inventor machine...a good gaming card is the go...$300 - $600 if your spending more your not getting much for your money.

My machine i built at home cost about 3500 AUD including 24" samsung monitor

It kicks the as s out of the 12000 AUD machine i have at work (HP z800 good for autocad but a waste of money for inventor)