Simplified Representation

[Anonymous]

The idea is extremely simple:

Automatically, or in a user-defined manner, use simplified models of some parts, to improve performance, so for example if you are working on a car, you can edit the rear window shape without Fusion struggling to render all the nuts and bolts in the engine, or if you are working on a computer case, you can edit the front fan intake without it attempting to render all the grill holes of the exhausts.

[mickingaamco]

My model is getting pretty big, and it is becoming very slow to rotate, etc. as I add more pieces. In ProE there was something called a simplified rep where you could load only parts of the complete model that you wanted to work with, but it would still retain locations to all of the other parts of the complete model. Is there something like  that in 360?

I know that I can load only subassemblies, but when I update them, I have to update every level of the complete assembly, requiring that I load up the whole model.

What strategies for this do you recommend?

[Anonymous]

 +1 for this idea.

I've noticed a lot of slow down recently when working with PCB assemblies. Downloaded step files from the manufacturer often include every component (right down to tiny surface mount resistors). When I am only interested in the mechanical mounting of these parts it would be very useful to have a simplified rep that only included than main PCB and some of the larger surface mounted components.

The "Graphics Rep" offered in Pro/E (Creo) was also very useful for quickly opening very large assemblies to determine which sub-assembly you actually needed to work on.

[Anonymous]

This is a default feature for solidworks. It creates "light weight" assemblies depending on how many component are in the assembly. Essentially it "hide" anything not externally visible until you make the sub assembly active. It works really well.