Compression of Imported Files?

[ndprsha1]

Im not running a top of the line rig but I have a workstation graphics card, 10 gigs of ram, and 3.4 Ghz quad core and when working on assemblies with more than a few parts, and especially imported STEPs with a large number of bodies, it has to think about every single operation for ~30s.  Is there any way to shrinkwrap STEPs in Fusion or compress them so that the computer doesnt have to recompute all that data?  Any help on the above would be appreciated

[innovatenate]

Have you tried using Distributed Designs (XREF's)?

Below are a few links about the functionality. 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-differently/distributed-design-in-fusion-360/ba-p/5549527

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/video/youtube/watch-v-NLYJ4iANPX...

This should allow you to "compartmentalize" bodies in other designs and reduce some computational overhead.

I hope this helps.

[ndprsha1]

Yes,
I do use referenced designs although I wouldn't say that I am happy with
the way that you have to use them in Fusion (coming from Inventor). I
generally work in one assembly file where all the parts are referenced,
especially since doing a top down workflow and trying to make each new part
its own file is less than ideal in Fusion. It still would be nice if you
had a third party part, that you were not going to make edits to, only
build around that you could shrink wrap a whole part and simplify it to
lessen the load on your computer. Im not building huge assemblies but
Fusion is getting laggy, even on my tower with workstation graphics, quad
core, and 10 gigs of ram. I have even had this problem when I ran this on
a Dell workstation spec'd by Autodesk as the ideal machine for running
Inventor.
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Nick

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[innovatenate]

You might try creating Rigid Groups of the imported files. Otherwise, the sub-components of the component group are "free" to move around. 

Within one Component what are the max number of bodies you have? 

Within a Component Group, what are the max number of components we are talking about?

For example, I've seen examples where someone had 1000 + bodies in 1 component. Taking that and making those into 20 or so component groups improved performance for some commands. 

Is there any chance you could share a design with me? You can use the public link option:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-differently/share-a-public-link-of-your-fusion-360-design/ba-p/...

Feel free to send me a PM. I'll be happy to take a look and see if there are any other recommendations.

Thanks,

[ndprsha1]

Sorry I cant share these files, I will try making them solid groups.  A houndred bodies to a couple hundred bodies is what I am working with.  Then I would be adding anywhere from 10 to 30 more components.