Detail Supression (rendering?)

[Anonymous]

Greetings,

Is there a way to supress detail in a design in order to improve speed? I have numerous models with components that have large patterns of parts that are internal to the device and they all bog. I can remove the component from the design but I'd really like to see it, even if the detail is rendered rather than modeled.

Thanks,

hanswurst

[jeff_strater]

it's hard to say for sure without seeing what you are trying to do, but you can do a couple of things such as using Decals to apply an image of the features to simpler faces.  For some things like wire meshes, I've found that you can get away with using some of the Stainless Steel mesh materials to avoid trying to model the actual mesh itself:

And, of course, you can use cosmetic threads instead of modeled threads for threaded holes/bolts.

Jeff