File size to large

[9MotorGang]

Hello, 

I am currently working on a project in which a user has to escape through an Egyptian themed maze. I am currently working on creating the final models for the project, but the file sizes I'm getting are astronomically large. I am using pillars as my basic building blocks to make the maze then covering the mazes in a pyramid. The problem is, the first section of the maze, came out to 1GB. This leaves me to believe the estimated final size at 30GB. Does anyone have any idea how to upload the project with a lower resolution or later compress it? I don't care too much about the graphics, I just want the file around a few hundred MB. Here is my basic pillar, the first section of the maze, and the final model.

[laughingcreek]

that seems large.  you may have some bloat from modeling technique.  I assume not every column is unique, but rather some are copies.  do you have every single column as a separate body?  or are individual columns in their own component, and then components patterned.

you could attach your model so we can take a look and see if there are things you could be doing to reduce file size.

[etfrench]

Who needs access to the Fusion 360 file?  Can a step file or an stl file work for other users?

If you turn history off, is the file size smaller (Note: Do this on a copy)?

[9MotorGang]

All of the columns are the exact same size. Each one is its own body though. Here is the pillar:

https://a360.co/3Q8lIlP

[9MotorGang]

The file will be imported into twin motion.

[laughingcreek]

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@9MotorGang wrote:

All of the columns are the exact same size. Each one is its own body though. Here is the pillar:

https://a360.co/3Q8lIlP

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so each column is identical?  so you have multiple separate bodies that are all identical to each other?  if that is the case then by using a component with one copy of that body in it you would reduce the file size by several orders of magnitude.  probably down to around 30,000 kg.

you could reduce the file size of just the pillar a small amount by putting the hieroglyph sketch in a sub component.  you end up with just 1 sketch contained in 4 instances of the sub component instead of 4 separate sketches. 

[laughingcreek]

here's your pillar back.  this file starts with a file size of 21,083 kg

you had a bunch of extrudes in your timeline that you apparently didn't want.  instead of deleting the features from the timeline, you extruded the pillar flat.  so I deleted those extra features and the file size shrunk to 16,982 kb

then i put the glyph sketch in a sub component and patterned the sub component around the pillar and extruded from each face from those instances.  the file shrunk to 9,238 kb.  these things will not only effect file size but also the program performance  while your working on it.  for every pillar that you use a component instance instead of a seperat body you can expect to get a similar reduction in file size.  (ie a file with 10 instanced components will be 1/10th the size as a file with 10 separate bodies.)  I've attached the revised pillar.