Will F360 bog down with too many details?

[William_Dec_45]

I'm currently designing a part with hundreds of iterations of a square .125" x .125" with .02" separating the squares on all four sides. The more squares I draw, the slower F360 gets. I tried saving and then restarting the program to clear the auto-saving load. It didn't change anything. Would I be correct that any one drawing can only have so much detail? Thank you for your time.

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

are you doing these iterations in a sketch?  If so, then, yes, hundreds of sketch rectangles, especially if it is in a sketch pattern, will be intolerable.  Do your patterning at the solid body level instead.  If you want to share your design, folks here will take a look at it and offer suggestions.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please share the file. Then we can give suggestions for alternative and faster methods.

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach it to the next post.

günther

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

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@William_Dec_45 wrote:

I'm currently designing a part with hundreds of iterations…

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Iterations, or instances?

Do you have a picture of something similar that already exists in the real world?

[William_Dec_45 · Accepted solution]

I'm so sorry it took me so long to reply to your generous offers for help. I understand what a stupid technique I was using. I know better. I wasn't firing on all cylinders. I should have simply made a disk with a 1mm thickness, and then extruded the openings I needed. Just the same, it did work. I was making a mesh to go inside a flange that mounts atop my beehive. Once mounted, jars of sugar water get plugged into the flange. Pictures attached. Thanks for all your help.

[William_Dec_45 · Accepted solution]

I don't see anywhere to 'accept solutions' and put this to bed. But... I do. Thanks, guys.