Weird IAM file size

[Neil_Cross]

I'm investigating an issue with an assembly file that is unusually large in file size.  I opened the IAM, deleted literally everything from it, removed all links, model states, reps, appearances, materials, purged everything, but the file size is still 650mb for what is essentially an empty IAM file.

One thing I noticed is that when I create an empty new model state, the file size balloons to 1.3GB! Then when I create a second empty state, it jumps to nearly 2GB.

New model state...

The only thing I can see in this IAM that shouldn't be here is some leftover parameter groups that I can't remove.

Anyone have any idea how to remove these or properly flush this assembly to get rid of the bloat? I've tried saving as a new file too but no joy there.

[Alfred_H_ · Accepted solution]

Hi everybody, I'm Alfred and I'm new to this forum

Hi @Neil_Cross , 

I tried the iLogic from here.

Sub Main()
	Dim oDoc As Document
	oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
	If oDoc.ReferencedOLEFileDescriptors.Count > 0
		For Each oOLEFileRef In oDoc.ReferencedOLEFileDescriptors
			oOLEFileRef.BrowserVisible = True
		Next
	End If
End Sub

This makes the OLE links visible in the browser, allowing them to be deleted.

The file size was then 735 KB , give it a try.

Alfred

[BDCollett]

Hi Neil.

Correct, my customer did not notice this issue but when I was looking at another issue noticed these large file sizes.

It's especially bad for users with Vault combine with Gateway and now having to get gigabytes of extra data for absolutely no reason.
There needs to be a method to fix this because as you said, recreating some of these assemblies is a lot of work.

[BDCollett]

Hi Alfred,

Amazing. What a simple fix.

Now that you added this it does remind me that I think I have seen this before!

The file is now 3.6MB instead of 1.9GB. Quite a difference!

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The project team informs me that these RefdFile objects are related to Stress Analysis. We have seen similar behaviors before but we don't know how to reproduce it from scratch. Normally, these RefdFile objects should be external. Somehow they are embedded in the iam/ipt files causing the bloat.

Many thanks!

[Neil_Cross]

OK Thanks Johnson, in the mean time I'll use the iLogic fix provided above by @Alfred_H_  thanks for that also Alfred

[Alfred_H_]

Glad it worked for you and Neil.