lag when entering text into parameter

[marcusss_]

my whole team is getting a lag when entering any text into any text parameter into any conduit or conduit fitting instance, and by conduit fitting i mean any loadable family that is of the conduit fitting category.

this was happening in 2022 and still after upgrading our model to 2025

-the lag does not occur in any other parameter type, number, yes/no, etc.

-it happens in any view

heres some trouble shooting ive done with no effect:

-disabled all addins

-disabled spell check

-disabled load calculations

-purge unused

-downloaded a local copy

-adjusted worksharing update frequency to manual

-deleted all design options

i created a new project from the autodesk multi-discipline project template and inserted some of the families and the lag was gone.

So it would seem there is something with this project, any ideas?

[RLY_15]

You mentioned inserting some of the families without issue. What happens if you pull in all of the families from the problematic project into a fresh template?

If the lag resurfaces, then it's related to some amount of the families. You can try loading in partial batches until you hit the smaller batch that causes problems and start isolating which families may be an issue.

If you can load the entire family library into a fresh template without lag, it's more likely to do with the complexity of the original model, or an issue with the company template that's been inherited over the years.

[marcusss_]

i just saved all the families from the project and loaded into that fresh project and there was no lag.

this model was unfortunately provided to us from a GC i will not name, and not from any of our project templates. It didnt always do this, and dont know when it started.

[RLY_15]

No need to name/blame at all. Grass is greener type stuff.

I'm not too familiar with Electrical, but network complexity is usually a thing that has to be managed for Mechanical/Plumbing systems - basically too many interconnected modelled elements that result in thousands of components recalculating based on editing one connected system component, regardless of what parameter was actually edited. I would think since electrical also lives in the system browser that it might share a similar burden.

Is this a substantially large model in terms of conduits?

[marcusss_]

there is about 400,000 feet of conduit modeled right now