Revit use too much memory RAM

[Anonymous]

Please Help me

I am using a new CPU (i7 6700k, 16GB Ram, Nvidia 740, SSD 240GB) , when I install revit 2014 I experience this problem. Revit usually crash because too much memory usage but this problem never occured when I used a lower spec laptop. 

I already try to reinstall and even change the paging file ratio to 1.5 times available memory but it dont help

FYI, I work on 30mb file project right now. And I think with this spec it should not be a problem

[ennujozlagam]

@Anonymous hello, similar issue, use this as a guide. you can check it HERE. thanks

[Anonymous]

@ennujozlagam thanks for the advice. But it not help, even work on 1 window the usage is still go higher 

any other solution ? 🙂

[ennujozlagam]

@Anonymous hello, only solution is to add another 16gb of ram. thanks

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click HERE

[Anonymous]

The GT 740 card doesn't help...  Get a GTX or Quadro...

GTX should be in the 900's to keep up with your 6700k processor.

Also...how much free space do you have on that 240gb card?  If less than 50GB you are hurting, best to free up some space since it says your Virtual Memory is low.

As for the memory issue....Revit is a memory hog, adding more just allows it to grab more...

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous So you are not recommend me to upgrade RAM to 32gb ?

I read another article about reinstall using another installer pack, maybe my installer pack has been corrupt or etc. But i haven't try it yet

is it really the problem (installer pack) ?

[Karol_Piroska]

maybe you could upload the file so you could compare how much RAM is used on someone elses machine. I pretty much doubt that 30MB file would be that hungry.

[Anonymous]

What did you do?  Partition your 250gb drive to multiple drives?  You said you have a 250gb drive, but your screenshot says otherwise.

You want to have more than 20gb of space for temp files with Revit...and that you do not have.  Check your C:\temp folder and try deleting some files to try to gain some space back.

But 250gb is the minimum recommended size for a drive.

As for the RAM....you can add as much ram as you want...Revit will continue to utilize most of it for swapping...it doesn't matter what the file size is.

[m.voss.alvine]

something i have noticed over the years with Revit, Revit likes to keep the peak memory that is has used so far in the session.  If it spikes up to 2gb, it will hold onto the 2gb even if you model is now only needing 1gb.  if you hit the "Worksets" button, Revit will release all of the saved memory and resets the peak demand.  open your desktop manager and see the difference.

[Anonymous]

Hello mvoss,

So I had a Revit Process that was using 10+GB of RAM and tried your solution, while Private Working Set ram dropped to 500MB the process still held onto 9+GB of ram within the Modified memory and does not release it. 

I only initially noticed because the system was still maxed out. 

Is there a way to have Revit release this memory fully without restarting the program?

[kmuir]

Thanks mvoss - hitting the worksets button took the memory usage from 5300 MB to 250 MB!