Working on 1000MB file size Revit Model

[jbuenafe]

Hi,

I'm currently doing a project in the office (STR revit model) that is around 1GB in size and has linked an ARCH model

which is about the same file size.  This is being accessed in the local server, not Revit Server, with about 4 users.

I'm using Revit 2017 running on Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 v3 @3.2GHz with 32GB RAM, but i find it very slow

during opening/synching and i'm currently looking for a way to speed up the process.

I cleaned up the model, audited and switched off unnecessary worksets when working, just to work faster, but apart from this,

can anybody give suggestions what i should do to increase my productivity?  Will changing my hard drive to SSD drive help?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks ahead.

Regards,

Joel

[Sahay_R]

Can you break up your STR model still further? 1GB does seem to be an awful lot

[ToanDN]

Assuming the model is optimized and worksets are utilized based on what you wrote (put links in worksets too), a SSD and more RAM will help bigly.

[cbcarch]

Check the following:

A large file size does not always mean slow performance.

You did not mention your network speed/ setup. This can sometimes affect team performance.

Most standard corporate networks are not set up for chatter-intensive applications like Revit.

Team size: how many members are working in the model? Try to minimize team size.

- Raster Images; delete if possible

- Imported Cad; delete if possible

- Fix Warnings

- Check for any Families loaded that are large file size; purge them and reload, etc.

- Check for locked dimensions, items which are "over-constrained"

- Check Material Manager for materials which might have large maps applied for their render appearance

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @jbuenafe

Welcome to the Autodesk community! Thanks for posting on the forum.

Please see the following article 

Revit: How to keep the size of Revit files manageable and Review these references for strategies on organizing large Revit projects.

Is the slow performance only on your machine or for all users?

See article: Slow performance when working in Revit

Looking forward to your reply.

Regards,

[jbuenafe]

Thanks for your reply.  I think it's too late to split down the model now as apart from being complicated in shape, it's further split into 15 submission packages.  That's probably the primary reason why the earlier team did not consider splitting the model.  Apart all these, we have submissions almost every week.

[jbuenafe]

HI Viveka,

Thanks for all the links you've given.  I will find time to view them later.  Very helpful.

[RobDraw]

I think switching off visibility of worksets is what you meant in your first post. This is not enough. In the workset dialog box in the Open column, change that to "No". That will do more than just turn the visibility off and might help with performance.

[dnvrd]

Just out of curiosity, are you using links to manage the file? Have you purged unused families like cbcarch said?

1GB file seems to be a lot, but as far as I know, something like 400mb at its maximum would be fine. More experienced people here can correct me if I'm wrong.

That said, a SSD would help you not only in Revit but in productivity in general, since I've upgraded my system with a 256GB SSD and a 2TB HDD, it has become a lot faster in terms of read/write files and applications. 

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @jbuenafe

You are very welcome!

Please take a look at Optimization and Best Practices for Structural Models

and Performance Optimization for Revit Engineering Models

Let us know if any of the recommendations helped resolve your issue and improve performance.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,