Jonathan RD Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Hello! We've been collaborating through IFC-exchanging to a MECH-3rd-part. But we've encountered an increasing problem with our model, due to the size of their model. Our original solution where we've imported their IFC, to an external wxv file and referenced onto our Project file (we're using Project sharing) leaves our working files at min 1.2gb, when using the pref. "Save referenced cache to disk". By now we've removed the pref. but this leaves a long waiting time when opening the file in the morning and the model seems a bit slower then it should. They are using Revit, and we're using a fully updated VW 16, sp 2. Is there a solution for this? Help! Quote Link to comment
Jonathan RD Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Also... Is there a way to remove the preference... "Automatically update our of date reference during file open" - Just a prefix? Quote Link to comment
Diamond Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hi Jonathon, If you do not saved the cache of the referenced file, it will always ask to update the reference each time you open the file, which, if the referenced files are large, will make the opening time of the file very long. Regarding the IFC, I am trying to remember, is there an option to simplify geometry on importing of the file? I have found the same. Importing IFC geometry creates huge file sizes. Maybe try this Vectorworks help link. http://app-help.vectorworks.net/2016/eng/index.htm#t=VW2016_Guide%2FIFC%2FImporting_IFC_Files.htm&rhsearch=IFC&rhhlterm=IFC&rhsyns=%20 Does anyone have any tips on how to keep imported IFC geometry to a minimum size? Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Does anyone have any tips on how to keep imported IFC geometry to a minimum size? I have not tried this so I don't know how well it works, but a Google search turned up this free tool Solibri IFC Optimizer BUT - I also found this older forum thread warning about using Solibri IFC Optimizer with Vw. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan RD Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks Diamond - We've already tried sorting in the IFC file - But it seems the geometry from Revit is causing the problem.. Would be great if a tool / tips like that exist? We have tried the Optimizer, it has no effect when importing to VW, the vwx still ends up being heavy.. All help is very appreciated!! Quote Link to comment
VincentCuclair Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Revit exports 3D dwg/dwf and Vectorworks imports 3D dwg/dwf why not try using that format instead? PS Dwf is a highly compressed file so perhaps that Will work better if you're trying to keep file sizes small. Edited December 3, 2015 by Vincent C Quote Link to comment
Jonathan RD Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hello Vincent, thank you for the suggestion.. We've tried that as well, DWG, DWF og DWFX and the weird thing is, that apparently the file gets larger when importing the cad-formats and saving it as vxw-files? Seems like there isn't any "smart" solution for this.. Quote Link to comment
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