SOLIDWORKS Tutorial - Large Assembly Best Practices

This is a recording of the Webinar on April 23, 2020 during the COVID-19 Quarantine. It begins with a video about Supported Self Paced training and then we briefly discuss our Work from Home Options. Then we cover the details of the webinar which is how to define a large assembly, what goes on under the hood (behind the scenes) when opening a file, where are we opening the file from, what hardware should we have, what are the different ways to open/access a large assembly file, mate best practices, mate errors, rebuild, image quality and influence of detail.
Chapters
3:00 Welcome
5:00 Design From Home Resources
7:15 Agenda
8:00 What is a Large Assembly
9:00 Opening Assemblies: Under the Hood
16:20 File Open Options:
17:15 1. Lightweight
18:44 2. Large Assembly Mode
19:40 3. Large Design Review
22:15 4. SpeedPak
24:05 Assembly Tools
27:30 Mates and Rebuilding
32:30 3rd Party Data
35:00 Image Quality and Part File Recommendations
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[@Prashanth2011]

Fun webinar 😂

[@matthewvinson9582]

You mention that the location of your files has a big impact but not really what you can do about it. What can you do if you use a server and pdm? I can't do a pack and go all the time I don't think? Are there settings you can change so the file is stored locally while you are working on it or anything else that can be done to help?
Great presentation by the way. Thanks.

[@goengineer]

If you have PDM and you are checking the files in and out, then that’s great! That’s exactly what you should be doing! The files are stored elsewhere, but when you check them out to work on them, the files are actually brought local to your machine for that time period. And then when you check them back in, the files are go back where they are supposed to go. What I mentioned was more for those who are storing their files on a network drive…and that is not recommended.

[@camcarb3]

@@goengineer With PDM, checking out an assembly file may bring it local to your machine but the subassemblies and part files remain--elsewhere. I have an entire 200,000 square foot facility modeled. It contains exactly 20 subassemblies and 20 mates (coincident origins with axial alignment) and it is still limited in it's open/rebuild time by the fact that the subs and part files are elsewhere. That said, following your advice has reduced file-open time from 45 minutes--down to 6 minutes (at least on my machine). Thank You!

[@PANDURANG99]

Why you use screenshots to explain, you should show it practically

[@goengineer]

Please check out this video: czcams.com/video/sHsPz7BfhME/video.html that will showcase a live demo of the large assembly tools.

[@PANDURANG99]

@@goengineer ok let me check 👍