SOLIDWORKS: Performance Tuning

Learn how to improve SOLIDWORKS performance and tune your workstation. Explore how various SOLIDWORKS options affect performance, learn tips and tricks for avoiding performance problems in the first place, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Setup: Hardware and Operating System

• Know your workstation
• Keyboard and mouse setup
• CPU and RAM requirements
• Video card and drivers
• Windows visual and virtual memory settings
• Local caches and monitoring
• Service pack and version
• Startup and add-ins

2. Systems Options

• General settings adjustment
• Drawing settings
• Colors and display options
• Performance settings
• Assembly settings
• External references settings
• Feature Manager and search settings
• View settings
• Document properties: Image quality

3. Best Modeling Practices

• Modeling practices: Parts
• Modeling practices: Assemblies
• Modeling practice: Patterns and Hole Wizard
• Creating custom configurations
• Fixing your assemblies

4. Advanced Tweaks

• SpeedPak
• File size reduction using dumb solids
• Instant2D
• Instant3D

Conclusion

• Next steps