My job is 3d modeling CAD components/parts using Autodesk Inventor. I have been doing fine with my computer (specs below) until recently.
Recently a customer gave me a 860mb assembly file that contained +1700 parts and it destroyed my machine. It takes 40 minutes to open from STEP and 5+ to open from native IPT. When it does load, it takes several seconds+ to zoom, rotate or edit. It almost makes it impractical for actual use due to the time I'm waiting for the computer to catch up with the desired operations. It may not sound like much but just imagine playing a game with seconds per frame instead of FPS.
During use the processor is usually under light load 50% or less, and I float around 15Gb ram usage (~50%) for this particular model.
If anyone has any insight to what may cause an issue like this the advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Hardware
CPU Type
Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz
CPU Measured Speed
3.39 GHz [Turbo: 3.79 GHz]
Motherboard
0NW73C
Memory
32GB , Crucial Technology BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0.
Video Card Tested
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
Hard Drive Tested
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB (1 TB)
