Simcenter 3D Solutions Graphics very slow while working with large models
2023-01-18T21:27:16.000-0500
Simcenter 3D
Summary
It is very hard to do regular operations like rotation, zoom etc. in the pre-processing stages of large models in Simcenter 3D. The graphics seem to be very slow and it takes unusually longer to prepare models. Are there any settings to improve this behavior?
Details
Users can do a few things to improve pre-processing and handling of the models especially when working with large models in Simcenter 3D. Such large models typically require a lot of hardware resources including memory etc. So, one option is to check for the possibility of improving the hardware resources either by increasing them on the existing machine or by using a machine with better hardware. If this is not possible, users can adjust the visualization and mesh display settings within the software to improve the operation response to some degree. To do so,
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- Go to visualization settings (File -> Preferences -> Visualization...) and adjust the moving and still frames as shown in the screenshots below
- Go to Mesh display settings (Home tab -> Utilities group -> More -> Mesh Display Preferences) and turn off both the 3D and 2D element edges, if needed, as shown in the screenshots below
Associated Components
Acoustics
Additive Manufacturing
Assembly FEM
Correlation and Updating
Durability
Electromagnetics (High Frequency)
Electromagnetics (Low Frequency)
Flexible Pipe
Laminate Composites
Margin of Safety
Motion
Multiphysics
NX Open
Nonlinear
Optimization
Pre/Post
Response Dynamics
Rotor Dynamics
Samcef Environment
Simulation Process Management
Thermal / Flow