Solid Edge Increasing Core Utilization for Faster Draft Refresh in Solid Edge

Users experience slow draft refresh rates in Solid Edge. The default setting uses only two CPU cores for drawing view updates, leading to delays. Users seek a way to speed up this process by increasing the number of CPU cores used.

To increase the number of CPU cores utilized for drawing view updates in Solid Edge Draft, follow these steps:

1. Open Solid Edge.

2. Navigate to Options:

• Go to the Draft environment.

• Open the Settings > e Options.

3. Enable Multi-Core Processing:

• On the General tab, ensure that the "Enable multi-core drawing view processing" checkbox is selected. This option is enabled by default and allows multi-core processing.

4. Modify the Registry:

• Open the Windows Registry Editor.

• Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version XXX\DEBUG

• Add a new DWORD (32-bit) value named DRAFT_MULTICORE_MAX_NUM.

• Set the value to the number of physical CPU cores available (e.g., for a 4-core CPU, set the value to 4).

Example:

To use four cores for drawing view updates:

• Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version XXX\DEBUG

• Name: DRAFT_MULTICORE_MAX_NUM

• Type: DWORD (32-bit)

• Value: 4

By increasing the number of cores utilized, users can achieve faster draft refresh rates, improving efficiency and reducing wait times.

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