Drawing Documents
Drawings are normally created with the model resolved; that is, all
information about the model is available in the drawing document. You
can improve performance in creating, opening, and working in drawing documents
with the following:
Detached
Drawings. The model is not loaded into memory. Create when
saving drawings. You can add detailing without the model. You are prompted
when the model is required. When you load the model, it loads completely.
You can save drawings as either resolved or detached, so you can save
a detached drawing as a regular drawing and vice versa.
Lightweight Drawings.
A subset
of model data is loaded into memory; the remaining model data is loaded
as needed. In a new drawing, create a lightweight drawing by specifying
draft quality views. Opening a lightweight drawing is faster than
opening the same drawing with fully resolved models. You can toggle between
resolved and lightweight mode while in a drawing. Lightweight is the default
mode for Large Assembly Mode.
Reduced display
data drawing files. Tessellated data for shaded and draft views is
not saved with drawing documents when you clear the drawing option, reducing
file size. The data is available in the model file.
|
Resolved |
Lightweight |
Detached |
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|
|
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Model required |
yes |
yes |
required for
some operations |
Load, rebuild performance |
normal |
faster |
somewhat slower (load required) |
Resolve/load models |
always resolved |
resolve/lightweight |
load completely,
no unload |
Memory footprint |
high |
low |
not as low as lightweight |
Produce largest SolidWorks assembly drawings |
not in all cases |
yes |
not in all cases |
View creation |
normal |
faster |
normal |
Appearance |
normal |
feather on drawing view icon |
axis
and highlighting colors different, broken link on drawing icon and view
icon |
Line font per edge |
yes |
yes |
yes |