For part and assembly models containing configurations, you can manage
the size of files and the time required to save them.
You can use the Rebuild on Save mark to specify the configurations to
keep up-to-date. You can purge cached configuration data every time you save the
model.
If you have never activated a configuration such as one defined in a
design table, the model carries only the essential defining data about the
configuration. When you activate a configuration for the first time, the full definition
of the configuration’s model data is generated. This full data set updates and saves
every time you save the document. By default, after the full data set is generated, the
set remains available every time you open the model.
Having the full data set available for a configuration can save a
significant amount of time when switching configurations. However, for each
configuration that you activate, the file size of the model increases, as does the time
required to rebuild and save the file.
In Large Design Review mode, you can use the Display Data mark to specify
which configurations are accessible when you view a model. Users can access the
configuration by storing the Display List graphics data. For each marked configuration,
the file size increases as the model stores the Display List graphics data for the
configuration.
The following icons appear next to the configurations in the
ConfigurationManager:
When you open the model in Service Pack 5 of the previous release
of SOLIDWORKS:
- Configurations marked with the Rebuild on Save mark
are available.
- Configurations without the mark are not available.