Slow GUI Interaction with Imported STEP File

I needed to import a relatively large STEP file into an ADAMS/View model. I don't normally do this because it seems ADAMS slows to a crawl when manipulating (adding/modifying the solids, markers, etc.) this geometry. Is there a way to speed this up? A graphics setting? something else?

0 Maziar R over 4 years ago

I recommend trying

1. the graphics settings in the following article:

simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/.../index

2. the "consolidate to shell" option in the import dialog box.

Please let me know if any of the above is helpful.

Thank you,

Maziar Rostamian

MSC Software
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0 GFlood over 4 years ago

Jim,

Try changing the mass properties of the part containing the solid to user defined. Just remember to change it back to geometry-based before running an analysis! It seems like that has worked for me in the past.

Greg
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0 Martin Kieltsch over 4 years ago

Depends on what you're up to with that graphics.

If you need it as a solid (i.e. a volume for mass/inertia calculation, contacts), then you're bound to importing it as a solid.

If its the usual case to just impress your boss by a shiny shaded geometry, then I usually import stuff "as is" and then use an export & re-import in ADAMS to kind of konvert the geometry to a different format.

In most cases exporting as wavefront, then importing that .obj creates shell objects in ADAMS. These can be exported as shell files (.shl) and integrated into the model.

These shells do handle much much easier in ADAMS than huge solids from STEP or Catia (dynamic rotation for example, but also creating xmt_txt's when starting a solver).
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