You don’t need to load all sheets! Just hit the Select Sheets button. More info on this window in the SOLIDWORKS Help here. It does not change the loading process itself.

Lets you edit the list of referenced files.

Resolved loads everything and is the slowest (and default) mode.

Lightweight loads about half of all data for components and it loads about 50% faster.

Quick View is a read-only mode that is blazingly fast because it only read the drawing file itself, not the referenced files.

These are ordered from fastest ( Quick View) to slowest ( Resolved).

These are the available options for drawings: But do you use the extra options to the fullest? You have probably seen the open window a gazillion times. This should give you a few pointers to find which sheet, feature or view is the main reason for your PC’s headache. A different kind of report gets generated for parts and assemblies. I have also learned a lot from their Elite Problem Hunter Alin Vargatu, who is the Canadian VAR’s large assembly specialist. The next few images are taken from that post. The Performance Evaluation tool is available for all models types, even for drawings.

The complete guide to fixing slow SOLIDWORKS modelsĢ: Measure the performance of a slow drawing first.

I think SOLIDWORKS drawings are assemblies – and it blew my mind.

SOLIDWORKS suddenly extremely slow? Check your graphics drivers.

How to improve SOLIDWORKS macro speed 10x.

Measure the performance of a slow drawing first.

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