Currently working on a project with 300+ 3d models, totalling about 1.5GB. Architectural, MEP and structures are about evenly split in terms of numbers of models/file sizes.
The problem is that we have come to the point that we can not Ref a lot of the other disciplines models. AecoSim memory max'es out about 3.2-3.5GB.. then all kinds of ugly things happen. We obviously need to have the other disciplines models Ref'd so that we can avoid clashing with their works.
Q1: Would converting the dgn's to i.dgn's help? I remember reading somewhere that the user can control the accuracy of the model elements to make them less resource intensive.
Q2: I note that the i.dgn's are only slightly smaller in size than the originals. I see that that there are a number of config variables that can be tweaked...
MS_PUBLISHDGN_BUSINESSDATA | (not applicable) | Disables the publishing of business data into the i-model. This may be useful in models where these is a large amount of business data and the i-model is intended for visualization only. Values are 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON). The default setting is ON. |
MS_PUBLISHDGN_CONVERTTOXGRAPHICS | (not applicable) | Disables the conversion of model graphics into an optimized viewing format in the i-model. This is rarely necessary and is typically only used for testing purposes. Values are 0 (OFF) or 1 (ON). The default setting is ON. |
MS_PUBLISHDGN_MESHBSURF_MINORDER | (not applicable) | Defines a numeric value that specifies the minimum order for which B-spline surfaces will be converted to meshes during publishing. If specified, B-spline surfaces at or above this order will be converted to meshes to optimize visualization performance in the i-model. If not specified, the default value is 6. Most users will not need to change this value. |
PUBLISHDGN_ECPROPERTIES_NOT_TO_FILTER | (not applicable) | Used to define the names of the business properties not to filter out while publishing an i-model. Any property listed in this configuration variable will always be published. The format for defining multiple business property names is: <property_name_1>;<property_name_2>;… |
PUBLISHDGN_REMOVEATTRIBUTEIDS | (not applicable) | Used to remove attribute linkages from i-models. This variable should not be changed by users. |
MS_PUBLISHDGN_DESIGNLINKS | (not applicable) | If on, turns on the Publish Linked Design Files check box by default. |
_EMBEDFILE | (not applicable) | If the packaged i-model contains embedded references, this configuration variable will resolve the name of the current embedded reference file. Otherwise, it will have the same value as _DGNFILE. |
_PACKAGEFILE | (not applicable) | If the packaged i-model contains embedded references, this configuration variable will resolve the name of the current packaged file. Otherwise, it will have the same value as _DGNFILE. |
What's the best combo if all you want is to view the Ref's?