Engraved or heavily perforated parts are extremely slow to process

Problem

Processing a sheet part containing text or a large number of holes is slow.

The reason is that the part generates a large number of surfaces from the curved lines of the text fonts.

Solution

Texts (except in very small quantities) should be created as guide curves, not extrusions. Below is an example of a sign to be modeled:

From the front view, the sign looks the same whether the texts are guide curves or extruded. In the axonometric view, you can see the actual geometry:

• The file size of the left-hand part is 4.0 MB, the right-hand one is 0.2 MB — a size ratio of 1:40.

• Running the history from start to finish takes about 30 s for the left-hand part, less than 1 s for the right-hand one.

If you want the engraving geometry to appear in the drawing, set the projection property to "Construction lines". These will be drawn as dashed lines, but in the drawing you can select all lines and change them to contour lines if required for production.

In an assembly, text visibility follows the visibility of construction geometry — you can toggle it on and off with the G key.

An existing extrusion can be converted by selecting it in the feature tree, right-clicking, and choosing "Extrusion" → "Edit feature".