so it's normal for cad projects to take like over an hour to open? or is that just like, maya opening stls?
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: > I agree with Mirko. Amount of cores/cpus doesn't do that much. Amount of > RAM is more important. The most important thing however is to find a > software that can process large files with clean results. MoI ( > http://moi3d.com/) gave me the best meshing so far, but it's still 32bit > and therefore it chokes on larger files. > > > > sven > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 10:07 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: cad > > > > I would assume that it is more case of hard drive, so starting with nice > ssd even ssd raid 0 would be one thing. > > then need to figure out if those opening and cad things are single or > multy threaded at all. > > in first case single core higher GHz would be better choice then even dual > xeons but working at lower Ghz.. whats the use of 72 threads if CAD program > uses only one. > > Just some toughs straight out of the head where I would start. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Eugene Flormata <eug...@flormata.com> > wrote: > > Hey, my company is asking me to price out a new machine for work. > and I wanted to get something that wouldn't choke on big cad files from > architecture or other large 1gb+ stl type files > > does anyone know if that's primarily a CPU issue? my current machine is > i7-3770, fine for the 3D I'm doing now, just takes like 3h to open big cad > data sometimes. > does anyone know if I should get a xeon or some kind of 8-core+ machine? > > ram, I'm hoping 32g or more > videocard, I'm thinking titan or 980ti > > any advice would be appreciated > > > > > > -- > > Mirko Jankovic > > skype: mirko-jankovic > > https://vimeo.com/mirkoj > > > > Need some help with rendering an Redshift project? > > http://www.gpuoven.com/ >
