PhillipsPlans23 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Can Iget some help with a project. Its a 12,000 sf building. It takes forever to do anything. Click and wait... Any tips on things I can do to speed up this file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 turn off auto build anything, framing, roofs a search for "slow" in this forum yields: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00521/troubleshooting-slowness-in-chief-architect-plans.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 If you want to send me a PM with a link to download your plan file, I'll see what I can come up and get back to you with suggestions. I can sign an NDA if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHampton Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Aside from the Jason's wise observation on the auto rebuild possibilities (which is the best place to start), here are several suggestions. Take an archived plan file from the manage archived plan file menu. Reduce the terrain. Lower the undo/redo number. Select a number of the larger 3D objects in the model and delete them. See if the plan speeds up. 3D objects Too many have potential to bog down any plan. Even smaller projects. Anything from the 3D warehouse should ideally come from CA... ...otherwise be on the lookout for objects that range between 5-10 Mgb with many "surface counts". If one introduces enough of those into the plan file, it's more work for the program. Terrain A large terrain perimeter can slow things down. It looks like there's a few acres of it in the model. Undo/Redo If the undo/redo number is set to anything above the single digits, it'll be placing a strain on the system. Each time you make a move, the system has to take a snapshot of that occurrence. Granted most computers come with ample memory these days, but 16GB graphics cards work best. So do machines with 64 GB of memory. The specs. appear such that 8GB of memory comes with that graphics card. By all means this is suitable for CA, but the above can certainly be of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javatom Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Avoid having pictures or PDF files imported into the file or at least minimize how many there are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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