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  3. ANSYS SpaceClaim: I have a stp file of size 33 MB. When I save the file as SCdoc the file size is more bigger 84MB and when i export same as Step it give 44 MB. Is there a file Format where compressed complete Drawing in a very small File Format can be exported ? Or any tricks where I can make smaller ?

ANSYS SpaceClaim: I have a stp file of size 33 MB. When I save the file as SCdoc the file size is more bigger 84MB and when i export same as Step it give 44 MB. Is there a file Format where compressed complete Drawing in a very small File Format can be exported ? Or any tricks where I can make smaller ?

Tagged: 18, ANSYS SpaceClaim DirectModeler, General, Import/Export (ASCDM), Preprocessing: Geometry, structural-mechanics
    • June 5, 2023 at 7:05 am
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      Participant

      This is a fairly large assembly with many components. I don’t think 44 or 88 MB is an unreasonable size for this. If you need to compress it, you can always add it to a ZIP folder.

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