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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 19:38
Oh, it's a laptop?  What does it have for a video card?  How much RAM is onboard?

The Overkill command can be found in Express Tools.  It deletes duplicate and overlapping lines. 
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Points: 9 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 19:44
I think this is the specs on the laptop/workstation


CPU Intel Core i7-4770K Processor
Address:
Hard Drive Samsung 640 Pro 256GB SSD Hard Drive Western Digital 1TB Black
Motherboard ASUS Z87-Deluxe RAM Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2x8GB)
Power Supply eVGA NEX750G 750W Gold Case Corsair Carbide 200R
DVD Drive ASUS 24x DVD-RW Video Card eVGA Geforce GTX Ti
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 19:49
Not too shabby.  16GB of RAM should be sufficient for some fairly big 3D drawing files.  I have 8GB on my home system and 12GB on my work system and I have worked with file sizes between 24 and 38GB although those are on the high end of what I normally work with.
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Points: 9 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 19:56
Not too shabby is what I thought - but I sure that that I would get better performance.  I have been really struggling with this all.   I was hoping I would have a hard time bringing the machine to its knees!  As it is - the laptop seems to fall down pretty quickly.  Right now, while the laptop is in the repair shop - I am limping along with my 8 year old desktop.  I don't remember the specs on it - but much less than the laptop - and it seems to function not too much worse.  This has all been so frustrating!

If I give up on the laptop, I may get a desktop that looks like this...  I should be able to run pretty complex models with this right??

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CPU Fan Cooler Master EVO 212 Cpu Fan Operating System Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Power Supply Corsair AX760 Modular Power Supply Case Corsair Carbide Series 330R Quiet Mid-tower
Optical Drive LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD Writer Hard Drive Samsing 840 Pro SSD 256GB
Motherboard ASUS Sabertooth x79 RAM Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB)
Item Description CPU Intel i7-4930K Processor

Video Card GeForce GTX TITAN Black 6GB Hard Drive Seagate 2TB SSHD
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 20:10
That configuration looks pretty good to me.

Now if your 3D drawings are over 50GB in size you may see some lagging but you could always resort to utilizing xrefs and/or freezing layers to cut down on the performance hit.
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Points: 9 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 20:12
I am using x-refs all the time to keep my general arrangements manageable. Problem with that is - I don't know how to display hidden lines on my GA when my model is x-refs or blocks...  Is there a way?  In my detail drawings where i am actually working with 3d Models - I use solid profiles..
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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Mar.2014 at 20:26
While I am familiar with xrefs I've never seriously used them.  The nature of my work is such that there isn't a big need for them although I suppose I could force myself to utilize them if I cared to.
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