https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Teamwork-BIMcloud/dramatic-file-size-increase-on-TW-bimserver/m-p/210422#M3482 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>g'day,<BR /> <BR /> since early april (approx. between the 06/04 &amp; 18/04) we experience a dramatic increase in AC14 teamwork project residing on a modular bim server, i.e. our files have increased to the extent of 2 to 5 times in size since then. <BR /> <BR /> interestingly, when we export such an project to a pln it is about 300MB whereas on the bimserver it is inflated to 1240MB - which very roughly seems to corelate to the number of users (in our example about 4) on a given project?<BR /> <BR /> this size inflation obviously significantly increases the time for joining (i.e. upon initial download) a project and generally seems to make our projects sluggish to navigate.<BR /> <BR /> is this something other users also experience?<BR /> <BR /> btw. this took us some time to realise as the file size is not really prominently displayed anywhere in the BS manager (maybe as a wish it could go on the project overview list, which also needs improved sorting behaviour).<BR /> <BR /> another thing we notice hangs and crashes a lot anyway, at least on our mac mini where the CPU is being maxed out as soon as you open a projects' settings.<BR /> <BR /> any ideas or experiences are appreciated.<BR /> <BR /> ds.</T></DIV> Wed, 04 May 2011 11:29:59 GMT schagemann 2011-05-04T11:29:59Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Teamwork-BIMcloud/dramatic-file-size-increase-on-TW-bimserver/m-p/210422#M3482 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>g'day,<BR /> <BR /> since early april (approx. between the 06/04 &amp; 18/04) we experience a dramatic increase in AC14 teamwork project residing on a modular bim server, i.e. our files have increased to the extent of 2 to 5 times in size since then. <BR /> <BR /> interestingly, when we export such an project to a pln it is about 300MB whereas on the bimserver it is inflated to 1240MB - which very roughly seems to corelate to the number of users (in our example about 4) on a given project?<BR /> <BR /> this size inflation obviously significantly increases the time for joining (i.e. upon initial download) a project and generally seems to make our projects sluggish to navigate.<BR /> <BR /> is this something other users also experience?<BR /> <BR /> btw. this took us some time to realise as the file size is not really prominently displayed anywhere in the BS manager (maybe as a wish it could go on the project overview list, which also needs improved sorting behaviour).<BR /> <BR /> another thing we notice hangs and crashes a lot anyway, at least on our mac mini where the CPU is being maxed out as soon as you open a projects' settings.<BR /> <BR /> any ideas or experiences are appreciated.<BR /> <BR /> ds.</T></DIV> Wed, 04 May 2011 11:29:59 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Teamwork-BIMcloud/dramatic-file-size-increase-on-TW-bimserver/m-p/210422#M3482 schagemann 2011-05-04T11:29:59Z