FreeCAD performance for MEP

[jtm2020hyo]

Hello everyone, I am trying to test performance FreeCAD to use it in a future project, but I will need to work with at least 20000 *lines and others objects for MEP design (pipes, panels, valves, etc).




Anyone knows how can I optimize FreeCAD? I have problems only using 4 nested arrays.

edit1: actually FreeCAD in my PC can manage around 1000 elements, this is ideal for Arch Struc or Mech, but in MEP the elements are exponential, but generally Lines.

[Roy_043]

5 nested array with 8 elements each. 8^5 = 32768 identical elements. The copied element has 7 edges. 32768*7 = 229375 edges. And that is just counting the final array.

Why/how is this a realistic benchmark?

[freedman]

I made a macro that worked well with piping. I haven't touched it in a while, it could be a good start for something.
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 20#p595044

[thomas-neemann]

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i would convert it to stl. here are examples


https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 55#p413755


https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 38#p414438

[jtm2020hyo]

after many test I found similar performance between FreeCAD and AutoCAD.