Unfortunately, SolidWorks has a habit of running slowly, especially with  large assemblies and drawings.
 Although the latest version of SolidWorks has tried to improve this area  of the  software, there are still
 a few things you can do to quicken up your working day!

• In a Part or Assembly, turn off HLR (Hidden Lines Removed) This saves the program from working out what lines it needs to hide and what lines it doesn't.
• Shading your Part or Assembly will also help to speed things up, & can be clearer than having your HLR turned off.
• If using a wireframe view, you can make things faster by reducing the quality slider bar.
• If using a shaded view, you can make this faster by reducing the quality slider bar.
• Within a large assembly, you can dramatically improve your working speed by loading lightweight parts and sub-assemblies. Only resolving parts that you need to work on.
• It is also worth checking that the ‘Large Assembly Mode' feature is enabled. This lets you set a maximum number of components in an assembly before 'LAM' kicks in.
• Keeping to ‘Draft Quality' views lets you move quicker around drawings. Switch views to ‘High Quality' when you are happy you have finished.
• Turn off Shadows within your Part or Assembly.
• The default gradient background looks nice, but changing to single colour will make a difference.
• Making sure the ‘No Preview During Open' box is checked will speed up the time it takes to open your SolidWorks File.

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