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Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

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Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

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Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

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Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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Thanks Zach,  I will be looking into the info you provided.   I am already running 64GB ram and i also have a seperate SSD drive, but i am not using it the way you recommend.  I will try that. 

Appreciate the advice.    

I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

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Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

------------------------------
Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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That is assuming you're working with a point cloud of existing. TBC can be painfully slow building finish grade surfaces with way fewer objects than a point cloud. We've found it's mostly all software bottlenecks. Large solar jobs can be terrible.

I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

------------------------------
Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

------------------------------
Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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Make sure you have a 12th generation or later intel processor. TBC rarely maxes out our hardware which just points to software bottle necks unfortunately. 

I would make sure that you have at least 32 gigs of ram if not 64. Also, and most importantly, have a dedicated SSD nVME drive That's not your C drive for the data. A dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB of shared memory would be ideal as well. Lastly, make sure that you are downsampling/decimating your cloud with advanced filtering prior to creating a surface. I would never create a surface with 100% of the point cloud in the particular area of interest.

Yeah, i know that trick and use it already.  Still doesn't solve the problem.  Id like to not have to do that.  Also, this doesn't do anything to help the report processing speed.  So is TBC just at its limits?      

------------------------------
Jason Sommers

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 11:12
From: Albert Olivier
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Hi Jason

Go to the properties of you surface in TBC, then switch the Rebuild method to "By user". This will allow you to make multiple edits to you surface and TBC will not update the surface after each edit. When you press F4 to compute in TBC it will only then rebuild the surface with the edits you made.

Regards

------------------------------
Albert Olivier
TBC Technical Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 04-25-2024 10:57
From: Jason Sommers
Subject: Ideal specs for fastest processing?

Just looking to see if there is some type of overkill spec that will speed TBC up?  I know there are ways to change text and makes lines as solid etc , but id like a computer that can just handle it period without having to use trick settings.   We do fairly large solar sites and if you make one change to the surface there you sit for 4 minutes while it updates.  Does such a computer exist or is this just the limit of TBC?   

   Thanks!          

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Jason Sommers
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