I have a basic questiion
:Because freecad is quiet slow during complex operation I would like do know how to speed up the program. Does it use all cpu of a quadcoe computer?
Thanks
Kurt
FreeCAD and quadcore
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FreeCAD and quadcore
Hello,
I have a basic questiion :
Because freecad is quiet slow during complex operation I would like do know how to speed up the program. Does it use all cpu of a quadcoe computer?
Thanks
Kurt
I have a basic questiion
:Because freecad is quiet slow during complex operation I would like do know how to speed up the program. Does it use all cpu of a quadcoe computer?
Thanks
Kurt
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HarryGeier
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Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
Kurt,
no it´s mostly single threaded , as far as i know due to limitations of the underlying code. Search the Forum for multihreading to find posts around that..
no it´s mostly single threaded , as far as i know due to limitations of the underlying code. Search the Forum for multihreading to find posts around that..
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Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
No, FreeCAD uses at the moment only one core. This is a limitation of the underlying OCC.
If you embed special calcualtions you may get faster, but if you have to compute the Shape you have to wait ...
If you embed special calcualtions you may get faster, but if you have to compute the Shape you have to wait ...
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Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
Not at all, BOPs are paralleled. They are the slowest thing, usually. So it does help to have multicore cpu. I have no idea how much gain does it give. There was a thread where it was being tested...
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Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
Honestly, in the thread mentioned .. i do not understand anything ...
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Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 62#p273562HarryGeier wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:52 amHonestly, in the thread mentioned .. i do not understand anything ...
Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
What is a BOP?
Re: FreeCAD and quadcore
BOP = Boolean OPeration, it's the acronym used internally in Open Cascade (OCC).