Hello
For a multitude of reasons, I decided to make my own mini toolbox of Hex Bolts with dimensions taken from Mcmaster.
The parts consists of an extrude (hex head), a cut-revolve (top chamfer), extrude (thread length), and chamfer (thread end). I started with 1/4"-20 bolts, and created configurations from 1/2"L to 3 1/4"L at 1/4" increments. Then I "saved as" and did the same thing for 5/16" and so on. The only things I modfied was the hex head dimensions and the thread diameter.
For some reason, my file sizes are ranging from 250kb to 1mb.
For example my 9/16" hex bolt is 1 mb+
3/4" hex bolt is 255 kb
5/8" hex bolt is 521 kb
They're all created from "saving as" from 1 size previous. All the files have the same 4 features (2 extudes, 1 rev cut, 1 chamfer)
One of the reasons for this is to reduce file size and to simplify my assembly. Any suggestions? Thanks
EDIT - when I reopened and saved the 3/4" just to check the file before uploading the part, it went up from 255 kb to 623 kb. I have a similar 7/8" bolt that has a low file size.
SolidworksGeneral