I've been searching around on this topic for quite a while and cannot seem to work out what I'm doing wrong.
So far I've tried this in both NX 8.5 and NX 10
I have a 2m flat plate that has a 25mm x 25mm pattern of dimples and through holes on the central 1.5m x 1.5m
This comes out to about 3600 instances.
I've been trying to model it by doing a solid punch and simple cut and then switching to modeling mode and using pattern feature to populate the whole area.
This method has been taking so long to complete that I haven't even made it through the processing.
I've even tried just running the pattern without the dimples since they're the more complicated feature, but still no dice, it completely chokes on the process.
I'm hoping a RAM upgrade will help matters, but I wanted to ask:
Is this the correct method, or is there a less computationally stressful way of doing it?
Thanks in advance for any advice you could provide on the matter!