polycount and performance

Hello everybody,

I am working on a project in unity 5.
I am trying to use solidworks 2016 files to use in unity.
I am using fbx files that i export in solidworks. than import in navisworks. and than export to fbx again (for smaller filesize) lowering the polygon limit in naviworks doesn't work. it deletes parts form my moel instead of lowering the polycount...


the problem with this is. the poly count. its incredibly high.

in solidworks i made a big assembly. this is a machine i want to use.
but the polycount is over 5 millions. when i look at the machine with the first person camera i have like
tris: 6 mil
verts: 7 mil

the fps is low (30/35). sometimes 80 when i look close to some objects.

I am already using occlusion culling.

Question is: how do i lower the poly count?
how can i improve performance?
( the visual quality of the machine doesn't have to be perfect. (pipes that don't have highresolution radiuses.))
it doesn't matter if the model is some sort of blocky instead of smooth edges.

i hope you guys can help me with this.

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specs of files and hardware

file: FBX 66mb

ram: 8gb
cpu: i7 4700 HQ
gpu: gtx 840m

 

Simplygon be your friend

 

Open it in Blender (free) and apply a Decimate modifier (blue spanner on right) to the object. Drag the ratio down from 1.0 to whatever you think still looks good.

 

will try this thanks for your reply

 

gonna try this

 

i downloaded the simplygon from the asset store.
i created a account but i cant login.

it says wrong email or password. (they are correct and i veryfied my email)...

 

Simplygon is the best solution. I can login without any problem. I tested it a couple of hours ago

 

Hi!

Same problem as stefan, everything should be correct but I can't login.

 

what version of unity are you using?

 

4.7 and 5.4.1
I use old version. I'm going to test new version of Simplygon

Update: New version work's fine

 

ok. weird...

i also made a thread on simplygon forum for this issue.

what i did now is using the simplygon UI.

1 question i have now: i had a model of 2.5 mil triangles. converted it to 1.6 mil. when i open it in unity and press play. it says 5 mil triangles. how is this possible since it only has 1.6 mil triangles???

hope you or someone else can help me with this.

(with the poly reduction the file size increased from 66 to 108 mb.)