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Solidworks selectively crashes

Solidworks selectively crashes

Solidworks selectively crashes

(OP)
I have a few files that makes my Solidworks crash, and it is not always the case sometimes it opens those files and all the files that make my software crash belong to a specific project and were worked on by a couple of designers and all these files open just fine on other computers.

What could be the reason and what could be a possible fix.

RE: Solidworks selectively crashes

As odd as it sounds, I work with a "fast clicker" that constantly complains about crashes.  Are you by chance clicking on commands before the last command finishes?  If not check out the FAQ's there is a ton of info on crashes.  Most notable empty your temp files.  Check out your video card and defrag your computer.  

RE: Solidworks selectively crashes

(OP)
Well it doesnt get to the stage of Clicking, if it has to crash on a particular file, it says UNHANDLED ERROR, CONTACT SOLIDWORKS SUPPORT or something like that and crashes.  I would certainly look at the rest of the factors that you mentioned.  I appreciate the help.  Thanks

Regards

RE: Solidworks selectively crashes

vikdayal
   Heres something that might help.
We have 3dlabs vp560 graphics cards and we have periodic crashes as well.
  I had a file this week that crashed on me 7 times in about 3 hours (PITA).
  I recently updated the graphics driver and
I forgot 1 real important thing to do.
  in the options in the graphics card control box there is a setting for opengl which makes the card "solidworks  specific" . As i dont know what card you have you may have to do some hunting .this seems to have helped me .
   Brett

RE: Solidworks selectively crashes

I have come across a couple of files like that before.
What I did was delete them and start again.

Its a pain I know, but if the file is not to complex its  just as fast to start again then to muck around with graphic settings.

Then again, take the Tinkerers' advise for future files.

Jim
NZ

RE: Solidworks selectively crashes

vikdayal,
I am not saying this will work for you, but it did help us once.

One of our drafters came to me with a drawing that would not open. SolidWorks crashed for him and me. He had no copies anywhere else. I put the model and drawing from the PDM vault on my local drive without opening the drawing. I ran EcoSqueeze on the local directory with just the model and drawing in it. After that SolidWorks opened the drawing just fine.
Saved him 20 minutes of work to recreate the drawing.

Bradley

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