AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
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Ok Ladies and Gents I have a man under me that uses AutoCAD 2000i on a Win2000 machine with a 1GHZ Pentium CPU, 512MB of RAM, and 32MB Viper770 Video. He usually handles service and other small drawings that take up a lot of my time, but do not deal with operations other then the archives. Recently I wanted to show him how to work on my GIS datasets, but when we opened a drawing above 50MB on his machine AutoCAD says that there is not enough memory to open this file. (I cut down one of the sets to 48MB and got it to work.) Ignoring the box only gets you a locked machine after you close the file. Is there any private patches for this or is this problem with the standard version of AutoCAD that I was unaware of? (I always work Map and have never had a problem) We have installed all of Autodesks patches, but have not been able to correct the problem. I work with 7 datassets and all of them are well over 50MB, some are 100 to 150MB and I need this problem resolved before we can more him into my department full time. Thanks





RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
When confronted with the file size issue, Autodesk has said that "you should have a minimum of 10 times the file size of free ram memory". This would mean that a system running Win2000 and A2k with a few other standard background housekeeping programs such as virus scan and task scheduler, not to mention IE or other windows you may have open, would effectively use around 160Megs of ram plus or minus a few megs. On a system with 512 megs, this would mean that you could effectively open a file that is around 45 megs, larger than that and you risk a system crash. So... According to their own suggestions, to open that 150 meg file, you would need a whopping 1.5 gigs of free ram. This is of course is not unheard of in todays computer systems. I can remember a few years ago that if you had 64 megs you really had a LOT of memory..haha
RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
I just can't understand why release 14 and 2002 can both open the files with 512MB, but his lean 2000i machine can't. I tried diving into configuration files, but have not been able to find anything of use. My plates full at the moment so I'll have to put it off. I wish my machines had 1.5GB of memory sometimes, but I had to pull strings to get 512MB just a few months ago. Thanks for the reply.
RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
Well, look at the free hard drive space. Windows will page out unneeded data to the swap file if it needs more memory, but if the HD is nearly full then the OS won't be able to page it out, and therefore cause a crash, OR ....
You could have a defective ram chip. I have seen an increase recently of defective chips sometimes the system can't access the memory right or Windows doesn't report the error, and the system just locks up.
RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
Check the virtual memory settings on your PC, if you are runing some version of NT (NT 4, 2000, XP), and bump up the memory settings to like a gig or a gig and a half. Also check on your hard drive to ensure that it has enough space.
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RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?
RE: AutoCAD '00 File Size Limitations?