Animator Angst Again
Animator Angst Again
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I've been fighting Animator again--quite some time for this last assembly. Anyway, I've been saving iterations of this assembly I've been working on (SW 2007, SP 0), since the first one I did was corrupted and trashed by putting components into folders and rearranging things--hosed.
So, when I run into errors, I simply open the previous iteration of the assembly. I seem to have a major problem this time. The assembly crashed just as I told it to render the animation (LAST STEP! I can't believe it!). It was making a grab for more RAM and didn't make it (odd--I had plenty left--but 2007 has done this several times lately).
Anyway, I open the latest iteration again, and the Model and Animation tabs are missing from the bottom left of the viewport. I open a new file, and they're where they belong. So I open the previous iteration of the file, and the tabs are still missing. WTF? How am I going to render the animation I just created over the last 16 hours when it's all gone?
Anyone have any clever ideas?
So, when I run into errors, I simply open the previous iteration of the assembly. I seem to have a major problem this time. The assembly crashed just as I told it to render the animation (LAST STEP! I can't believe it!). It was making a grab for more RAM and didn't make it (odd--I had plenty left--but 2007 has done this several times lately).
Anyway, I open the latest iteration again, and the Model and Animation tabs are missing from the bottom left of the viewport. I open a new file, and they're where they belong. So I open the previous iteration of the file, and the tabs are still missing. WTF? How am I going to render the animation I just created over the last 16 hours when it's all gone?
Anyone have any clever ideas?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.






RE: Animator Angst Again
Sorry to here of you bad luck so far with Animator. Have you thought it might be your VC running out of ram instead of physical memory? Just a thought.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Animator Angst Again
How many iterations did you keep? If you go back further do the tabs re-appear?
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Actually, I'm not running the 64-bit stuff at this point (haven't yet needed it myself) since I'd rather not deal with the lack of drivers, etc. However, I know people who do use it with success. (I've got 2GB of RAM, so am not using the 3GB swtich. It seems like my RAM is very "slow" on this machine--something I've contacted Xi Computer about in the past. Perhaps I'll post a nonsense assembly online to get some benchmarks for how quickly everyone else can load into SolidWorks--that would be a good starting point.) Anyway, Scott, I didn't think my video card was running out of RAM, but I guess it could be. I'm using an FX-1400.
I sent my VAR the files overnight--haven't yet heard back. I'll give them a call. I think perhaps the file is corrupted (again). Fortunately I have an iteration saved. The perfected iteration was 50. The next iteration without this problem takes me all the way down to 36--ug. Strange how I was able to save progress all the way between 36 and 50 without ever losing my Animator tabs.
I've not signed up for the EV versions of the service packs--so I don't have access at this point. I may tap my VAR on the shoulder with that issue, since I know other issues have been resolved with the upcoming SP 1.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Animator Angst Again
RE: Animator Angst Again
My VAR just took a look at the assembly file that's missing the Animator/Model tabs at the bottom, and they appeared on his machine. However, the animation I created was gone and replaced by the default starting point.
Bummer. Still working on it.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
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RE: Animator Angst Again
My VAR's forwarding my apparently corrupted file to SolidWorks (again). If I had time, I'd love to participate a great deal more in the beta program. As it was last time, I was working so much on production stuff, I didn't have a chance to root out all the bugs I'm finding now. (I don't think most users will encounter all these problems I'm suddenly seeing, since I do lots of work in strange niches.)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Animator Angst Again
SW will crash if you use up the memory, and rendering animations seems like the fastest way to do it. Crashing during rendering is why I've got the 3G switch...
-b
RE: Animator Angst Again
Anything to beware of in kicking-in the switch? I may need to do that before getting this rendering to work.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Animator Angst Again
-b
RE: Animator Angst Again
Thanks!
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
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