×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

RealView grayed out after updates
2

RealView grayed out after updates

RealView grayed out after updates

(OP)
I just updated SW07 from 0.0 to 2.2 and now RealView is grayed out. Any suggestions on a cause and/or remedy? The video is a Quadro FX 550. Perhaps there is simple solution to a setting that I am not aware of since this the first video card that I have used that supports RealView.

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

Have you checked your video card driver?

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 03-13-07)

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

Also make sure the nVidia application setting is still set for SolidWorks.

The 6.14.10.8426 is listed as the SolidWorks certified video driver.

Any reason you didn't update to SP3?

cheers
SW07-SP3

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

Nvidia card driver install method is different then most other drivers. You must uninstall the driver first, reboot, Install the new driver, Reboot, and test - if you don't do it like this you run the risk of having conflicting drivers and some thing will work and other won't.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

I had the same problem with the same card.  Try the driver update first, but I had to rename my SW folder in the registry.  Be sure you run the copy settings wizard first, so you don't loose you toolbar info.  SW will recreate the reg file next time you start SW.  It's marginally unnerving to be digging around in your registry, so only do this as a last resort.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

I found the same thing when I updated to SW2007 3.0? After digging around I found that the "Use Software OpenGL" in tools/system options/performance was checked and greyed out. It appears that this option must be deselected before opening a file for editing. After deselecting this option and opening a file my RealView button came back.

Mike G.
SW07-SP3.0

RE: RealView grayed out after updates

(OP)
I ended up deselecting "Use Software OpenGL" and RealView came back. My drivers are not the latest according to the SW website, but if it's not broken and works for what I am doing why change.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources