PDMWorks
PDMWorks
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My fellow SolidWorks gurus. I have a new machine that is giving me a headache after installing PDMWorks. The complete install went smooth but for some reason PDMWorks (SolidWorks Explorer included) at 4.0 makes it SW crash. I am almost certain the version that I downloaded from SolidWorks.com is the x32 bit version, not x64 as it suggests. The image that loads when SolidWorks Explorer opens does not have the x64 next to the name. When I open the task manager, the *32 resides next to either PDMWorks or SW Explorer. One other thing, when opening an assembly, the part files will stop building unless I move the mouse. Otherwise, SW will freeze. I have never seen this behavior before and it doesn't happen all the time. Could I be having a conflict with my mouse? Conflict with my video driver? Conflict elsewhere? Any suggestions would be very helpful. System info below.
Edson Gebo
Intellistation M Pro
Windows XP64
Intel Duo 2 E6600 2.4 Ghz
2GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 SDRAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 1500/PCI/SSE2
Video Driver 6.14.10.9163
SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 w/ PDMWorks
Edson Gebo
Intellistation M Pro
Windows XP64
Intel Duo 2 E6600 2.4 Ghz
2GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 SDRAM
Nvidia Quadro FX 1500/PCI/SSE2
Video Driver 6.14.10.9163
SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 w/ PDMWorks






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CRJones - understood. I think thats why I am having problems. I have heard other that have no problems either. Just stuck on how to get there.
I will keep trying things until my VAR gets back to me or one of you other smart fella's helps. Where is Matt Lombard, Scott Baugh, or Jeff Mirisola when you need them
Edson
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
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I gave the subject a better heading to attract more advice.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
Edson
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
ctopher's blog
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Your video card driver number doesn't match what's recommended for SW2007 on the SolidWorks website. Did you transpose the 3 and the 6 at the end by accident? If so, you're okay from that standpoint.
Having worked briefly with x64 versions of SW and PDMW a while back, I seem to recall that neither program ran in true 64-bit mode. In particular, PDMW has to be able to communicate with a PDMW service running on a 32-bit machine, so I'm not surprised that you're seeing the "x32" in association with it. For me, the x32 versions were far more stable than the x64 versions, but that was nearly two years ago. Quite a bit can change in that period of time.
Ordinarily, I would suspect memory in such a situation, but with 2GB, I don't think that's your problem. As Finethread suggested, a reinstall might be worthwhile. Your mouse driver could also be the culprit; I've seen that happen before. What kind of mouse/driver are you using?
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As for your mouse driver, if it was working before I don't think that'll be it unless you, or Windows, has updated it recently.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M
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RE: PDMWorks
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M