WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
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Has anyone else tried using WF4 on Windows 7 and noticed that it takes longer to generate a plot? If so, did you find a remedy?
The 64 bit RC and RTM of 7 produce the same results, about twice as long to generate the same plot as it takes on XP, 32 or 64 bit. I haven't tried the 32 bit 7 since I need to move up to 64 bit.
Running the Ocus benchmark, I see that graphics related things are lagging a bit on 7, but I don't see anything taking twice the time, even the plot and DXF generation steps. That makes me wonder if there is a config option that is affecting the plot generation. I do run the same configs with XP and 7 though.
On the plus side, I do think PDMLink runs smoother on 7 at least. Hopefully the graphics drivers will catch up to XP and improve this plotting slow down.
The 64 bit RC and RTM of 7 produce the same results, about twice as long to generate the same plot as it takes on XP, 32 or 64 bit. I haven't tried the 32 bit 7 since I need to move up to 64 bit.
Running the Ocus benchmark, I see that graphics related things are lagging a bit on 7, but I don't see anything taking twice the time, even the plot and DXF generation steps. That makes me wonder if there is a config option that is affecting the plot generation. I do run the same configs with XP and 7 though.
On the plus side, I do think PDMLink runs smoother on 7 at least. Hopefully the graphics drivers will catch up to XP and improve this plotting slow down.





RE: WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
If that doesnt work, wait for WF4 M120. This is supposed to be the first 7 supported release of WF4.
RE: WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
It definitely seems graphics related. I ran a batch plot with pro_batch (non-graphical), and the results are nearly identical between XP and 7.
RE: WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
I could swear that I turned off all the foo-foo features at one time or another while testing, but I must have missed that one.
RE: WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
RE: WF4 on Windows 7: slow plotting
It's kind of a snifty feature, but it may not be worth it if you do a lot of plotting of complex drawings in Pro/E. Maybe that will change with future versions of Pro/E too.