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Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
I am getting kicked out of Solid Works almost daily and it is driving me nuts. Even If I just try to change a solid line to center line, Bamb! Kicked out. Anyone else having this problem? I am currently using SW2010 SP2.0
 

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

What have you tried to fix it?  Have you looked at a repair install?  Cleared out your temp files?

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
I have done a complete re-install, with a complete uninstall before. (wiped registry). Nothing I seem to do is working. Do you know if this is this a common issue?

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

Tough to say.  What are your system specs?  Have you tried to upgrade sp's?

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
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RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
The company I work for will not renew our subscription so i am stuck with what I got.

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

What video card are you using?

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
NVDIA QYADRO NVS290

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
OOPS... NVDIA QUADRO NVS 290

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
Quadro NVS 290/PCI/SSE2

Could this be causing my issues? If so How can I fix this?

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

You can try to get the graphics card out of the equation by operating in "Software OpenGL" mode.  Close all files in SW that might be open, then Tools> Options> Performance, and enable "use software OpenGL".  If you can do your work with this enabled, then your graphics card is the issue.

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RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

The NVS card is the most likely suspect.

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
MadMango,
I just tried that and still got kicked out trying to change a line from solid to center line. Thanks for the help. this is gonna make me go insane!

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

Is there another computer you can try the same file on?  It's possible that the file is corrupt.  Do you have any older backups that you can try to open and perform the same actions?

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RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
I have the only seat of SW in the company. I was just opening a new part file, sketch a line, then right click on it to change it to center line and Bamb! Pow! Zap! I'm kicked out...
LOL. Sorry I'm trying to make myself laugh a little. Heee heee!

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

Is there another computer with a video card (any brand) which you could temporarily swap out to test?

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
@ CorBlimeyLimey,
I am down loading now. I'll let u know if it works.
Thx.

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
Downloaded and installed new driver. No luck! Well I will have to come back to this. i can't spend all this time and get nowhere. Thanks everyone for all your suggestions.

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

BikerChic,
I have to know this. Was SW working before and now crashes? Is it the file itself?

Best,

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
its not the file... kicks me out on what ever I'm working on when i do certain commands.
Ok so, I'm thinking of trying a new Graphics Card. How do I find out the cheapest one to get that is SW Approved? I have a Dell Precision T3400

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

BikerChic...  Please do not use the FAQ  MadMango linked to.  It is horribly out of date.

Check out the approved list of cards at the SolidWorks Customer Portal, then do an Internet search for prices.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, Nvidia Quadro 5000, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2011 SP0, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

(OP)
THANK YOU! I WILL POST RESULTS IF I CAN GET THEM TO TRY A NEW GRAPHIC CARD.

RE: Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help!

NVS Cards are for multi monitor systems like Mall & KMart Security Systems.

To get centerline for now use the check box in the Property Manager.

I only had that problem when a bug in sw2008 and when trying it on my brothers computer with 2009 for Vista.

It was hard doing training classes for SolidWorks when I forgot to do the use centerline icon and wait 30sec after first use. For the NVS card be sure to use Software Open GL option in Performance and set display accuracy to low non red levels. You can also turn off the context menu.

http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/LegacyHelp/Sldworks/UI/HIDD_CUSTOMIZE_TOOLBARS.htm

To specify whether the context toolbar for a shortcut menu is displayed:

Michael

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