Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
(OP)
I recently did a gig with a client who had a workstation that was basically a gaming PC running SolidWorks. It had an NVIDIA GT240 gaming video card which seemed to give me all sorts of trouble. Not sure if this was because of the graphic card but I experienced problems that went beyond refreshing the screen, such as assembly parts that would shift out of place even though they were fully mated and sheet views with the wrong components and/or exploded lines. Is this due to the graphics cards, or could it be because of some other reason? Can the wrong graphic card affect more than just how quickly a screen refreshes?






RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
A non-approved card can cause all sorts of problems. Most times it is simple graphics glitches, but can be as severe as not allowing SW to boot ... although I haven't read of that problem for a long time.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Graphic issues usually result in bad display or serious crashing\lock ups.
My home box right before the power supply went out has been a Game box since the day I bought it back 6-7years ago. It ran SW 2010 pretty good and it had a Geforce card it with a Gaming driver. If it crashed I kind of knew it was the card, but I rarely had any crashes with my box. My work machine crashed more often than my home machine.
I am the first to harp on Graphics card, but some times if properly maintained and nutured, you might be surprised...
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum PoliciesBerry Plastics
Cad Admin\Design Engineer
www.scottjbaugh.com
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Anyway, I spent hours trying to fix something that apparently didn't need fixing, just a SolidWorks-certified graphics card. I didn't think that the wrong card could mess up so much more than the screen refresh.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
http://w
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
It could also be a OS issue. When SW2009 came out I could run it on a home computer running XP. Only real issue was rotating an assembly would look like rotating blocks instead of the real shapes. Once I formated and installed Vista it would no longer run. Did not have your funky graphics issue but it would radomly crash in 1-10 minute intervals.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Gamers cards giving beef... maybe.
But I have seen workstation class cards give beef too and then it points to a driver issue but that's the point where I gotta say the graphics are to fragile!!
Certified SolidWorks Professional
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
The assembly was useable for about a month in SW2011 (original assembly was built in SW2009) but suddenly began to act weird like your assembly. It works fine when you just open the assembly but screws itself up when it is placed in a drawing.
Once it resolves in the drawing some parts fly off into space (ignoring their mates),suppressed parts are visible although they are still listed as being suppressed and other parts disappear from sight. When I switch back to look at the original assembly it is also messed up but in a different way than the view in the drawing. If I delete the drawing then CTRL-Q the assembly everything pops back into place. The same thing happened when my VAR used the assembly on his computer.
Solidworks has the assembly and will hopefully fix whatever is causing this behavior.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Solidworks has assigned an SPR to the bug and will hopefully fix it with the next service pack.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card
If it's a desktop computer, a simple switch of the graphics card with an approved card, will offer proof.
RE: Problems with Non-Certified Graphic Card