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SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

(OP)
Every once in a while I get a warning window that appears, usually in the middle of an operation,
that says, "Solidworks unable to obtain required memory" and usually has 2 buttons that say "RETRY"
or "CANCEL".....no matter which button is pressed....then the program will quit.  Any help or suggestions what this window is telling me and how to avoid it?..... Usually there are no other programs running.  I'm running SW 2011 , 3 gigs ram, WindowsXP 2002sp3.  Thanks for any help.

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

How much RAM is SolidWorks using at that point?  3 gigs of RAM is pretty low these days.  I would believe what the computer is telling you.  You are running out of RAM and SolidWorks is exiting out so it can release memory.

Try opening and closing SolidWorks more often during the day or get more RAM and Windows 7 x64.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64
http://www.renderbay.com
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

(OP)
Thanks for the replies.  I have not yet done the 3 gig switch... so, maybe that is in order.  This particular file was first created as an OBJ file and sent to me converted to an STL file.  Because of its original file format and how it was created, the file is composed of millions of polygons, driving up the file size.  So every time I go to complete an operation, it takes an awfully long time to complete and then when I go to complete another operation, it then gives that memory warning and crashes.
It's just this particular file that is causing the problems.  Thanks again.  

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

Once you get it open, are you able to cut it into smaller chunks?

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

RAM is cheap. Throw another Gig in if you go the /3GB switch route.

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

You are likely having issues with video RAM as well trying to process the obj/stl info.  Those types of files are extremely compute intense.  I suspect your entire system CPU, RAM and video are being maxed out.

 

Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64
http://www.renderbay.com
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: SW Unable to obtain required memory warning

Reboot More often. SolidWorks does not like letting go of ram once it has it and restarting the software will not let it go. My office and other places I have been reboot at least once a day. We run 12 Gigs of ram and still have issues, but we do run very large assemblies which takes up a lot of ram.
 

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