Crashing while editing drawings
Crashing while editing drawings
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Having a problem with SolidWorks crashing while editing a drawing. Most of the crashes occur when dealing with balloons (deleting or moving). I've lost nine hours in the past two days.
System Configuration
Wildcat II 5000 video card
driver version 5.4.0.15
Dual Intel Xeon 1.8 GHz processors
1 Gb of RAM
Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195
Service Pack 2
SolidWorks 2004
SP 2.1
Assembly Statistics
429 Components
367 Parts
187 Unique Parts
62 Sub-Asemblies
42 Unique Sub-Assemblies
142 Top Level Components
Max. Depth 6
I am planning to upgrade to 2 GB of RAM and I also plan on upgrading the video card. Looking for advice on which cards are performing well with SolidWorks 2004.
Is anyone else having problems like this in drawings?
Thanks,
Alexsasdad
System Configuration
Wildcat II 5000 video card
driver version 5.4.0.15
Dual Intel Xeon 1.8 GHz processors
1 Gb of RAM
Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195
Service Pack 2
SolidWorks 2004
SP 2.1
Assembly Statistics
429 Components
367 Parts
187 Unique Parts
62 Sub-Asemblies
42 Unique Sub-Assemblies
142 Top Level Components
Max. Depth 6
I am planning to upgrade to 2 GB of RAM and I also plan on upgrading the video card. Looking for advice on which cards are performing well with SolidWorks 2004.
Is anyone else having problems like this in drawings?
Thanks,
Alexsasdad






RE: Crashing while editing drawings
Thanks
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/VideoCardTesting.html
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
Personally I don't like the Wildcats. I spent more time crashing and BSODing then I did working.
You need to be using Service pack 4 - http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/SystemRequirements.html?pid=383
Try SP 3.0
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
1. Go to System Options/Drawings and uncheck "Detail item snapping while dragging corner" and "Detail item snapping while dragging center". These are the settings that add the dotted inference lines to other notes, etc. while moving annotations. Turning these off solved a lot, but not all, of our crashing.
2. Update SWx to SP3. Since we did, I have not seen the crashing due to balloons
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
Thanks for the suggestions and help.
Alexsasdad
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
I use an FX 500, but don't do huge assemblies. No problems, even with complex surfaces and super-long feature trees.
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
Since I don't know the complexity I would say the Quadro FX 1100 to 2000. I have read recently that Nvidia is working on the Quadro FX 4000 which is suppose to out do the 3000. I'm interested in seeing that card work. That might be the card that helps those with complex large assemblies.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Crashing while editing drawings
since going to sp3 the system has been alot more stable
so that has helped .
we have done what melam suggested and it does help alot.
brett