Area Hatch speed

[dcad]

Hello,

Iam using Area Hatch to solid hatch electrical traces on my
drawing. Hatching is incredibly slow most of the time and these are not complicated shapes. Iam used to using 2d autocad to do these hatched traces and is much faster.

Is this slow speed normal for SW 2005 or could this be a hardware problem or something?

Thanks for your help,
Don

 

[ctopher]

What are you PC and SW specs?
How is the speed on solid vs hatch?

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

[dcad]

Chris, heres's my specs:

Windows xp prof.
ver. 2002 ser pack 2
Dell Optiplex 6x280
Intel (R)
Pentium (R) 4cpu 2.80GHz
2.79GHz, 1.99GB of ram
IDE / ATAPI controllers:

Intel (R) 82801 FB Ultra ATA storage controller-2651
Intel (R) 82801 FB/FBM Ultra ATA storage controller-266F

Display Adapter: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express chip set family


SolidWorks 2005 sp3.0 (NO PDM WORKS)
Size: 2.19KB
Size On Disk: 4.00 KB

Speed of hatch is also very slow though slightly faster than solid.

Thanks again for your help,
Don

 

[ctopher]

You need a video card

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/VideoCardTesting.html

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716