EDRawings 2005

[dcmoore]

I am trying to quote a machine that has been designed in Solid works. They have sent me the E drawings models of the machine instead of the solid works models and or drawings so i have to pick the whole machine apart and measure it manually using edrawings.

Has anyone else experienced E Drawings 2005 crash when you go to maximize the Edrawing? it just freezes. it keeps happening on my laptop.

Toshiba Tecra S1 laptop. Intel 1.5ghz , 512mb of ram, etc etc. win xp sp2. edrawings 2005 pro. Any suggestions?

 

[ctopher]

May be not enough RAM.

 

[dcmoore]

Not the case. I can use the file fine on normal pcs with 512 mb of ram. It is just in this laptops case.

 

[SBaugh]

What video Card? - I bet the problem is your video card

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[dcmoore]

Its an onboard card.

ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 Graphics Processing Unit
Video Memory: 32MB DDR Memory. 128-bit Graphics Accelerator. 4xAGP bus

 

[Theophilus]

I would guess it's your graphics card. I had problems with a Sony Vaio running SolidWorks with more than one part at a time--big problems with any assembly and it had the same card or perhaps the 9500. So I would imagine this would apply to 3D displays of multiple parts in eDrawings also.

By the sound of it, you should request better files, too.

Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

 

[SBaugh]

That's your problem right there. That card is not support.

Try turning your hardware Acceleration down to "None".

RMB your Desktop\Properties\Settings (Tab)\Advanced\Troubleshoot (Tab) - Pull the slider down to "None"

See if that helps, if not then there isn't much you can do because you are using an unsupported card.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[dcmoore]

Thanks fer ur suggestions. Ill try the acceleration slider. It might jsut work. although the files work on other peoples laptops with the same card. but who knows.

Thanks again


Derek

 

[Theophilus]

Especially since this happens when you maximize your window, we can be almost certain the graphics card is the glitch. Good luck with Scott's suggestions. I tried many things with the Sony to no avail.

Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

 

[SBaugh]

Jeff,

You are right to say Good luck, because my suggestion that I suggested is the only thing left to do next to replacing the machine (since it's a laptop). i don't think what I suggested above will fix his issue, but it'sworth a try to get him through.

FYI - I updated this FAQ - faq559-1058 to help with issues like this in the future.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Theophilus]

Scott, good FAQ.

Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

 

[dcmoore]

Excellent Suggestion Scott. Thanks

Seems to have worked like a charm

Thanks for everyone with helpful suggestions (except the guy who replied "MORE RAM MAYBE?" Very useless reply. hahah lol.

Thanks again

Derek.

 

[MadMango]

More RAM solves everything!

I hope Santa brings me some.

[green]"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."[/green]
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
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[ctopher]

funny
Video card is priority, then RAM.
I didn't see it as useless, didn't have time then to be more thorough. Thanks Scott for filling in the rest.

 

[SBaugh]

ctopher,

No Problem! I needed to feel useful for a change here!

Been to busy at work with issues, to able to keep up out here lately. By the time I get here I have been brain dead.


I am in agreement with you though, 512MB is low for 05. I don't recommend anything under 1 gig and that has been since SW04.

,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[dcmoore]

I agree with everything about more power AHH AHH AHH(Tim Taylor grunt)

The problem is new comps for everyone are expensive, BUT I have just been informed we are getting all new systems in the new year YAY
Thanks again

 

[SBaugh]

RAM is still cheap and you can get a good CAD video card for around $225.

http://www.digitallyunique.com/vcqfx500blk.html

I have one of these cards. If you get new systems you need to find out if they are PCI express motherboards or not because if that's the case you need to get one of the FX series PCI Express video Cards.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

Merry Christmas
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[Theophilus]

AMD 64-bit! Cheap! POWER! Check 'em out!

(Sorry. Need to stay ubiquitous with 64-bit.)


Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

 

[Arlin]

Does E-Drawings require a "proffessional CAD" video card?

I thought the whole premise of e-drawings was to enable a 3d model to be viewed by anyone on (almost) any computer.

I am aware that SWX requires a proffessional CAD level video card such as a Quadro or FireGL, but I was not aware of this restriction regarding e-drawings.
If this is indeed the case, it looks like a major disadvantage for edrawings.

 

[dcmoore]

excellent point, this laptop i am using isnt a cad machine, its just used for ms office and autocad. The premise of edrawings is what the above stated.

ALso I hate edrawings because it is such a pig, it is at least 2x slower then the same model in solid works. very frustrating with large models