Kicked out of SolidWorks! Ugh! Help! 1

[BikerChic]

I am getting kicked out of Solid Works almost daily and it is driving me nuts. Even If I just try to change a solid line to center line, Bamb! Kicked out. Anyone else having this problem? I am currently using SW2010 SP2.0

 

[BikerChic]

its not the file... kicks me out on what ever I'm working on when i do certain commands.
Ok so, I'm thinking of trying a new Graphics Card. How do I find out the cheapest one to get that is SW Approved? I have a Dell Precision T3400

 

[MadMango]

Please review faq559-936

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

Have you read faq731-376 to make the best use of these Forums?

 

[AnnaWood]

BikerChic... Please do not use the FAQ MadMango linked to. It is horribly out of date.

Check out the approved list of cards at the SolidWorks Customer Portal, then do an Internet search for prices.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, Nvidia Quadro 5000, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2011 SP0, Windows 7 x64

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[MadMango]

Thanks Anna, I noticed that after I linked it...

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

Have you read faq731-376 to make the best use of these Forums?

 

[BikerChic]

THANK YOU! I WILL POST RESULTS IF I CAN GET THEM TO TRY A NEW GRAPHIC CARD.

 

[mjcole]

NVS Cards are for multi monitor systems like Mall & KMart Security Systems.

To get centerline for now use the check box in the Property Manager.

I only had that problem when a bug in sw2008 and when trying it on my brothers computer with 2009 for Vista.

It was hard doing training classes for SolidWorks when I forgot to do the use centerline icon and wait 30sec after first use. For the NVS card be sure to use Software Open GL option in Performance and set display accuracy to low non red levels. You can also turn off the context menu.

http://help.solidworks.com/2010/Eng...yHelp/Sldworks/UI/HIDD_CUSTOMIZE_TOOLBARS.htm

To specify whether the context toolbar for a shortcut menu is displayed:

Michael