SW 2006 Open GL issue

[mikedee42]

Hi There,

I'm having a problem turning off the software open GL in SW 2006. I recently installed a Quadro FX 4500 and in am running a certified driver but still cannot turn off the Software open GL. In the tools pulldown under options, the "Use Software Open GL" box is check and greyed out, so I cannot uncheck it.

Any suggestions?

Thx

Mike

 

[AnnaWood]

Have SW started with no parts, drawings and assemblies loaded. Then go and toggle the Open GL switch.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
SW2008 SP3.0, Windows Vista
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Start with a fresh session of SW. There should be no open files when trying to access the OpenGL setting. If the setting is still greyed out, you may have the wrong driver installed.

 

[mikedee42]

K, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers I downloaded from the SW website for the Quadro FX 4500. No luck, same issue. I also downloaded the most recent driver from NVidia's website and for the GPU and came up wit the same result.
Oh yeah, SW is open with no files loaded and the Software Open GL box is still greyed out.

Could it be that a portion of the previous graphics card driver is still lingering somewhere and SW is latched onto it for some reason?

 

[JMirisola]

Did you check the settings for the Nvidia card? There's global settings in there for software controls.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M

 

[rporter]

You need to follow FQA559-1194
the nvidia drivers seem to hold on and not upgraded when you install a new driver.

 

[rporter]

That should be FAQ559-1194

 

[mikedee42]

Problem Solved. Thanks for the help.

I had to remove a lingering Asus display driver that was only being recognized by SW. Windows was only seeing the FX 4500 and it's driver but SW was latched to this Asus driver.

Anyway, uninstalled the conflicting driver and all is well

Thanks again

Mike

 

[Joacim]

I dont know if anyone ahs already posted this, but we'll see.

I was experience the same problem as above posts and had spent long time searching for a solution.

I recently upgraded from SP0 to SP3 and installed some apps. This is where the problem started.
After uninstalling Cosmos M, the "Use software OpenGL" option became editable.