increasing amount of memory AutoCAD uses

[gib65]

How do I increase the amount of memory AutoCAD uses? My model is getting pretty bulky and AutoCAD is crashing pretty frequently now. I think an increase in the available memory will do the trick. (I already have the 3GB switch activated).

version: AutoCAD 2008

[Mr T]

Possibly...load it up and before it normally crashes, type the STATUS command. Lists all the mem. uses.

Not sure if this is still in 2008. Is it XP or VISTA ?

Someone else will be along soon.........

Nick

EDIT try this ?
http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14062&highlight=memory+allocation

[hazardman]

sorry, but the 32-bit o/s will only allow a single app. to address up to a maxumim of 2 GB of ram anyway...since you're already at 3, adding more will not help...

[SLW210]

What size is your swap file (virtual Memory)?

[Hedgehog]

I was finding that mine was crashing a lot when I switched between layout tabs (as it approached 2gig) so I took off layout & model cacheing (in options/system/layout regen options) which has largely fixed the prob... swap file size made no difference.

[gib65]

The OS is WinXP Media, and the paging file size is 2G.

I will try turning off layout and model caching and see if that works. Will be a while before I can say for certain that crashing ocurs less frequently.

Thanks for help everyone.