having slowing down !

Hi every body,

I have a drawing with many blocks (innotatives),the PC became slow and i change SAVEFIDELITY from 1 to 0,actually that was very useful! after some time,the work became again bit slow ( when i pick a line for example it does have pare seconds for that i can do another thing!)...is anyone have idea how to make it faster ? many thanks..

i work with autocad michanical version (2011),widows 7.

Are there xrefs attached to this drawing?

Is the scalelist bloated?

What are the full hardware specs of your computer?

Is your computer 32-bit or 64-bit?

Is your OS 32-bit or 64-bit?

Is AutoCAD 2011 32-bit or 64-bit?

What is the size of the drawing?

Have you purged the drawing of all unreferenced entities including regapps?

Have you installed any updates for AutoCAD 2011?

Please answer ALL questions. Thank you.

Hi Remark,

there is no xref,

no scalelist bloated,

free hard ware space 80 GB,

64 bit,

drawing size 2,3 MB,

i do purge every day (no idea about regapps?) in generally i purge for all.

SORRY i dont know if the autocad 64 or 32, and i didnot make update for autcad, since 1 month i work on this pc.!

sorry for not answearing all ur questions.

Regards,

Right-click on your My Computer icon and select "Properties". In the window that comes up it should list the version of Windows you are running (ex. - Windows 7 Professional) and whether or not it is 32-bit or 64-bit (ex. - 64-bit Operating System).

What do you have for a graphics card in your computer? How much vidRAM on the card?

I usually purge regapps first and I do so using the command line version of Purge which looks like this... -purge (notice the dash?). After doing so I then run Purge a second time using the "All" option.

I would suggest that you also run an AUDIT on the drawing to correct any errors.

i did purge for all many times and also AUDIT ....there is no fouts....the work here is restericted! cant see the graphic card..

What do you mean by "there is no fouts"? Do you mean "faults"?

I really don't care if your work is restricted or not. For the moment it has no bearing on the topic at hand.

Is Windows 32-bit or 64-bit? You did not answer my question.

Device Manager will show the graphics card. Example: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series.

What is the name of the folder that AutoCAD is installed in? Is it "Programs" or is it "Programs (x86)"?

When you are in a drawing session do you keep the Layer Properties Manager open at all times?

Hi reMark,

Sorry, i meant there was no faults after AUDIT ,but i told u actually that the windows is 64 bit,but unfurtanelt that i cant enter the device manger ( restirected from the company!)

Autocad is the folder program files. not in Programs (x86).

yes i work while the layer properties manager is open, i tried to close it the the work is the same slow one!

will be happy if u can help!

thanks

Sorry, I missed that one re: the OS.

Since AutoCAD is installed in the Programs folder that means it too is 64-bit.

Do you have any idea how much RAM is installed?

Is this system connected to the Internet?

I'm assuming you are working with a networked version of AutoCAD is that correct?

Have you talked to someone in your IT department about the problem?

Do you work off the network or off your hard drive with drawing files?

thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....

it is now perfect,,,,,

yes the file was in the network...(so we can in any time discuss over it) i saved it on my hard disck so the problem is gone!!!!

Many thanks woderful ReMarkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk:beer:

OK...let's try to contain our excitement. Not everyone is awake around here yet. LOL

I'm glad to hear your problem appears to be solved simply by moving the file off the network and to your hard drive. I hope that is all it was.

You're entirely welcomed Ibrahim.

lolllll

again and again thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....

Hey!! Hold it down in here, sheesh.

New around here, I followed the instructions to purge first the regapps, then all the content, and the process to purge>audit is way faster than without purge first the regapps, what is the explanation to that? I mean, why purge first only the regapps improve this process? thanks in advance!

I was actually advised to specifically purge Regapps by a tech specialist at AutoDesk before purging any other objects/entities. I have an Action Macro that does it for me so the process is very quick.

Thanks for the fast response, though I was expecting some kind of an explanation. My worries here are about to "break" something within the file, just as sometimes the command "overkill" or "flatten" does.

You're not going to break anything. Take my word on it. The procedure has been a generally recognized practice for quite some time. Remember you are ridding your drawing of entities it no longer needs.

Well so far, I haven't any problems with my drawings, and they are lighter, so thanks ReMark.

No problems with drawings and file sizes have been reduced. Good. That's what we like to hear.

Hey ReMark, check this out, I made a basic routine, it purge first the regapps, then the whole drawing, audits fixing errors and reset the annotation scales, all with only pressing the "CL" keys.

(DEFUN C:CL ()
 (COMMAND "PURGE" "r" "" "N")
 (COMMAND "PURGE" "A" "" "N")
 (COMMAND "AUDIT" "Y")
 (command "-SCALELISTEDIT" "R" "y" "e")
 (PRINC)
)

Hope somebody find it useful.

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