knosaj Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Hi all, Im having some troubles with the new version I just installed. there are several issues. like a 5-10 second lag while doing the paste part of the copy/paste command. this sometime results in a crash. i am getting some sort of error when it starts up saying something like my video card is no good, defaulting to.... this next one is probable VC related as, when i window select and area or copy paste, i get a "tracer" effect from my cursor. also the window selection somehow visually shows the area of the window in some pixelation looking stuff. it also just occasionally randomly crashes. please help. lost a job during an interview because my drafting skills were rusty. guess being out of work for so long will do that. need to get back into the swing of things. computer: fairly new sony, vpccw21fx. i have installed a patch from Autocad after a crash when it prompted me to. thanks in advance everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Are you sure your computer meets the minimum recommended specifications as called for by AutoDesk? Did you download and install Update 1 for AutoCAD 2011? Did you download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of AutoCAD? Is your OS 32-bit or 64-bit? What OS are you using? Ex. - Windows 7 Home Edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 One of the requirements for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of AutoCAD 2011 is Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card. Your laptop relies upon a graphics chip, the nVidia Geforce 310M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knosaj Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 i know i have a 64b, with windows 7. I assume its the home version. and i downloaded the 64b version of CAD. ReMark, Is there another CAD version i can use to jive with my "never buy sony again" graphics card? -My computer skills are weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I wouldn't necessarily blame Sony, or your graphics card just yet. There are dozens of threads here, and at every other AutoCAD forum about people having troubles even on high-end systems that were specifically built to run AutoCAD. My observation is that it doesn't take much to make Win7 angry at AutoCAD, and vice versa. The exact error messages would probably be helpful, and if you haven't done so already, try toggling Hardware Acceleration to the other setting. (3DCONFIG at the command line, then "Manual Tune" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I guess I'm in the minority. Win7 Ultimate 64-bit and AutoCAD 2011 w/Update 1 = no problems. Personally, I think your graphics chip is anemic. I'm not blaming you and no offense is intended. Had you planned on running AutoCAD 2011 when you bought this laptop initially? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knosaj Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 here is one error i am getting as the software starts up. "The configured Heidi driver cannot be loaded. Switching to defualt software driver." well, i was going to try and give more errors, but it crashed. -LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knosaj Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 NM, I think i figured it out.....my idiot boss from a previous job had cronic issues with files. i used one of these file as a base to start drafting another residence. -i started a fresh file.....guess im the idiot for failing to learn from previous mistakes. -sorry for the false alarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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