Lagging computer

[therealsaint01]

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can give suggestions. I am getting to a stage when i am drawing models in 3d that the computer lags horribly.. Would it be better to create objects and then convert them to a block or create an xref of the part/object. If so, can an xref'ed or block part/object be given a material without having to go into an editor(such as to edit a block you go into block editor)? If this is rendered will it give the same effect as it would before it was converted to a block/xref.

Thank,

[ReMark]

Everything but your graphics card says "power system" to me. Why did you skimp there?

Too bad it's a Mac. Not many Mac users here.

How big is the drawing file size?

Can you freeze some layers while you're working on the drawing?

You may have to break the drawing down into subsections and xref them in.

[therealsaint01]

Hi remark.
I feel we have discussed something of this nature before.. In all honesty I do not ever regret getting a mac. it outperforms windows machines to the same monetary and hardware values and specs. I have stress tested and run this thing up against the other windows design computers, i am still yet to be disappointed. I have my parallels installed for windows only to work autocad, inventor, microstation and solid works. I can manually configure ram dedication, hard drive size and so much more.ok enough about how much i love apple.

The drawing size is 64.3mb. Its got fine detailing. Even when i freeze/switch off the layers its lagging. Can xrefed things assume materials and render according.

Thanks,

[ReMark]

You are attempting to push a 64MB drawing around using a graphics card with 512MB of videoRAM. I would say that could be the problem right there.

Can xrefs have materials applied and be rendered? I would think not but that isn't something I normally deal with in my line of work.

[therealsaint01]

I shall have a try and see what i can do. Nothing like experimenting..
Thanks for the guidance