Honda Matt Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 When working on larger files AutoCAD shuts down without warning. I don't get the option of saving before it closes and it does not create a backup file that I can recover. No error message comes up either. It just closes as if I were to exit it. The last time it happend I had 3 drawing files open. 2471 KB 13370 KB 21573 KB Each file is used for the job that I was working on. We used to have all drawings for the job in one file. They started to get really big so we break them out now. Could the files size have anything to do with AutoCAD just shutting down? Is there a way to stop this? The system we are running is: Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Serivce Pack 3 Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz 2.93 GHZ, 3.25 GB of RAM C Drive has 298 GB with 37 GB used Any help or ideas would be great Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 All AutoCAD 2009 updates/service packs loaded? Have you purged and audited the individual drawing files? When did the problem first occur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Have you looked in your AUTOSAVE file location for a safety? OPTIONS > FILES > AUTOSAVE FILE LOCATION (this will show you the path for these files on your computer). You are not looking for a .bak file there, but rather the ac$, which if it hasn't been disabled should auto-save and the default is every 10 minutes. You will need to save the file type to .dwg if you find it, then open it as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 I purge all the time. Not sure if we ahve all the updates, patches and serives packs for 09. We have three, have not lookied into this yet. As for AutoSave it sucks. I turn it on and set it a 30 min and it seems to stay on for a few days, then I check it and it off. Not sure what the deal is but everyone in our office has this same AutoSave problem. When I same while working in the large files it takes a few seconds to complete the save. When AutoSave kicks in its kinda frustrating because while it save it locks up and you can't complete the task you started. I know there has been alot of discustion about AutoSave wheather it good or bad. So I am not going to debate that. I actual have a button on my mouse that is set to do a qsave. I use if very often, but not often enough sometimes I guess..... Could the large files that I have open be the problem?? Others at work don't seem to get files so large and they don't seem to have the same problems. Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you purge Regapps first then do a purge > all? Do you Audit the drawing for errors? Do you pare down bloated scalelists? Do you manage your layer filters? Do you use any custom lisp routines? Do you have the InfoCenter enabled or disabled? What is Incremental Save Percentage set to? Have you done a REPAIR of your AutoCAD installation? Have you run a virus-scan on your hard drive? Do you get drawing files from outside sources? What have you done so far to troubleshoot the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you get any "Out of Memory" messages? Try using the Windows Task Manager to monitor Memory and CPU usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 [Do you purge Regapps first then do a purge > all?Yes Do you Audit the drawing for errors?Not sure how to Do you pare down bloated scalelists?Only have the scales that we use Do you manage your layer filters?Yes Do you use any custom lisp routines?No Do you have the InfoCenter enabled or disabled?Enabled What is Incremental Save Percentage set to?50 Have you done a REPAIR of your AutoCAD installation?not that I know of Have you run a virus-scan on your hard drive?yes, its done weekly Do you get drawing files from outside sources?Yes, but we swithc everything to the 0 layer then inport into our drawing then convert dims to ours and purge out the others What have you done so far to troubleshoot the problem?Uninstall / reinstall and check forums for simular problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Open one of the drawings and immediately run the AUDIT command. Here is an example of what you might see. Command: audit Fix any errors detected? [Yes/No] : y Auditing Header Auditing Tables Auditing Entities Pass 1 Pass 1 200 objects auditedAcDbMInsertBlock(439) Rows 1 Pass 1 1300 objects audited Auditing Entities Pass 2 AcDbDictionary(1109) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 300 objects auditedAcDbXrecord(14B3) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B4) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B5) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B6) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B7) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B8) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B9) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148C) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148D) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148E) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 1300 objects audited Auditing Blocks 42 Blocks audited Total errors found 12 fixed 12 Erased 0 objects After the audit save your drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you get any "Out of Memory" messages? Yes, "AutoCAD is running out of system memory, Contiuing the currnet operation may result in program failure or loss of data. Do you want to cancel the current operation? YES / No I have to click NO, and save and retry the command. Some time it lets me and some time I have to close out AutoCAD and start over. Try using the Windows Task Manager to monitor Memory and CPU usage. Yes, it runs at 1%-3% CPU usage with spikes up to 11% some times 50% when I have really large files open PF Usage pretty much stays right around 1.46 GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Normally I recommend trying a REPAIR of AutoCAD prior to an uninstall/reinstall. Did you follow the recommended procedure for uninstalling/reinstalling AutoCAD as per AutoDesk's own published guidelines as found on the AutoDesk website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Open one of the drawings and immediately run the AUDIT command. Here is an example of what you might see. Command: audit Fix any errors detected? [Yes/No] : y Auditing Header Auditing Tables Auditing Entities Pass 1 Pass 1 200 objects auditedAcDbMInsertBlock(439) Rows 1 Pass 1 1300 objects audited Auditing Entities Pass 2 AcDbDictionary(1109) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 300 objects auditedAcDbXrecord(14B3) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B4) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B5) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B6) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B7) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B8) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B9) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148C) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148D) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148E) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 1300 objects audited Auditing Blocks 42 Blocks audited Total errors found 12 fixed 12 Erased 0 objects After the audit save your drawing. Will this make the files smaller?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Normally I recommend trying a REPAIR of AutoCAD prior to an uninstall/reinstall. Did you follow the recommended procedure for uninstalling/reinstalling AutoCAD as per AutoDesk's own published guidelines as found on the AutoDesk website? Our IT guy does all the computer stuff and not sure what hes doing or not doing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Open one of the drawings and immediately run the AUDIT command. Here is an example of what you might see. Command: audit Fix any errors detected? [Yes/No] : y Auditing Header Auditing Tables Auditing Entities Pass 1 Pass 1 200 objects auditedAcDbMInsertBlock(439) Rows 1 Pass 1 1300 objects audited Auditing Entities Pass 2 AcDbDictionary(1109) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 300 objects auditedAcDbXrecord(14B3) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B4) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B5) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B6) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B7) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B8) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(14B9) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148C) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148D) Owner Id Is Null Fix it AcDbXrecord(148E) Owner Id Is Null Fix it Pass 2 1300 objects audited Auditing Blocks 42 Blocks audited Total errors found 12 fixed 12 Erased 0 objects After the audit save your drawing. Just did one a file that is 15754 KB. 723 Blocks audited and 73 errors found and fixed. Not sure what was wrong but is that the acutal amount of block in the files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Out of memory errors occur when the swap file (virtual memory) is at its limit. Do you let Windows manage virtual memory or have you set your own limits on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Just did one a file that is 15754 KB. 723 Blocks audited and 73 errors found and fixed. Not sure what was wrong but is that the acutal amount of block in the files? I assume so. Do you have reason to believe otherwise? BTW...I would recommend disabling the InfoCenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Matt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Out of memory errors occur when the swap file (virtual memory) is at its limit. Do you let Windows manage virtual memory or have you set your own limits on it? Not sure how to check. i ahve not setup anything with the computer but its look and screen saver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Audit fixes errors. I'm not sure if that process makes any significant difference in the file size. If you do not follow AutoDesk's recommended procedure there is a chance you'll miss a handful of items that must be deleted manually. Leaving those items behind may have an impact on the reinstall process. Your "window-dressing" changes have nothing to do with virtual memory. My guess is that most IT personnel will not tweak virtual memory settings and will gladly allow Windows to manage it. However, since you are getting "out of memory" errors you might want to talk to your IT department about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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