Incomplete visual style

[LGGreen]

I have a 3D model of an archictectural model of a hotel. The actual model is made up of layers of plywood, plastic etc of thicknesses of 2mm down to 0.25mm. Using Autocad 2008 the wireframe model is OK. When I change the viewing style to realistic visual style most of the coloured surfaces are incomplete resulting in a very broken image. I am using Windows Vista on a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with an Nvidia Geoforce 8600M 256MB graphics card.

I suspect my hardware rather than Autocad itself, but I may be wrong.

 

[rvpas]

Hi LG

Try 3dconfig in command line

Clik on Manual Tune button and check Enable hardware acceration on the top of dialog box

bye

Pascal

[LGGreen]

Hi Pascal

Thanks for that. It seems to work OK now, but a quick look at the autocad model shows the image breaking up if I zoom out a long way and then zoom back in.

This is how the model looks now, and is how it should be.

Les

 

[ReMark]

I'd say it was your graphics card not being up to the task.

[LGGreen]

Any suggestions for the minimum spec for a graohics card that would handle Autocad 3D work?

[ReMark]

You want to consult the "list". Start here:

 

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/hc?linkID=9240618&id=6711853&siteID=123112

 

Are you using a laptop?

[LGGreen]

Yes I am using a laptop. The list of cards looks useful. Perhaps it is time for me to upgrade the card!!

[SEANT]

Due to view settings, a rather obscure issue can arise that produces anomalies similar to the image you attached to Post #1.

See this thread as an explanation:

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?11995

If you can, post the file for examination.

[LGGreen]

Thanks for the help and the offer of looking at my file. I think I am sorted for now. Posting the drawing would be difficult as the drawing is made up of 9 separate drawings. If I do have further problems I will post another query.