Arvid93 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi, the interface in AutoCad 2011 becomes messed up randomly. (see pic) The program has worked fine until now. Anyone have some ideas on what to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Looks like a graphics card issue to me. What are your system specs? I've had one or two cases where I get some weird graphics in 2011 and 2010 as well. I posted an example not too long ago of where I could look right through a dialog box at a portion of my screen that was behind it. Very strange. It happened once and hasn't happened again. This was on my work computer. My home computer has had no such problems. The specs under Computer Details below my avatar on the left are for my home computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvid93 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit Processor: 3,4Ghz dual core RAM: 3GB VideoCard: MSI HD Radeon 5850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Describe the circumstances under which the problem manifests itself. Are you working in 2D or 3D? Does it happen consistently or randomly? Is one drawing more prone to this type of problem than any others? It appears the problem is mainly at the top of your screen where the Ribbon resides. Does it ever affect the drawing area itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvid93 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 The problem occurs pretty randomly, but when it happens it’s either when I change workspace or press a command in the ribbon. Not any special command, it could be anyone. It can also happen when I open the materials browser. This problem has only affected the ribbon area so far. I don’t think 2D or 3D matters, It’s like the same. And it’s not one drawing that is more or affected than another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 My other strange display circumstance happens at the opposite end of the screen (bottom). AutoCAD will truncate the command line area to about a tenth of its normal size. If I change workspaces the problem corrects itself. Your problem occurs when you change workspaces. Similar but different just the same. Have you tried updating your graphics drivers? Have you tried turning off hardware acceleration to see if that has any affect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvid93 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I have the latest graphics drivers and I can't turn off hardware acceleration. The button is greyed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 maybe you could try the REPAIR option if you think it is related solely to AutoCAD and not your graphics card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvid93 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I reinstalled AutoCAD, but the problem remains, so It must be something with the graphics card after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 That was pretty radical. I would have tried the Repair option first. Well, at least you have narrowed down the possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvid93 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 It seems like I have solved the problem by installing a previous version of the video card driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well I was close. "Have you tried updating your graphics drivers?" I just sugested the wrong direction (update vs. roll back). We're glad to hear you have solved your problem. Thank you for updating us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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