possible graphics card woes, shaded 3d x ref'd objects wont show in veiwport

[mvrcad]

Hi Again all

I am working with a PC that is meant for 2d drafting, they say its good enough for 12D however....

 

I am drawing pipework in 3d and plotting them out 2d on the paperspace.

the model xrefs were in the same folder as the drawings, however when i moved the xref files to the xref folder, then remapped the paths to the drawing, the models were only viewable in 2d wireframe.

when i did any other shade type they dissapeared.

i ended up binding the xrefs and exploding them to blocks, and now they appear and plot shaded.

 

could this be a graphics card issue?

 

 

I have some work coming up to do some pretty impressive industrial 3D mining cyclones and chutes, i dont want to leave a bad impression due to PC hassles.

 

my specs are as follows

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

Activation Status Activation Pending (30 days remaining)

System Name XXXXXXXXXXXX

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System Model Precision WorkStation T3400

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel ~2392 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A05, 9/05/2008

SMBIOS Version 2.5

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"

User Name XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Time Zone AUS Eastern Standard Time

Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 1.17 GB

Total Virtual Memory 2.93 GB

Available Virtual Memory 2.89 GB

Page File Space 5.87 GB

 

graphics card is Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Edited May 5, 2011 by mvrcad
forgot to add graphics card

[f700es]

Well that should be fine for 3D, it is an older graphics card but still a QuadroFX. Have you updated the graphics drivers? Here are the ones for your system...

 

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/cert/details?siteID=123112&catID=16303594&id=16391880&product=12&os=1&card=36

 

[SLW210]

Could still be the Graphics Card, things do wear out/go bad/have defects.

 

I would check _3DCONFIG and see what settings are selected. Post a screen shot here if you like.