sorina Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi guys, I'm a first year interior design student and I'm having such a hard time with Autocad. I've built a five story restaurant and when I select my model it takes up to ten minutes finish the selection!! Help!! I also have this problem with the same file in drafting!! Also when I select, the drawing gets covered in constraint symbols. What does that mean? Does that have anything to do with it? I've attached a photo of what I mean. Can anybody help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I would imagine that the constraints slow things down. Try to find where to disable them, I find it under the Parametric Ribbbon > Dimensional tab and click the arrow symble and you find Constraint Settings. Are your computer specs in line or higher with what Autodesk is recommending for AutoCAD for Mac? Is it a 3D-model or 2D-layouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Re: slow AutoCAD. Could it be that hardware acceleration has been turned off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Do you want all those constraints? If not, deleted them and turn off Infer Constraints (DELCONSTRAINT & AUTOCONSTRAIN) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Please provide your computer specs. Was the drawing created by you or did it come from someone else? Have you tried _PURGE or -PURGE (note the -)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorina Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi guys, It worked!!!! Looks like it's much faster, @nestly-deleting the constraints seems to have done it, hope that was it, thanks sooooo much all Here's my comp specs: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Guess they'r good from what i've heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Yeah, who told you to use those constraints anyway? I could see those being used in a mechanical design but WAY overkill in a 2D arch design IMHO. Glad it helped. Please share your design when you get it finished. It's always cool seeing what others do with CAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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