I have 2013 installed on Lenovo X1 carbon laptop, full spec.
Operate in ACAD classic mode display, with standard toolbars to which I have added more standard buttons
All has been working perfectly for long time, but recently has displayed glitches.
Sometimes in crosshatching, goes into lock-up when trying to fill an area. Then crashes into white screen, and often needs a re-boot.
Some icons don’t work continuously. Fillet for instance will only work sometimes, it will not be universally applicable to all lines.
Snap does not always work on all points, have to snap on the end of a line and travel down it and visually align the cursor with snap point.
The software has been working perfectly since installation, I have not deliberately or specifically altered any settings, it has just taken it upon itself to be erratic and not consistent.
Appreciate any help or comments. Am not at all computer literate in terms of setting it up, I leave well alone, so it is not something I have initiated.
Many thanks in advance
Tony Hall
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Hello
Welcome to the Autodesk/AutoCAD Forums !
1) Please could you install the SP 2 on your ACAD 2013 :
2) If always the problem :
Please could you try to run with "Graphic Hardware Acceleration" OFF ?
3) Have you tried to run with : ROLLOVERTIPS = 0 and/or QPMODE = 0 ??
And now a few questions ...
Q1) Which ACAD 2013 : 32 or 64 bits ?
Q2) Which Windows exactly : Win XP Pro , Win Seven , Win 8.0 , Win 8.1 ?
Q3) How much Ram in Gb on your Lenovo ?
Q4) Which Graphic Card and which Driver version ?
Patrice BRAUD
It would also be helpful to know if this "new" behavior is related to only one particular DWG or set of DWGs, or if you experience this in all cases, including new DWGs you start "from scratch".
Hello
+1 with Dmfrazier
An other idea: some strange problems can disappear on Lenovo when you kill "unneccessary" Lenovo Tasks/Services running !
Patrice BRAUD
AHHHH! I have just opened a new clean sheet and the icons seem to work O! trim fillet and snap function....You may have hit on something there!! could it be that my existing drawings are corrupted in some way.
I must admit that whe I am in pure design mode and iteratng variations on a design theme I tend to keep on the original drawing and just copy and paste to study the change options. It does cover the drawig sheet up with lots of designs but does saving having to re-draft the core design from scratch.
Am I doing something wrong in keeping a basic drawing going for a long time and continuously working on it and its variations??
Many thanks,
Tony
Hi Pat,
Thanks for your assistance, have checked Frazier's suggestion and it would seem that issue does not carry over onto new drawing sheet.
As far as the Lenovo services are concerned, I will try anything, and would welcome any assistance on what to look for and shut down, I dont like the idea of unwanted programmes running in the background either.
Best regards,
Tony
"...could it be that my existing drawings are corrupted in some way"
Probably not literally "corrupted" (as that would present in other ways), but it could be overly large, or it might be filled with "stuff" that you don't even know is there.
If you search this forum for "superpurge" or "how to keep file size down" you might find similar issues and possible solutions.
"Am I doing something wrong in keeping a basic drawing going for a long time and continuously working on it and its variations??"
Not necessarily. But there are risks associated with "keeping all your eggs in one basket" as it were. Purging unused elements, saving "versions" off to new files, and saving design elements you might want to use later in a "block library" are generally considered good practice to keep working files clean and efficient. You don't have to have everything in one file to get at it. You don't even have to open other files to get at their contents. See Help on DesignCenter.