Autodesk Alias

[#1]

hello all,

so there seems to be some major graphic bugs with 2010 for mac. a professor at school showed us it on his mac and every single menu / display / window comes up in error initially. it will show a box and maybe only 2 options and if you click away and reopen the menu, then it seems to display fine. it makes it practically unusable.

it was installed on a macbook pro intel, with nvidia 8600 gt which says it is fully supported from autodesk's website of hardware compatibility.

does anyone know whats going on and why?

really disappointed, otherwise, it looks great.

http://download.autodesk.com/us/aliasstudio/qualcharts/alias2010-osx.htm#workstation

[#2]

I have been evaluating Alias 2010 on Mac for a few days now. I don't have the same problem, but there are serious slowdown issues of shaded interactive display .. But my graphics card geforce 7300gt is only partially supported as per the qualifications chart and there are known limitations. In any case these are my findings.

1, Double sided shading is not active while using pixel shading .. works fine using vertex shading
2, Accurate highlights in Shaded Diagnostic Display slows down the interactivity drastically.
3, Surface Continuity checker slows down after checking a series of edges.
4, Texture while in hardware shaded mode ( pixel) is not as expected.

Apart from that if Hardware Anit-aliasing is used, then the whole program slows down to un-usable levels.

But there are no problems as regards to the UI ( menus and other stuff ) though. Please upgrade to the latest OS X 10.5.6 .. for up to date graphics drivers.. maybe that will solve your problem.

[#3]

a few things to check:

- install the latest update from Apple (10.5.6 currently).
- make sure Display properties are set to millions of colors and is running at the native resolution of the laptop.
- ensure that hardware based Anti-Aliasing is disabled (from within Alias go to WindowDisplay->Anti-Alias->Shaded Anti-Alias... Allocate Hardware Anti-Alias Resources on Startup should NOT have a tick box)
- is there enough memory on the system? At least 4GB should be installed but this should not affect the UI as you describe.
- is there a external monitor hooked up to the laptop? If so, try to disable the laptop display by closing the laptop so that only one display is active.

without actually seeing the problem it is difficult to troubleshoot but I can attest that Alias runs well on a 8600GT based MacBook Pro.

Chris

[#4]

Rajeev,

Which build of 2010 you are referring to ? Beta ?

[#5]

Hi Anand,

Not a beta .. I think .. ALIAS_2010_ESD_MAC_OSX_EN_299039_01 to be precise. The qualifications chart says 7300gt is only partially supported ...

Regards,

rajeev

[#6]

Are you using a registered version ?

[#7]

Are you suggesting that there is a non-registered version? Please send me your email id .. I can send you my license file for you to verify .. I am part of ADN

In any case, could you be kind enough to explain the relevance of your question to the display issues in Mac?

[#8]

Hi Rajeev,

There is no question of verifying, once you clarified that you are the part of ADN.

It would not be Illegitimate to know whether any user is using a registered license or not especially when posting info about Mac and PC simultaneously and on non-beta version

Hope you understand.

[#9]

I'm having the exact same problem. I own a 15" macbook pro with all the proper specs. Went through your checklist but it's still happening.

other ideas?

[#10]

at one point i thought i heard that OSx ships with the energy savings set to "better energy savings" . switching it to "better performance" helps Alias performance.

also if im not mistaken, some of the macbook pros have both discrete and integrated graphics.. maybe the problems are coming from the OS trying to use the integrated graphics.

and at the end of the day, nothing beats a quadroFX card. : )