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Extremely slow performance

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Message 1 of 18
bas
Explorer
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Extremely slow performance

Since yesterday (5th March 2013) Inventor 2013 Pro performance went down to nearly zero. Could this be caused by a windows update? I tried to set back the system to the 1st of March. That worked for only one hour?? Today I tried again to set the system back to an earlier date with no result. If i have to type a contrain dimension in the constrain pop up screen I even have to wait nearly a minute until the typed number appear.

 

Does anybody have the same problem since a few days??

 

Thank you up front for replies and advise

 

Bas

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Message 2 of 18
Cadmanto
in reply to: bas

Welcome to the forum.

Need a little more info.

Have you restarted lately?

Are you running a network license or a local license?

What are your system specs?

Best Regards,
Scott McFadden
(Colossians 3:23-25)


Message 3 of 18
bas
Explorer
in reply to: Cadmanto

Dear Cadmanto,

 

Restarted about 10 times after the problem occurred

I am running a standalone license.

 

System:

OCS RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-Express SSD-Solid state drive-240GB- intern-PCI Express 2.0x4

Windows 7 Pro, SP1, 64bit

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU  950 @ 3.07GHz 3.07GHz

RAM  12GB

 

Windaws performance scan says:

Processor           7.5

RAM                      7.5

Grafic                   6.9

Grafic 3D             6.9

Drive                     7.8

 

Avarage score 6.9

 

Best regards,

Bas

Message 4 of 18
Cadmanto
in reply to: bas

Are you running any other programs in the background that are possibly causing the slowness?  Anti-viral type or scan type software?

Best Regards,
Scott McFadden
(Colossians 3:23-25)


Message 5 of 18
bas
Explorer
in reply to: Cadmanto

I only run the regular Mc.Affee and I even did close all Mc.affee functions. This did niot help until now??

 

I do not have any clu so far. So if anybody has suggestions.

 

This is what I tried until now.

· I did set back the system in time

· I did try other parts and assemblies in other projects

· I did run the repair at the Inventor installation stick

· I update the graphic Nvidea driver to the most current Autodesk Inventor certified Driver (Nvidia Driver Release 276.42 [8.17.12.7642]

· Even updated the driver for the 3D Connexion SpacePilot

Message 6 of 18
Cadmanto
in reply to: bas

Try running a clean disk and a disk defrag.  Get rid of all the temp files.  Since you have McAfee see if it has a disk clean addin to run before I would use the windows version.

I am hoping that your version didn't get corrupted.

 

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Best Regards,
Scott McFadden
(Colossians 3:23-25)


Message 7 of 18
Mark_Wigan
in reply to: Cadmanto

in addition to those suggestions it may also pay to check if your cpu is overheating. that will bog it down severely from my experience.

 

ie was it just inventor or the entire unit that was slow? is it ok for a few minutes after you start work in the morning while still cool?

 

i think there is a gadget you can install to keep an eye on cpu temp but only run it from time to time when checking the temp, not all the time. sometimes it causes issues i found.

best regards,
- Mark

(Kudo or Tag if helpful - in case it also helps others)

PDSU 2020 Windows 10, 64bit.

Message 8 of 18
DesignerNinja
in reply to: Mark_Wigan

Agree:

 

  • Delete all temporary files
  • Empty recycle bin
  • Defrag system
  • Make sure you have all updates:

    Windows

    Graphics Card

    Inventor - etc

 

  • Un-install Inventor and do a clean install
  • Make sure your not running a bunch of programs in the background
  • Try your assembly and watch your CPU performance in Task Manager

Also, Try running Malware bytes - Malware will kill your system performance.


BOXX 4920 XTREME
Intel Six Core i7-4960X OC'd to 4.5GHz / Water-Cooled
480 GB SSD x 2
48 GB 1600 MHz RAM
NVIDIA K6000 Quadro Graphics Card
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 Bit
"BEAST MODE"
Message 9 of 18
Cadmanto
in reply to: bas

And if any of these suggestions don't work you might want to consider doing a

Clean Uninstall of 2013

Any chance you are running off of a network?  If so is there too much traffic?  That could be an issue also.

 

Then reinstalling it with the latest SP.

 

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Best Regards,
Scott McFadden
(Colossians 3:23-25)


Message 10 of 18
Curtis_Waguespack
in reply to: bas

Hi bas,

 

Another thing to check within Inventor:

 

Go to the Tools tab > Application Options button > Hardware tab

Make sure this is not set on "Use Software Graphics"

 

Sometimes if Inventor or the graphics card crash this setting can get changed accidentally. Running with this set to "Use Software Graphics" will result in extremely slow performance. So this setting should be used just for testing only.

 

If you set it to one of the other options, does this make a difference?

 

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

Message 11 of 18
bas
Explorer
in reply to: Cadmanto

Tried al that still no results?

Message 12 of 18
bas
Explorer
in reply to: Mark_Wigan

Also tested all cores funktioning 100% witout overheating. Max 55C

Also tested the Nvidea card Bij extrema games test software, also no problems there?

Message 13 of 18
DesignerNinja
in reply to: bas

Ok.

 

The next logical step is:

 

Pick up your computer

Throw said computer across the room

Kick and beat computer repeatedly with baseball bat "Office Space Style"

Go to lunch and have a beer

 

*Disclaimer:  DesignerNinja is not responsible for any damage incurred to computer or being fired from job afterward.  All advice is followed at the descretion of the user and user is fully responsible for actions taken.


BOXX 4920 XTREME
Intel Six Core i7-4960X OC'd to 4.5GHz / Water-Cooled
480 GB SSD x 2
48 GB 1600 MHz RAM
NVIDIA K6000 Quadro Graphics Card
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 Bit
"BEAST MODE"
Message 14 of 18
bas
Explorer
in reply to: Curtis_Waguespack

Olso tried that. Reinstalled Windows (clean installation. not a reinstalation) , Nividea driver and 3D Connexion driver

Together with all the above mentioned testing of the cores and the graphic card O am a bot out of options.

Anybody else more suggestions

Message 15 of 18
gavbath
in reply to: bas

Could you try logging out of windows and logging back in as a different user and then opening inventor again and see if there is any difference?

Gavin Bath
MFG / CAM Technical Specialist
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Message 16 of 18
hawkpxr5
in reply to: gavbath

Great suggestion!!  When logged in as myself, the Inventor performance is extremely slow.  It wasn't always slow - it just got really slow about ten days ago.  After logging in as Administrator, the Inventor performance is great.  So, this is a workaround for me, but I'd really like to understand what's causing the difference so that I can fix it and return to logging in as myself.  I don't see any obvious differences in Windows task manager.

 

Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013
DELL M6700 Covet Laptop
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3920XM CPU @ 2.90GHz
Dual 500GB SSD RAID 1
16.0GB, DDR3-1866MHz SDRAM
NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 Bit

Message 17 of 18
JDMather
in reply to: bas


@bas wrote:

...and 3D Connexion driver

 


 

Open the 3D Connexion Control Panel.

Click Calibrate.

or

try unplugging the device.

Any difference.

 

We calibrate ours daily.


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Message 18 of 18
blair
in reply to: bas

Change your permissions level to at least Power User or Local Administrator and see if that helps.


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