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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 08:19 PM
‎12-02-2002 08:19 PM

the yellow dot

can anyone tell me why, when using the rectangle and other commands in sketch mode, the yellow dot trails behind the cursor crosshairs? also the position indicator does not update until i stop moving the mouse. this is driving me nuts!
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 09:04 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:04 PM

You asked this yesterday and I asked if you had SP1
installed.  You didn't reply.  In addition let me ask what video card
are you using?
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can
anyone tell me why, when using the rectangle and other commands in sketch
mode, the yellow dot trails behind the cursor crosshairs? also the position
indicator does not update until i stop moving the mouse. this is driving me
nuts!
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 09:07 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:07 PM

It's a graphics performance issue. What card and driver are you using? What is your resolution?
What is your color depth? What does Inventor Hardware Diagnostics say? Post the info and we'll fix
your problem.



John Bilton
--
"It seemed like a good idea at the time..."
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 09:14 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:14 PM

Are we talking a time lag or a displacement? Most
probably time lag when moving fast? Or are you zoomed in close and have your
sketch snap on.


--
Laurence,
  
Power is nothing without
Control
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can
anyone tell me why, when using the rectangle and other commands in sketch
mode, the yellow dot trails behind the cursor crosshairs? also the position
indicator does not update until i stop moving the mouse. this is driving me
nuts!
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Message 5 of 19
tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 09:36 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:36 PM

a time lag. i am moving the mouse at speed i normally draw at and i am not zoomed in
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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 09:38 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:38 PM

here is the info from hardware diagnostics in inventor.

my display is set at true color (32 bit) and 1024 x 768 pixels.

The graphics driver ID is 3Dlabs\GLINT R3 PT\1.1.28 PT
Graphics driver file glintDD.dll is version 5.00.2195.1620-2.16-0849
Using Full optimization (this is the recommended setting)
SwapType = 4
Workarounds = 0x20040200
Workarounds2 = 0x00000000
The display is using 24-bit color

HW Library Version = Win2K - $Revision: #3 $
HW Library Date = $DateTime: 2002/11/11 13:09:54 $

Options = 0
Warning Options = 8


Settings for optimized and conservative:
SwapType: 4, 2
Workarounds: 0x20040200, 0x20040200
Workarounds2: 0x00000000, 0x00000000
Text Options: 0x00000002, 0x00000000
OpenGL Version: 11, 11
Recommended Optimization Level: 2
Texture Font Precision: 32
Stroke Font Precision: 0.001000
Driver Rating: 3
Inventor Version Tested: 6070

Using OpenGL 1.1
swap behavior: saveRestore(4)
OpenGL errors: None.
The graphics driver is fully certified.
The graphics driver ID is 3Dlabs\GLINT R3 PT\1.1.28 PT
Graphics driver file glintDD.dll is version 5.00.2195.1620-2.16-0849
Using Full optimization (this is the recommended setting)
SwapType = 4
Workarounds = 0x20040200
Workarounds2 = 0x00000000
The display is using 24-bit color

HW Library Version = Win2K - $Revision: #3 $
HW Library Date = $DateTime: 2002/11/11 13:09:54 $

Options = 0
Warning Options = 8


Settings for optimized and conservative:
SwapType: 4, 2
Workarounds: 0x20040200, 0x20040200
Workarounds2: 0x00000000, 0x00000000
Text Options: 0x00000002, 0x00000000
OpenGL Version: 11, 11
Recommended Optimization Level: 2
Texture Font Precision: 32
Stroke Font Precision: 0.001000
Driver Rating: 3
Inventor Version Tested: 6070

Using OpenGL 1.1
swap behavior: saveRestore(4)
OpenGL errors: None.
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Anonymous
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‎12-02-2002 09:45 PM
‎12-02-2002 09:45 PM

Tony -

 

Kick the optimization down to Conservative. 
For whatever reason, the 3DLabs GLINT chipset runs Inventor 6 better on the
Conservatinve setting, not the Full.

 


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here
is the info from hardware diagnostics in inventor.

my display is set at true color (32 bit) and 1024 x 768 pixels.

The graphics driver ID is 3Dlabs\GLINT R3 PT\1.1.28 PT
Graphics driver
file glintDD.dll is version 5.00.2195.1620-2.16-0849
Using Full
optimization (this is the recommended setting)
SwapType = 4

Workarounds = 0x20040200
Workarounds2 = 0x00000000
The display is
using 24-bit color

HW Library Version = Win2K - $Revision: #3 $
HW Library Date =
$DateTime: 2002/11/11 13:09:54 $

Options = 0
Warning Options = 8


Settings for optimized and conservative:
SwapType: 4, 2

Workarounds: 0x20040200, 0x20040200
Workarounds2: 0x00000000,
0x00000000
Text Options: 0x00000002, 0x00000000
OpenGL Version: 11, 11

Recommended Optimization Level: 2
Texture Font Precision: 32

Stroke Font Precision: 0.001000
Driver Rating: 3
Inventor Version
Tested: 6070

Using OpenGL 1.1
swap behavior: saveRestore(4)
OpenGL errors: None.

 The graphics driver is fully certified.
The graphics driver ID
is 3Dlabs\GLINT R3 PT\1.1.28 PT
Graphics driver file glintDD.dll is
version 5.00.2195.1620-2.16-0849
Using Full optimization (this is the
recommended setting)
SwapType = 4
Workarounds = 0x20040200

Workarounds2 = 0x00000000
The display is using 24-bit color

HW Library Version = Win2K - $Revision: #3 $
HW Library Date =
$DateTime: 2002/11/11 13:09:54 $

Options = 0
Warning Options = 8


Settings for optimized and conservative:
SwapType: 4, 2

Workarounds: 0x20040200, 0x20040200
Workarounds2: 0x00000000,
0x00000000
Text Options: 0x00000002, 0x00000000
OpenGL Version: 11, 11

Recommended Optimization Level: 2
Texture Font Precision: 32

Stroke Font Precision: 0.001000
Driver Rating: 3
Inventor Version
Tested: 6070

Using OpenGL 1.1
swap behavior: saveRestore(4)
OpenGL errors:
None.

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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 10:02 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:02 PM

tried that too. still does the same thing!
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:05 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:05 PM

In case you don't know, you have to close all
Inventor windows for the change to occur.  Did you do that
too?


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tried
that too. still does the same thing!
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Anonymous
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‎12-02-2002 10:06 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:06 PM

I may have missed this but...  Do you have
Service Pack 1 installed?


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time lag. i am moving the mouse at speed i normally draw at and i am not
zoomed in
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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 10:06 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:06 PM

yes i did install sp1
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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 10:07 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:07 PM

yes i have sp1 installed
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:14 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:14 PM

I had a 3D Labs card in my machine at home and found the performance during beta testing to be awful
and had exactly the problem you are describing so I swapped it for an "old" Quadro2 card I had in
lying around in the workshop. If I get time this evening I will put my VX1 back in and see if I can
find out what is up (providing someone else hasn't posted the solution)

John Bilton
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tony6741
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‎12-02-2002 10:15 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:15 PM

i just tried what you suggested, setting the optimization and closing the window. it is better than before but the dot still lags behind the crosshairs and the position indicator does not update until i stop moving the mouse
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:21 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:21 PM

I'm running a VX1 and the yellow dot definitely lags the cursor.

I kind of like it, it makes me feel like I'm a really speedy IV
superuser who's faster than a speeding computer. That's my story and
I'm sticking with it until I can afford a faster system 😉

Richard

John Bilton wrote:
> I had a 3D Labs card in my machine at home and found the performance during beta testing to be awful
> and had exactly the problem you are describing so I swapped it for an "old" Quadro2 card I had in
> lying around in the workshop. If I get time this evening I will put my VX1 back in and see if I can
> find out what is up (providing someone else hasn't posted the solution)
>
> John Bilton
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:23 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:23 PM

Doing a little research, the conservative setting uses SwapType of 2 which is what IV5.3 used for
older drivers. Just a suggestion, but you could try using an older driver, say 2.16.0597 for
example and see what happens.

John Bilton
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:31 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:31 PM

Sorry.  That fixed the problem for us. 
Good Luck, I feel your pain!


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yes
i have sp1 installed
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-02-2002 10:36 PM
‎12-02-2002 10:36 PM

Thanks, I might try that.

It's a bit ironic that I switched from that to the most recent (at the
time anyway) 2.16.0849 when IV 6 arrived. Perhaps I should have tested
it first. Of course, that was before SP1 so who knows what the results
might have been.

Richard

John Bilton wrote:
> Doing a little research, the conservative setting uses SwapType of 2 which is what IV5.3 used for
> older drivers. Just a suggestion, but you could try using an older driver, say 2.16.0597 for
> example and see what happens.
>
> John Bilton
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: tony6741
‎12-03-2002 08:22 AM
‎12-03-2002 08:22 AM

You may want to update the BIOS on your motherboard as well. Believe it or
not, we and several customers have had display issues (a big X in going
through the rotate command circle comes to mind) that were resolved by
flashing the motherboard BIOS and then using the latest 3DLabs drivers.

--
Brian Gaither
Nextwave Solutions
www.nextwavesolution.com
877-827-7441 x8138
"Richard Hinterhoeller" wrote in message
news:3DECBDEE.1010207@hfx.eastlink.ca...
> I'm running a VX1 and the yellow dot definitely lags the cursor.
>
> I kind of like it, it makes me feel like I'm a really speedy IV
> superuser who's faster than a speeding computer. That's my story and
> I'm sticking with it until I can afford a faster system 😉
>
> Richard
>
> John Bilton wrote:
> > I had a 3D Labs card in my machine at home and found the performance
during beta testing to be awful
> > and had exactly the problem you are describing so I swapped it for an
"old" Quadro2 card I had in
> > lying around in the workshop. If I get time this evening I will put my
VX1 back in and see if I can
> > find out what is up (providing someone else hasn't posted the solution)
> >
> > John Bilton
> >
> >
>
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