Sean,
So does that mean that backahl.exe would be allowed to use the second
processor even though its affinity is set to one processor? Please
excuse my ingnorance, just trying to understand how image config works.
Thanks!
James
Sean Dotson wrote:
> The backahl.exe process to which Kevin is referring is the IDW view
> generating engine of Inventor. That particular process is multithread-able.
> The only place where dual processors will help you currently is in view
> creation.
>
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> Sean Dotson, PE
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> "JAI" wrote in message
> news:3DFF7881.6000405@nova-sol.com...
>
>>So basically, there are no aspects of Inventor that is multithreaded?
>>And forcing Inventor's affinity to a single processor has no
>>repercussions to speak of? And if Inventor did have a multithreading,
>>that the second processor would be tasked appropriately?
>>
>>James Ibanez
>>
>>Kevin Schneider, Autodesk wrote:
>>
>>>If you want to do this yourself with an app that doesn't normally
>>>support it, you'll need to use a tool from the Windows 2000 Server
>>>Resource Kit (Supplement #1). You can also find this tool in the
>>>\SUPPORT folder of the Windows NT/2K Server CD-ROM.
>>>
>>>The tool in question is named IMAGECFG.EXE -- Image Config, so named
>>>because Microsoft refers to application binaries in Windows as the
>>>"image" of an application. To set processor affinity for an app, you'll
>>>need to run IMAGECFG from the command line with the following
>>
> parameters.
>
>>>imagecfg -a 0xn <>\Path\program.exe
>>>
>>>The "0xn" is a hex code that sets which processor to give the program
>>>affinity to. For processor 0, it's 0x1; for processor 1, it's 0x2. The
>>>numbers go up to 32 processors, but the progression of the mask is
>>>peculiar: 0x1, 0x2, 0x4, 0x8, then 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x100, 0x200,
>>>and so on.
>>>
>>>Once you do this, the exe for the program in question will be changed
>>>permanently, so it's a good idea to make a backup copy of the exe in
>>>question before playing with this. Also, you cannot use IMAGECFG on
>>
> .DLLs.
>
>>> "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
>>> news:8B9124A1EB7570457E0782E79DA4EA24@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
>>> Kevin I noticed I had to do this each and every time I ran IV. Any
>>> way to set this up as a default?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sean Dotson, PE
>>> http://www.sdotson.com
>>> Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
>>> http://www.sdotson.com/faq.html
>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> "Kevin Schneider, Autodesk"
>>> > wrote in message
>>> news:FB0AAD50DFFF3B26135862845EECFE52@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
>>> Open taskmanager and look for the Backahl.exe process. Set its
>>> affininity to processor 1. You can leave Inventor's affininty to
>>> both 0 and 1.
>>>
>>> -Kevin Schneider
>>>
>>>
>>> "mariox"
>>> > wrote in message
>>> news:f12dc8a.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
>>> Hello everybody, I recently installed a second processor in
>>> my IBM M Pro workstation, but I see that when Inventor makes
>>> the drawing views, only 50% of the CPU's power are used, in
>>> the task manager window, when one processor works at 100%
>>> power the other one is idle. Do anybody else can tell me
>>> some trick to sove this situation? Regards, Giovanni.
>>>
>>
>
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