Inventor 2012 hangs when opening idw files

[Anonymous]

I had a crash on exiting Inventor 2012 (fully up to date, service packs installed etc.) and since that crash I can't open any drawing (.idw) file in Inventor: it appears to hang, with no processor activity etc.

The same files open, view and print fine with Inventor View.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[jletcher · Accepted solution]

Try to open the part or assembly 1st then open the IDW see what happens.. Leave the part or assembly open..

[Anonymous]

Have you tried to do a repair on your Inventor Install?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the responses.

I had worked out that opening the assembiles referenced by the drawing might work, by similarities between my problem and others' historical problems, and already tried it. It worked and solved the problem.

[thomassj]

Hi, 

I am facing the same problem since friday. i tried this way, but i cant open idw. 

INV-2012 PRO-64BIT.

[jletcher]

How big is the file?

[thomassj]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

New idw also can't open at the time. After a long war it works fine now.



Many Thanks,

Thomas.

[Paul-Mason]

Some other factors that may be slowing things down in the add-ins

1) Number of applications being loaded

2) Number of file type  translators being loaded

Then there is

1) When was the HD last de-fraged

2) When was the programs and windows last optimized

3) What is the systems size/amount of Virtual memory

4) When was the system last scanned for mall-ware, Virus or Spyware

These are just a few that spring to mind that will sped up things.