This is the Worst Version of AutoCAD EVER!

[Anonymous]

I am sick of AutoCAD crashing!!!!!

ARRRRRRR!

about 3-5 times a day almost every session during real time pan/zoom and
even saving, either one of three things happen...

1. FATAL ERROR, then is shuts down and i have to restart it. and send a
report.
2. the computer just restarts...
3. Blue screen saying Error bla bla bla 'Begining Memory Dump' it never
finishes so i have to resart the computer.

both me and my collegue get these crashes...we cant be the only ones!

HELP!


[Product Information Properties]
18 November 2003 15:47:05
Product name: Mechanical Desktop 2004
Product release version: 7.0.0
Product service pack: Mechanical Desktop 2004 SP 2
Product serial number: 340-xxxxxxxxxxxxx
License type: Standalone - Locked
License expiration date: None
License behavior: Permanent
License usage type: Commercial
License ID: xxxxxxxxxx
Computer host name: ENGCADJL


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Inventor Series 7 SP1
Windows 2000 Pro SP4
P4 3GHz 800MHz FSB
1GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce 4 FX5600 128MB
1280 x 1024 @ 85Hz

Shaded = 43 FPS
Hidden = 12.2 FPS
Wireframe = 17.1 FPS
Multiple Windows = 52.4 FPS
Average = 31.2 FPS

[Anonymous]

what other software are you running?

"James Lovell" wrote in message
news:8C239C944594F4834DED23EA5C5DDD41@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I am sick of AutoCAD crashing!!!!!
>
> ARRRRRRR!
>
> about 3-5 times a day almost every session during real time pan/zoom and
> even saving, either one of three things happen...
>
> 1. FATAL ERROR, then is shuts down and i have to restart it. and send a
> report.
> 2. the computer just restarts...
> 3. Blue screen saying Error bla bla bla 'Begining Memory Dump' it never
> finishes so i have to resart the computer.
>
> both me and my collegue get these crashes...we cant be the only ones!
>
> HELP!
>
>
> [Product Information Properties]
> 18 November 2003 15:47:05
> Product name: Mechanical Desktop 2004
> Product release version: 7.0.0
> Product service pack: Mechanical Desktop 2004 SP 2
> Product serial number: 340-xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> License type: Standalone - Locked
> License expiration date: None
> License behavior: Permanent
> License usage type: Commercial
> License ID: xxxxxxxxxx
> Computer host name: ENGCADJL
>
>
> --
> Inventor Series 7 SP1
> Windows 2000 Pro SP4
> P4 3GHz 800MHz FSB
> 1GB DDR2 RAM
> GeForce 4 FX5600 128MB
> 1280 x 1024 @ 85Hz
>
> Shaded = 43 FPS
> Hidden = 12.2 FPS
> Wireframe = 17.1 FPS
> Multiple Windows = 52.4 FPS
> Average = 31.2 FPS
>
>
>
>
>

[Anonymous]

James,

You are using Mechanical Desktop. I would suggest also posting in the
Mechanical Desktop group as it is actually a different product. One
interesting thing is you are using a gaming card for 3D Mechanical design
which is not a good combination. Make sure you have the proper NVIDIA
drivers as a bad one could cause a crash of the OS in any application doing
heavy work such as 3D. The limitation of the GeForce gaming card compared to
the CAD/3D certified version Quadro is the buffer limits which when exceeded
can crash as they were not intended for 3D CAD. I have discussed this at
length with NVIDIA.

Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley
Autodesk, inc.

"James Lovell" wrote in message
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>

[Anonymous]

thanks for the reply,

The Card is fine using all other programs including Inventor. but i only use
AutoCAD now for basic 2D stuff...

in fact the card has one of the best performance benchmark reports that us
guys in the inventor 7 NG has ever seen.... (wierd i know!)

I have the latest drivers for the card.

i only have symantec corporate virus client running.(cant disable it)

any further suggestions?

cheers

james

"Shaan Hurley, Autodesk, Inc." wrote in message
news:5C504D8B09D0A7429751FA6838D64B54@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> James,
>
> You are using Mechanical Desktop. I would suggest also posting in the
> Mechanical Desktop group as it is actually a different product. One
> interesting thing is you are using a gaming card for 3D Mechanical design
> which is not a good combination. Make sure you have the proper NVIDIA
> drivers as a bad one could cause a crash of the OS in any application
doing
> heavy work such as 3D. The limitation of the GeForce gaming card compared
to
> the CAD/3D certified version Quadro is the buffer limits which when
exceeded
> can crash as they were not intended for 3D CAD. I have discussed this at
> length with NVIDIA.
>
> Sincerely,
> Shaan Hurley
> Autodesk, inc.
>
> "James Lovell" wrote in message
> news:8C239C944594F4834DED23EA5C5DDD41@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
>
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

I would almost say that it is your memory card becuase of the error you are
getting about "Memory Dump". We here have almost the same computer as you
except we run XP Pro, have 1GB of RDRAM and use the Quadro 900XGL. It seems
to me that a buffer is being maxed on on your memory, so its either the
video card or the RAM. (my co-worker runs AutoCAD 2004 all day and never has
had a problem). Maybe you could have IT take a look, if that option is
available.

Gary Marzetti

[Anonymous]

If you use hardware graphic acceleration you may want to try switching to
software:

Options dialog -> System tab -> Properties button -> Software radio button.

Thanks,
Misha


"James Lovell" wrote in message
news:0EA685FCB797A15D46FF181AB655A26F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> thanks for the reply,
>
> The Card is fine using all other programs including Inventor. but i only
use
> AutoCAD now for basic 2D stuff...
>
> in fact the card has one of the best performance benchmark reports that us
> guys in the inventor 7 NG has ever seen.... (wierd i know!)
>
> I have the latest drivers for the card.
>
> i only have symantec corporate virus client running.(cant disable it)
>
> any further suggestions?
>
> cheers
>
> james
>

[Anonymous]

i am running software accel........ funny that as i have always used
hardware in the past on my other systems... must of forgot to switch

will try hardware and get back..

james

"Mikhail Belilovskiy (Autodesk)" wrote in
message news:25C73A56FA06144B92D896781D846A9F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> If you use hardware graphic acceleration you may want to try switching to
> software:
>
> Options dialog -> System tab -> Properties button -> Software radio
button.
>
> Thanks,
> Misha
>
>
> "James Lovell" wrote in message
> news:0EA685FCB797A15D46FF181AB655A26F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > thanks for the reply,
> >
> > The Card is fine using all other programs including Inventor. but i only
> use
> > AutoCAD now for basic 2D stuff...
> >
> > in fact the card has one of the best performance benchmark reports that
us
> > guys in the inventor 7 NG has ever seen.... (wierd i know!)
> >
> > I have the latest drivers for the card.
> >
> > i only have symantec corporate virus client running.(cant disable it)
> >
> > any further suggestions?
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > james
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

As Shaan suggested you might want to look at the MDT2004
discussion group. Here are the URLs:

The MDT2004 newsgroup may be found at
news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.msd.mdt2004.support if
using a NNTP newsgroup reader.

You may also access the MDT2004 discussion group via the HTTP
web-based forums at
http://discussion.autodesk.com/WebX?14@@.f159a08.
---
Anne Brown
Manager, Moderator
Autodesk Product Support discussion groups
Discussion Q&A: http://www.autodesk.com/discussion


James Lovell wrote:
>
> thanks for the reply,
>
> The Card is fine using all other programs including Inventor. but i only use
> AutoCAD now for basic 2D stuff... (snip)

[cadsysmgr]

James, since it appears you are in the IV NG a lot, you

may not know about the SP's and fixes available for Mechanical Desktop 2004


You probably have Inventor Series 7 loaded and if this is

so the Download site you need is

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=3016127

Be sure you get the correct SP's, there are differences

between the Inventor series and Inventor Series Pro

Sp's for Mechanical Desktop. When complete you type AMVER

in the Mechanical Desktop Command line and it should report

SP2.

[Anonymous]

He posted all that in his original
post.

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James,
since it appears you are in the IV NG a lot, you
may not know about the
SP's and fixes available for Mechanical Desktop 2004

You probably have
Inventor Series 7 loaded and if this is
so the Download site you need
is

href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=3016127">h...
Be
sure you get the correct SP's, there are differences
between the Inventor
series and Inventor Series Pro
Sp's for Mechanical Desktop. When complete
you type AMVER
in the Mechanical Desktop Command line and it should
report
SP2.

[dbernard]

type WHIPARC at command line and change the system variable back to 0 instead of 1. This seems to have fixed my panning w/ FATAL ERROR problem.

[Anonymous]

I know this might be a little off the wall, but turn off your screen saver if you are using one. We had a couple off crash issues here and it turned out to be this. The windows marquee seems to be the biggest culpret.