New Machine running C3D Super Slow

[wglenn13]

I have been runing C3D 2014 since last year and haven't had a problem.  I just got a new machine a few months ago and it has been a struggle since then.

HP Z620

Windows 7 64 Bit

NVIDIA Quadro K2000

Intel Xeon E5-2620 0 @ 2.00 Ghz

16 GB Ram

I have seen an increase in fatal errors.  While doing anything with surfaces, profiles, pipe networks, I have some serious lag time every time I click a button.  It's like my computer can't keep up with what I am trying to do.  I've been going back and forth with people around the office and we think that the problem is the processor.  From what I have read CAD is only utilizing 1 processor @ 2.00 Ghz and is that where my slow/lagging issues are coming along? 

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

[antoniovinci]

I'd bet it's a network issue, sir, or an hard disk imminent failure: call your IT crew, ASAP.

[wglenn13]

IT has been trying different things for the past month.  They have tried different video drivers and many other things and they can't seem to find what the problem is.

[AllenJessup]

Do you frequently us raster images in your drawings?

Allen

[wglenn13]

Very infrequently, maybe a couple of times a month I deal with them. 

[AllenJessup]

So does it run any better if you don't have an image in the file? The reason I ask is I was just having an awful time with Civil 3D running excessively slow. It was gobbling up all 32 GB or ram. I found that if I detached the raster the problem went away. I solved it by saving the PNG file as a JP2 file. Now no problems.

Allen Jessup


Civil 3D - IDSP 2014
Dell Precision T3610, Xeon CPU 3.70 GHz
Win 7 Pro, 64-bit,32 GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro K4000
Samsung SSD 512GB
HGST (WD) 512GB drive

[wglenn13]

95% of the drawings that I am dealing with don't have any raster images attached to them.  I do see a speed decrease when dealing with drawings with raster images, but that is not what I am normally dealing with on a daily basis. 

I'm running into issues like clicking on mtext to edit it, pauses for 3 seconds and cursor won't move, and then it catches up.  Then, I type, and it takes 2-5 seconds for any text to start showing up.  It's just lagging on every simple thing that I do so it is even worse when I start dealing with real C3D things.

[rkmcswain]

wglenn13 wrote:
I'm running into issues like clicking on mtext to edit it, pauses for 3 seconds and cursor won't move, and then it catches up.  Then, I type, and it takes 2-5 seconds for any text to start showing up.  It's just lagging on every simple thing that I do so it is even worse when I start dealing with real C3D things.

As a test..... Unplug the network cable, make sure there are no other network connections (such as WiFi), and try again. Is the performance any different in this mode?

[AllenJessup]

Have you cleaned your Temp folder?

Allen

[wglenn13]

Deleted everything out of my temp folder, 2 gb worth of files.  Seems like that has made a drastic improvement right now.  I am going to try the network cable If I see this didn't completely solve the problem.

Thank you

[rkmcswain]

Yes. Allen's suggestion is certainly the first thing to try. Sorry I failed to mention that.

A "full" %temp% directory will slow down AutoCAD and this is probably more common than anything else.