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.
I'd bet it's a network issue, sir, or an hard disk imminent failure: call your IT crew, ASAP.
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.
Do you frequently us raster images in your drawings?
Allen
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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
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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.
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?
Have you cleaned your Temp folder?
Allen
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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
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.