Hardware Acceleration

[JohnHolder]

I turned ON hardware acceleration for the first time in a very very long time about a week ago. To my utter delight and suprise it did not mess up. It actually worked! ( first time it has in years. ) and yes everything is certified etc. The only issue, during ortho generation the big green/red box to select my geometry is solid. you cannot see anything inside it - regardless of the view mode. with HA turned off, the default -shaded- the big green/red box is transparent and I can easily select what I need to. So, after a week of having to change everything to wireframe - which IMO makes it hard to see the piping for ortho generation I turned off HA. Now I am getting a message that HA is turned off. Is there any work around to fix the Ortho generation big green/red box to behave properly? as in transparent and keep HA on? john.

[phwatso]

We changed the box to wireframe by editing the Ortho Temp.dwg file default view setting which is stored in C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Autodesk\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2014\R19.1\enu\Template

[JohnHolder]

Changing the box to wireframe is not an issue. it is quite easy to do. the issue is that ortho generation does not work, since you cannot SEE anything with HA on. I have to turn HA off to make an ortho. I wanted to post 2 photos, with and without HA but the forums have decided to not let chrome work and internet exploder ( which autocad loves for some unknown reason ) to fail authentication and will not load the forums.

[EricNyh]

Weird, I have no issues having HA turned on and looking at the viewcube.  When I turn HA off, the viewcube is harder to make out which view I'm looking at as the colors of the sides are extremely dithered rather than a transparent colored cube.

[JohnHolder]

Still attempting to add a pic.. Forum is blocking any attempt at attachments AND editing with chrome. when I attempt to use IE I get The link you clicked is requesting an operation that requires authentication, but the authentication failed. There are five main reasons why this may happen: 1) The link you clicked on was not generated for you, but was intended only for someone else's use to perform an action on their account. If the other person pasted such a link into a message body or you were re-directed to such a link from another link you clicked on, the authentication will fail and you will arrive here instead. 2) The link was valid for you, but your authentication ticket has expired. If this is the case, hit the back button in your browser and refresh the page containing the link. You will then get a fresh ticket and when you click on the link again it will work. 3) Your browser session may have expired. If so, hit the back button in your browser, then refresh the page containing the link you clicked on. You will get a fresh ticket and if you click on the link again it will work. 4) Your browser may be set to not accept session cookies (or the cookie may have been deleted, or you may have been prompted and refused the cookie), in this case you should modify your browser settings to accept session cookies, and/or accept the session cookie if you are prompted, in order to use this site. 5) Your browser arrived at this location from someplace other than this site (an external link or site), or your browser or security software may be set to not send referrer information, in this case you should use the links on this site itself or verify that your browser or security software settings allow sending referrer information, in order to use this site.

[JohnHolder]

forum blocks attachments and the option button..

[dgorsman]

I'm not seeing similar problems attaching images using IE.  If you can, try PM'ing me the images, I'll see if I can get them attached.

[martinTstewart_Adsk]

With the OrthoCube on, try different visual styles. Some of them do seem to make the OrthoCube opaque. Is there at least one visual style that works for you in this case? Does 2D Wireframe work?

Another idea is to check your video card driver. Certified graphics drivers

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[JohnHolder]

I will try posting the pictures from a different computer when I get home tonight. I can turn HA on ( from off ) during ortho creation, and it is opaque untill I rotate the view, then it goes solid green/red. Wireframe, all geometry is missing 2d wireframe, all geometry is visible unless I am rotating the view. During rotation it vanishes. Everything is certified. ( in the past it certified or not HA just did not work )

[JohnHolder]

Managed to get IE working from home. 

Good ortho --  you can see the piping - is with HA off.

Bad ortho is  -- you cannot see the piping - is with HA on.

2d Wireframe works, but gets really cluttered with complicated drawings - so it is a minor work around

edit - no clue why it has a bunch of dots... not like that in autocad.

[JohnHolder · Accepted solution]

downgraded to windows 8.1 from windows 7. the issue seemed to go away. works properly now.