topic Re: Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly in Inventor Forum

Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly

nate211 — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 02:37:34 GMT

Hello. I am having trouble with Autodesk Inventor 2018. It freezes constantly, leaving me with "Application not responding". This happens when I first open it, when I'm editing a part, or if I'm in an assembly (which always contain <50 parts).

These are my PC's specs:

Only other thing to note is that I have my graphics set to "performance". All updates have been installed as well.

Thanks.

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly

johnsonshiue — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 02:57:42 GMT

Hi! A few things to check. 1) Please install 2018.3 update followed by 2018.3.4 update. 2) Make sure .Net 4.6 or later is installed. 3) Make sure all critical Windows updates are installed. 4) Install the latest graphics driver. 5) If you have an embedded graphics card, make sure Inventor runs on the dedicated graphics card, not the embedded one.

Many thanks!

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly

nate211 — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:11:06 GMT

Thanks. How do I make it run the integrated GPU instead of the dedicated one?

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly

johnsonshiue — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:28:07 GMT

Hi! I think you want the other way around, running on Nvidia, instead of the embedded one. You can go to Nvidia.com to download Nvidia Desktop Control (or something like that). Then you can assign which application to run on Nvidia card.

Many thanks!

Re: Autodesk Inventor 2018 Freezes constantly

nate211 — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 05:08:23 GMT

I used the control panel and turned off NVIDIA for a few options. It seems to do the trick, although there are some options I can't turn off. It seems to do the trick. I guess I'll mark this as solved.