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AutoCAD Electrical freezes on start up, and is slow when making edits to drawings

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samuel_orrXW9YT
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AutoCAD Electrical freezes on start up, and is slow when making edits to drawings

Hello,

Within the last week my coworkers and I are all experiencing the same problem. When we launch AutoCAD it will go through the initial loading screen but then freeze (sometimes for hours) once it reaches the landing page. When it is frozen there is nothing you can do in the app, and the only way to close it is through the task manager. Additionally, once AutoCAD finally loads, sometimes making a simple edit such as deleting a terminal will cause the update bar to show up for minutes at a time. Both of these problems combined make using AutoCAD essentially impossible right now.

We have experienced the same problem on AutoCAD Electrical 2020, 2022, 2024.
All of our projects are saved on my works internal network file server (we have yet to test if moving the files locally to the computer will fix the problem because copying the project in AutoCAD takes forever as well).

If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix the problem we are facing that would be much appreciated

Thank you!

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There was an update from Microsoft that killed AcadE again.

Try this fix: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-electrical-forum/autocad-electrical-keeps-updating/m-p/131277...


Trond Hasse Lie
EPLAN Expert and ex-AutoCAD Electrical user.
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Hello @samuel_orrXW9YT 

 

A recent Microsoft update has been creating some problems with AutoCAD Electrical Project databases.

Uninstalling the 2410 update fixed it for us.

 

Please refer to the following link which was just updated couple of days ago for a fix.

Performance Issues with AutoCAD Electrical after installing Microsoft Office Version 2410 or Later

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Performance-Issues...

 

Regards,

Arshdeep Singh, C.Tech, CMSE®
Electrical Designer & Programmer
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I have the same problem when I open a 700+ pages project.

Nothing from the above sugestions works.
I found a solution with closing Autocad Electrical component in the Background processes in the Task Manager.
It close the update screen and everything works normal.
Hope this help You.
Good luck

Message 5 of 5

Hey Hugo,

 

This seems to be the same exact issue I was having.  As soon as I close the Autocad Electrical Component Background process, everything becomes smooth.  Hopefully this is not causing any other issues with having this background process ended.

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