Hi,
First time posting.
I have been using AutoCAD 2020 on a 2012 Mac for ages. Have been working mainly in small 2D files, with simple blocks and residential ground plans that are commonly vectored PDF's I have imported using PDFIMPORT.
Seemingly out of the blue 5 days ago AutoCAD started to lag and give me the spinning wheel after about 5-6 moves, and would pause for 10 seconds- 1 minute. When this happens, the CPU space rockets from normal, up to 100%, then stops responding, then comes back down to normal..
I have checked and I have more than sufficient space remaining on my computers memory to run the program, to be safe though I have deleted a huge bulk of stuff and emptied the trash bin to make sure..
I have uninstalled AutoCAD 2020 and installed the most recent AutoCAD LT 2022, twice.
I have shut down and restarted the computer 5 times.
I have updated my OS to Catalina Version 10.15.7, most up to date OS for Macs (I believe) as of 06/23/2021
I have tried to work in other drawings and see if the problem persists, and it does, it is not a one drawing issue.
I have PURGED and AUDITED several drawings.
I put all my imported PDF's onto one Layer and locked it when working, to minimize the things that could be tripping up CAD.
I have cleared the CACHEMAXFILES to 0, then started up again and reset to 256
I have deleted temporary files and have enabled and disabled Hardware Acceleration
I am not working in 3D.
The graphics card I have has been suitable for running CAD with no issue up until this point, it is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1GB.
I truly don't know what the issue is, and am starting to panic because this is doubling the time it takes me to do something. Any help is appreciated!
