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JamesMaeding
en respuesta a: john.vellek

@john.vellek

I wanted to mention, since you help a lot of people troubleshoot, I would recommend a more structured approach.

I have done this for years, it is something I have spend hundreds of hours on since release R14.

Obviously troubleshooting is an art, and there are many great artists in this forum, but all have some organized approach and it will vary some depending on the issues. Anyway, this is the process I speak of:

1) Get all files involved, as you requested from the OP so they need to provide that, and see if the problem replicates.

2) Get and use my PurgeIDs free tool posted on these DG's. What it lets you do is add drawings, then "scan properties" to see various things like app id count. It shows them in columns.

3) Clean the drawings of app ids and other things using my or others' cleaners. Never waste time opening each drawing. Normally this will not solve slow regen or sticky cursor issues, just entity related issues and drawing open times.

4) Open and audit the main drawing with problems. Purge all and reopen.

5) Start detaching xrefs and see if the problems stop. Purge all and reopen between. Detach all if needed. Whatever you detached was the issue.

6) Erase entities until the problem stops. Whatever you erased was the issue.

7) if problem still happens, block all to new drawing and see if it happens. Its really hard to know why the problem happened if you get to this point, based on experience. Its usually not some simple setting, but could be of course.

 

I am seeing autodesk not do this, and dismiss too many issues that are chronic for 2018 based on my 100 users in 8 teams at my offices. 2018 is sensitive to display issues. I am seeing sticky cursor on really clean files, and some crashes just while mouse wheel zooming. 2015 does not have the problems, and 2019 seems better. Bricscad is about 3x faster than all and is actually better at auditing drawings, so we use it more and more.

Either way, please take the time to at least look at the purgeids prog because you stand to get better dwg info and offer better service because of it. I'll be happy to do anything to help, screenshare or goto meeting to get it working. Once you see it, you will wonder how anyone gets along without it, as most (not all) cleaners do not show issues before you clean. Its not the ultimate tool, just one you should not be without. I'm always looking for ways to improve it too, and have a list going. The zombiekiller app has abilities I need to add to it for example. thx

 


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