This has to be the worst CAD and most unreliable program I've ever used. I can't even save without worrying every time that it's going to crash. Please tell me why I shouldn't switch to something like OnShape that does everything I need inside a web browser.
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| Card Manufacturer: | NVIDIA Corporation | |
| Card Model: | Quadro M3000M/PCIe/SSE2 |
Sp01 and Sp02 had many crashing and corrupt file issues.
EV Sp03 has been much better so far, if you have access, i would bump it up.
also check this post
With SW2017 SP2 we are seeing frequent corrupt files in assemblies
It only gives me options for SP1 and 2 in the download page. Is that a limited release at the moment?
you have to go to the Customer Portal, go to Profile and check the Box.
Thanks! I checked the box so hopefully it will show up in the list shortly
I never did find EV SP3.0 but it crashes just about every other save. So I uninstalled it and deleted the registry keys/folders/etc to start fresh. Installed with SP1.0......crashed on first save attempt. I'm going to consider SolidWorks dead to me. This has pushed me over the edge and onto other software
Hi Brandon,
One major cause of crashing is a BIOS setting called "Switchable Graphics" ( aka "NVIDIA Optumus"). This is included with all laptops with workstation graphics cards. This setting will offload small graphical loads from your NVIDIA card onto your machine's low-powered integrated graphics card. This hand-off could be what is causing the crashes on your machine. Turning off the Switchable Graphics setting may help stabilize your system. It can be disabled from your BIOS generally under the Video section in the BIOS (it could be elsewhere but it will be in there). After you've disabled this setting on your machine I expect you will see a decrease in crashing.
Cody.
We too are suffering regular crashes on saves / check-ins (all users several per day), are using nvidia p5000 GPU's and have tried the first 2 drivers -
375.63, then no improvement on going to 375.86.
I have installed the next drievr (as yet no supported / tested by Solidworks and it seems to have helpde a little.
I have tried setting Primary Display to PCI-E in UEFU-BIOS but this resets back to Auto upon restarting.
I guess that will continue to reset until I disable on-board graphics in Device Manager, and am, going to try that next......
What an insane situation. you buy expensive GPU's to dedicate your CAd application to, then a driver comes along for it which, for some reason, occasionally switches graphics back to the on-board chip-set ?!?!?
Thanks.
Phil Lane.
Also go into your NVIDIA settings - Rt Clk in desktop space->NVIDIA control Panel -> Manage CPU Utilisation->Usage mode.
Set to 'Dedicate to Graphics tasks.'
This should turn off NVIDIA Optimus (i hope).
