Hi all,
I've been busy with this problem for some days now:
Solidworks 2011 used to work fine until a couple of days ago. When opening an existing part (and solidworks) the program hung. After trying a couple of times I managed to open a new part. Afterwords I worked for something like 4 hours in SW without problems.
The next day when trying to open a part the same problem occured: the program hangs. It is using 100% cpu (1 of my 4 cores), the memory stays the same.
I am able to open a 2D drawing and the basic program without opening a part or assembly.
After looking on the internet, I tried to thick on: "Use software OpenGl". After which I am able to use the program, but much more slowely. I tried the following:
- Updating video drivers to latest (clean installes)
- going back to previous working drivers
- repaired solidworks
- reinstalled solidworks
The problem persist. I can't use SW anymore without Soft OpenGl.
My system:
Intel Q6600 (2.4Ghz)
4*1Gb pc 8500
POV Nvidia GTX 460 SSE2 1 Gb
Asus P5Q-D Turbo
lots of hdd's etc...
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with all updates
SW: Solidworks 2011 x64 SDK Sp 2
I installed "OpenGL Extension Viewer" . My OpenGL versions is 4.2. I did some rendering test with that. No problems there.
So I'm puzzled. I did not install any new software or updates when the problem started to occur at first. First time it occured i managed to work around it by opening a new part. Any help would be appreciated.
That is typical of the GeForce cards. They are not suitable for SolidWorks. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
If the card has been working for some time, it could also be the card has "gone bad". A component may be breaking (or broken) down.
Short-term fix ... try re-seating the card.
Permanent fix ... get an approved card.