Hello,
I have the student version of solidworks 2011 sp2. While it runs fllawless in my desktop I have some problems while using it in my nootbook.
When I have more than one piece opened if I try to change the window I am seeing, the view does not update. I mean solidworks seems to go to the other part as the feature managger updates for axample, but I am still seeing the frozen photo of my previous part. This continues until I close the part that I last opened or I hit the F11 key.
Here is some pictures to try to illustrate the problem:
1) create part1.
2)create part 2.
3)Then I try to return to part1.
4)The feature manager updates but the view (frozen) remains the same.
5) When I hit F11 the view updates.
I hope that I was clear enough.
Hi Pedro,
F11 puts you into full screen mode (notice the top menu bar is partially hidden) and at the same time, refreshing the graphics area (since it needs to resize). There are probably many other ways to "shock" the graphics area into updating too. But, the fact that the graphics area is not updating is likely a clue to what the problem is. My guess is either your graphics card on the notebook is not supported or does not have the latest supported driver. If you run SolidWorks Rx under Start, All Programs, SolidWorks 2011, SolidWorks Tools and go to the Diagnostics page, it should give you information about your graphics card/driver. There is a link in that section to the graphics card driver page on our website where you can check for compatibility and drivers. Here is a direct link: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
I hope this helps,
Jim