New job and new computer, finally back to SolidWorks! Unfortunately there are the new setup issues. Once I open a part or assembly, any file and zoom or pan the model, it leaves images behind as shown below. Is there a setting that needs changed or something for me to check on?
Thank you
Jim
Do you have an approved video card and driver?
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
Cheers,
Anna
Anna,
Being away from SW I had forgotten about the Rx program. I have supported equipment but the driver is out of date. I am currently downloading it. Hopefully it will do the trick.
Thank you
If you are still running the Dell M6600, you probably just need to update your video driver.
Run the SolidWorks Rx tool to see what it shows.
Kelvin,
That one is my personal machine at home. I am running a precision T7500 with a FirePro V4800 card at work. SW diagnostics is showing I need a new driver which I am pulling down now.
Thank you
I added a second monitor this morning and I am running into the same problem that the OP had. My driver was out of date, so I updated it and restarted my computer. Rx gives me a green check now, but the problem remains.
I am running a Dell T7500 with dual FirePro v4800 cards, SW 2013 SP3.0.
Am I missing some settings or something?
EDIT: I unplugged the second monitor and everything is ok.
Make sure windows aero theme is on
Thank you! That cleared it up.
Glad someone else discovered this.
I guess I'm still having problems. It seems aero wants to turn itself off. See this error message:
Am I still missing a setting somewhere?
EDIT: Also I just ugraded to SW 2014 SP1.0.
Adjust the performance options under Control Panel > Performance Informations and Tools > Adjust visual effects > Viusal Effects
Thanks for the help.
I found the Visual Effects menu, but I'm not seeing anything obvious that I need to change. What am I looking for on this screen?
Deselect all the fancy stuff ... fade ins, etc. or just hit the Best Performance option to switch everything off.
These are the only ones I have enabled;
UPDATE: If I run both monitors from 1 graphics card, then everything is OK. But, if I run 1 monitor per graphics card then I have an invisible model and the background doesn't display properly.
For now I'll run both monitors from a single card, but I want to be able to use both cards.
Hi Jim,
I had very much the same issue on my laptop with an external display (SWx 2014 SP 5, Win 8.1 64 bit, NVidia Qudro K1100M with latest driver), as shown in the image below. The solution for me was to switch from extended display to cloned display. Unfortunately I lose display area doing this, but it seems to fix the nested-image problem and screen flashing that would occur during any mouse click.
Hi Tim,
Have you submitted an RX and gotten an SR for this problem? Also, what laptop do you have?
Thanks,
Kevin
Will do an Rx. I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad W541.
I submitted an Rx but haven't received any response. The problem occurs with the latest graphics driver 354.13 and the Solidworks-Certified driver 341.01.
I fixed the problem by setting the primary display to be the external display. I can recreate the display issue (trail of images) by making the built-in display the primary display.
Interesting that the "primary display" setting seems to fix it. If you get an SR# from your VAR, please let me know.
Tim,
I am getting the same thing. I am on a Lenovo ThinkPad 2nd gen X1 Carbon. i7 core, windows 10, Intel HD 4400 graphics chip.
Here is what I have been able to figure out so far:
No issue for the following configurations:
- Solidworks on laptop display
- Solidworks on laptop and 2nd display via HDMI
Issue occurs on the following configurations:
- 2nd display via DisplayPort
- adding any third display via Display Port or via Lenovo Pro Dock, causes issues on HDMI display as well as 3rd display.
If you have any other insight I would appreciate it, I would love to get 2 secondary monitors both functional.
UPDATE: I was able to get it working by shutting down my primary display and updating lenovo's settings applications. Hope this helps.
Do you have an approved video card and driver?
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
Cheers,
Anna