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Undercut Analysis Problem

Question asked by Gian Campa on May 16, 2014
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Hi, today in class we were doing the anslysis of a mouse that we have modelled, but when I tried to do the undercut analysis it didn't did well like to the others in class, and after I closed the PropertyManager, the analysis results did not remain visible in the graphics area, as it should be.

This problem occured just in two pcs, my and my teacher. He was using the 2010-2011 education version like most people in class(network installation) and I was using my own laptop with sw 2010.The file was the same, modelled by our teacher. He also didn't know why, because in his laptop it worked well.

The purpose of this was to mantain in the grafic area the results, so that we could draw a new parting surface to divide the top part of the mouse from the botton part, avoiding undercuts.

Can someone help?

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Doug Seibel May 16, 2014 2:50 PM

Most likely the problem is the graphics card or graphics card driver on your laptop (and on the other pc that had the problem). I commonly encounter the problem you describe when I am using a computer with a low-end graphics card.

Also, I personally find the Undercut Analysis tool to be rather uselss...Draft Analysis (with the angle set to 3 deg and the "Gradual transition" box checked...and negative draft color set to blue) tells me everything that Undercut Analysis does and a whole lot more. But both of these tools require a good graphics card to work correctly.

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Gian Campa @ Doug Seibel on May 16, 2014 3:47 PM

The graphic card is a Intel HD Graphics 4000, that is, according to the list of compatible graphic card, suitable even for newer versions of SW.

We used the Draft Analysis too, and also in this case the results didn't remain visible, but for this exercise the Undercut Analysis was necessary, Maybe because we need to keep the result to do a new cutting surface and change the part...I don't know

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Jerry Steiger @ Gian Campa on May 17, 2014 2:45 PM

Gian,

As I recall, there is a difference between Intel HD Graphics P4000 and HD Graphics 4000. Only the first is supported.

Jerry S.

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Gian Campa @ Jerry Steiger on May 19, 2014 5:57 AM

Hi Jerry, I've searched in the internet if there are differences between those two, and everything suggest that they are the same, just that the "P" indicates that it is for server processoror,Xeon e3 (communities. intel.com/thread/31444) I've also made a comparison between booth cpu (and gpu) in the Intel site, and they are the same...

Gian

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Doug Seibel @ Gian Campa on May 19, 2014 9:38 AM

The Intel HD Graphics P4000 has ECC memory support and is optimized and certified for professional applications, the Intel HD Graphics 4000 does not/is not.

I am not finding anything on the Solidworks website indicating that the Intel HD Graphics 4000 is supported, only that the Intel HD Graphics P4000 is.

Here is a short discussion on it:

https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/58318

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Doug Seibel May 16, 2014 2:50 PM
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Most likely the problem is the graphics card or graphics card driver on your laptop (and on the other pc that had the problem). I commonly encounter the problem you describe when I am using a computer with a low-end graphics card.

Also, I personally find the Undercut Analysis tool to be rather uselss...Draft Analysis (with the angle set to 3 deg and the "Gradual transition" box checked...and negative draft color set to blue) tells me everything that Undercut Analysis does and a whole lot more. But both of these tools require a good graphics card to work correctly.
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- Gian Campa @ Doug Seibel on May 16, 2014 3:47 PM
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  The graphic card is a Intel HD Graphics 4000, that is, according to the list of compatible graphic card, suitable even for newer versions of SW.
  We used the Draft Analysis too, and also in this case the results didn't remain visible, but for this exercise the Undercut Analysis was necessary, Maybe because we need to keep the result to do a new cutting surface and change the part...I don't know
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  - Jerry Steiger @ Gian Campa on May 17, 2014 2:45 PM
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    Gian,
    
    As I recall, there is a difference between Intel HD Graphics P4000 and HD Graphics 4000. Only the first is supported.
    
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    - Gian Campa @ Jerry Steiger on May 19, 2014 5:57 AM
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      Hi Jerry, I've searched in the internet if there are differences between those two, and everything suggest that they are the same, just that the "P" indicates that it is for server processoror,Xeon e3 (communities. intel.com/thread/31444) I've also made a comparison between booth cpu (and gpu) in the Intel site, and they are the same...
      
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      - Doug Seibel @ Gian Campa on May 19, 2014 9:38 AM
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        The Intel HD Graphics P4000 has ECC memory support and is optimized and certified for professional applications, the Intel HD Graphics 4000 does not/is not.
        
        I am not finding anything on the Solidworks website indicating that the Intel HD Graphics 4000 is supported, only that the Intel HD Graphics P4000 is.
        
        Here is a short discussion on it:
        https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/58318
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