HDEAR Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) I have just started to use IC2018 this afternoon and I am getting weird lines turning up on the sketch edit in the scene when I go to change an item where I have used spin in previous versions. As soon as I zoom in once I have selected edit, random white lines appear and similarly when I select geometry to move etc, then there are random yellow lines all over the place. I have attached some snips to give you an idea. Once I complete the edit and 'finish' the lines disappear, but they're damned annoying to work with when you're editing. We are not using Windows10 in our company, but the version before that. I did not get this problem in any previous versions of IC, nor have I changed my computer. Any clues? EDIT 1 - I noticed when trying to move an object with the Triball to the centre of the spin item, green lines flashed over the scene whenever I moused any where over the spin the spin( refer attachment 4 ). EDIT 2 - not just happening on spin items, happens on Cylinders and other 'shapes generated' items as well - attachment 5 Edit 3 - then those green lines just started happening randomly when I was spinning the object around for viewing and the all of a sudden CRASH! http://community.ironcad.com/style_images/...icons/icon7.gif Edited January 17, 2018 by HDEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKevin Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Try changing your Driver Type to OpenGL (not OpenGL2) in Options, Rendering. If that doesn't help, try updating your graphics driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Try Recreate Display as well. Does this happen on any file or just this particular file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks Kevin. That worked but the overall clarity using OpenGL isn't as great as previously set - guess you can't have the cake and eat it too. The company is making noises about upgrading my HP EliteBook 840 soon, but if the budget won't allow it, what driver would you recommend me to consider to upgrade to? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks Cary - it happens on other files - see attachment. Silly question - how do you Recreate Display? I couldn't find out how to do it in the F1 help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKevin Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Recreate Display is under the Tools tab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Recreate Display wasn't all that effective sorry as problem re-surfaced again. I am taking Kevin's advice to set rendering to OpenGL meanwhile and I'll get used to the more coarse look. When my laptop gets replaced, I'll get a swish up to date graphics driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKevin Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 If you don't like the OpenGL setting look you can also try DirectX, it might work better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas@Solidmakarna Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The HP EliteBook 840 doesn't have a separate graphics card, it runs on an Intel HD 620 (which works pretty well with the DirectX rendering settings in IC) and is not really suited for 3D CAD, even if it works. The performance depends a lot on how many parts and part edges you have visible in the 3D scene. If you can, I would recommend you (depending on your budget) to aim for an HP Zbook 15 (Gen 3 or Gen 4) instead. It has a "real" graphics card (Quadro M1000M (G3) or M1200M (G4) on the lowest price model) and it is working really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 If you don't like the OpenGL setting look you can also try DirectX, it might work better. 46853[/snapback] Hi Kevin, It appears I don't have the 'DirectX' option in the drop-down list - refer attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKevin Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 You can download it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/de...s.aspx?id=34429 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDEAR Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) The HP EliteBook 840 doesn't have a separate graphics card, it runs on an Intel HD 620 (which works pretty well with the DirectX rendering settings in IC) and is not really suited for 3D CAD, even if it works. The performance depends a lot on how many parts and part edges you have visible in the 3D scene. If you can, I would recommend you (depending on your budget) to aim for an HP Zbook 15 (Gen 3 or Gen 4) instead. It has a "real" graphics card (Quadro M1000M (G3) or M1200M (G4) on the lowest price model) and it is working really well. 46854[/snapback] Thanks Jonas. The laptop has AMD Raedon HD 8750M card. I disabled the Standard Intel HD graphics driver to force it to use the AMD and it seems it may not be functioning correctly ( refer attached ) I am getting our IT guys to look into it. Looks like it's time a had a new laptop with Windows 10 Edited February 8, 2018 by HDEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolizon590016 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 https://www.fudzilla.com/news/notebooks/455...le-workstations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas@Solidmakarna Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I think these look really cool! With Quadro graphics. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/worksta...k-x2/index.html For stationary workstations I would have a look at these (Z4): http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/worksta...4-z6/index.html If you buy a new workstation with an Intel Xeon processor, it will use the new OS "Windows 10 for Workstations". https://www.howtogeek.com/321736/what-is-wi...s-it-different/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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