Window Select

[bbuche]

How come the window select doesn't work right away or is it just me. I have to click and hold my mouse in one spot for 2 seconds and then do my box. What happens now is if I don't wait it starts about in the middle of all the things I want and I continually have to do it over if I am inpatient which I know I am. Do you think it is my computer or is anybody else having this problem too?

 

Thanks

Brian

[Cary OConnor]

I'm not seeing the issue here. Which way are you box selecting? Is it all the time or right after a view rotate? Is it only when the file is just loaded or all the time?

Cary

[Guest IronKevin]

I do see this problem on large files.

 

One solution is to use a Graphics Card that supports the OpenGL Overlay Plane which improves selection performance drastically.

 

IK

[snelson]

Any form of the box select in 2D and 3D. Yes, this is mostly in larger files, but all we do are larger files so it's an all the time thing. New drawings, old drawings, new scenes old scenes.

 

This is frustrating all the time for all of us here.

[Cary OConnor]

Kevin seemed to have a good solution with the OpenGL Overlay planes. Look under tools/options/rendering. If your card supports Overlay Planes, then you will be able to check the option in this dialog. It will make a difference for the box select and general selection. You may need to turn the overlay planes on in the card setting first. I seem to have better luck on nVidia cards for this support.

Cary

[snelson]

We have OpenGL and Open GL (Camera Tools Only) but we use Software because of other problems we've run into.

 

Our cards are NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/600 PCI

 

Since we dont have the option of the Overlay Planes are we out of luck?

[Guest IronKevin]

Go into the Nvidia Dirver setting under their OpenGL settings and look for an Overlay Plance toggle.

 

IK

[snelson]

Under Video Overlay there is a box checked for Disable hardware overlay but nothing regarding planes.

 

We might just have to wait till Mike Allen gets back next week to talk to him about our card settings.

[Guest IronKevin]

Here's what the screen looks like for the Nvidia driver we are using:

[snelson]

Thanks, a couple of us changed this, restarted completely, and are still having the problems though.

 

Steve

[Cary OConnor]

When you change it in the Card setting, did you also enable them in IronCAD after that?

Cary

[snelson]

Do you mean, did I check the OpenGL box in the Ironcad options? No, because I was told to leave it on Software due to other issues we've had.

 

I'm going to wait till Mike gets back to give better answers on this one now that it's gone to hardware settings and he knows why we have our settings the way we have em.

 

Steve

[Mike Allen]

I experience a slightly different behavior from my colleagues. The delay occurs only when I have my rendering set to OpenGL. When set to "Software", there is no delay.

 

I went to the nVidia site & downloaded the latest driver for WinXP, set the Video Overlay to "On". Then in IronCAD, I changed the rendering to OpenGL.

 

When I opened a medium sized scene (about 30 feet x 30 feet), there was a definite delay of more than one second on the box select. Switching to Software rendering got rid of the delay.

 

What is strange is that we have at least one user who experiences the delay on Box Select regardless of the rendering setting.

 

Personally, I switch back and forth between OpenGL and Software, depending on what I am doing. I like some of the features that OpenGL provides, but there are also some annoying behaviors that come with it (for instance, when moving parts with the TriBall, the original part location isn't highlighted - and the above mentioned delay with box select.)