[Vectorworks is REALLY SLOW lately!]

Dear Vectorworks users,

 

I've seen a lot of complains lately (myself included) about the speed that Vectorworks 2018/2019 is operating. 

 

Today I had contact with the service select office in Gouda from The Netherlands. 

My Vectorworks was fixed problem by this simple trick and I hope this works for you guys aswel.

 

If you experience lag/loading time/crashes etc. Please follow the following instructions:

Note: I had to translate the option names from Dutch to English they might be called different in the English version.

 

Step 1: Open Vectorworks 2018/2019

Step 2: Go to the tab 'Extra' 

Step 3: Go to 'Settings' this should be second last option.

Step 4: Select 'Vectorworks Preferences or Preferences Vectorworks'

Step 5: Go to the second tab 'Display'

Step 6: Go to the bottom and click on the bar that says: 'Display during navigation'

Step 7: Select the 'best performance' option. (NEVER put it on the second option)

 

Restart Vectorworks. This helped me to get rid of the following problems:

 

- Lag in 2D drawing like, windows, ploy lines, etc.

- Lag in Sheet Layers.

- Lag in 3D OpenGL views.

- Hidden Line renders take ages to create in Sheet Layers.

 

If you experience any trouble feel free to contact me! 

 

 

[Vectorworks is REALLY SLOW lately!]

Hello everybody,

 

I've bought Vectorworks about a year ago and just upgraded to the 2019 version. 

 

Recently I am experiencing problems with my windows in my model. They take a really long time to load and when I try to change their geometry I get the well known beach ball loading icon. It doesn't matter if I select them in a 2D plan or 3D wireframe both are equally worse. 

It's gotten to the point where I need to save my file before clicking on a window since this may cause the file to crash or I either have to force quit the program.

Other CAD software programs run just fine and it looks like it's just Vectorworks who is lagging.

 

I was wondering if any of you experience the same 'lag' in the program itself and if so, how can I fix this?

 

Thanks everybody in advance.😀