VWX 2013 - slow graphics and crashing - memory leak

[rozeman architects]

Hi there

 

The VWX application appears to have a 'memory leak' as it builds up its memory use during a session form 4GB to as much as 19GB (as indicated on the Mac activity Monitor).  This morning it started crashing without warning, whereas before it would get exceedingly slow. using the Mac.

 

Any suggestions please?

[LarryO]

If you have a memory intensive object, or a few of them, (such as an imported pdf object rendered in a viewport, etc.) as you edit them the number of undo steps you are saving can increase memory usage quickly. But this should plateau as you get to the max step saved and only the system swapping memory blocks to disk should slow it after that. Saving and reverting to saved may help but you do lose the undo steps in the process. If that doesn't produce a reduction then is not this specific memory hog.

 

Without context the issue(s) you are experiencing cannot really be diagnosed.

[rDesign]

It would also be helpful to know your system specifications, OS version, Vw version, etc.

Are you using Vw2013 as per the title? Have you restarted Vw and your Mac?

Edited March 6 by rDesign

[rozeman architects]

Hi LarryO and rDesign

 

Sorry, typo: VWX 2023 not 2013 !

iMac 27inch 2019 ; 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9; 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Mac OS Sonoma 14.3.1

 

I have reinstalled VWX 2023 and am checking how that is going.

 

I do have a design file with numerous viewports, maybe this sends the application into a tailspin?

[rozeman architects]

iMac memory 1TB

[LarryO]

It is not generally the quantity of viewports but the complexity of what they are attempting to render. Then the quantity will multiply the memory use.