Matthew Giampapa Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 This is usually related to the amount of video memory on your graphics card, as the complexity of your model increases, and the 3D resolution is set higher. Your video card needs to hold more information in memory to retain the model. So the short answer is yes, a better video card will probably help this. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted April 18, 2002 Author Share Posted April 18, 2002 Does anyone have advice on how to improve my hardware to get faster, smoother realtime walkthrough capability? A moderately large GL-rendered model (e.g., an ordinary house) on my computer allows me to navigate smoothly with no jerkiness or hesitation. A large, more complex model, especially with 3D conversion resolution set to high, can be jerky and unresponsive. Would a faster video card improve performance, or is this strictly a processer speed issue? VW 8.5Win 2000P4 2G750MB RAM32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted April 23, 2002 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Matthew Giampapa: This is usually related to the amount of video memory on your graphics card, as the complexity of your model increases, and the 3D resolution is set higher. Note that some of the new cards, such as the GeForce 4 cards, can have 128 MB of memory. (This is not an official NNA endorsement of these particular cards, but I personally wouldn't turn my nose up at one...) Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted April 25, 2002 Author Share Posted April 25, 2002 Thank you all for your expert advice! Quote Link to comment
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