ray isaacs Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 i am responding to something mentioned in another thread, but maybe it deserves a new one?... i too am noticing laggy navigation after installing sp1. (and i think it is worse than before sp1) this is especially noticeable when zooming in 3d/open gl views and in plan view when in the edit mode for floors and extrudes (very slow redraws). is it just me, or is there a more general problem? cheers, ray Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 23, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 23, 2013 Under Tools > Options > Vectorworks Preferences, in the Display tab, do you have Enhanced Navigation Graphics on or off? If you change this setting and test again, does the issue get better or worse? Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 hi, jim. "enhanced navigation graphics" was on. turning it off, then on again a couple of times seemed to make no difference. much of the 3d open gl lag seems to be related to a referenced dwg (referenced as viewport, old way, not direct as now possible. the sluggish redraw in edit mode seems to be independent of all the above. thanks. ray Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 23, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) In this test video, I just have a random poly extruded and was testing speed in rendering modes, is yours much slower? If you can, send a recording of what you're getting as well: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4024 Edited October 23, 2013 by JimW Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 jim, mine is/was much, much slower. i say was, because due to another problem (no shadows in open gl) i deleted my design layer, imported the same from an older back-up, and then the shadows returned and the editing modes work much more smoothly. apparently it was something in that layer, don't know what. i'll pay more attention and let you know in case the problems return. cheers, ray Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Dave Donley Posted October 24, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 24, 2013 Hello Ray: You may try selecting all objects then fit to objects, this can find things that are pathologically far from the origin. Sometimes that can happen with imported geometry or after editing operations and the huge model bounds causes artifacts in the renderings. Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 hi, dave. you reminded me of something i didn't check yet: distance from origin. because we integrate so much with gis, the models are often far from the origin with few general problems. i will reset the origin and see if that makes a difference. cheers, ray Quote Link to comment
ray isaacs Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 okay...update. the distance from the origin doesn't seem to make any difference. some of the problems in open gl navigation and rendering is probably due to the weak graphics card of the 2010 macbook pro (according to vss tech support.) jim, i am sending you a video of the lag in edit mode. cheers, ray Quote Link to comment
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