J Lucas Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Compared to 2015, 2016 has been crashing a lot. The crashes appear to be random. I have not been able to identify a pattern. Anyone else experiencing this? For me 2016 is not stable compared to 2015. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 14, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 14, 2015 The same crashing still occurs for you on Windows after installing SP1? Quote Link to comment
J Lucas Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Did not realize there was a SP1. I will install it and see. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 14, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 14, 2015 Sorry, yes it just came out end of yesterday, I am not sure if the app itself is alerting users yet. Quote Link to comment
J Lucas Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 I have been using 2016 with SP1 for about a half hour and just had a crash. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted October 14, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is it replicable, meaning the same steps cause the same crash after relaunching? or cant replicate it? Quote Link to comment
J Lucas Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I have been experiencing this from day one with 2016. I waited a while to post to see if I could detect a pattern. The only thing that I know will usually make it crash is if I get going to fast and execute a command before the last one has completed. Once I noticed that I tried to slow down a bit. But now I still am getting "random" crashes at a much higher rate than 2015. Quote Link to comment
Henrique Lauer Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) i´m architect and urban planner i live in Brazil. I teach vectoworks in cadtechnology. i´m user vectorworks since 2006, and love software. I new in community, and my vectorworks 2016 crash random to. My version is 2016 sp1, my currently OS version is: sorry about my english. 64 bits windows 7 16 ram i7 4790 64bits Edited November 15, 2015 by Henrique Lauer Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Hi, Look at this post, Its easy to crash the program in a few minutes by following my post. Just move the mouse back and forth over the attributes pallet fast and you see the GDI numbers rise quickly and then crash. https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=43487&Number=218339#Post218339 I am told the fix is coming soon. Hopefully very soon. Quote Link to comment
RWSD Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Frequent crashes post SP2 Quote Link to comment
Markvl Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I've experienced the same kind of issues J Lucas. I find I'm "going to fast" and Vectorworks is trying to keep up so I to try to slow it down a bit. I find this unacceptable though. I don't like that I have to think about doing various functions in a manner that will keep the program from failing or locking up. Rather than just doing them with out consequence and getting the job done in a timely fashion. Response time is way to slow. Quote Link to comment
Chris Gentry Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 After updating to SP2 two days ago, I'm experiencing a crash about every 10-15 minutes. Editing a workspace is a guaranteed crash. I just crashed using the attribute tool to scale a texture. Sometimes clicking on a toolset icon doesn't refresh the list of tools pertaining to the newly selected toolset. Clicking onto another toolset and back again to the desired selection causes a crash. What should have taken me 1/2 a day to finish the drawing I'm currently working on is now proceeding into day 2. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted December 9, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 9, 2015 If crashing seems to have changed dramatically after a service pack, do the following to back up your preferences: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/885/Backing+Up+Vectorworks+Preferences Then set that aside in a folder on your desktop or somewhere for safe keeping. Afterwards, reset the preferences back to stock: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/questions/1099/Resetting+Vectorworks+Preferences DO NOT restore your preferences or workspaces before testing, then try to replicate a crash, try outrunning Vectorworks or try hammering the workspace editor and see if it seems more stable or less so. Let me know the results. If you are getting regular and severe crashing though, make sure to contact Tech Support directly as well, their response time may be faster than mine: tech@vectorworks.net Quote Link to comment
RWSD Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Just crashed again just now. Seems to happen when changing views in a fairly complicated 3d model. I've found 2016 pretty snappy speed wise, in fact it saves to disk much more quickly than did 2015 for some reason. Quote Link to comment
Joe H Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) I am also getting random crashes, Simple zoom out and spinning ball shows up and does not go away. Also when pasting object randomly crashes. Also crash during rotate page. MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Macintosh HD Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB OSX 10.11.2 VW2016SP2 Edited December 9, 2015 by Joe 4449 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted December 9, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted December 9, 2015 I am also getting random crashes, Simple zoom out and spinning ball shows up and does not go away. Also when pasting object randomly crashes. Also crash during rotate page. MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Macintosh HD Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB OSX 10.11.2 VW2016SP2 Just crashed again just now. Seems to happen when changing views in a fairly complicated 3d model. I've found 2016 pretty snappy speed wise, in fact it saves to disk much more quickly than did 2015 for some reason. What behavior occurred after the preference reset/backup described above? Quote Link to comment
AlanW Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Since I updated to SP2 its been very stable, can get through the whole day without a crash. Been working on a busy interior with a few 3D warehouse mesh object in like bath refrigerator etc and I can get a black screen when rotating but I think that is the graphics card catching up, I click screen and it turns white and a few seconds later the file is running ok again. The only crashes so far is when I have tried to extract a face off a subtracted solid surface (recess in a curved wall face) and changing and making textures. Other wise its 1000% better. Quote Link to comment
Joe H Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Crash 2016SP2 consistently crashes. This will do it everytime.........Rotate Plan ( I am doing 18 degrees. Add simple object to drawing. Zoom out and then drag drawing. Then program hangs, spinning ball. This is on new clean install with preferences striped out as suggested by JimW in thread above. Very frustrating. Moving back to 2015 until this is resolved. ;-( Just back converted t0 2015. 2015 works just fine. MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Macintosh HD Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB OSX 10.11.2 VW2016SP2 Edited December 10, 2015 by Joe 4449 Quote Link to comment
Rossford Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Updated to SP2. As mentioned, editing workspace slows it down, then crashes. Also, simple tasks like "Use Default Attributes" on an object when assigning to a class crashes it every time, pre and post SP1 and SP2. Not sure why such a basic task would crash it? Quote Link to comment
Rossford Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Seem to crash when I use "Use Default Settings" in the attribute palette. Any explanations would be appreciated, since I often draw stuff, change it to the class I want. Changing to a class and using defaults shuts it down every time. Quote Link to comment
JoshW Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We've also experienced frequent crashes while using 2016 with both SP1 and SP2. Below are some of the commands that have caused repeated crashes that we have noted so far: - Save and commit project sharing file. The program will save the working file and then crash while committing to the project file. - Editing multiple classes through the organization dialogue box in a project sharing working file. - Deleting multiple classes through the organization dialogue box in a project sharing working file. - Too many successive undo attempts in a short period of time causes the program to hang and crash. - Changing Viewport graphic overrides on sheets not previously checked out will occasionally result in a crash. These crash instances are marginally reproducible, and happen across several projects that we have in the office. Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 #4 & #5 as well as a new one we've found today: - With two drawings open. One imports a symbol through the Resource Browser often the Programme gets confused as to what File is the Active File & what file is the Source File and either crashes or just fails to import the symbol until the Programme is restarted - A Crash in all but name IMHO. (It may not help that these are VW 2014 files that have been batch converted.) Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 BTW, heard from a colleague, that his former firm has decided to stick with VW2015 until further notice as Crashes were too frequent. I've not spoken to the folks at this firm to get their take, but will do so in the new year. Quote Link to comment
halfcoupler Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Same here, I have random crashes when doing more or less complex layer or class operations. Or sometimes it's just simply opening/closing a group or symbol. Sometimes it's just taking time, which means it takes several minutes to change from one layer to another. It seems that something triggers endles arithmetitc operations in the background. One thing defintely works: After closing and opening Vectorworks the problems dissappear for some time...haven't checked yet how long. Quote Link to comment
David Bradstreet Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hello; I get crashes with Vectorworks 2016 right after saving the file (to an existing file) and then trying to use the flyover tool 3D. This is not random as it happens every time. My work-around is to use another tool first, then all is well. It feels like a system glitch. Vectorworks 2016 Architect/Renderworks MacBookPro Retina 15 Mid 2015 / 16G / 550G flashdrive / 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 El Capitan 10.11.2 Toronto, Canada Quote Link to comment
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