klaus Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I am having real trouble with speed with VW in OS10 (both VW and OS are the latest versions) Once a file gets big (both 3D and 2D) with many objects it seems to take ages to select and deselect all (and redraws take for ever, and I can't use 'controll .' to stop a redraw) on a Mac running OS10, a file running VW on Mac OS 9.2.2 is faster than I can click my mouse but in OS X it takes 15 mins just to deselect all ..... what is the problem ? I have had to go back to using an older Mac with OS 9 just to get some work done has anyone got a solution to the problem ? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 If you haven't already, run Disk Utility in the Applications:Utility folder to verify and repair disk permissions. What version of OS 10 are you using? Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Hi Katie I am running OS 10.3.4 I have verified and repaired permissions .... It still runs almost unbeleavably slow, like using Minicad on an old 7100 where you sit and wait 10 mins just to select all !! why is VW 10.5.1 on OS 9.2.2 so much faster than OS 10.3.4 ? Quote Link to comment
sekisan Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I have exactly the same problem as explained above.. and i am working with the same version of VW (VW 10.5.1) and system (OS 10.3.4). before i upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.3.4 i haven't experienced this kind of problem.. working on an urban planning project is almost impossible and pressing ?-a (select all) means not being able to work for at least 5 minutes because it won't stop the action even if you press -esc... i don't consinder changing to OS 9 again because it annoys me.. if there's a fix for this problem i would be soooo thankful. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Klaus, When was the last time you ran Disk Utility? What other programs are you running while VW is running? How large is the file you are working with? How much built in memory do you have? Overall OS 10 is slightly faster than OS 9. It's not VW that's slower, it's the OS you are running VW on. SEKISAN - Have you run disk utility to verify and repair disk permissions? How about the answers to the same questions I asked KLAUS above? Quote Link to comment
Chris D Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 If you think 10.5 is slow, wait until you get VW11. It's noticeably slower....almost painful on a G4 800MHz that ran 10.5 OK, bearable on a 1.25MHz Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Originally posted by Katie: "Overall OS 10 is slightly faster than OS 9. It's not VW that's slower, it's the OS you are running VW on." Katie are you saying that OS10.3 is slower than OS10.2? I am about to upgrade from 10.2.8 to 10.3.4. I will not do so if there is a speed penalty. Would you please clarify this. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 No - In most cases, OS 10.x is slower than OS 9.x. on the same computer. Quote Link to comment
sekisan Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 i repaired the permissions - still the same problem.. my powerbook G4 isn't the newest (550MHz, 512MB RAM) usually i'm only running mail or safari paralelly to vectorworks. but as i said, the problem didn't appear when i was running OS10.2, therefore i think it is a bug under OS10.3.. the general performance-speed hasn't changed between OS10.2 and OS10.3, only that the selection/deselction of numerous objects has become so time-consuming. it would be helpful to know , if the same problem appears in VW11 as well.. in that case i would consider another solution for this problem instead of purchasing VW11 Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 Hi Katie I just ran disc utility again I am running no other programmes in the background except 'Finder" the file size is 29.6Mb I have 768Mb ram on a 1.25GHz iMac I know its the OS that is causing the poor performance of VW, I told you that ! ..... what I need to know is why is VW running painfully slow on the newest OS AND how do I stop a redraw !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 You can't stop a redraw. To stop a rendering you can press esc and the rendering will stop after the last sent process is done processing. That's a pretty good size file. Do you restart every day, or do you leave the computer running all the time? What types of things are you doing in VW? Is everything slow, or only certain operations? Quote Link to comment
Andy Kovach Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 OS10.2.8 and VW 10.5x Mac G5 1.6 single 1.25 G ram I was having trouble with speed of selection and moving objects. Everything seemed to take an extra second. After trying Katie's suggestion and a couple other changes the hesitation is gone. here's what I did: 1. Restarted 2. Used coctail to repair permissions, cron scripts, purge cashes and cookies and prebind system 3. Quit all programs except VW and QuickKeys 4. Modified permissions of VW changing from Nobody to Me (does this make any difference?) 5. Removed a 4 files that were cluttering the desktop. Questions: I run Cocktail at least once a week. Is this often enough? How often should my computer be restarted? Why? With over a Gig of ram, can't I keep Mail, Safari and Preview open allways? If not,why not? Last, if I toss the Mac and get a PC will this difficulty cease? Quote Link to comment
Administrator Pharr Posted July 23, 2004 Administrator Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hi klaus, We have heard enough about strange slowdowns in certain situations on MacOS X that we believe there is something going on, but we have yet to find a consistent case which allows us to investigate. Would you be willing to work with our QA staff to help us narrow this down? If so, please contact me directly at pharr@nemetschek.net. Thanks! Paul Pharr CAD Software Manager Nemetschek North America Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hi Paul I have sent you an email ... thanks for your concern cheers Klaus Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 Hi Paul still waiting for a reply from my second email the problem is still here !!!!! chop, chop Quote Link to comment
sekisan Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 Hi Klaus, if there's any process with this problem, could you post it in this topic? thanks Quote Link to comment
Administrator Pharr Posted August 4, 2004 Administrator Share Posted August 4, 2004 Hi everyone, I'll give you an update on what we have found regarding this problem. Klaus was experiencing some extreme slowdowns on MacOS X in selecting and deselecting objects. He recalled that the same files on MacOS 9 were much more responsive. There were a combination of issues at play in his case. First, his drawings contained many objects (over 100,000) at the top level of the layer he was working with. Grouping these objects or creating a symbol out of some eliminated the selection delay on the main layer. Nevertheless a selection slowdown remains. Our QA staff investigated and found that the slowdown was introduced primarily by the MacOS X 10.3 upgrade after which a selection operation which would take seconds on 10.2.8 became a 10+ minute operation. We have reason to believe this has been fixed for MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger), but we will be following up with Apple to make sure. If you are experiencing unacceptable slowdowns when selecting or deselecting objects on MacOS X 10.3.x, your options include: Structure your drawing more effectively using groups and symbols to reduce the number of objects which must be selected or deselected at a time. Revert to MacOS X 10.2.8 Wait for MacOS X 10.4 Thanks! Quote Link to comment
RubenH Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I had notice that it you use i tunes vw suffers a slowdown on selecting objects until a restart. Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted August 5, 2004 Author Share Posted August 5, 2004 Hi how do I revert to 10.2.8 ? when I only have 10.3 system disks or where do I find information about reverting ? and what are the knock implications of revering on other applications system settings etc etc? when is 10.4 available .... next week ? cos I've got work to do cheers Klaus [ 08-05-2004, 06:48 AM: Message edited by: klaus ] Quote Link to comment
Petri Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Not that I would know much about VW 10 or later, but I run VW 9 in Classic mode (MacOS 9.2.2), except when I have really big files - then I start in OS 9. Classic is considerably faster than OS X 10.3, so, Klaus, I would recommend that. Going to an older OS version is quite difficult; I have the feeling that you can't even install a separate copy of the old version on the same hard disc/partition. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Paul; Do you have any comment with regard to the new OS10.3.5? Quote Link to comment
rjtiedeman Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 I have been running VW 10.5.1 and System 10.3.5 on a G5 dual 2 GIg. I have only noticed slowdowns when adding texture images from large folders. I have 2.5 GIGs of ram installed and was told that 2 Gig was minimum for most graphic applications on system 10.3. I suspect we all need more. 1. Would more ram solve these problems and how much? 2. Has any one tested a new machine fully loaded with 8 GIGs of ram? Quote Link to comment
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