topic Re: Slow operating project in AC 12 in Installation & update

Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:33:32 GMT

I have a project that is somewhat large and is regenerating slowly with trace on (between 5 and 12 seconds for every move of the cursor). If I turn trace off it doesn't seem to be a problem. I haven't noticed this on my other projects. Any ideas why it's so slow?

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:26:42 GMT

If I remember correctly it might be that the layer set active for the Trace and the Story are different.

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:53 GMT

Thank you, that was it!

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:19:43 GMT

If I remember correctly it might be that the layer set active for the Trace and the Story are different.

ejrolon you are correct but my question to Graphisoft is why is this acceptable? It destroys the usefulness of Trace! We have the same problem and having to wait 5 to 12 seconds between every function (pan, zoom, move or draw an object, etc.) is blowing our time lines. I haven't seen ArchiCAD run this slow since version 7. Is there some way to fix this before version 13?

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:25:36 GMT

Any further thoughts on this?

I just updated to 12 and am really frustrated at this slow redraw. I even upgraded my video card to fix this and still get the little watch of death for 5-12 seconds just for moving something.

I thought it would be blazing fast using this. It seemed to be when I saw it on a trainer's laptop.

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:49:40 GMT

You should never have to wait that long.

Review this article and see if their are any suggestions in it that help:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/2D%20Speed%20In%20ArchiCAD%2012

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

David Maudlin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:09:25 GMT

siteline wrote:
Any further thoughts on this? I just updated to 12 and am really frustrated at this slow redraw. I even upgraded my video card to fix this and still get the little watch of death for 5-12 seconds just for moving something.

Jeff:

You might want to check: Work Environment > User Preference Schemes > More Options > Model Display in 2D Navigation.

HTH

David

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:29:05 GMT

Here's screenshots of my settings. I have tried the suggestions in the Wiki article also, but to no avail.

When I am showing the trace of a floor above/below that shares the same layerset, it's a pretty fast redraw. The watch only shows up for about 1.5 seconds. It's when I use a different layerset from the Viewmap (even though it's a manually rebuilt section or plan) I get the slows.

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:30:12 GMT

Here's my Advanced Redraw options, too.

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

David Maudlin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:31:16 GMT

siteline wrote:
When I am showing the trace of a floor above/below that shares the same layerset, it's a pretty fast redraw. The watch only shows up for about 1.5 seconds. It's when I use a different layerset from the Viewmap (even though it's a manually rebuilt section or plan) I get the slows.

Jeff:

This slowdown when using Trace & Reference with a different layer set has been noted a number of times on this forum. There is no current solution.

David

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:33:26 GMT

OK. Well, thanks for your help. Misery loves company, I guess!

Re: Slow operating project in AC 12

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:51:01 GMT

We have also noticed a big slowdown with the trace on in some of our more complicated models,

One example is an old listed building with lots of different FFL's, we have about 15 stories, some are just there for reference on sections/elevations, however this wreaks havoc with walls showing on the stories you want them to!

One way that does seem to speed this up for us is to trace the project map instead of a view-set from the view map. Obviously this isn't always an option depending on different styles of drawing between practices, this does work for us though.