ArchiCAD freezes

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:45:57 GMT

Hello,

My coworkers have been having problems with freezing and slowness in ArchiCAD but not in other programs (including PlotMaker). Their computers are fairly new (one is 6 months old the other 2 yrs), running on Windows XP. We are using peer to peer sharing network where my computer serves as the server. I haven't run into this problem yet, I have a new, more powerful computer, also running on Win XP.

Problem:
1. After ArchiCAD starts up (all libraries loaded), all operations are inhibited, except the mouse movement and zoom. So basically you cannot select an object, a tool, or anything except moving the mouse cursor and scrolling its wheel to zoom. This can last up to 1 minute and it occurs more often when opening more than 1 Archicad project.
2. After staying in one program for a long time (~0.5 - 1 hr.) then switching between programs would slow down, especially with 2 or more Archicad projects open at the same time.

Tried:
1. Archicad runs faster when opening the project from the computer’s own C drive.
2. Without opening Archicad when computer starts up, opening a network folder is very slow

We’ve tested several possibilities but still don’t know if this is a network problem or because Archicad has a bug. One person already installed the new update and when it didn’t solve the problem he reinstalled A 9.0. However, the problem still persists.

One other point: our network cables are 25’ to 50’ long when each of our stations are only less than 2 feet from the ports. So we end up coiling the extra cables up. Would this deplete or slow down any information that we share?

Re: ArchiCAD freezes

Djordje — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:37:14 GMT

mymyly wrote:
My coworkers have been having problems with freezing and slowness in ArchiCAD but not in other programs (including PlotMaker). Their computers are fairly new (one is 6 months old the other 2 yrs), running on Windows XP. We are using peer to peer sharing network where my computer serves as the server. I haven't run into this problem yet, I have a new, more powerful computer, also running on Win XP.

What are the specs?

If you are peer to peer, you cannot have a server - maybe the protection key is on your computer?

This all sounds like not enough horsepower, OR a slow network that chokes on largish files.

Speeds of the disks and RAM play huge roles - if all of you don't have at least 1Gb each, it will be slow.

Check Task Manager and see what happens ...

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