topic Re: Constant 'random' refreshing. in Installation & update

Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:01:57 GMT

I am having a problem with AC.

Seemingly at random, usually when I am not working with archicad I get a little hour glass symbol, and then the whole of archicad momentarily refreshes, like I am switching between applications, but of course I am not.

Does anyone have an answer to how I can stop this? It does actually interrupt partially completed commands, like drag a copy.

Frustratingly,

Roolio

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

__archiben — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:19:11 GMT

Roolio wrote:
Seemingly at random, usually when I am not working with archicad I get a little hour glass symbol, and then the whole of archicad momentarily refreshes, like I am switching between applications, but of course I am not.

that'll be the autosave kicking in!

Does anyone have an answer to how I can stop this? It does actually interrupt partially completed commands, like drag a copy.

personally i'd leave it well alone! you could try adjusting the setting in your 'Data Safety' tab of the work environment's user preferences . . .

~/archiben

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:53:50 GMT

Thank you for that Mr ~/archiben.

God what a nuisance that is, have set it to 30 seconds, I'd rather lose work than have that happen all the time.

Why can it just not do that?

Roolio

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:58:54 GMT

Keep your mouse moving and it won't perform the Autosave until it stops.

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

__archiben — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:04:14 GMT

Roolio wrote:
Why can it just not do that?

you can turn autosave off altogether - again in the 'data safety' tab of the work environment user preferences - but you're a braver man than me if that's what you want to do! i certainly wouldn't recommend doing that.

also - you could look at changing your autosave settings to something with a longer gap (every 30 steps or 5 minutes?)

why is it bothering you so much? how long does it take? normally it's a split second for me . . .

~/archiben

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Link — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:07:13 GMT

God what a nuisance that is, have set it to 30 seconds, I'd rather lose work than have that happen all the time.

Why can it just not do that?

It can mate - you can turn Autosave off or just increase the amount of time or number of steps that autosave is triggered.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:45:25 GMT

I would rather not lose work at all, but it refreshes out of the corner of my eye and although it takes virtually no time at all it has interfered with some commands, like when I am using a calculator to check a dimension.

I think that the max you can do is 15 seconds because I set it to 30 and it changed it to 15.

In any case why does it have to interfere with a command in progress, that is just plain stupid. I mean something that is supposed to provide you with data security stuffing up work you are currently working on!

Does it update the database in the PLN file rather than re-saving the whole file? Microstation used to save every item you drew straight away without making the whole program refresh in front of you.

Oh the humanity!

Raoul

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

__archiben — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:53:39 GMT

Roolio wrote:
In any case why does it have to interfere with a command in progress, that is just plain stupid. I mean something that is supposed to provide you with data security stuffing up work you are currently working on!

mate - try this:

keep autosave on, but set it to save every 15 steps in the main autosave settings rather than the autosave kick-in delay settings . . . see how you go with that.

~/archiben

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:56:42 GMT

Thanks for your level headed responses to all this.

I shall try your suggestion. I have now let off my steam.

Raoul

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Barry Kelly — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:29:21 GMT

Roolio wrote:
Thanks for your level headed responses to all this.

I shall try your suggestion. I have now let off my steam.

Raoul

500 seconds is the limit I get (V8.1) - but I have it set to every 10 steps myself.

It shouldn't be autosaving (no matter what the settings) untill there is a pause in activity (i.e. you stop doing anything for a couple of seconds.

But you mentioned you got the hourglass symbol?
I always thought the autosave looked like a little bulldozer (on PC anyway) - unless this has changed in V9.0

So maybe this is not your problem after all?

Barry.

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:59:03 GMT

But you mentioned you got the hourglass symbol?
I always thought the autosave looked like a little bulldozer (on PC anyway) - unless this has changed in V9.0

So maybe this is not your problem after all?

I am beginning to think you are right as I dont get the bulldozer, I get the hour glass, and I have tried turning off all the saving options - it still happens!

Must be some setting in windows. Note to self 'must destroy microsoft'.

Super Arrrrgh!

Roolio

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

__archiben — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:09:54 GMT

Roolio wrote:
Must be some setting in windows. Note to self 'must destroy microsoft'.

good stuff! need any help?

~/archiben

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:31:21 GMT

Some of the other people in the office are having this problem as well. Does anyone out there have any idea how to stop this happening.

I am about to try not running other applications, one by one to see if this makes a difference.

If someone could help us that would be great.

Roolio

Re: Constant 'random' refreshing.

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:23:33 GMT

Roolio,

Google your issue.. http://annoyances.org/ may have something.. My latest annoyance is for some reason, when I right-click a file any file it hourglasses for 5 seconds or so for the pallete to pop up.. seems trivial but very irritating.. I have searched far an wide and I cannot figure out what it is.. I suspect msn desktop search but there are no complaints anywhere on the net of this nature.. The larger the file size, the longer it takes, folders are instant.

This "MAY" help.. There may be an irrelevant service running that you could terminate... Besides, it is good to know what what all these mean..

http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp