crashing in section elevation window.

[Anonymous]

I am working on a really big house, and from time to time for reasons I still can't find, it crashes, or more accurately hangs indefinately. I quit archicad and reopen it and up comes the temporary file prompt, I accept, then the file opens and the whole top storey is missing! 7.0r3 pc.xp.

[Djordje]

Shae wrote:
I am working on a really big house, and from time to time for reasons I still can't find, it crashes, or more accurately hangs indefinately.

By the subject of your post, I presume that happens when you are in S/E window. Live or unlinked? Doing exactly what?

This sounds like memory problem. How long are you in ArchiCAD on the avergae before hangup/crash happens?

I quit archicad and reopen it and up comes the temporary file prompt, I accept, then the file opens and the whole top storey is missing! 7.0r3 pc.xp.

How do you quit?

I would also reboot; not only restart, reBOOT - shout down and then power up again. Clears all (or most of) the rubbish accumulated.

If possible, it would be good if your tech support can take a look at the file and any Bug Reports that you might have created.

[Anonymous]

First thanks DJ for your quick responses to my question in two of the forumns that I have posted questions

Shae wrote:
I am working on a really big house, and from time to time for reasons I still can't find, it crashes, or more accurately hangs indefinately.

Djordje wrote:
By the subject of your post, I presume that happens when you are in S/E window. Live or unlinked? Doing exactly what?

Yes it is the S/E window and it is unlinked and it is when
I regenerate from the model.

Djordje wrote:
This sounds like memory problem. How long are you in ArchiCAD on the avergae before hangup/crash happens?

I thought of that too but I have a gig of ram and it has no
visable reason for crashing. I am running two apps at the
same time. quick books timer and real media player playing
a radio station. Sometimes outlook too.

I quit archicad and reopen it and up comes the temporary file prompt, I accept, then the file opens and the whole top storey is missing! 7.0r3 pc.xp.

Djordje wrote:
How do you quit?

I hit the x in the upper right hand corner and then end the application. Is there a way to stop a current process in archicad?

Djordje wrote:
I would also reboot; not only restart, reBOOT - shout down and then power up again. Clears all (or most of) the rubbish accumulated.

yes I failed to mention I reboot also. sometimes I dont but
the result is the same.

Djordje wrote:
If possible, it would be good if your tech support can take a look at the file and any Bug Reports that you might have created.

yes, I normally don't but, last time this happened, this morning it gave me no bug report. I will place one next time.

[Djordje]

Shae wrote:
First thanks DJ for your quick responses to my question in two of the forumns that I have posted questions

Welcome

Shae wrote:
Yes it is the S/E window and it is unlinked and it is when I regenerate from the model.

Djordje wrote:
This sounds like memory problem. How long are you in ArchiCAD on the avergae before hangup/crash happens?

Shae wrote:
I thought of that too but I have a gig of ram and it has no
visable reason for crashing. I am running two apps at the
same time. quick books timer and real media player playing
a radio station. Sometimes outlook too.

Hmmmm ... Outlook and Real player - known memory hogs. Do one thing: increase the Windows temp file size, preferably on ANOTHER partition, to 2 or 4 gig. That would help, as the S/E generation is disk intensive.

I hit the x in the upper right hand corner and then end the application. Is there a way to stop a current process in archicad?

Backspace, CTRL . (CRTL period)

yes, I normally don't but, last time this happened, this morning it gave me no bug report. I will place one next time.

If it does not crash, there will be no bug report. Did you make sure that your layer combo is correct when refreshing the unlinked S/E?

HTH,

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
Hmmmm ... Outlook and Real player - known memory hogs. Do one thing: increase the Windows temp file size, preferably on ANOTHER partition, to 2 or 4 gig. That would help, as the S/E generation is disk intensive.

I will give that a try. I will have to partition my hard drive.

Djordje wrote:
Backspace, CTRL . (CRTL period).

Very COOL!!!!! (don't tell me, its' in the manual)

Djordje wrote:
If it does not crash, there will be no bug report. Did you make sure that your layer combo is correct when refreshing the unlinked S/E?

Yes, I did, it is a very complex model.

Thanks for your help! THis forum works great!!!!!!

[Djordje]

Shae wrote:

Djordje wrote:
Hmmmm ... Outlook and Real player - known memory hogs. Do one thing: increase the Windows temp file size, preferably on ANOTHER partition, to 2 or 4 gig. That would help, as the S/E generation is disk intensive.

I will give that a try. I will have to partition my hard drive.

Don't, if you have enough space. Better leave it alone.

IF you have a separate partition/drive, and it is free, then OK.