IDEASFORSPEEDINGUPAUTOCAD Lastupdated11/05/09

Firstthingsfirst,ifyoustarthavingtrouble,closeAutoCAD,reboot yourcomputer,restartAutoCADandthenseeifthatmadeadifference. DRAWINGS: Istheslowdowninallfilesorjustone?Startanewdrawingbytyping.newandseeiftheresulting fileisokornot.Ifokthentheexistingfileistheproblem.RunRecoveronthatfiletoseeifthat helps,seeothertipsfurtherdown. Onceaslowdrawingisupchecktoseewhatfontsarebeingusedorcalled.Ifyoudon'thaveone onyoursystemsubstituteinSTYLEforanAutoCADshxfont.Dothisforotherfontnamesyou don'trecognizetoseeifthehelpsspeedupthedrawing.ChangeallTTFfontstoSHXtoseewhat differenceitmightmake. DoesthedrawingcontainXREFfiles?Closethecurrentdrawing,open eachXREFfileandauditandpurgeeachone.Thengobacktoyour drawing.In2010youcanusetheRECOVERALLcommandtoalsoinclude XREFs. Checkinlayermanagertomakesureyoudon'thave100'soflayer filters,ifsodeletethem. Checkthescalelisttomakesureyoudon'thave100'sofscalelists. 2009doesthisforyouautomatically,2008usescalelistedit,reset. Groupscancauseproblems,seelinkatbottomofpage. Don'tusetruetypefonts(TTF)andseeifthathelps,lotsofthose willslowthingsdown.IfusingTTF,turnhardwareaccelerationoff. SetShademodeto2D,dothisineachlayout,eachviewport,andinModelSpace. Usepurge,Regapps,purgeall.In2010alsousepurge,z,andpurge,e. Largefilesize http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2886521&linkID=9240617 Ideasforremovingblanktext,pointsinadrawing,anonymousgroups HARDDRIVECLUTTER: Cleanoutthetempfolder(%temp%)onyourcomputer,thiscanhaveabigimpactifitisfilledwith hundredsorthousandsoffiles.Removeallthetempinternetfilesandcookiesonyourcomputer. Irecentlyhelpedcleanupacomputerandithad5,000cookiesonit. Finallyrunthediskfragprogram,eventheonethatcomeswithWindowsworkswellenough. CPUorRAMOVERLOAD: Whatotherprogramsarerunning?IhaveInventorandMech2009.IfIrunInventorandthen AutoCAD,AutoCADwillbeveryslowand"jerky".Rebootingandonlyrunningoneortheother makesabigdifference.SoafterarebootonlyopenAutoCADandseeifitrunsbetter.Addother programsoneatatimeandwatchforadifference. AUTOCADSOFTWAREVARIOUSSETTINGS: DoyouhaveanotherversionofAutoCADinstalled?IfsoyoumustgothroughtheFilepath statementinthatversionaswell.Andareyouusingthesameprofile?StartAutoCADwithouta profile(copytheshortcutonthedesktop,inpropertiesremovethe/p(profilename)switchand thenusethatshortcuttostartAutoCAD. Ifyoudon'tneeddraworderthensetdraworderctlto0. TurnDYNamicinputoffasatest,seeDYNtoggleatbottomcenterofscreen.

SetSAVEFIDELITYto0unlessyouaresavingdowntolowerversionnumbers. 3DuseBREPcommandtoremovethehistoryfromselectedsolids.Readhelptounderstandthe impacttodoingthis. Propertiescausessloweroperatingspeedandsomehaverecommendedsettingqpmodeto0(off). RunwithPropertiesturnedoffaswellasQPropertiesoffasatest. GotoFile>Open>History,aretherehundredsorthousandsoffileslisted?Deletemostofthose shortcutskeepingonlythelast20orso. Makesurealltheprinterslistedintheplotdialogactuallyexist. Thisgoesforprintersaswellasprinter.pc3files. Createafileof0bytesinsize,calledacad.dllandplaceitinthe samelocationasacad.exeifonedoesn'talreadyexist. Options>OpenandSave>Turnoffdisplaydigitalsignatureinformation. GothroughthefilepathsinOptions>Filesandmakesureeverysinglepathlistedactuallyexists,be meticulous.Unplugthenetworkcableandseeiftheproblemgoesaway.Ifso,youmayneedto getacopyofFILEMONfromthenetandusethattofindoutwhatAutoCADistryingtodo.See belowforalinkwithagreatexplanationonhowtouseFILEMON.EXE. Changethecursorsizefrom100to10or7.
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ThesupportfilesearchpathisstoredintheWindowsregistryasatextstring,witheachpath separatedbyasemicolon(;).ThisregistryentryforsupportpathsisalsosharedbytheWindows operatingsystem.Theproblemoccursifthecombinedsupportpathisverylong(over800 characters). Toavoidthisproblem,restrictthesupportfilesearchpathtopathsthatarerequiredbythe software.TocheckthelengthofthesupportfilesearchpathfortheAutodesksoftware,enterthe followingAutoLISPexpressiononthecommandline: (strlen(getenv"ACAD")) Toresolvetheproblem,shorteneitherpath,andthencloseandreopentheprogram. Theabovewillalsoberelatedtocommandsnotbeingrecognized. Dockthecommandlineinthelowerorupperportionoftheautocadscreen,donothaveit floating.Ifthecommandlineisnotshowingitcanstillhaveanimpactifitwasfloatingpriorto beingmadeinvisible.HitCtrl+9tobringitback,ifitisfloatingthendockitatthebottomofthe AutoCADscreen,thenhitCtrl+9again. "InAutoCAD2009,2010,enabletheAutoCADClassicworkspace. Dockanydesktopelementandmakesurethatnoneofthepalettesarefloating. Turnoffanyunusedpalettes. Updatethegraphicsdriver." Turntransparencyoffontoolpalettes.Hoveroverapaletteandrightclick,picktransparency,... UseCleanscreen(CTRL+0togglesitoffandon)toremoveallpalettes, etc.andseeifitmakesadifference. Closethenewlayermanagerin2009andhigher.UseLAYERDLGMODEsetto0. TREEDEPTHat2520andSORTENTSat20,orturnSORTENTSto0ifa largefileandusingdraworder. ManualTunevideodriverOptions,System,PerformanceSettings,ManualTune,DriverName pulldown.Whichoneisshowing?ForvistaDirect3Dmightbebetter.ForXPpickthedriverfor yourcard,mineisfromnVidiasoIhavenvd3d9.hdipicked.PicktheEnablehardwareacceleration

toseeifthathelps.Furtherdownmovetheslidersovertotheleft. VideoDriverupdatescheckfornewerdriversforyourcard. Viewresstillaffectsthespeedofthecomputer,contrarytowhatyoumayhavebeentold. Autodeskhasconfirmedthistomepersonally,especiallysowithMEP.Setitto500insteadofthe maximumsetting.Setcursorsizeto10orless. Setltscaletothepropervalue,alargedrawingwithlinetypeswillslowdownwheninMSwith ltscalesetto1orasmallvalue. Toomanyfontsremovefontsthatyoudon'tactuallyuse,thiswill speedupAutoCADandtheOS. OSSETTINGS: DoesyourcomputerhaveBluetooth?Auserreportedabluetoothphoneplacednearthe computerslowedthecomputertoacrawl,theymovedthephoneawayanditspedbackup. Setthevirtualmemorypagingfiletoalargersizewithaminandmaxratherthanlettingwindose handleitforyou.XPControlPanel,SystemProperties,Advanced,PerformanceSettings, Advanced,VirtualMemoryChange,CustomSize,Initialsize=3Xram(3GBram=9GBpagingfile size),maximumsize=4Xram.Golargerifyouhavetheharddrivespace. Inthesameareaasimmediatelylistedabove,insteadofAdvancedtabpickVisualEffectstab,pick adjustforbestperformance,thenifyoumustgotocustomandpickthefewsettingsyoucan'tdo without. Lowerhardwareaccelerationsetting,inControlpanel,Display,settings,advanced,troubleshoot, movethehardwareaccelerationslidertotheleftoneclickandtryitout,keepmovingitrightand watchingforachangeinperformanceandalsofewercrashes.Findasettingyoucanlivewith. ANTIVIRUSSOFTWARE: Antivirussoftwaredisableandseeifthereisadifferenceinperformance. Iftheantivirussoftwareallowsyouto,setAutoCADtobeignored. NETWORK: Whatnetworksoftwareisbeingused?,therehavebeenproblemsreportedwithsomeNovell serversystems,aswellasothers.Ifpostinginthenewgroupsbesuretomentiontheserver software. Checkthenetworkcardspeed,isit10/100ora1000?Ifyournetworkis1GBthena1GBcardwill speedthingsup. OTHERIDEAS: Gotoautodesk.comwebsite,pickServicesandSupport,usetheKnowledgeBaseandsearchon "slow","delay",etc. filemon.exehowtouseittofindwhereautocadisfreezinghttp://cadpanacea.com/node/71 Disabledigitalsignatures 1Onyourdesktop,rightclickonanyAutodeskIcon(i.e.:AutoCAD)andpick"Enable/DisableDigital SignatureIcon". 2Inthe"SignatureValidationOptions"dialoguebox,uncheck"Displaydigitalsignaturesand displayspecialicons". 3Restartyourcomputer. Fulldetailsatthislink. http://themadcadder.blogs.com/my_weblog/2005/01/diable_the_digi.html Getridofblanktext http://lynn.blogs.com/lynn_allens_blog/2007/09/analmostautum.html In2010usepurge,e Cleanemptygroupsandunnamedgroupsoutofdrawing.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=50895 VarioustipsfromanAutoCADexpert. http://blog.jtbworld.com/2008/09/autocad2009slowperformancetips.html Disablethecommunicationcenter.FromTonyTanzillo

In AutoCAD 2010, you can disable the InfoCenter toolbar by opening the registry, and going to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.0\ACAD-8001:409\InfoCenter In that key there's a value with the name "InfoCenterOn". Changing that value from 1 to 0 will disable the InfoCenter toolbar. Useregedittoopenthiskey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R18.0\ACAD8001:409\RecentFileList Makenoteofhowmanyfilesinthelistareatremotelocationsthatareoffline. Ifyoufindalotofthem,that'sprobablytheissue.

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