Hello All,
I am in the process of trying to get my old copy of Pro E 2001 student edition running on a new machine (new dog, old trick). The new machine is a Dell Precision 7510, I7 quad core, Nvidia M2000M w/4 gig memory and the most current driver. The only real issue is in sketcher.
When ever I try to add a line (line, rectangle, circle, spline, etc.), the line will only flash on very briefly once in while, so basically I am drawing blind. Once I go back to select the line appears and looks normal. If I have a line already drawn, it will vanish as soon as I hit the button to add another line. In other words; I open sketcher and select rectangle, when I draw the rectangle I cannot see it while I choose the two points, as soon as I hit the middle mouse button or hit the select button the rectangle shows up normally. If I then hit the circle button the rectangle disappears and flickers on once and while, and I then have to draw the circle blind. Modifying the sketch works normally, I can added fillets, dimensions and trim lines normally. If, while the lines are not displaying, I rotate, pan or zoom the lines will appear as long as I am moving the part around.
If I turn intent manager off thing work some what better, I still cannot see the line I am adding, but the lines added before it are displayed normally.
Turning start in 2D off makes no difference.
Setting hardware acceleration to auto, CPU or M2002M makes no difference.
The only other symptom is that if I drag a dialog box across the screen it leaves a trail until I release the mouse button.
If I run with the integrated graphics card (Intel) the issue goes away, but I have to watch it regenerate several times after adding each line.
Out side of sketcher everything works normally, I can spin, pan and zoom smoothly. I can modify the part (rounds and chamfers), add datum lines, so far I have not found anything else that is not working.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would appreciate any help anyone can provide.
Mostly I use this for generating parts for my 3D printer, and to help me work better with our PTC Creo power users at work.
Thanks in advance,
Steven