Problems with photoworks 2008 Scenes..noticed in Advanced tutorial first. Textures mapped to walls and floor change scale and rotation randomly when I go in and change any Scene parameter. Floor offset changes with a second render of the same scene. Offset value in dialogue is still zero but table and chair (tutorial for example) float above the floor. Textures don’t show unless I go into Basic Mapping and ensure mapping is Planar. All very weird. Thanks for any help.
Greg
admin 3:55 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
First is RealView turned on or off and do you switch at any point in time? Also are you using PhotoWorks?
SolidSkater 3:58 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
Hi Ben,
using Photoworks with RealView on constantly. Solidworks Support said to install Certified Video Driver. Did not help.
Greg
admin 4:00 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
What video card are you using? Is there any known issues with it?
SolidSkater 4:13 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
nVidia Quadro FX 1700 with the correct (***.6262)driver(not the latest). It seems to be a card promoted for SolidWorks. Not just my PC. Same behaviour on a collleagues identical PC as well.
gol10dr 4:26 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
Video anomalies are frustrating. Are you seeing other graphical problems when you use SW2008? Odd rotation or zooming issues? These are usually good signs of driver problems. If it is just doing it with rendering, what operating system are you running? Have seen some issues with rendering when larger background processes or programs are running as well. (auto-refresh webpages like Gmail)
SolidSkater 5:35 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
Just problems when rendering scenes. Parts take textures fine. It is the room for ’scenes’ that is screwy. XP professional is the OS. Will play with it for a few more days. Thanks.
admin 6:29 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
Keep us updated I am curious what this is….
gol10dr 10:15 pm on November 24, 2008 Permalink
Have you tried setting your options to software opengl and seeing of the render works?
Chris Serran 1:58 pm on November 25, 2008 Permalink
I have uploaded the screenshots Greg had sent me prior to posting. They give an idea of what he's encountering.
http://drop.io/xay215y
SolidSkater 10:38 am on November 26, 2008 Permalink
Thanks guys. I have ADS working on it. I will try the Software Open GL sugestion and keep you all informed.
Greg
SolidSkater 2:02 pm on November 26, 2008 Permalink
hi gol10dr,
How do I set my options to software OpenGL as you suggested? Thanks.
Greg
SolidSkater 2:07 pm on November 26, 2008 Permalink
Just turn hardware accelleration to 'None' right?
SolidSkater 2:36 pm on November 26, 2008 Permalink
Did not help. Still the same exact problems.
Chris Serran 6:50 am on November 27, 2008 Permalink
To set software OpenGL close all documents in SW. Go to Tools -> Options -> Performance and down at the bottom is the option to turn on/off OpenGL.
If you don't have all documents closed this option is greyed out.