Topic: CAD Machines Revisited

[t-bear]

Yours or the etch-a-sketch??

Yep!!

[Dent Cermak]

bears got knobs ?

[Slim©]

Dual Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz, 1.00GB RAM, WinXP, Dual 19" Monitors

[M-dub]

>I'm going to test it before and after I install each program. Maybe the process of elimination will tell me what to do.


Well, I installed AutoCAD and Raster Design on the fresh machine...Same bloody lag!!!    

[M-dub]

Network / File System Gurus:
Does anyone know of a reason why it would be taking so long to display the contents of this particular folder?  Every other folder I open up is fine.  There's no lag time at all.  The only thing I can think of is that there are over 22,500 files in the Drawings directory.  There's one other directory that has about 8,000 files, but all the rest hold fewer.  Is there something that AutoCAD 2004 does to maybe scan the directory to see how many dwg files might be in it?  ***That wouldn't make sense because it doesn't do this 'scan' on the O:\ drive itself***.  Might I be getting this LAG because of the Windows Indexing service?  I don't know...I can't think of anything else and this is really, really getting to me.  I have to browse this directory quite often.
Do I need to ask IT for more ram (currently 512)?  What freaking gives?!?!?!?

[M-dub]

Yee Freakin' Haw!!!
We figured out what the source of my lag was!!!

A faulty shortcut.  I have no idea what was wrong with it, but there was something wrong with it.  Anyway, I'm happy...no more 3 1/2 minute lag!!!

[CAB]

I have a monitor question.
Do those of you using LCD's, do you prefer them over flat screen monitors.
Aside from the space issue. Are they easer on you eyes? Do they have any
glair problems. Are most of you using 1280 x 1024 resolution?
Any brand & model recommendations?

[Mark]

I have a monitor question.
Do those of you using LCD's, do you prefer them over flat screen monitors.
Aside from the space issue. Are they easer on you eyes? Do they have any
glair problems. Are most of you using 1280 x 1024 resolution?
Any brand & model recommendations?

1. YES ..............
2. yes
3. no
4. 1600x1200
5.  I have seen good things about the Planars. I have a Dell here and it's nice.

[whdjr]

Dual 2.4Ghz P4 XEON
512 Mb RAM
128 Mb Video
100 Mbit NIC
60 Gb Hard drive
19" Monitor
Win XP Pro SP1 (not going to 2)
AutoCAD 2000
AutoCAD 2005 ADT
NO KNOBS

Network / File System Gurus:
Does anyone know of a reason why it would be taking so long to display the contents of this particular folder? Every other folder I open up is fine. There's no lag time at all. The only thing I can think of is that there are over 22,500 files in the Drawings directory. There's one other directory that has about 8,000 files, but all the rest hold fewer. Is there something that AutoCAD 2004 does to maybe scan the directory to see how many dwg files might be in it? ***That wouldn't make sense because it doesn't do this 'scan' on the O:\ drive itself***. Might I be getting this LAG because of the Windows Indexing service? I don't know...I can't think of anything else and this is really, really getting to me. I have to browse this directory quite often.
Do I need to ask IT for more ram (currently 512)? What freaking gives?!?!?!?

Here is something I found on the AUGI site:
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=6395