SpaceExplorer & Inventor 2010 - Pauses switching windows

robsinglehurst · Post by **robsinglehurst** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:26 am

Using a SpaceExplorer 4.04 with 3DxWare 3.7.18 and Autodesk Inventor 2010 SP2. When switching between open windows in Inventor I will sometimes get long lags (3-5 secs) before the computer becomes reponsive again. With the Task Manager open I can see that it is the 3dxsrv.exe process using 25% CPU (100% in reality as it's a 4 core machine). When the CPU usage drops then Inventor will become responsive again.
Anyone noticed this is any other apps?

Cheers,

--Rob Singlehurst

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:32 am

Dear robsinglehurst,

We have a newer driver version available, 3.9.0. What operating system are you using your SpaceExplorer with?

Sincerely,
Bryan

robsinglehurst · Post by **robsinglehurst** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:20 am

Thanks Bryan,

Is this an issue with these drivers or is it just somethign to try?

Here's my usual signature with hardware / software specs. I'm going to go down the root of updating nVidia graphics drivers and 3Dconnexion drivers next. I have updated the 3Dconnexion drivers relatively recently (a few months back) to try and cure the problem but I'll give it a go again.

Cheers,

--Rob Singlehurst

IV2010 SP2
Dell Precision PWS690
Quadro FX3500
DirectX 178.46
SpaceExplorer 4.04
3DxWare 3.7.18
Intel Xeon 3GHz
4GB RAM
WinXP Pro SP3

robsinglehurst · Post by **robsinglehurst** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:53 am

Bryan,
Following on, I have installed the 3.9.0 drivers and I'm still getting the same issue.
Any other ideas?

Cheers,

--Rob Singlehurst

IV2010 SP2
Dell Precision PWS690
Quadro FX3500
DirectX 191.87
SpaceExplorer 4.04
3DxWare 3.9.0
Intel Xeon 3GHz
4GB RAM
WinXP Pro SP3