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jb2953  
#1 Posted : Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:28:00 PM(UTC)
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My hard drive crashed on my new computer, replaced under warranty, have a amd radeon graphics card. I reinstalled Shark Lt I am still running the demo I have authorization issues but my main problem is when I drag the mouse across the screen the colored objects turn white where ever the mouse crossed their path. I downloaded the latest driver hoping that would solve the problem but no go. It wouldn't be an issue because of the authorization would it?

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memphisjed  
#2 Posted : Monday, May 13, 2013 1:08:05 AM(UTC)
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I have the same on vcp 8. The white color change can be corrected by running in xp sp 2 mode (highlight shortcut, right click). The amd (?) or latest and greatest version (8 vs my old v6) does have a hesitation when you edit an object (line, arc, spline..) This hesitation is noticeable, but not so annoying if you run the amd video drivers and not the windows generic driver.
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Tim Olson  
#3 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:23:07 PM(UTC)
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>> I drag the mouse across the screen the colored objects turn white where >>ever the mouse crossed their path.

Is it possible you are running a v7 product on Windows 8?

Older versions of the CAD products are not compatible with Win 8. Microsoft changed some core graphics in Win 8 that causes the problems you describe. Version 8 CAD products should be compatible as we rewrote some of the graphics code to work with Win 8.

Something else we see with Win 8 is slooow video drivers. Microsoft changed how they support OpenGL. If you are seeing poor performance, you need to go to your board manufacture and download the latest. The Win 8 Software Update feature generally does not have the latest so be sure to visit your board vendor site.


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jb2953  
#4 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:09:14 PM(UTC)
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No its V8 . I think something went wrong on the install. I uninstalled and reinstalled and the problem went away. Its running great now.

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