Cannot make drawings - graphics issue?

[KentShimek]

I can get into cocreate but when i start drawing, the screen goes blank and i cant see my drawing at all unless i zoom in or out or etc. I havent been able to figure out if there was a graphics setting that was the cause this or not. I have used other software that required I change some settings and it ran fine. Since I do not have a graphics card, is there any way for me to still use CoCreate PE?

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[hkramer]

1. On Intel Graphic Media Accelerator the Hardware Acceleration especially in connection with the Enhanced Realism Option is not working reliably. If you are using Creo Elements/Direct Modeling PE 3.0 on a hardware with Intel Graphic Media Accelerator it is recommended to set the following environment variable:
   SDPIXELFORMAT=SOFTWARE
   this will disable the Hardware Acceleration including the Enhanced Realism option.
   
2. If the Enhanced Realism Option has been activated in a Modeling PE session it might fail to start in the next session. If you experience such a situation, as a workaround you can remove the users application data folder for Modeling PE: ...\Application Data\CoCreate\CoCreate Modeling Personal Edition3\30.0
   Then restart Creo Elements/Direct Modeling PE 3.0 and remember to deactivate Enhanced Realism before ending the next Modeling PE session.