appearance panel and system crash

[pdiletti-2]

Hi

Using CREO 3 M100 on Windows 10 :

as soon I select Appearance function the system stops and I have to kill the process.

In part and assembly mode too.

Any idea ? Graphic card driver problem ?

Thanks in advance

Pierluigi

[dgschaefer · Accepted solution]

Sounds like a graphics driver problem.  Try setting the config option "graphics win32_gdi".  That, I believe, tells Creo not to use the graphics card.  If it fixes your problem, you know it's graphics card related. Sometimes the newest driver isn't the best, you may need to experiment. 

You really should be running with that option set, it's primarily for diagnosis purposes.

[pdiletti-2]

Hi Doug.

Thanks . it works now.

I supposed it was a graphic problem, but, in Creo3 the GRAPHIC option is not available.

So I discovered it's now an hidden option.

Thanks again

Pierluigi

[dgschaefer]

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@pdiletti-2 wrote:

Hi Doug.

Thanks . it works now.

I supposed it was a graphic problem, but, in Creo3 the GRAPHIC option is not available.

So I discovered it's now an hidden option.

Thanks again

Pierluigi

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Odd, GRAPHICS doesn't show in the options list in Creo 2 M240 either.  That option has been around from when I started using Proe 20 years ago.  Odd that it's considered hidden now, it's the first thing anyone should try when troubleshooting problems like this.