I just changed operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Pro. Neither SolidWorks or eDrawings could open a file without crashing.Solution - enable Software Open GL in SolidWorks 2003 and in eDrawings 2003.Observations1. I did not have to enable Software OpenGL in the previous release of eDrawings.2.
I did not have to enable Software OpenGL when running eDrawings 2003 under Windows 2000.Maybe this will save someone some time and aggravation. RE: Enable Software OpenGL in SolidWorks and eDrawings (Mechanical) 6 Jun 03 16:37. And go into Settings, Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance (Visual Effects. Bunch of BS, mutter, mumble.).
Dec 18, 2007 If you have documents open, the setting will be grayed out. If you have a junk graphics card, the setting will be ON and grayed out, regardless if you have documents open or not. If you have a good graphics card, all you may need to do is to close out of all SW docs and turn the setting off. But you’ll find out quickly that SolidWorks disables hardware GL and RealView unmercifully and the workarounds to get these running are not well documented. Follow these instructions and you should find yourself up and running with both hardware GL and RealView in a matter of minutes on your new MacTube.
Turn OFF everything except may be the last one (I think) all that one does is give you the new 'Disney style' appearance. The rest of these things are pure BS and are taking up PCU time (not graphics processor time as one might expect). They can really slow you down. And who needs 'cursor shadows, sliding/fading menus and such like!? We're Engineers fer cryin' out loud Bill Gates, you were one once - fergit foo-foo stuff - GIMME SPEED!!!!Pessimist - Cup half empty. Optimist - Cup half full.
Engineer - Cup twice as big as it needs to be.
Hello,I've been checking out the Windows 10 Technical Preview and even though I already disabled ClearType (both through the Tuner and through W8.1 Registry Edits), the fonts are still being anti-aliased in the start menu, on the Desktop and pretty much everywherein the apps and especially in IE 11.Is there a way to disable it completely everywhere? I am very disappointed that Microsoft doesn't make that available as a working Setting. I know that they believe that ClearType and anti-aliasing is superior, but I just can't stand to have blurry fontson my Screen!Thanks,Edualc.
Hi Edualc,Thank you for your interest in updating to Windows 10 Technical Preview.Glad that you tried these steps on the new Operating System and thank you for bringing it up here.Please answer to these questions:1. What is the make and model of the PC?2. Which graphics card are you using?3. What are the steps taken to make changes in the registry?Some settings are dependent on the graphics card installed on the PC.Eg: Using NVIDIA Control Panela) Select the 'Desktop tile' from the Windows Start screen and then right-click the desktop to display a context menu.b) Select 'NVIDIA Control Panel' from the context menu and then click 'Manage 3D Settings.'
C) Click the 'Global Settings' tab and then select 'Off' from the Antialiasing - Mode drop-down list.d) Click 'Apply' to save the changes.Please reply and we will be happy to help you further. 'completely disable antialiasing' on text rendering level not dependent on the graphics card installed.Moreover it will fine to have one more setting'ignore application settings' to force rendering level to ignore antialiasing flags on API rendering functions and always show non-antialiasing non-smoothing text.Please do that, it is possible and not so hard to implement.PS As last resort I created special font for crisp readingit doesn't work if Windows ignore antialiasing settings as it does in Modern (Metro) applications for example.
Hi everybody,since other people had the same question, I wanted to contribute what I have been able to achieve (on a current version of W10, not the technical preview) since I posted this question:1. Uncheck Turn on ClearType in Control Panel/Fonts/Adjust ClearType text2. In the W10 Performance options, turn off the 'Smooth edges of screen fonts'3.
Install the Dotum font contained in the Korean language pack (I am NOT kidding! It is one of the few fonts not smoothed by W10). Instructions are taken from this page: Click the Start button.
In Settings, click System. Click Apps & features. Click on the link, Manage optional features. If 'Hebrew Supplemental Fonts' is not listed among the installed features, click on the '+' icon next to Add a feature.
Scroll to find 'Korean Supplemental Fonts'. Click on that item, then click on Install.
Click on the back arrow in the upper corner of the window.You should see the Korean Supplemental Fonts feature in the list as installed or in the process of being installed.4. Create a.REG file (i.e. Create a text file in Notepad and rename it, for example Font.reg)5.