Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE, Version(s): 2004, XM, & V8i Environment: N/A Area: Subarea: Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Not all graphics cards are create equal, or in this case not all graphic cards can run AutoPIPE. The "readme_autopipe.htm" located in the AutoPIPE folder has a section for "System Requirements", typical Video Graphic Card requirements are: Any industry-standard video card which supports OpenGL 3D graphics. Therefore the fist question, Q1. Does your graphics card on your computer support "OpenGL 3D" graphics? If the the answer is yes, continue to next question. If not, then you cannot use that computer to run AutoPIPE. Q2. Next question, do you have the latest graphics card drivers installed on the computer? If the the answer is yes, continue to next question. If No or not sure, please update your drivers as needed and reboot the system before continuing. Now for the test, perform the following test to determine if your computer graphics card is able to run AutoPIPE: 1. Download this file: ftp://ftp.bentley.com/pub/tools/fixes/autopipe/GFWTest.exe 2. Move the file into the AutoPIPE program folder, i.e. C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE V8i SELECTseries\ 3. Double click on it to run. 4. Once the application is opened, the program will be drawing a sphere using 3 different methods for OpenGL (OpenGL 1.2, GL Utility Library, and GL Auxiliary Library). We want to see if something goes wrong. Typical results should look like the following: If yes, my results are similar to the screen shot above, then your computer tested should be able to run AutoPIPE without graphic related issues on normal sized models. If no, my results are not similar to the screen shot above, take a screen shoot of the application display, submit a service request for TSG support, attach the screen shot of the test in a ZIP file to the SR, and send for review. Troubleshooting Graphic Card Issues: See the following WIKI page here To speed up the display response for large models, typical suggests that can help: 1. If you're going to be working with big models, Max out the system's RAM. 2. Download and install the latest video driver specifically to support OpenGL graphics for your video card. 3. In AutoPIPE, go to View> Settings and uncheck "Enable Hardware Acceleration". 4. AutoPIPE installed on Win XP: a. Control Panel> Display> Settings> Advanced> Troubleshooting and select a lower hardware acceleration setting. This may be an iterative process. b. Control Panel> Display> Appearance> Effects, "Use transition effects for menus and tooltips" should be unchecked. 5. Other tricks to work quicker in AutoPIPE include turn of segments that are not part of the area being modeled, perform a model compaction periodically, turn off point names and symbols, and turn of beam display. See Also Bentley AutoPIPE External Links Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase Bentley LEARN Server Comments or Corrections? Bentley's Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to the "Comments" area below. THANK YOU!
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