3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

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3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

#1 Post by flicker177 » 03 Feb 2022, 13:35

Hello all,

I'm seeing an intermittent problem with 3d rendering. In many projects and on several machines, when I go to tools|3d rendering I see a box that says "searching 3d models" which just freezes there. If I close the window and try it again, the same thing happens. If I close DipTrace and reload it, usually the rendering works fine then; sometimes I need to try a couple of times.

This doesn't keep me from getting things done but it doesn't seem right. Anyone else seen this?

--Bill

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Re: 3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

#2 Post by Alex » 08 Feb 2022, 03:24

Please open "Tools -> 3D Preview -> Patterns and Models Search" and see where the software seeks for 3D models. Delete all inactive paths especially if they lead to network drive or cloud. Press OK and try 3D preview.

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Re: 3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

#3 Post by flicker177 » 09 Feb 2022, 03:20

Hi Alex,
That seems to have been the issue. The search was set to C:\Program Files (x86)\DipTrace\models3d *and* C:\Program Files\DipTrace\models3d. There was no folder
C:\Program Files\DipTrace\models3d. Removing that from the search path seems to have fixed it. I don't know how the path got set that way, I never touched it.

Thanks as always for the help!
--Bill

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Re: 3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

#4 Post by flicker177 » 14 Apr 2022, 05:15

Hi again,

I thought the fix of removing unused 3d model folders solved the problem, then I noticed that it still happened once in a while but I could always get it to work by restarting DipTrace, maybe a couple of times, so I've just been living with it.

Today I downloaded the 4.3 beta to check it out. Once again it put folders in the 3d model search path that I don't have. (like in "program files (x86)" The 3d render hangs 100% of the time with the message "Search 3d models" and a single button "Skip" - The system stays hung until I hit the "Skip" button, this just aborts the attempt to do the 3d render.

I removed all the folders from the model search path and then added C:\Program Files\Diptrace\models3d where my models are as the only entry. The problem remains, the 3d render just does not work at all. The worst part is that it also no longer works in 4.2.0.1 now after installing the new beta.

Ideas?

--Bill

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Re: 3d rendering freezes in 4.2.0.1

#5 Post by flicker177 » 14 Apr 2022, 05:44

A little more data:

I can get 3d renders from some of my project files, sometimes I have to close and reopen Diptrace a couple of times before it works. However I have one very simple PCB that always hangs the render. I'm attaching it.

--Bill
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