program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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triggerpull
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program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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I have Aspire running on 2 computers (one for production work and the other to connect directly to my CNC router) and just did the latest updates on both. It may be a coincidence--but the program now locks up and crashes sometimes when running the toolpath preview simulation if I pause it and change the preview speed and start it again. I used to do this on the fly with no issues. Has anyone else experienced this?

thanks for any help.

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Re: program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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I suggest you report it to Vectric support.

Does it eventually start again?

There have been some issues with it appearing to hang ("Not Responding") when it is actually recalculating.
Can't remember the details but I think it has to do with your settings on hardware/software acceleration and your particular computer's (age, Win version, integrated graphics card vs additional).

The effect is better or worse depending on your settings.
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Re: program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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I vaguely remember that too--essentially how the program accesses "extra" graphics memory. Since I had no problems before the update it seems likely that there is a reset of some sort, but I don't know. It's a pretty major issue for me, so I assume not hearing from others it might just be a unique configuration issue. I'll dig deeper and see what I find.

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Re: program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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It looks like the program is "recompiling" the preview toolpath each time I pause and restart it.

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I did just discovered that in the progress bar at the bottom of the window there is a small red "X" which if you click it it "releases" the processing from finishing. Otherwise, the entire application can completely freeze up and be inoperable.

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Re: program crashes in preview mode after latest update

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Try this:

Edit/Options
Under the 3D view settings try different values for Anti-Aliasing

See if you get different results using the software renderer
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