Autodesk Inventor® Hardware Web Site

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Last Updated
04/25/2008
FAQ and Troubleshooting
Notes:
  • The workstation drivers distributed from this site are the ones that we have tested. They have been obtained directly from the graphics or workstation vendors. Drivers from other sites that claim to act the same, may not actually be the same. In the case of ATI a workstation and a non-workstation driver may actually have the same version number, but they are different.
  • Autodesk Inventor® contains default, settings based on our experience, that should enable it to work with most graphics cards. However, we can only speak for those combinations we have tested.

  1. Does Autodesk Inventor® support Multiple displays?
  2. Does Autodesk Inventor® support the /3GB switch on windows XP SP1 or newer?
  3. What is the use of the Hardware tab in Tools > Application Options...?
  4. I installed an older graphics certified driver, but Autodesk Inventor® says it is not certified.
  5. My Drawings contain unreadable or incorrect text
  6. I have an Elsa graphics card and can no longer find drivers
  7. My Workstation freezes up when Autodesk Inventor® is running
  8. I wish to have more control over how Autodesk Inventor® uses the graphics card or to understand the new hardware
  9. I wish to enter custom settings for my graphics card 
  10. My driver was listed in a previous version of Autodesk Inventor®. It is no longer listed.
  11. I want to play around with the graphics settings for my card
  12. I just bought a CAD graphics card that is not supported by Autodesk Inventor®
  13. Should I use the Autodesk Inventor® setting on my graphics card?
  14. What information is needed to report a graphics problem?
  15. Running an old Graphics Driver?
  16. I have just installed a new driver on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, but have very slow performance.
  17. I have installed a tested driver correctly and I do not have any hardware acceleration or it is still using GDI Generic mode.
  18. I have installed the certified driver, but my system is unstable.
  19. I open a few graphics windows with acceleration, but the next window is very slow.
  20. Autodesk Inventor® has a fatal exception in a dll that contains"OGL" or"GL" as part of its name.
  21. Autodesk Inventor® crashes when opening the first graphics window (new part, assembly, or drawing)
  22. I am using a graphics driver that was listed on a previous graphics web page. I noticed that the latest web page no longer lists my driver. Does this mean that my driver has been de-listed because of some major problem?
  23. I am running an older version of Autodesk Inventor®. I noticed that the newest version of Autodesk Inventor® has a newer graphics driver than the one listed for my version of Autodesk Inventor®. Can I use the newer driver.
  24. My driver is listed in the certified chart, but I can not find the performance information for this card.
  25. The performance chart does not list the version of the driver that was used for the test.  What version was used.
  26. Why do two supposedly different graphics cards rotate an assembly at the same speed?
  27. What does WHQL mean?
  28. Should I update my driver for my IBM ThinkPad A19p to A21p?
  29. Can I improve the look of "Stroke Fonts" imported from Autodesk AutoCAD or other sources.
  30. What is Mip-mapping?
  31. Can I change Texture font resolution?
  32. What is Full or Limited CAD Functionality?
  33. What is the "Package Version" I see listed for ATI?
  34. Why does Autodesk Inventor® run very slow when my laptop is on battery power?
  35. Autodesk Inventor® Network license: Before R9
  36. Potential Network Licensing Problems
  37. Autodesk Inventor® Network license: Starting with R9
  38. Network installation and subscription support for Autodesk Inventor® 10
  39. Sharing ASI and AIP licenses
  40. Required ATI Unified Driver Install and Setup Process
  41. General Driver Install and Setup Process
  42. Why is image quality degraded when the image is Rotating, Orbiting, or Panning?
  43. Why are details missing or "faceted" when I zoom in on an assembly or part?
  44. Why does my mouse slow down inside the Autodesk Inventor?
  45. When printing a drawing, text is spread all over the drawing. What can I do?
  46. How should I setup my antivirus software?
  47. How Do I make maintain Subscription support in a mixed AIS/AIP network deployment environment?
  48. All windows sometimes paint very slowly on the screen.
  49. I am getting an "error writing to file riched20.dll".
  50. How can I improve capacity for large assemblies or drawings?
  51. What are the problems with using BlackIce
  52. How do I find my driver version?
  53. Best Practices for stable graphics and performance

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