AutoCAD Lag or short term lock up

[joel.57674]

Hi Everyone,

One of the guys in my office is having an issue in AutoCAD. When he completes an action his system lock ups for a few seconds (maybe 30 sec.). For instance when hes copying things it runs fine until he hits enter and completes the operation, then it pauses. A few seconds doesn't like a big deal but it is annoying and kills the rythem.

It is only when he's in a certain file. It's when he uses commands like copy, mirror, & move, but seams fine when erasing or drawing new line work or shapes.

We tried purging and the file size is only 1.48mb. It doesn't seam to matter if he's copying a little or a lot the pause seams to be about the same.

Any ideas what I can try to resolve this issue?

Thank for any help you can provide,

Joe

[jaberwok]

There SEEMS to be so many possibilities.

Which version of acad?
What operating system?
Is the file stored on a server?
PC specs?
Server specs?

[joel.57674]

Which version of acad? ACAD Mech 2012
What operating system? Win 7 Pro
Is the file stored on a server? Yes
PC specs? dell precision T3500, nvidia quad4000, 16 gigs ram
Server specs? Not sure: xeon proc. & win2008

Above was relayed to me Im not there to check it right now.

[jaberwok]

Which version of acad? ACAD Mech 2012
What operating system? Win 7 Pro
Is the file stored on a server? Yes
PC specs? dell precision T3500, nvidia quad4000, 16 gigs ram
Server specs? Not sure: xeon proc. & win2008

Above was relayed to me Im not there to check it right now.

Have a look at this article but note that Filemon doesn't work under Vista or Win_7 - substitute Process Monitor.

[SoCal CAD Guru]

Are you using a sheetset manager across the WAN with this particular file? I have had a similar problem, but it was due to some of the hardware we use to communicate between offices.

[BeKirra]

Try this:
1) OSmode=191
2) Zoom in before drawing a line
3) Now pick a point and drawing a line
Would this is better?
The reason I think in this way is that your drawing is too massive - too many objects in tiny place, perhaps there are 2D & 3D objects on that drawing.

[rkmcswain]

It is only when he's in a certain file.

Open a new empty drawing, insert this problem file and explode.
Save, close, reopen.
Any changes?

If not, can you post this particular drawing?