Ribbon issues

[cadjedi]

OK, I have used ACAD for last 23 years and, normally, I can find a solution to most issues with ACAD, right? I am an Autodesk Approved Instructor and have trained people on ACAD for the last ten years.

So, I would like to know if anyone else is having this problem with ACAD 2012 (vanilla version). I am tearing what is left of my hair (at 41 years old) out right now.

I am running an AMD Radeon 6300 M graphics card with 1GB onboard memory on my new Dell laptop.

I am running Win 7 with 64-bit processing.

The ribbon in ACAD 2012 is sluggish at best but most of the time I have to click on a tab, minimise the ACAD window, then maximise for that tab to be current (seems to be the only solution). Yet, go back to toolbars and all is good (old ways are the best ways). However, I train on ACAD constantly and also need to create video material using the ribbon interface.

And before ya say it, yes, I have installed every damn Hotfix ADSK have to offer at the moment.

If anyone else has a solution to this, please let me know! Or I just won't use ACAD 2012 until SP1 is available!

Thanks!

[ccowgill]

I've been using 2012 since the day it shipped, and I have not experienced the sluggishness you speak of in regards to the ribbon. I assume you already tried a reinstall/repair. Beyond that, I'm sorry I cant be of much help.

[cadjedi]

Christopher, thanks for the advice....shame you can't come up with anything...driving me nuts!!! LOL.

[fufito]

Hi, Shaun
First, I want to thank You for the excellent
tutorials helping us mastering AutoCAD!!
I also have Dell laptop with Radeon M 6550 and vanilla AutoCAD 2012 on Win 7 64 bit. What I did:
- switched to Windows 7 Basic theme
- removed Autodesk Seek, Autodesk Content Explorer and Autodesk Fusion
Hope this helps!