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    Default Display Error-Cannot use Hardware Acceleration

    Gents,
    Im having as issue with Revit 2016. As soon as I tried to open a file I got this message
    Display Error Cannot use Hardware Accelerator
    Hardware Acceleration Disabled
    A video driver error has occurred and all views will close.
    Restart Revit or continue working with hardware acceleration disabled.

    What is going on and is there a way to fix it.
    I am totally lost here.
    Thanks

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    Default Re: Display Error-Cannot use Hardware Acceleration

    Open revit (not a project)
    Go to the options tab
    Make sure the Graphics Acceleration is turned off and try again.
    If you're still getting the error, i would check to see if there's an updated driver you might be able to use.
    Other possibility is that your card is starting to fail.
    But I'm going with a bad driver.

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    Default Re: Display Error-Cannot use Hardware Acceleration

    If it's one specific project, my guess would be there's a bad Link - most likely a DWG that's super-dense or way, way far from the Origin.
    Hopefully you know what's Linked and can clean it/them up in AutoCAD.

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    Default Re: Display Error-Cannot use Hardware Acceleration

    Quote Originally Posted by dmdrafter View Post
    Gents,
    Im having as issue with Revit 2016. As soon as I tried to open a file I got this message
    Display Error Cannot use Hardware Accelerator
    Hardware Acceleration Disabled
    A video driver error has occurred and all views will close.
    Restart Revit or continue working with hardware acceleration disabled.

    What is going on and is there a way to fix it.
    I am totally lost here.
    Thanks
    I would try updating the video card driver from the vendor site.

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