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Ideal computer for TopSolid
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:54 pm
by Al
Hi Guys
Sometimes when doing die work, TopSolid Cam can really get my computer down on it's knees. I now think the answer is to have a machine which only has TopSolid on it and no other software.
For the fundies out there. If you were to build a machine for Topsold, what graphics card, processor, memory etc etc would you use ?
Thanks
Al
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:30 am
by PK
Hi Al,
Here is a suggestion if you build a new machine.
Processor: Intel® Xeon® E5345 (2,33 GHz, 1333 MHz, 2 x 4 MB Cache)
Graphics card: 256 MB nVidia Quadro FX3500-Grafikkarte
Windows XP Professional SP2
Memory: 4GB
If necessary, you can enable XP to use 3GB of memory for the User and 1GB for the system. But with this setting you have to be careful, as some drivers may not be loaded when using this option. In that case you would have to use SP1. Also you have to do settings for TopSolid to use more than 2GB.
Regards
PK
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:00 am
by digital
PK wrote:Hi Al,
Here is a suggestion if you build a new machine.
Processor: Intel® Xeon® E5345 (2,33 GHz, 1333 MHz, 2 x 4 MB Cache)
Graphics card: 256 MB nVidia Quadro FX3500-Grafikkarte
Windows XP Professional SP2
Memory: 4GB
If necessary, you can enable XP to use 3GB of memory for the User and 1GB for the system. But with this setting you have to be careful, as some drivers may not be loaded when using this option. In that case you would have to use SP1. Also you have to do settings for TopSolid to use more than 2GB.
Regards
PK
Hi PK,
Can you please tell me what kind of settings are there for TopSolid - so that it can use more then 2GB of RAM?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:51 pm
by PK
Hi digital,
-make a copy of your top68.exe
-copy the imagecfg.exe (ask your reseller for it, he should have or get it) in the folder
-open a DOS dialog and write: imagecfg –l top67.exe
This should work.
Regards
PK
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:11 pm
by digital
PK wrote:Hi digital,
-make a copy of your top68.exe
-copy the imagecfg.exe (ask your reseller for it, he should have or get it) in the folder
-open a DOS dialog and write: imagecfg –l top67.exe
This should work.
Regards
PK
Thanks PK!
I will contact my VAR and ask for this file. Hope it works out well.
Cheers!