2004 Crash to Desktop while Printing

Running SWKS 2004, SP1 under Windows 2000 Pro, SP4, I am repeatedly
crashing to the desktop while attempting to print a part as seen in
the current window.

I've tried with a variety of parts and the result is always the same
consistent crash, when the view is set to HLR.

Shaded, Shaded with Edges and Shadows in Shaded modes print just fine,
but Hidden Lines Removed apparently throws a wrench into the works.
For the record, Hidden Lines Visible and Wireframe modes cause the
same speedy crash.

Unfortunately, I was forced to export via Parasolids and then use
SolidWorks 2003 to print the HLR image needed.

I'm eager to use the wealth of new capabilities in 2004; however, the
various performance degradations and lacks in stability have caused me
to stall the migration.

Remember when automotive quality was such that the commonplace advice
was to never buy a car during the new model's first year of
production? Waiting for the bugs to be worked out is always
frustrating, especially when the software is in production release...

Per O. Hoel

 

Per,

Entertain us and try,.. Tools - Options - "Use Software OpenGL"

...

 

check your drive space. not enough space for the spool file will make SW
crash.

-nick e.

 

I have had this problem as well. According to my VAR, it is supposed to be
fixed in SP2.0.

 

Paul,

For your entertainment please note that the use of Software OpenGL
fixes the printing crash.

Although the workaround is interesting (and puzzling), I am not going
to sacrifice the performance of Hardware OpenGL.

The question is: What has changed in 2004? SolidWorks 2003 has no such
problems with the same graphics hardware and drivers...

Per O.Hoel
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Hey Per,

Yeah, sorry for that, man. Fun, huh!?

I don't know what changed but I've had on going crashes and just gave up
and I resigned to software opengl for now.
But for your print problem, it is puzzling and again it's just a
workaround. So just turn software opengl on for printing only or add it
to a macro, on/off?

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