Performance refers to software behavior under certain system conditions. There are a number of possible reasons why your computer is performing slower. It could be that your computer runs too many programs automatically at start-up or is infected with a virus or spyware. Another possible cause is the amount of RAM available in your computer. RAM is required to open, run and edit programs, and without enough memory, you will experience general slowdown, freezes and crashes.
Check for below points when you face any DraftSight performance issue:
System Requirements-Check if your system meets the minimum requirements to install DraftSight. If you are not meeting the grade, that's the first place for improvement.
Antivirus: Turning off scanning software may make a big difference too.
Unsupported architectures: Check for unsupported architectures by DraftSight:
- Linux64bit
- Terminal Server
- Citrix environment
- Mac with RISK architecture
- Motion computing tab
These backgrounds are not yet supported by DraftSight. DraftSight may be installed on these platforms but can cause issues while running application such as crash/freeze/graphics issues.
Check your drawing file size: Large file size might be a cause of slower Drawing performance.
Internet connection: It is observed that when there is no active internet connection or if system in under firewall, DraftSight takes more time to launch. To populate the Home tab inside DraftSight, internet connection is necessary, for this DraftSight sends request to operating system to verify if internet connection is active or not. This causes delay for launch. Also Firewall settings on the system cause delay to open DraftSight.
Quick tips to improve Drawing performance in DraftSight:
Many times while working on large drawing file user may face performance issues such as slow cursor movement, graphical glitches so here are some commands and system variables that can help user to reduce memory usage while working on large dataset.
1. Clean command:
Clean command clears unused Block definitions, Layers, LineStyles, TextStyles, and DimensionStyles in the drawing which can significantly reduce the file size.
2. ENBLFILLS system variable:
This variable specifies whether hatches and fills, 2D solids, and wide polylines are filled in. Keeping this variable at zero reduces the rebuilt time.
0 - Objects are not filled
1 - Objects are filled
3. Box Text Mode (BOXTEXT):
Box Text mode displays text entities as boxes which saves time during drawing rebuilds. Boxed text mode increases printing speed. However note that, when Box Text is on, box defining the text is plotted.
4. Use of SHX fonts:
If you are working on a drawing having number of True Type Fonts, try replacing them with SHX fonts to speed up the drawing and check what difference it might make.
Additionally, simple tips such as closing unwanted drawing sessions, unloading xrefs that are not currently in use might help to speed up your drawing performance.
