I am presently a very unhappy camper. When I tried to save my job - which I had of course failed to save all along - after spending half the day on, nothing is happening!
Task manager says eCabinets is using 99% of the CPU but is not responding. I really don't want to lose all of this work.
Is it really working (it's been doing nothing for almost an hour)? Is there any way to recover what I've done?
Any advice (besides saving more often) would be greatly appreciated.
for reference: I am running Windows XP pro on an Athlon 2600 with 1gb of RAM, eCab 5.1 build 3 which I just downloaded.
Thanks again,
Rick Fulgham
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Re: eCabinets is dying!
It's a hard lesson to learn but one I learned very early having done the same as you -- SAVE -- SAVE -- SAVE -- SAVE.Rick Fulgham wrote:I am presently a very unhappy camper. When I tried to save my job - which I had of course failed to save all along - after spending half the day on, nothing is happening!
Thanks again,
Rick Fulgham
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sticky notes all over your computer till you get in the habit, large bold letters SAVE!!!!! You might try deleting a few things at a time, but if e-cabs has been running that long without a save, your probably looking at losing it. Write it off as practice and now you can do it much quicker the second time..
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There is an existing bug with countertops that causes freezes when saving; do you have countertops in your room?
Here is a link to that particular issue with a work around. http://www.thermwood.com/forums/viewtop ... highlight=
Here is a link to that particular issue with a work around. http://www.thermwood.com/forums/viewtop ... highlight=
Rick,
Sometimes waiting it out will work. I have done all of the following with occasional success.
Minimize Ecabs open another window (like my computer or Explorer) then expand the Ecabs window.
If you can, click on the cabinet editor area. Sometimes it will abandon the save or nesting operation and open the cabinet editor. Then return to the job layout area and try to save it again.
Preventive maintinance is the Key here. Save often and dont run other large programs while Ecabs is running. I have developed a 6th sense for when Ecabs is about to crash. After performing a series of complex edits of tasks (constarint/part editor, saving large jobs, nesting operation, lots of renderings) it is best to save every thing, close Ecabs, and restart the computer. I usually do this while getting a cup of coffee.
BTW I am running a 2.3 Ghz Dell M70 with 2 gigs of memory and a Quadro 1400 video card so my crashing issues are not related to a lack of computing power.
Hope this helps,
Mike
Sometimes waiting it out will work. I have done all of the following with occasional success.
Minimize Ecabs open another window (like my computer or Explorer) then expand the Ecabs window.
If you can, click on the cabinet editor area. Sometimes it will abandon the save or nesting operation and open the cabinet editor. Then return to the job layout area and try to save it again.
Preventive maintinance is the Key here. Save often and dont run other large programs while Ecabs is running. I have developed a 6th sense for when Ecabs is about to crash. After performing a series of complex edits of tasks (constarint/part editor, saving large jobs, nesting operation, lots of renderings) it is best to save every thing, close Ecabs, and restart the computer. I usually do this while getting a cup of coffee.
BTW I am running a 2.3 Ghz Dell M70 with 2 gigs of memory and a Quadro 1400 video card so my crashing issues are not related to a lack of computing power.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Kent,
This has been addressed in a previous thread.
There is an issue of the software kicking you out of the editors back to the Custom Layout, right in the middle of doing something.
Although, there is this curiosity that asks the question if there could be a reminder to save; after every time (or users prescribed number of times) you return to the Custom Layout.
Huu.
I think I'll send this one in as a suggestion
This has been addressed in a previous thread.
There is an issue of the software kicking you out of the editors back to the Custom Layout, right in the middle of doing something.
Although, there is this curiosity that asks the question if there could be a reminder to save; after every time (or users prescribed number of times) you return to the Custom Layout.
Huu.
I think I'll send this one in as a suggestion
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