I thought I replied earlier...wanted to thank those that replied to help. Looks like I may have hit the wrong SEND button and hour or so ago..
Short version is I got Electric v9.00 working by NOT following the instructions in the Java3D installation guide: I eliminated the variable CLASSPATH and did not put a PATH pointer to Java. Once I deleted the paths to the 3 Java files, everything worked fine...on the 32-bit version. Then I ran into Electric memory issues: locked up into a cycle of runtime exception errors - had to physically turn off machine. Task Manager was over-ridden and I couldn't kill the process - different issue. Went to confirm Steve's advice and make sure I had compatible 64-bit Java and Java3D. Did that but I need to have a parallel version of Java 32-bit on this machine. That seems to cause the problem - Electric doesn't work. I'll go back to removing the 64-bit versions of Java and replace them with the 32-bit versions of Java. (This is a contracter-owned machine: I'd like to put dual boot Linux on here but it's "not allowed". Does anyone know if I can run 64-bit Linux Java and 32-bit Windows Java independently of each other? I'd run Electric under Linux if that would ease the memory issues I'm a shade-tree mechanic when it comes to software configurations - certainly not a pro) Thanks for the replies - following the Install directions seemed to have messed me up. Maybe this will help someone else having this problem Dave On Sep 21, 8:21 pm, Goh Mia Yong Jimmy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > For your info, I'm running Electric on Acer Veriton M490G , Product: VM-490G > on Windows 7 64 bits have no such issue. > I've run out of idea on rectify your problem. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dave > Sent: Thursday, 22 September, 2011 2:07 AM > To: Electric VLSI Editor > Subject: Re: 3D > > My thread got hijacked.... > > According to "Programs and Features" all versions of Java (6.27) and Java3D > (1.5.2) are installed. > (I assume I want the amd-64 version rather than i586? Tried both > anyway) > Java itself works OK. > According to Java3D installation guide, all files and paths are in correct > format and location. > Our IT guy went over my installation and can't find anything not configured > properly. > > Electric v8.11 shows 3D options where I expect them on the menus but reports > "Java3D not available" when I try to activate a 3D view > > Electric v9.00 doesn't even have 3D options on the menu. > > Does Electric v9.00 not only disable but block the existence of 3D menus as > well if Java3D not functioning properly? > > This here's a government computer (Dell T7500 E5630) so I'm somewhat limited > in how deep I can access the system. > Is anybody running Win7 Enterprise-64 and having 3D work? or not? > If so, can anyone suggest what needs to be configured differently than what's > been suggested? > > This shouldn't be this difficult so I'm sure it's something fairly obvious > and undocumented - but I can't find it. > Getting time to get the rubylith out... > > I was away for 9 months. Did this group disable loading image files or did I > forget how? > I'd load a screen shot of the Window menu of Electric ... no "3D" - but it is > in Preferences/Display > > Dave > > On Sep 20, 9:08 pm, Goh Mia Yong Jimmy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > I'm currently using electric-9.00.jar and have downloaded > > j3d-1_5_2-windows-i586.exe > > fromhttp://java3d.java.net/binary-builds.html > > From Electric, Window - 3D Window - 3D View and Test Hardware can be seen. > > You can try this method. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave > > Sent: Wednesday, 21 September, 2011 2:19 AM > > To: Electric VLSI Editor > > Subject: Re: 3D > > > Thanks for replying but I'm having a problem even our IT person is having > > trouble with. > > > Neither version of Electric 9.00 - electric-9.00.jar and > > electricBinary-9.00.jar - have any menu selection regarding "3D" > > (including the non-existent "3D Showcase" selection under "Help") The > > selection does exist on 8.11 - but Java3D still isn't working > > > Library file:/C:/Electric/electricBinary-8.11.jar!/com/sun/electric/ > > tool/user/help/helphtml/floatingGates.jelib read, took 0.023 seconds > > Checking library 'floatingGates' for repair... library checked No > > errors found > > =================================2================================= > > Java3D is not available. > > > So I have a problem with the Java3D installation (regular Java works > > fine when checked at java.com) and possibly with Electric 9.00 > > > Followed the instructions with Java3D (j3d-1_5_2-windows-amd64.zip. > > Also tried j3d-1_5_2-windows-i586.zip). > > CLASSPATH looks to be structured correctly as does PATH > > > The three files are at C:\j3d-jre\lib\ext > > > CLASSPATH is > > .;C:\j3d-jre\lib\ext\j3dcore.jar;C:\j3d-jre\lib\ext\j3dutils.jar;C: > > \j3d-jre\lib\ext\vecmath.jar > > > Path is > > %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem; > > %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files > > \ActivIdentity\ActivClient\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ActivIdentity > > \ActivClient\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared > > \DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared > > \10.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Imaging\;C:\Program > > Files\jre6\lib\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\; > > %CDSROOT%\tools\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\libutil\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\fet > > \bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\pcb\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\specctra\bin;%CDSROOT% > > \tools\PSpice;%CDSROOT%\tools\PSpice\Library;%CDSROOT%\tools\Capture; > > %CDSROOT%\OpenAccess\bin\win32\opt > > > Tried installing in both C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). > > Neither worked > > > Anybody see any problems? I don't see anything obvious and neither did the > > IT people. > > Doesn't mean there isn't anything... > > > Something's not right; I'll get it figured out - but I didn't want to leave > > this message without a Thank You for responding. > > And maybe someone here has an idea with this current configuration. > > > Should be easy. Not like I haven't had it working before... > > > Dave > > > On Sep 14, 2:54 pm, Felix Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sometimes Java 64-bit doesn't recognize Java 3D (32-bit version), then > > > you have to install the 64-bit version of Java 3D. > > > > Don't worry the 3D view is available if everything is well configured. > > > > - felix > > > > On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Dave wrote: > > > > > Been away from Electric since shortly after release of v9 Dec10. > > > > Checked this group and saw vno mention of my problem... > > > > > Where did "3D" go? > > > > > It's there on 8.11 (not working though) and I see it mentioned in > > > > the > > > > v9 User's Manual...but I don't see any mention in the tool itself. > > > > Did I miss something? > > > > > Electric v9.00 101210_1219 on a 64-bit Win7 Enterprise machine > > > > Java > > > > 6b27 j3d1.5.2 > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Electric VLSI Editor" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/electricvlsi?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Electric VLSI Editor" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/electricvlsi?hl=en. > > > CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and > > may be confidential and/or privileged. 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