Hi I had similar problems and they we solve through switching off, under Pref data management, Detect corrupted meshes.
Thanks Ben On 18 April 2012 15:28, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote: > So... I renamed my User directory. Soft created a new one of course. The > first thing I did was start adding some of my projects back in the Project > Manager. I added 5 projects, and as I set my Default project, Softimage > froze and required me to kill it. > > I'll get familiar with Process Monitor and see if I can learn more about > what's causing this. Could something in a project's system file cause a > crash? > -Tim > > > > > On 4/18/2012 9:19 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: > > Thanks, I'll try renaming my User folder. I have already stripped out > unnecesary plugins, but there are a few that I still need to use that must > be kept locally to my User directory. > > I'll see what renaming does. > > -Tim > > On 4/18/2012 6:14 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: > > Hi > > Support hasn't seen any trend in "general instability" cases for 2012.SAP. > I would suspect something specific to your situation. > > That post is more about a startup crash. > Here's an intro to Process > Monitor:http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/process-monitor-101/ > > > You can try running Process Monitor to see what's going on. > Often I use it to look for conflicts (wrong DLLs, other apps, ...) > > Do you get a chance to send a CER report? > > Did runonce.bat report any errors? > > Try renaming your User folder, so that you are running with the default > preferences and settings, and with no extra plugins or workgroups. > (User folder = C:\Users\blairs\Autodesk\Softimage_2013) > > If you install anything in the Factory install folder (C:\Program > Files\Autodesk\Softimage2013), remove it. > > > > > There was a similar thread awhile ago: > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Len Krenzler > Sent: March-15-12 12:58 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: 2012 SAP stability > > Hi Adrian, > > I had some similar issues a about a month ago. In my case this is what > solved it. Turn OFF "Threaded Optimization" in the Nvidia control panel > (assuming you're using Nvidia cards). This seemed to be causing all sorts of > UI related crashes, especially with render region and the rendertree. > > Of course I have no idea if this is the same issue for you but it's worth a > try. > > Cheers - Len > > On 3/15/2012 10:40 AM, adrian wyer wrote: > how's everyone getting on with 2012 SAP? > > just lately we seem to have hit a wall of crashes and scene corruption, and > im not sure whether this is caused by our new server, changed working > practice or general ropeyness in the software.... > > artists will be working on scenes, that seem fine, then out of the blue, > when, for example, opening a ppg, or a rendertree soft will hang, or just > plain disappear! > > once this has happened the scene becomes practically unusable.... some > respite after blowing away the local user folder, but generally crippling to > workflow > > this is all on win7x64, wondering whether it's a windows update related > issue..... > > driving me insane! > > /end rant > > a > > > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Tim Crowson > Sent: April-17-12 10:04 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: 2012 SAP stability (or... not so much...) > > Thank you Xavier, I'll take a look at these. > -Tim C. > > On 4/17/2012 8:50 PM, Xavier Lapointe wrote: > An article from xsisupport that might be related: > http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/the-case-of-the-missing-registry-values/ > > > 2012/4/17 Xavier Lapointe > <xl.mailingl...@gmail.com<mailto:xl.mailingl...@gmail.com> > <xl.mailingl...@gmail.com>> > Might be handy: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx > > 2012/4/17 Xavier Lapointe > <xl.mailingl...@gmail.com<mailto:xl.mailingl...@gmail.com> > <xl.mailingl...@gmail.com>> > I don't know what you've tried so far except runonce and the user's Autodesk > folder reset, but I would also suggest to remove all external > addons/plugins/workgroup (not provided with Soft), and see if you experience > the same crash. If you don't, then you know your problem lies somewhere in > there. Having a virgin Autodesk directory would be a good thing too, I've > seen crashes with custom UI Layout sometimes, even if they were not in use. > > You could also try any equivalent of strace (linux) on windows ... I think > there's one. Might tell you at which point it's crashing. > > > > > > -- > Xavier > > > > -- > Xavier > > -- > > > > Tim Crowson > Lead CG Artist > > > [cid:image001.gif@01CD1D31.E8BDAC80] > > > Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio, Inc. > 2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 > Ph 615.885.6801 | Fax 615.889.4768 | > www.magneticdreams.com<http://www.magneticdreams.com> > <http://www.magneticdreams.com>tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> > <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > >
