| Product(s): | RAM Concept | ||
| Version(s): | V8i edition - present | ||
| Environment: | N/A | ||
| Area: | Graphics | ||
| Issue Number: | 496702 |
Problem Description
The graphics don't look right. This can include lines shooting off into space or graphics that are totally invisible.
Explanation
Ram Concept uses DirectX for graphics. so first verify that your graphics adapter supports this technology. More often than not, updating the graphics adapter driver is the solution to graphics problems in Ram Concept. Here's an example of what you might see with an out of date driver:
There could be extra blue lines like a spider-web connecting the edges of the slab or problems with line weight.
This has been known to happen with some nVidia legacy and game cards in particular. nVidia is stopping Directx 10 support for many of its legacy cards, this includes many Quadro and NVS cards.
Solution
Reverting to older drivers (v332.76 or v331) has solved the problem in most cases. Click here to search older drivers.
nVidia regretfully does not provide these older drivers on Windows 10 operating systems. As a work around, the following environment variables can be set:
- QV_SWRASTERIZER=1
- QV_D3DVERSION=9
These environment variables will work with Ram Concept 6.00, but not with Ram Concept 6.01. We are working to build a new version of Ram Concept (6.02) that can work around the issue in conjunction with these 2 custom QVision environment variables.
See Also
RAM Concept Plans And Perspectives
Graphics Issue- Distorted graphics- in OpenPlant Modeler