Hello! if you're new here, you may want to subscribe to the SolidSmack RSS feed or to the free email updates. Thanks for visiting!
The 2nd Service Pack for SolidWorks 2008 has been pushed out today.
If your doing a new installation you’ll need a 3.8 GB Net to hold the fish, so you might need to uninstall Call of Duty if you don’t have enough space.
Changes?
SP2.0 EV (Early Visibility) was a nightmare for me with constant crashes. There’s not much mention of this in the SPR List. I’m 20 minutes from getting it downloaded and will post updates on this post.
Update1: So far, so good. I’ve crashed once when selecting File, Browse Recent, but haven’t been able to reproduce it. I’m getting ready to throw some larger stuff at it though.
Update2:I’ve crashed multiple times, doing different things. I do not believe it’s a bug in the program, but a conflict with the installation. Possibly a driver conflict. User error right? Even still, why didn’t this happen before?
Two things that are different on my machine. I’m running a RAID0 array and I also have 2007 installed on the same machine.
Any way you slice it. Test it before going site wide.
If you haven't already, consider subscribing to SolidSmack so you can easily receive updates when new articles are published or announcements are made.
Keep us posted on how it is working for you Josh.
Best Regards,
Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com
god I thought I was alone! Solidworks has crashed, locked up on my system so often rebooting my system is now a daily routine! I have gotten to the point i don’t even want to start up Solidworks.
i now have tech support on speed dial I have been there so often with no solution in sight
Keep us posted Josh
This mostly seems local to my machine, at least the particular kind of crashes I’m having, and from what I’ve read on the forums. Just remember to test on one before installing on others.