I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have exactly
the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
graphics cards.

The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of the
systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active (illuminated) only
during the loading of an assembly or part file.

Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon becomes
greyed out and the capability is NOT available.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to no
avail...

Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Per O. Hoel

Try changing over one of the graphic cards, you may have a duff one.

"POH" <per.hoel@draeger.com> wrote in message 
news:1110838097.286274.313690@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have exactly
> the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
> graphics cards.
>
> The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of the
> systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active (illuminated) only
> during the loading of an assembly or part file.
>
> Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon becomes
> greyed out and the capability is NOT available.
>
> I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
> anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to no
> avail...
>
> Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Per O. Hoel
> 

Oh!
The other time I have seen this, was when the graphic card's fan got clogged 
up, obviously not in this case, but is the graphic card's fan running?
Are you using the same driver version on each machine?
The reason I ask, is that SW's realview will only work, "properly", with the 
stated driver on their web site, not the latest driver for your card.

"pete" <petefa@petefa.f2s.com> wrote in message 
news:d152fb$9ot$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
> Try changing over one of the graphic cards, you may have a duff one.
>
> "POH" <per.hoel@draeger.com> wrote in message 
> news:1110838097.286274.313690@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have exactly
>> the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
>> graphics cards.
>>
>> The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of the
>> systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active (illuminated) only
>> during the loading of an assembly or part file.
>>
>> Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon becomes
>> greyed out and the capability is NOT available.
>>
>> I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
>> anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to no
>> avail...
>>
>> Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Per O. Hoel
>>
>
> 

By chance is "Software Open GL" checked in the options menu? This will cause 
what you are seeing.

Mike

"POH" <per.hoel@draeger.com> wrote in message 
news:1110838097.286274.313690@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have exactly
> the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
> graphics cards.
>
> The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of the
> systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active (illuminated) only
> during the loading of an assembly or part file.
>
> Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon becomes
> greyed out and the capability is NOT available.
>
> I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
> anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to no
> avail...
>
> Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Per O. Hoel
> 

Michael,

Thanks to you and the other respondents for your various suggestions.

Software Open GL is UNchecked.

The nVidia driver is the 67.22 version "approved" on the SolidWorks
website.

The graphics cards all have the same bios version, but perhaps the one
in my machine has a hardware problem - we'll see...

Per O. Hoel
______________________
Michael Eckstein wrote:
> By chance is "Software Open GL" checked in the options menu? This
will cause
> what you are seeing.
>
> Mike
>
> "POH" <per.hoel@draeger.com> wrote in message
> news:1110838097.286274.313690@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have
exactly
> > the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
> > graphics cards.
> >
> > The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of
the
> > systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active (illuminated)
only
> > during the loading of an assembly or part file.
> >
> > Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon
becomes
> > greyed out and the capability is NOT available.
> >
> > I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
> > anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to
no
> > avail...
> >
> > Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Per O. Hoel
> >

Well, strangely enough, the solution was to copy the "Shaders" folder
with all of its contents from another seat of SolidWorks (with RealView
fully operational).

Even though SolidWorks 2005 was installed on my computer with RealView
graphics features included, the "Shaders" were completely missing.

After using Windows Explorer to manually introduce them and restarting
the program (after a logoff), RealView graphics display as expected!

The cure came from introducing missing files and not through a repair
installation or manual Registry modification.

Case closed, but the mystery of the cause continues...

Per O. Hoel
___________________________________________________


POH wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Thanks to you and the other respondents for your various suggestions.
>
> Software Open GL is UNchecked.
>
> The nVidia driver is the 67.22 version "approved" on the SolidWorks
> website.
>
> The graphics cards all have the same bios version, but perhaps the
one
> in my machine has a hardware problem - we'll see...
>
> Per O. Hoel
> ______________________
> Michael Eckstein wrote:
> > By chance is "Software Open GL" checked in the options menu? This
> will cause
> > what you are seeing.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "POH" <per.hoel@draeger.com> wrote in message
> > news:1110838097.286274.313690@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > I've set up (3) new Dell Precision 670 workstations which have
> exactly
> > > the same hardware with Windows XP, SP2 with nVidia Quadro FX 3400
> > > graphics cards.
> > >
> > > The strange thing is that RealView graphics works fine on two of
> the
> > > systems, but on the other the toolbar icon is active
(illuminated)
> only
> > > during the loading of an assembly or part file.
> > >
> > > Just as the file finishes reading in, the RealView toolbar icon
> becomes
> > > greyed out and the capability is NOT available.
> > >
> > > I've uninstalled and reinstalled SolidWorks 2005, SP01.1 (with
> > > anti-virus protection OFF) and have replaced the video drivers to
> no
> > > avail...
> > >
> > > Any hints for correcting this will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Per O. Hoel
> > >