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Has anybody come across the problem of the program crashing any time the application button is clicked??? It also crashed when using the shortcut to activate the same button. I am using Revit Architecture 2010 on current Parallels software on current Mac OS. The only thing I can think that is happening is that the new version of Parallels is not agreeing with Revit 2010.
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Which version of Parallels are you using? I'm on 5.0.992 and do not have this issue. I'm also using 2011 but did not have issues with 2010 either. Is this an issue you had from a fresh install? Can you get to the options to turn off Direct3d? What settings do you have for your VM? Mine look like this: http://screencast.com/t/4P2mxsUmRqS What kind of Mac are you running this on? Specs? etc?
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Thanks for your response Carl. My specs are as follows: I have a Macbook Pro 3.06 Ghz dual core with either 4 or 5 of my 8 Gb of ram dedicated to the VM. Video memory setup on mine is exactly the same as yours. The only different Optimization setting was that I had the Adaptive Hypervisor ticked while you did not. I tried unchecking this but it made no difference. I am running Parallels build 6.0.11828, Revit Architecture 2010, Mac OS 10.6.4 & Windows 7 Revit had been working fine for a good while, and the crashing seemed to have started when I went to Parallels 6, but this may just be coincidence. I can use the Revit normally, as long as I don’t hit the application button (which you can imagine is pretty painful given all the stuff that’s under there). There is no performance difference between now and prior to the crashing while doing intensive tasks like high quality renders. I hadn’t heard of Direct3D acceleration before. As Direct 3d acceleration control is in the graphics tab of the options menu accessed via the application menu, I can not get anywhere near it without crashing Revit. I tried to find out if Parallels 6 and Revit 2010 have compatability problems but it has been like banging my head against a brick wall. Any bright ideas are greatly appreciated Jason Cloud Dwellers
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Hi Jason, Not sure how attached you are to using Parrallels, but one solution might be to switch to BootCamp. It's simple software that came free with your machine, and although I'm not totally sure about this, but I think it allocates more RAM to be dedicated to Windows since it actually boots to Windows instead of running it as a program in OSx. I've had fantastic performance with BootCamp on my machine, and very few software problems besides a videocard issue that was resolved over time with updates. I know it might be a hassle to switch, but if you can't figure out what's wrong with Parallels, BootCamp might be your best bet. Specs: MacBook Pro 17", Intel Core i7 2.67GHz, 4.0 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro 64x PS: Could it be that your version of Windows (i.e. 64x or 32x) is playing a role in this?
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Thanks for your feedback Rastaman I hadn't thought of ditching parallels and doing a windows install with Boot Camp. I don't think it is the RAM allocation issue though, because the VM is getting 4-5 of my 8 gigabytes, and the trigger of the crash is something that uses almost none of it. You are right in that it could equally by a problem associated with windows rather than parallels. I am running a 64bit install of Windows 7. Both Windows and Parallels are up to date, and I'm not sure how else I could tackle it, other than maybe asking the Parallels people if they will let me go backwards to version 5 rather than 6. Jason
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Hey rastamanCP, Im actually about to order the Macbook Pro, which i will run in bootcamp most of the time. Im torn between the i7 and i5 - the only downside to the i7 is that it runs pretty hot in bootcamp. How do you find it? Ill be using it mainly for Revit, Rhino + grasshopper so will be stuckin bootcamp for 90% of the time! Cheers
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Before this thread veers off topic, I should say that I got a workaround for my crashing problem sorted out yesterday. I have circumvented the need to click on the Application button by using the keyboard shortcut txt file to program a shortcut for everything I need that is within that menu. Even though I hadn't customised shortcuts before, it sounds like a pretty obvious approach in hindsight. Still, I was the first to suggest it ! thanks all Jason @ Cloud Dwellers
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