I have been getting a new kind of lockup in SolidWorks since we have upgraded to 2007. I am wondering if anyone else out there is experiencing this. The other variable here is we have recently upgraded most of our designers to dual monitors.
This most often happens when trying to open a assembly or drawing. And when doing so the model or drawing will get to the point where it will show you the graphics and allow you to pan and spin, but the model tree never loads and the little status progress bar (typically green and in the lower left bar) never shows any of the green bars like it is doing something.
The weird state of this is that you can get to all the drop down menus and spin the model and everything acts like solidworks is still there mentally. Even when you check Task Manager it says the app is responding. But if you actually click any drop down - nothing happens. So even though in this state it looks like you can do stuff, all it acts like is that it is crashed. You can leave it in this state for quite a while and the model tree will never show up.
The other interesting thing is that the title bar of the application goes to the inactive color (typically a lighter blue). My thought is that a dialog box is opening up somewhere where I cannot see it or answer it and this is why solidworks is behaving this way. But to date I have no idea how to figure this one out.
I have tried reloading both OS and SolidWorks, even messed around quite a bit with video card settings. We have standardaized on nVida and there are options to force the display of dialog boxes and such in there on particular monitors. But so far none of this has been successful.
We also have DBWorks in the mix and I haven't totally ruled out its interaction as well.
Any others out there with ideas?
--Matt