Running SolidWorks using VNC

I would think that running SW across any kind of slow connection would be painful. I know I am not giving you any kind of answer, but I have been doing conversions from Catia and am really fed up with everything else moving at a snail's pace because of the conversion process taking all the CPU time. I would think that running SW remotely would be like that.

WT

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To clear things up you could first try it over your local network. I recall of a slight response time. IMHO usable for a few minutes, not much more. The other thing is the number of colors that decrease to 256 (?). Not sure if there is a setting for that.

HIH JM

TightVNC

Good luck,

Kent

Ultr@VNC should be faster than TightVNC...

When I was giving SW training I used it in the classroom. It worked well there on a 100baseT setup. Using it over the internet requires a secure hook up.

VNC is not the answer.

Just install SolidWorks on the offsite system and use a VPN to get the license and files.

I think he has a bandwidth problem. Broadband is roughly equivalent to

RageX wrote:

Thanks fuys for the info...

The bandwidth is the problem. We would be running at either 512x512K or

I have tried running VNC over the LAN and it ran fine at 100bt. I think that running local and getting the files over the WAN would be painful.

I am trying to test it here at home over a wireless LAN (802.11g), but my router seems to be blocking vnc somehow and I haven't got around that yet, but will soon. That will give me an idea of how it will run at about half speed to a 100bt.

Persistence.....

DS

Thanks fuys for the info...

The bandwidth is the problem. We would be running at either 512x512K or

I have tried running VNC over the LAN and it ran fine at 100bt. I think that running local and getting the files over the WAN would be painful.

I am trying to test it here at home over a wireless LAN (802.11g), but my router seems to be blocking vnc somehow and I haven't got around that yet, but will soon. That will give me an idea of how it will run at about half speed to a 100bt.

Persistence.....

DS

Well, if this all works how I am hoping, we would be using VNC (or ultr@vnc, or tightvnc, or pcanywhere or something.something) through a secure VPN tunnel.

It works almost perfectly over our 100Bt lan....

I have yet to be able to test what type of lag/response time we will experience with a 512x512 or 1500x256 dsl connection. That is main issue we are facing.

Regards DS

You don't need a VPN to run securely either. VNC can be run through puTTY with a secure shell (SSH).

D. Short wrote:

I've used it through normal VNC. It's ok to do some basic stuff, but it stinks to do any "real work" with it. Unless you are on a 100/mg lan, you can't follow your normal cursor - you have to go by the VNC cursor (which isn't too bad).. Rotating parts can stink, as the redraw can be slow on the screen.. If the pipe is too slow to simply transfer a solidworks part file, then I think it will definitely be too slow to use VNC in real-time.

I have also done this through my 10meg wireless broadband service (10meg up/down, low latency), and I can review and show off 3d models, but I wouldn't want to do any real work over it.