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   To all,
I am currently running Inventor 2008 on my work machine. I have a design that I am trying to create  an animation video. The problems are with respect to rendering the animation. I ultimately want 720 x 480 resolution at 30 FPS for customer presentations. This is a profile of my PC:
Operating System

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

System Model

Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0W2563 
Serial Number: ..xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A05 02/19/2004
Processor 

3.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Memory Modules 

2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 1' is Empty
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 1' is Empty

Display

DameWare Development Mirror Driver [Display adapter]
Microsoft SMS Mirror Driver [Display adapter]
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
IBM P260 [Monitor] (19.7"vis, s/n 55-19340, October 1999)

Multimedia

SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio

I have contacted reps from Autodesk inquiring about this slow rendering and have asked if a quad core or dual core processor might speed things up. The one condition i am under is that my OS has to remain WinXP Pro SP2 32 bit.
A reply came back saying that Quad core &Dual core processors won't aid in speeding the rendering process. I challenged this to further investigation as I have run the same exact file on a 1.6 Gig processor Dual core laptop and the rendering was remakably faster.

 I would appreciate any feedback recommending a Processor,Ram,VideoCard, dual core,or Quad core PC that will speed up the rendering process. If anyone can back up AutoDesk's allegations to dual or quad core processors that too would be appreciated. As I left it with the rep from Autodesk they are now not certain about multi-processors and will further investigate.

TIA
DJMike

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DJMike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07.Sep.2007 Location: United States Using: Inventor 2015 Status: Offline Points: 7	Topic: Inventor 2008 rendering problems Posted: 03.Dec.2007 at 14:58
	To all, I am currently running Inventor 2008 on my work machine. I have a design that I am trying to create an animation video. The problems are with respect to rendering the animation. I ultimately want 720 x 480 resolution at 30 FPS for customer presentations. This is a profile of my PC: Operating System Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) System Model Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0W2563 Serial Number: ..xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Bus Clock: 800 megahertz BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A05 02/19/2004 Processor 3.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Memory Modules 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 0' has 1024 MB Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 0' has 1024 MB Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 1' is Empty Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 1' is Empty Display DameWare Development Mirror Driver [Display adapter] Microsoft SMS Mirror Driver [Display adapter] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter] IBM P260 [Monitor] (19.7"vis, s/n 55-19340, October 1999) Multimedia SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio I have contacted reps from Autodesk inquiring about this slow rendering and have asked if a quad core or dual core processor might speed things up. The one condition i am under is that my OS has to remain WinXP Pro SP2 32 bit. A reply came back saying that Quad core &Dual core processors won't aid in speeding the rendering process. I challenged this to further investigation as I have run the same exact file on a 1.6 Gig processor Dual core laptop and the rendering was remakably faster. I would appreciate any feedback recommending a Processor,Ram,VideoCard, dual core,or Quad core PC that will speed up the rendering process. If anyone can back up AutoDesk's allegations to dual or quad core processors that too would be appreciated. As I left it with the rep from Autodesk they are now not certain about multi-processors and will further investigate. TIA DJMike

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2120	Posted: 03.Dec.2007 at 18:46
	This should be an adequate configuration for mid-size assemblies. Are your normal editing operations fast enough on that particular assembly? Have you set your graphics card as Direct3D or OpenGL in Inventor?
	Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner

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