I've downloaded DraftSight but the drawing area is covered with alternate light and dark bands of fuzz (trying to avoid a rude word).

Any clues as to why? Thanks

Try cleaning your monitor screen?  LoLI've got DraftSight running on three different computers (one of which is a laptop) and there is no "fuzz".  Bad install?  Is there a REPAIR option for DraftSight?Could it be video card related?

I've had EasyCAD, LibreCAD, A9CAD, and ProgeCAD all running ok. EasyCAD would be my choice. EasyCAD is £240 (I might pay up), otherwise ProgeCAD looks as tho it will probably do what I need.

I had AutoCAD but it was slow - it's a massive program
 - I suspect a lot of disk swapping - and I only paid £20 for it on-line so I was a bit wary about it. I've now deleted it.Only DraftSight has the drawing area obliterated with rubbish - and I did download the latest revision today but no improvement. I'll delete it from my machine and download a completely new copy.

I deleted the old program and downloaded a new copy - still the same. Maybe there is some interaction with my video card.

Thanks anyway

Can you post a screenshot?

I tried to get a screenshot - click on the link here - but be warned, it crashes my computer :-(

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonebanks/screenshot.htm

Didn't see a thing.What are the specs on your computer?I have DraftSight loaded on a four year old laptop (core 2 duo 2.53GHz) running Vista Business 32-bit.  My laptop has 2GB of RAM.



John Connor2012-07-27 13:08:36

Windows XP Home Edition with service pack 2

AMD Semprom(tm) processor 2600+, 1.60 GHz, 960Mb RAMI can't add any more memory without changing the processor.

I don't see what the processor has to do with how much memory you can install.  It depends on your motherboard configuration and specs.  WinXP can use 3GB of RAM.And what about your graphics card or onboard graphics chip? 

Minimum system requirements for running DraftSight:--Microsoft Windows Vista® (Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, Home Premium), Microsoft Windows XP® Professional or Home Edition operating systems, Microsoft Windows® 7 --Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or greater--1 GB RAM--150 MB free disk space for installation--1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color-- High color (16 bit) Graphics Card-- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 web browser or later-- Internet connection for activation and services offered within the DraftSight CommunityOf course you checked this all out BEFORE you downloaded and installed the program right?

[QUOTE=John Connor]I don't see what the processor has to do with how much memory you can install.  It depends on your motherboard configuration and specs.  WinXP can use 3GB of RAM.And what about your graphics card or onboard graphics chip? [/QUOTE]
This computer had 500Mbyte of memory when I bought it. When I had another 500Mbyte added, I was told that I couldn't have any more.I was a field engineer for a company that charged £1,000 for 2kbytes of memory = 50p/byte - in the days of core stores - and I worked on a project for the US Navy that used a core store for ROM. It had a reset wire going thru all cores then a 'page wire' was threaded thru cores to set a one or round a core to leave a zero - then X and Y wires used to read the content. The store was 20 bits wide x 64 words and there were about 50 page wires - and we thought that we had done well to get this working at 1Mhz - so today's specs seem pretty impressive to me.Later, I had a BBC micro with 32k of RAM memory - and some of that was used for the screen so only about 20k available for programs.Anyway, I should have said earlier today "Copy this link into you web browser and click on the link on that page - or try http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonebanks/screenshot.JPG "I have asked about a new mother board which should do the job but my contact is in hospital so that will be a few days before I can do anything.Thanks for your help.

What computer do you have (make and model number)?What does it have for graphics?  Is it an onboard graphics chip or a dedicated graphics card?My personal opinion is that your computer does NOT meet the minimum required specifications to run DraftSight.  It is time to upgrade.


John Connor2012-07-28 12:58:32