Have you ruled out the software conflicts listed in this thread? Both should be fine, so:Įnsure your operating system is up-to-date. Looks like you're using Windows 10 or Windows 11. Ensure your operating system is supported.If you have both an internal and an external graphics card Ensure your dedicated graphics card is 'assigned' for Vectorworks to use.īecause Vectorworks 2022 is crashing so much: If updating the graphics card driver doesn't resolve the matter Perform a clean reinstallation of your graphics card driver, using the latest release. (Old drivers don't support modern graphics conventions). However If the newest driver available for your graphics card is older than six months you may need to upgrade to a modern graphics card. Seeing as the issues include graphics-related symptoms:Įnsure your graphics card driver is up-to-date. But… Here are some serious suggestions, in order of likelihood and necessity. The solution for this would be to retire your current User Folder. In which case probably also migrated a Workspace or Settings file that is corrupt or incompatible and causing these issues. Shooting from the hip That your Attributes palette is at the top of the tool palettes suggests you may have migrated from a very old version of Vectorworks. Please add your current hardware, operating system and pertinent software to your profile signature or include it in your comments and posts. Conditions which can be usually be improved.īecause you haven't included any information about your operating system, hardware or circumstances the following is based on a few assumptions, so they may not apply to your situation. Given the severity of your symptoms I'm not surprised you say that! Conversely, the fact that they are unique and severe suggests they will be caused by conditions specific to your computer. Vectorworks Worst software I've ever had,all icons are gone!!! Some DLLs used by these apps are known to be problematic. Apps that use the following DLLs should not be run at the same time as Vectorworks. The file path shown when searching for these DLLs can denote which program files should be avoided, for example “C:\Program Files\NZXT CAM\.\ graphics-hook64.dll”. When Vectorworks operates normally you have found the problematic startup item(s).Ĭlearing these items from Startup Apps should restore normal Vectorworks operation. If Vectorworks is still crashing, re-enable the items you disabled and move further down the list. Type “Startup Apps” in the search field of your Windows Taskbar.ĭisable items a few at a time, and restart Vectorworks to see if Vectorworks is operating normally or still crashing. Sometimes these apps automatically start up with the system. Clearing them requires changing the Startup Apps settings as follows: We have tracked these issues to utility apps being installed which modify the functionality of DirectX 11. These apps sometimes show overlaid graphics on top of normal graphics, or otherwise inject code into the basic graphics handling routines of DirectX 11. Graphics-intensive applications like Vectorworks and others can be negatively impacted by these apps, when normal graphics operations behave incorrectly. We recommend not using such apps at the same time as Vectorworks. Some Vectorworks 2022 Windows users have reported crashing with basic document window operations such as resizing the application window, tearing off palettes, or switching workspaces.
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