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Is that anyway I can make drawings work on Win7?
HARDWOODFP_ENGINEERING
Member Posts: 13 ✭
Our office desktop is still running Windows 7 because several legacy applications installed on that machine are already fully configured and licensed for that setup, so upgrading the OS is not currently an option.
On this machine, Onshape Part Studios and Assemblies work perfectly fine. However, the Drawings module does not. When I switch to a Drawing tab, all I get is a completely blank page.
I have tested this across multiple browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) with the same result.
As a workaround, I am currently using a Windows 10 virtual machine in the cloud to access Drawings, which works, but it is slow, inconvenient, and frankly a pain to rely on for normal workflow.
Is there anyway to make the drawings module work on windows 7?
Thanks in advance.
Answers
While Onshape claims to run on anything, the caveat is that it's up to date. Some elements of Onshape rely on browser technology which is only available in later builds, so it is likely your Win7 version of Chrome is not fully compatible. A cheap Windows laptop or Chromebook might be your best bet.
i`ve just found a way to make it work. Just disble the GPU in the browse settings, and let the CPU gemerate the graphics, and voila the drawings module now work. So now I`ll have to use 2 browsers, one configured not to use GPU so that the drawings work, and one with the GPU enabled so the 3d models don`t get painfully slow.
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