Hello
Do you have this problem with Solirdworks Resource Monitor which starts at 1/3 of the RAM i.e. 5GB out of 16 Available
Is there a way to set the alert threshold?
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Hello
The resource monitor does not have an interface and therefore is not adjustable.
On the other hand, it's surprising that it gives you an alert at 5GB of memory used. I only receive alerts around 95% of usage and I have never touched the settings.
Does the alert stay there for a while or does it disappear quickly?
It's possible that you only have spikes in RAM usage
Normally I'm at 3.5GB of RAM usage (Vive WIN10) which is only 1.5GB for Solidworks I don't check if there were any RAM consumption peaks but it would surprise me because I'm only open five drawings with in all One Assembly and five parts
It seems that you are not the only one who has encountered this problem on windows 10
I also work on windows 10 and I rarely receive these notifications (when I am notified, it's justified).
What version of Solidworks are you working on?
Windows 7, almost identical problem.
The ram is not used much, but I struggle to open more than 20 plans (And as I use Solidworks, the number of possible openings decreases, after a few hours of work it is sometimes painful).
Unfortunately, I have no solution... And I can confirm that it's annoying!
see this link which gives you the right walkthrough ;-)
http://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2011/01/solidworks-system-resources-running-low-message/#.WMro-mrhDmF
@+ ;-)
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See also this link
http://www.leguide3d.com/profiles/blogs/solidworks-comment-d-sactiver-les-notifications-de-solidworks
The SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor utility monitors the resources used by the SOLIDWORKS software or your system. When resources are low, SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor displays a message in the notification area of the Windows taskbar to help you respond and prevent a system failure or data loss.
The SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor icon in the notification area is color-coded to indicate resource availability:
The level of all types of resources available is sufficient.
The level of one or more resources is low. It is recommended to free up resources.
Almost all of one or more resources have been used. If you continue your work, you may experience system failure or data loss, so it's imperative to free up resources. In addition to the messages provided by the monitor in the notification area, additional messages appear in the SOLIDWORKS software if you attempt to run commands.
To view the most recent message again, click the SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor icon, or in the notification area.
There are certainly good reasons for you to be notified, that being said, you may need to ignore these notifications from time to time because you are working on importing a large file, or on a large assembly.
This is because these notifications can be repetitive and noisy and as a result, can become annoying.
Here's how to disable them on Windows 10:
Everything happens in the Windows notification settings.
To quickly access the Windows notification settings, you can enter "Notification" in the search field next to the Windows icon (if the searchbox is missing, right-click on the taskbar and select Search ).
- Then select Notifications and action settings from the list of results:
- Choose SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor Notifications
- Scroll down the list until you find the SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor (if it's not listed, then SOLIDWORKS is probably not running, just start the application and it should appear).
- Select the item to access it or you can simply turn it off by moving the slider to off.
In the SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor settings dialog, you can choose which notifications you want to receive and how you want to receive them. For example, you can still receive all notifications, but you can mute them:
With your notification settings set, you can continue to work without interruption from Windows.
Here's how to disable them on Windows 7:
Access the notification customization via the small arrow on the Windows taskbar and then click on the customize button :
- Then hide notifications from SOLIDWORKS Resource Monitor:
This short tutorial on SolidWorks Resource Monitor notifications is coming to an end.
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ludo.mai I am on SW 2016 SP5
KVuilleumier indeed I only use 2GB of RAM it panics it's quickly annoying
gt22 Disabling the notification is of little interest because the most annoying thing is that SOlidworks no longer opens the files and advises against any modification
"SOLIDWORKS has detected that your system resources are low" a message explained...
Anyone who works with large SOLIDWORKS files has most likely received the warning: Low SOLIDWORKS System Resources.
Bottom Resources Warning Message
Of course, your initial response was to check your RAM usage in Task Manager and you see the memory usage is low, so you're wondering, "Why do I have this warning?". In some cases, you probably just kept working, after all, It seems to be just a warning message and SOLIDWORKS still works, but after doing a little more work, SOLIDWORKS crashes and crashes. What caused this?
In this blog post, I will summarize the reason for this warning and provide a band-aid solution that will help reduce the occurrences of this warning, and we hope to preventfurther crashes.
The problem is your GDI Limit object
First point to do - this warning usually has nothing to do with system memory, it is more likely due to GDI (Interface Graphics Device) objects approaching the default limit pre-set by Windows.
If SOLIDWORKS has never overwritten after receiving the "SOLIDWORKS System Resources Run Low" warning, then you are likely to ignore it and continue working as this warning is triggered when the GDI objects used by SolidWorks have crossed 9000.
I'm not going to go into detail about what a GDI object is, but if you're interested, Google and you'll find a lot of information. And here's a direct link to Wikipedia's explanation of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface
If you overwrite shortly after receiving the warning, then you hit the limit and closeWindows SOLIDWORKS .
A solution to help solve the problem
Here's what you can do in this situation. You can control the number of GDI objects through Task Manager; It's a new column you'll need to add via the View menu.
Task Manager - GDI Objects Column
Once any single process hits 10,000 GDI objects, it is terminated. This is the default limit set by Windows that a single process can reach.
There's a registry tweak that can change that; a single process can max to 16384, while the max wide system for all processes is 65,536; Amend the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\GDIProcessHandleQuota
registry key to change the per-process limit (GDIProcessHandleQuota) up to the upper limit of 16.384; Adjust the base of DECIMAL . This will buy you some room to breathe.
** WARNING ! - I recommend that you make this change if you are very comfortable editing the Windows Registry. Accidental changes to the registry can render your system unusable, so exercise extreme caution when making any registry changes. restoreWindows before making any registry changes.
Here is a site that explains and shows the process of creating a restore point in Windows Vista and 7 if you are not familiar with this tool - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-restore -Point-for-windows-vistas-system-restoration/
More information
For more information on modifying the registry entry discussed above, visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724291(v=vs.85).aspx
There is a pretty long thread in the SOLIDWORKS Forum that focuses on the topic of "SOLIDWORKS System Resources Run Low" which I recommend you read for more info. There are also some explanations from SOLIDWORKS on how to minimize the use of GDI and also what they are doing to help: https://forum.solidworks.com/message/190940#190940
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All the answers I gave you come from Solidworks support
See the links and it's their walkthroughs
so if it doesn't suit you
I don't have + answers for you
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gt22 It suits me for a personal PC but I admit that fiddling with the Registry on the work PC very little for me:) no worries in any case thank you for all these feedbacks
So I close the subject:)
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The GT22 solution works perfectly, I have increased the number of GDIProcessHandleQuota and I can open 8 times more plans (I didn't look at how many, I pushed the limit to the max and send thousands of plans. SolidWorks to crash because of another limit).
So you can put it in better answers:)
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See here: http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/3d/probleme-ressources-de-fenetrage
fthomas working at the SolidWorks Hotline, we can follow his message.
If necessary, show this post to your IT department so that they can increase the limit.
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thank you for your feedback @ KVuilleumier +1
can we know how much you have increased your GDIProcessHandleQuota
@+ ;-)
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At most, i.e. 65,536 and 18,000 for the USERProcessHandleQuota field.
But be careful, you have to restart the PC for the change to be taken into account. And to arrive at ~36,000 GDI SolidWorks at another limit at the Windows level. But I was still able to open a lot more plans!
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