Why is Ultiboard running so slow???

[jonathanfix]

I've been using Ultiboard v9.1.221 for well  over a year now.  It's always been slow doing mundane things like deleting traces or components but recently has gotten much worse.  Typically, I'd see response times around 20 or 30 seconds.  It's very tedious but I've learned patience and was able to make do.  Recently, I've had to import  a .dxf and it took at least 10 minutes!  I just tried to place a via and it took like ten minutes too! My system parameters are as follows:

Windows XP Professional 2002

Service Pack 3

AMD Athlon 64 Processor

2.2 GHz, 1.43 GB of RAM

[Tien_P]

Hi,

Some designs can run very slowly in Ultiboard, try this and see if it helps:

Option>>Global Preference>>PCB Design, select "no realtime check" and uncheck the "Show Copper area".

[jonathanfix]

Sweet! That worked!  If I only knew that a year ago!