Kyle_in_Tex
Super Star Member
So I do cad/cam at work. I have a decent Dell T5500 with 8 cores. Windows 7 64 bit Pro.
I have a "large to me" cam file open and I'm trying to get it to run, but it seemed super slow and would just get stuck, watching the endmill trying to cut the imaginary part on the screen. I right clicked on the bottom ribbon and clicked on task manager, clicked the performance tab to see all 8 cores at 100% and memory at about 50%. So I clicked on processes tab, and then the "cpu" column to sort by what was using the cpu's horsepower, to see that my mastercam was using about 87% of the cpu, AND SOME ADOBE CRAP MANAGER OR UPDATER OR WHATEVER WAS USING 13%. I didn't even have an adobe file or .pdf open. So I clicked on it and hit "end process" got the usual warning about closing down a process and BAM, my CAD/Cam took off like a rocket!!! Didn't have a slow spell the rest of the day. Who would have ever thought that the 13% was the dell killer?
When the day comes (it is here now) that Adobe products inhibit productivity, it is time to send their crap packing. I hate that they always need to be updated every 15 minutes and that they want you to have a permanent memory hogging program running all the time (if you don't know how to kill it).
That is all,
As you were.
I have a "large to me" cam file open and I'm trying to get it to run, but it seemed super slow and would just get stuck, watching the endmill trying to cut the imaginary part on the screen. I right clicked on the bottom ribbon and clicked on task manager, clicked the performance tab to see all 8 cores at 100% and memory at about 50%. So I clicked on processes tab, and then the "cpu" column to sort by what was using the cpu's horsepower, to see that my mastercam was using about 87% of the cpu, AND SOME ADOBE CRAP MANAGER OR UPDATER OR WHATEVER WAS USING 13%. I didn't even have an adobe file or .pdf open. So I clicked on it and hit "end process" got the usual warning about closing down a process and BAM, my CAD/Cam took off like a rocket!!! Didn't have a slow spell the rest of the day. Who would have ever thought that the 13% was the dell killer?
When the day comes (it is here now) that Adobe products inhibit productivity, it is time to send their crap packing. I hate that they always need to be updated every 15 minutes and that they want you to have a permanent memory hogging program running all the time (if you don't know how to kill it).
That is all,
As you were.