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Mikele
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empty navigator cube

Post by Mikele »

Hello guys,

I´m a new user.
Version 1.8, Win7 64bit, (I should probably install 1.9?)

My navigation cube is empty. There only is a white square.
What to do?

Thanks and best regards -
Michael
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First update to 0.19.2 and report back
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And if it doesn't work in 0.19, you should try the latest 0.20.
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0.19.2 does not run at all. error ...
0.18.4 stills runs like before.
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Mikele wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:09 pm 0.19.2 does not run at all. error ...
0.18.4 stills runs like before.
You can try to reset the configuration with the button in the preferences. Another possibility is to delete your config files or to move them in case you want to restore them.

Beyond that, nothing will be done with 0.18 from the developers side. For 0.19 you may check the Known OS specific issues. From your very sparse message it is hard to help.
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@Mikele help us help you. To piggyback on chrisb's message, please be a lot more elaborate. The more you are the easier it is for us to help you.
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Mikele wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:50 am Hello guys,

I´m a new user.
Version 1.8, Win7 64bit, (I should probably install 1.9?)

My navigation cube is empty. There only is a white square.
What to do?

Thanks and best regards -
Michael
See this:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2264


And post the complete FreeCAD version copied usign this method:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 10#p423310


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sorry for not following the rules and recommendations.

Found e.g. this:
*Windows display driver
There are issues with Radeon graphic cards. If your objects show transparency where they should not, it may be caused by the Radeon driver.
Workaround: Rollback to an earlier driver graphic card driver version.*

Hm, my graphic card is an old Radeon HD 5450.


My system:
OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.4 (GitTag)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-18
Hash: 980bf9060e28555fecd9e3462f68ca74007b70f8
Python version: 3.6.6
Qt version: 5.6.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)


OS: Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601: SP 1)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
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I have the radeon hd 4550. I had this issue with some of the 0.18 versions, but 0.19 and afterwards all worked fine. I think it had to do with the version of Qt used in 0.18, or perhaps it was coin version. The 0.18 version made with python2 worked fine also.
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... after deleting the certain files 0.19 is running now. No software crash. :)
Still no navigator cube, only white square.

I forgot to mention that the different object views did not work immediately or that I had to click outside the screen first. Now this works too!

Do you really need the cube?

I am a 1/2 DAU in computers but imho my graphics card is overwhelmed?

Could deinstalling Version 0.18 help too?


* There are issues with Radeon graphic cards. If your objects show transparency where they should not, it may be caused by the Radeon driver.

Workaround: Rollback to an earlier driver graphic card driver version.*

I'm really scared that something happens that I can't get back on if I change the driver version of the graphics card.
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