strange model view/splash screen messages

Post here for help on using FreeCAD's graphical user interface (GUI).
Forum rules
and Helpful information
IMPORTANT: Please click here and read this first, before asking for help

Also, be nice to others! Read the FreeCAD code of conduct!
jltott
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:36 pm

strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by jltott »

Hi
Windows 10, Freecad 0.17 build 13528
2 issues:
1. splash screen lists one item as not found, to quick to see what it is but suspect program files/freecad/mod/measure?? - is there a log file anywhere?
2. All model views appear as combination of "as is" and "wireframe" (see attachment)
Graphics card update recently maybe problem (radeon 18.8.1 software for radeon R9 200 series card)

Any one have any ideas please
Screenshot (13).png
Screenshot (13).png (246.06 KiB) Viewed 1724 times
Many thanks

John
User avatar
Willem
Veteran
Posts: 1852
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:27 pm
Location: Lisse, The Netherlands

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by Willem »

Welcome to the forum,

one possible answer is that the transparency is not 0, see in the tree view, in this case it is 50
Schermafdruk van 2018-08-19 15-25-03.png
Schermafdruk van 2018-08-19 15-25-03.png (217.25 KiB) Viewed 1718 times
jltott
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:36 pm

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by jltott »

Hi
Many thanks for replying
All transparencies set to 0
I will cut out some further screenshots to show why I think this a problem
User avatar
NormandC
Veteran
Posts: 18587
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:52 pm
Location: Québec, Canada

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by NormandC »

Hello jltott,

Welcome to the forum.

jltott wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:03 pm 1. splash screen lists one item as not found, to quick to see what it is but suspect program files/freecad/mod/measure?? - is there a log file anywhere?
Make the report view visible by going to View --> Panels --> Report view. It will display this message and you'll be able to copy-paste it here.

As for a log file, you need to explicitly set a command when launching FreeCAD. I'm not sure but I think you have to start FreeCAD from the command line.

jltott wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:03 pm 2. All model views appear as combination of "as is" and "wireframe" (see attachment)
Graphics card update recently maybe problem (radeon 18.8.1 software for radeon R9 200 series card)
Yes, this is most probably the issue, you are the 3rd person in the past few weeks with an AMD card this happens to after a graphics driver update. Let me try to locate the previous topic.
jltott
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:36 pm

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by jltott »

try and make sense of this if possible
Attachments
view3.PNG
view3.PNG (36.08 KiB) Viewed 1712 times
view2.PNG
view2.PNG (27.81 KiB) Viewed 1712 times
view1.PNG
view1.PNG (33.13 KiB) Viewed 1712 times
jltott
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:36 pm

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by jltott »

view4.PNG
view4.PNG (296.97 KiB) Viewed 1706 times
Nothing in report view when you do this - problem is when you start FreeCad in the splash screen.

Do you know the command line instruction and flags to set report?

Many thanks, much appreciated
User avatar
NormandC
Veteran
Posts: 18587
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:52 pm
Location: Québec, Canada

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by NormandC »

Finally found the topic by scanning through the forum index page by page, as the search engine was useless :? It was at the bottom of the 3rd page, and last active a mere 7 days ago. This forum is quite active :D

Unable to hide hidden geometry

In the next to last reply in page 2, crazyraph said he downgraded the Radeon driver to the stable version 18.5.1 and it fixed it.

Still, it's odd that Blender (another 3D app that relies on Open GL) has no issue with the updated August driver.

jltott wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:50 pm Nothing in report view when you do this - problem is when you start FreeCad in the splash screen.
If it's not in the report view, I wouldn't worry too much about it, still, I wonder if it might give us clues on the graphics issue.

jltott wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:50 pm Do you know the command line instruction and flags to set report?
There's a wiki page about it, see Start up and Configuration. I'm afraid I don't know how to apply this info, as I don't have Windows at home.
chrisb
Veteran
Posts: 53930
Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:14 am

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by chrisb »

I think you don't have to start from the commandline, you can set the additional parameters in the properties of the startup icon.
A Sketcher Lecture with in-depth information is available in English, auf Deutsch, en français, en español.
User avatar
NormandC
Veteran
Posts: 18587
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:52 pm
Location: Québec, Canada

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by NormandC »

Might be worth a try, from what I can understand you'd just have to add a trailing space and -l (that's a lowercase L) at the end of the exec path. FreeCAD.log will be saved in the same folder as the config files (in %APPDATA%\FreeCAD).
GeneFC
Veteran
Posts: 5373
Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2016 3:36 pm
Location: Punta Gorda, FL

Re: strange model view/splash screen messages

Post by GeneFC »

That method works for me. No command line needed.

OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.14315 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 5f8f26824486b55b2bf72c579e95f0f6d4a19284
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)


Gene
Post Reply