AutoCAD 2017 has slowed down – How do I speed it up?
I’ve found that my AutoCAD has started to slow down even when designing on simple drawings.
I’m running AutoCAD 2017 on MacOS.
My iMac is only used for AutoCAD, it’s a high-spec iMac and I don’t have other apps running at the same time.
The application never crashes but it becomes noticeably slow. I’ve noticed this has happened with may designs I’m working on. Something isn’t right.
What should I do to troubleshoot this problem?
Have you tried turning on the Hardware acceleration?
Speed Up AutoCAD With These Simple Commands
1- Use PURGE command to delete all unused objects and styles
2- Set HPDLGMODE to 0 – Open Hatch Window instead of AutoCAD Top Panel
3- Freeze Unused Layers
4- Unload unnecessary Xrefs and images.
5- Set QPMODE to 0 – Switch Quick Properties Popup off
6- Set PICKADD to 1 – Select Multiple with continued selection
7- Set ROLLOVERTIPS to 0 – Control Rollover Tips Popup
8- Set HPQUICKPREVIEW to OFF – Switch Hatch Preview off
9- Set VTENABLE to 0 – Control Smoot Transition
10- Set LAYERDLGMODE to 0 – Switch Layer Dialogue Box or Pallet
11- Set SELECTIONPREVIEW to 0 – control the preview of Selection while the mouse hovers over the objects
12- Set INDEXCTL to 0 – Improved DWG save time.
13- Set AUTOCOMPLETE to No – Switch Commands and Shortcuts Autocomplete in the command line
14- Set LOCKUI to 0 – Lock User Interface
15- Set SELECTIONCYCLING to 0 – Select specific object from multiple objects
16- Set UCSDETECT to 0 – Display Dynamic UCS
17- Set FILLMODE to 1 – Swith Solid fill visibility
18- Set MBUTTONPAN to 1 – Assign any command to Middle Mouse Button
19- Set DRAWORDERCTL to 3 – Control OverLapping Objects to speed up DWG regeneration
20- CONVERT command – Convert Object to latest DWG version.
Try a clean reinstall of the program. If that doesn’t work, you might want to get your machine checked. It might be an issue with the RAM or possibly the battery.
Also, I forgot to mention, if it’s only slowing down on specific drawing files, try using the Purge and Overkill commands on the whole drawing. Purge takes away any blocks or drawing elements that aren’t actually used on the drawing and Overkill combines any similar, overlapping lines.
