You lose the transparent appearance in the graphics without alpha blending. Some of the new features just won't look the same - such as the heads up display.
Some machines won't do alpha blending in 16bit mode - some do. I believe it is a function of the graphics chip and drivers. The speed issue is also a result of all the added graphics processing. I have a dual head Matrox Parahelia with DVI LCD monitors and AD6 seems to work well, but I also have 2Gb of RAM to help speed things up. Rumor has it overall speed will improve with the next update - we'll just have to see. In the meantime, the speed isn't an issue as long as you keep to Altium's recommended minimum system - http://www.altium.com/Products/AltiumDesigner/Systemrequirements/ -Harry At 02:31 PM 1/16/2006, you wrote: >thanks darren & harry ! > >i went to another box, no issue with moving > >went back to first machine turned off alpha blending and that did do the >trick (fixed problem) > >so the question is, what if anything will be lost by not using alpha >blending? > >turned alpha blend back on and changed color depth to 32 bit, retstarted >AD and that also worked but moving the component was so slow as to be >useless > >card is G450 2 head > >BTW, the G450 allows 16/24/32 bit depth on screen 1 but only 16/32 on >screen 2, or maybe that has to do with the monitor types ?, >1 CRT, 1 LCD, both 21's > >another note >the program sure is poky and jerky while moving the component and my >first practice board only has 4 components! >it feels like some huge grid, but the snap grid is at 25mils > >the box w/ the G450 is not too old, 2Ghz, and it does have 512K ram >(it had 1G ram but we pulled out one stick about 1 year ago which solved >a lot of crashing issues, interestingly replacing the second stick >didn't help that either, maybe that is a mobo issue) > >ds > >_______________________________________________________________________ >Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 >2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 >San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > > >Harry Selfridge wrote: > > AD6 uses Alpha Blending for graphics transparency. One possible > > source of your problem could be that your graphics card can't process > > Alpha Blending. > > > > Try turning it off in Preferences>PCB Editor>Display. > > > > -Harry > > > > > > At 12:51 PM 1/16/2006, you wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > >>i know this has been asked and answered but i couldn't find it > >> > >>just getting starting with AD6, makes me feel quite dumb again > >> > >>when i move a component it disappears under the cursor until it is > >>plopped down > >> > >>how do you see the component while moving it ? > >> > >>i messed w/ the 3 mask level sliders to no effect > >> > >>as far as i know all the color settings etc are all default > >> > >>thanks! > >> > >>Dennis Saputelli > >>SNIP > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
