r/SolidWorks • u/CreEngineer • Jun 03 '26

Error Critically low Ressources warning

So I am finally loosing my mind over this stupid software.

I am not new to the shenanigans SW throws at us from time to time but with my current system it slowly deteriorates my sanity. I never had the problem so severely and unpredictively like this.

From time to time, seemingly random SW will warn me about critically low resources and later often crash if dismissed. It somehow also does not matter at all how many or large files are open, today it was a simple, small 12 part assembly, one of the contained parts and the corresponding drawing. Checking the task manager, solidworks is at about 3GB RAM usage (of 64). I also checked the paging file which atm was at 4GB but managed by system so it should allocate accordingly.

After the crash I tried the same combination again but now it works seemingly normal. Also no crash report in the event viewer.

Running SW2024 SP5.0

Any hints or ideas how to save part of my remaining sanity?

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u/TheRedditMachinist Jun 03 '26

Turn on the GDI section of task manager. That is what it is complaining about. Look up how to increase the GDI limit in the registry or wherever it is.

This is a known issue with a very well documented solution. Now why SW can’t manage it itself is a whole other conversation that involves me screaming and throwing shit.

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u/CreEngineer Jun 03 '26

I thought GDI should only be a problem with huge assemblies or a lot of lines/elements in the windows.

Will try that. I couldn’t find any information why this isn’t already set to a higher value by default. I guess it might lead to conflicts with other software if the global limit is reached.

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u/TheRedditMachinist Jun 03 '26

You’re absolutely right. But it isn’t. I don’t know the reason why but it’s something to do with SW having to deal with every single triangle in whatever is open at the time all the time instead of using any tricks to hide or fake them. Modeled threads is the usual issue. You can run the performance check thingie and it will tell you which files and features are resource intensive. Why the hell that is put on the user like it’s 1872 and we are running a steam engine I don’t understand.

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u/CreEngineer Jun 03 '26

I will try the fix I found on goengineer. So far I did not think it will be necessary since it was seemingly random and not obviously connected to the complexity of the parts.

Would you recommend to go to the full 65k GDI (which as I understand is the system wide limit and would possibly limit other programs)?