Saturday, April 7, 2012

Disable Grayed Solidworks Use Software OpenGL option


This is for Intel HD3000 integrated Graphics chip:

To un-check the grayed the SolidWorks 2011 OpenGl just follow the below mentioned steps.

1. Open this registry branch
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Intel (In the left Panel)

 Then select the right side Workarounds and change the value from 10 to 9.

 Now open the Solidworks just check Options --> Performance --> Use software OpenGL in SolidWorks It should be unchecked.

 If you are using other than Intel try your respective ATI or Radeon workaround values.

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65 comments:

  1. RS MadhukarApril 18, 2012 at 11:34 PM

    Does it work for SW 2012 also. I have the same problem with I5-2500K CPU which has Intel HD3000.
    Even after putting nVidia 9400 Gt 1GB the problem is the same. I changed the motherboard and CPU, earlier it was working fine

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  2. ashokamsecApril 20, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    Try to Change the value in Nvidia folder instead of Intel. It may work.

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  3. UnknownMay 4, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    Worked using SW 2011 without a problem. Thanks!!

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  4. jeffAugust 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Thank you so much! To get this working on a Portege R700 (i5-h20M), Solidworks 2012, I changed the value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2012\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Intel\Intel(R) HD Graphics from 0x10000010 to 0x00000009.

    I was considering buying a PCI express graphics card! I'd been searching everywhere, installing several graphics drivers, etc. This little trick worked a charm.

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  5. jeffAugust 27, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    By the way - this is totally undocumented everywhere! How did you figure this out?! This is the only mention of this anywhere on the internet! Nothing on the Solidworks forum, nowhere!

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    1. ashokamsecSeptember 10, 2012 at 11:16 PM

      Thanks for the complement Jeff,
      Actually I had the same issue and tried to overcome by installing various drivers, utilities. At last in a forum I got a hint about the OpenGL, with that I found this. So I don't want others to wast their time. That's why I shared this trick, actually I am a design engineer.

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    2. UnknownDecember 16, 2013 at 5:45 AM

      I'm facing the same troubles (use oppenGL software, marked and grey) in SW 2013.
      Can't find the branch you're referring to.

      Can you help?

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  6. MahmutOctober 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    İt worked but i am working on part, go and look same where that it was grey. Can t change...

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  7. ashokamsecOctober 30, 2012 at 12:07 AM

    Hi Mahmut,
    While working on Assy, Part, Drw you can not touch the option it will remain grey only, you must close all the working files. There is no other option.
    Thanks.

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  8. UnknownNovember 23, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Hey,
    how can I find out the workaround value that you mentioned for my graphic card (ATI Radeon)?
    Thanks for the great post!

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  9. TunaFebruary 1, 2013 at 1:35 AM

    Thank you! It works.
    I could edit the file in notepad. There are a few possible similar lines to correct (set the 10 value to 9) in the file. I did it tryng one by one and made it at the second try.
    Thanks for the information.
    Regards.

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  10. skinnieFebruary 18, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    Thank you so much!
    Works fine on SW 2012-2013 on Lenovo X230 with intel HD4000

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  11. Shaun StoneFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:13 AM

    I can vouch for this- works well!
    Thanks!

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  12. UnknownFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:37 AM

    Came here to solve my magnifying glass issue and found a superb increase in performance.
    Thank you so much...
    I was having a hard time working with multi-parts assembly.. I have a fairly good pc, even though it would take me about 40~80 seconds just to select sub-assemblies with many parts.

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  13. VarneyPhDMarch 5, 2013 at 5:04 AM

    Works great on the Microsoft Surface Pro. Thanks a bunch!

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  14. UnknownApril 26, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I've AMD RADEON HD 7670M, what value i've to write and in where?
    Please help me,openGl is annoing!!
    Thanks!!

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  15. Shaul ZuckerApril 28, 2013 at 10:37 AM

    Thank you very much! successfully working on 2 Intel Graphics.

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  16. UnknownJune 1, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    Thanks! SolidWorks 2012 was very slow graphically until you showed me this tip! Now my i5 laptop with Intel HD Graphics runs SolidWorks very nicely!

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  17. intercadAugust 9, 2013 at 4:52 PM

    There both marketing names, just look at the cores and the clockspeed since the architecture of both chips are almost identical.. . edit: buy intel for crunching numbers like cad.

    Solidworks

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  18. UnknownAugust 20, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Whenever i change it to 9 and restart solidworks. Solidworks changes the value back to 10...

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  19. UnknownSeptember 5, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    Thanks Ashok - The simplest of things, i tried unticking OpenGL with no Parts or Assemblies open and it worked!!!

    After ages re-installing and messing with the registry, it was something that simple.

    T H A N K Y O U ! !

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  20. JustinNovember 5, 2013 at 9:42 AM

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  21. JustinNovember 5, 2013 at 9:46 AM

    I have a question I have an Intel HD 4000 in my computer. Solidworks 2012 on my computer has the use software openGL checked and greyed out. I cannot figure out a workaround on my computer, if anyone has any tips that could help I would really appreciate it. It has been very aggravating. Thanks in advance for the help.

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    1. ashokamsecNovember 9, 2013 at 9:06 AM

      Hi Justin,

      Try by re installing the graphics driver and Solidworks. Now I switched my existing lap motherboard to new one with 2gb Nvidia graphics card. So I can't try the workaround trick again.

      Ashok

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  22. AnonymousNovember 12, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    I changed the values for everything in the Intel folder that had a 10 to 9 and viola, the option is greyed out but with the box unchecked, performance feels much smoother. Thanks for the advice!

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    1. AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 3:25 PM

      I should add changing every value in the Intel folder to 9 will keep the changes permanent

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  23. Mike HJanuary 22, 2014 at 4:14 PM

    Thanks Ashok. This worked on my W8.1 machine running SW 2013. Problem occurred after update from 8.0 to 8.1.

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 2:29 PM

    Thank you! This worked for me: Windows 7, Retina Macbook Pro with Intel Iris Graphics

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  25. AnonymousMarch 2, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    Thanks a lot, everybody said that my proobok with hd300 is not enought for solid works. But I have old laptop with dual core and solid works work really nice compere to the hp i3.

    Thanks again.

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  26. AnonymousApril 10, 2014 at 3:22 AM

    Thanks a lot, it worked for me! with parallels 9, and mavericks intel iris.

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  27. UnknownApril 13, 2014 at 2:24 PM

    This is simply awesome... Thanks so much.
    I have an HP Laptop with ATI Graphics card. I7 CPU with Intel HD 3000. It's got funky switchable graphics feature and didnt let me uncheck OpenGL. I changed Intel HD 3000 Family value from 10 to 9 and its working flawlessly.

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  28. AnonymousMay 17, 2014 at 2:03 PM

    Yes, it really does work! Thanks for info

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  29. AnonymousMay 19, 2014 at 12:48 PM

    You, sir, are a genius. For the record, this fix also works on a MacBook Pro with Intel HD Graphics 4000, Parallels 9, SolidWorks 2013.

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  30. AnonymousMay 25, 2014 at 3:41 AM

    Cheers mate this was really helpful very appreciated. Just a heads up for anyone else with a HD5000 you have to change the value in Intel HD Graphics from 10000010 to 00000009

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  31. AnonymousJune 24, 2014 at 11:41 PM

    Many Thanks, it works! Redraw speed of the orange highlight lines much faster then before!
    My computer config:
    Intel i5-3450, zotac H77 itx motherboard, intel onboard HD2500 graphics, SW 2013 x64 SP5.0

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  32. AnonymousAugust 15, 2014 at 5:06 AM

    Hello, is there someone that can help me???
    With me this procedure didn't works.. my graphic card is Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family.....

    I tried to change all but nothing.. ever greyed but checked

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  33. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2014 at 6:08 PM

    Thank you very much!

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  34. AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 7:16 AM

    thanks so much! completely solved poor performance issues on surface pro 3 i7

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  35. AnonymousOctober 21, 2014 at 8:45 AM

    Been looking for a workaround for a while. This worked perfectly. Thank you very much!

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  36. AnonymousDecember 27, 2014 at 2:03 PM

    Does this work on a Macbook pro retina 15'' with Intel Iris Pro and Nvdia geForce GT 750m? if so...what is the exact workaround? Thanks.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM

      Yes. Macbook Pro Late 2013 (same graphics).

      Enter Registry by Searching for REGEDIT: Change 10 to 9
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2012\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Parallels and NVIDIA Corporation

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  37. UnknownJanuary 20, 2015 at 2:39 PM

    Any suggestions for Intel HD P4600? I tried this workaround but it seemed to have no effect on the Solidworks OpenGL box. Any ideas?

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  38. AnonymousMarch 4, 2015 at 3:18 PM

    It worked for me. I have a Toshiba Tecra Z40 with I5. I changed the 10000010 to 1000009 in the following registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2012\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Intel\Intel(R) HD Graphics

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  39. AnonymousMarch 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM

    This worked for me. Running SW 2012 on a Macbook Pro (Retina Late 2013) with Windows 7 Installed on Parallels. Solved performance issues in Solidworks AND solved lag issues with my Seiki 39" 4k monitor. Thank You!

    Enter Registry by Searching for REGEDIT: Change 10 to 9
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2012\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Parallels and NVIDIA Corporation

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  40. AnonymousJuly 24, 2015 at 1:21 PM

    Our company upgraded all computers. I reinstalled SolidWorks 2010 and CamWorks 2011, Had many issues and resolved most of them. Still have some issues When I select any tab in Mill Part Setup or Rough Mill, Contour Mill etc. I cannot move my image. The image partially redraws many times over each other and never a complete redraw. Also I get the message about Properties GL and Magnify Glass will not work etc. Not exact wording. Any ideas on how to resolve. I did download the lates drivers from SolidWorks

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  41. GMBSeptember 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    Running SW 2014 on Win 7 laptop. I tried the regedit changing 10 to 9, but still comes up with use software OpenGL grayed out :(

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    1. GMBSeptember 18, 2015 at 9:43 AM

      That is grayed out and the box still checked.

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  42. AnonymousNovember 18, 2015 at 6:32 AM

    KUDOS! worked with nvida quadro fx1800 on HPZ200 workstation. I changed it on the HP side. You are great.

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  43. UnknownFebruary 12, 2016 at 1:49 PM

    I'm running Solidworks 2016 on Intel HD3000 integrated graphics (Windows 10) and this does not help. Has anybody idea? I'm searching for solution for a long time now and all I can find are solutions like this.

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  44. UnknownApril 19, 2016 at 11:50 AM

    Funcionou muito bem, valeu pela dica!

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  45. UnknownApril 19, 2016 at 11:51 AM

    Funcionou muito bem, valeu pela dica!

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  46. MattS9July 4, 2016 at 10:12 AM

    Hi Ashok,

    Did this option allow you to use RealView in SW? I have a macbook pro, 2012 with an intel HD Graphics 4000, running solidworks 2016 on parallels. I got the "use software open GL" box to be unchecked, but RealView still doesn't work. Any suggestions? I followed the instructions on http://www.caddirt.com/blog/2012/9/13/realview-on-a-macsecrets-revealed, which gets RealView to show up, but when I click it it doesn't do anything - just adds a little shadow around the edges. I'm pretty sure I just need the correct "workaround" hex value under "Parallels using Intel HD Graphics 4000", but none of the ones I've tried work

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  47. AnonymousMay 12, 2017 at 4:27 AM

    It works in SOlidworks 2013!
    Thanks

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  48. UnknownAugust 26, 2017 at 8:08 AM

    it work with Solidworks 2009!! Thanks a ton!!!

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  49. AnonymousNovember 24, 2017 at 5:17 AM

    Спасибо! Этот метод работает с SolidWorks 2012 и Intel X3100!
    Thanks! It's work on SolidWorks 2012 and GPU Intel X3100 (GM965)!

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  50. UnknownJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:32 PM

    Please Update the graphics driver in device manager then edit the registry files then there will be no crashing solidworks

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  51. Sumit_opMay 21, 2020 at 11:35 PM

    I'm using AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M330, for this the current value in the workaround is 0x04000085 ,what value should I change.
    Thanks in advance

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  52. AnonymousNovember 10, 2020 at 8:03 AM

    IT WORKED FOR MY 2016 SW

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  53. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2021 at 1:57 AM

    It works perfectly for my 2016 SW with an i9 10850k !

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  54. AnonymousApril 26, 2021 at 11:04 AM

    it worked on mac book PRO 13" 2020 .Thank you very much Ashok

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  55. AnonymousNovember 26, 2021 at 1:31 PM

    Great, worked for my SW 2016 with Intel UHD Graphics 620.
    Thanx very much for that information.

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  56. AnonymousJuly 6, 2023 at 4:18 PM

    Thank you! It still works for SW17!

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  57. crakenJanuary 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM

    It works!!!!! Thank you
    Its 2025, I'm using Intel core-i5 with Intel iris Xe graphics on SolidWorks 2016.
    And it fixed the issue. I can now disable the OpenGL thing and it performs way better.

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  58. ashokamsecFebruary 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM

    Great to see this trick still works, thanks for the confirmation...

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