designer stopped working

[fwharris]

And the pattern does not show up in your pattern list?

How many patterns do you already have in your favorites list? Having a large number can slow down and even cause designer to crash sometimes.

What settings do you have for the 3D graphics? Found from "edit/preferences"...

[JDPratt]

My 3D graphics settings are the same as yours. I don't think I have an inordinate amount of patterns compared to what some of you must have on your computers. One thing I have noticed is that I have 4 favorites files that are the same and 2 basic files that are the same. this is probably from when I had to reload the program and it copied the old stuff two (I don't know though). how would I delete redundant favorites files? Could that be the issue with trying to import new images?

edit: yes I realize the pic is a picture of the computer screen. I'm working on two different computers and that was easier since the CW computer is not currently hooked up to the internet.

[fwharris]

My 3D graphics settings are the same as yours. I don't think I have an inordinate amount of patterns compared to what some of you must have on your computers. One thing I have noticed is that I have 4 favorites files that are the same and 2 basic files that are the same. this is probably from when I had to reload the program and it copied the old stuff two (I don't know though). how would I delete redundant favorites files? Could that be the issue with trying to import new images?

edit: yes I realize the pic is a picture of the computer screen. I'm working on two different computers and that was easier since the CW computer is not currently hooked up to the internet.

The 4 favorites and 2 basic files could/might be your problem. Most times the duplicates are created when you have double clicked (this should not be done) on a file with the .mpn extension. The only way to remove them is to go into the CarveWright folder they are in and delete them.

C:\Users\YOURNAME\CarveWright This is the document folder for window systems that contains your CarveWright files that load up into the software when you start it. You should see several favorite files there. Delete the ones with numbers.

[bergerud]

Delete the ones with numbers.

I would not delete them right away. You may have a corrupted favorites file and one of the others may save you. Cut and paste (ie. move) the extra files to a different subdir like My Documents. (Do delete the extra basic one.)

[fwharris]

I would not delete them right away. You may have a corrupted favorites file and one of the others may save you. Cut and paste (ie. move) the extra files to a different subdir like My Documents. (Do delete the extra basic one.)

Great point...

[JDPratt]

Thanks, I will give it a try. I will report back with results.

[JDPratt]

I removed the extra Favorites files from C/users/John/Carvewright folder and segragated them into a separate folder and that seemed to solve the problem. I can now import and save images into my favorites. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

[fwharris]

Glad that fixed you up.. Happy designing and carving.