hi all i have been having a problem with the camera viewport not redrawing. whenever i come from any other view to a camera view the camera view will not redraw unless i click on the mouse 3-4 times or if I go to view > redraw. maybe its a bug, maybe i don’t know there is a fix for this, or maybe i have some odd setting gone wrong i don’t know but i figured i would put it out there and see if other people are having this problem. 
thanks
chuArch

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MAX Design 2009 64 bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2.19 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, 3.25 GB RAM, Windows XP 64 sp2

is no one have this problem?

Fighting corruption one file at a time!
MAX Design 2009 64 bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2.19 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, 3.25 GB RAM, Windows XP 64 sp2

I’m not sure I understand what’s happening.  Is certain geometry not showing up, or materials not looking correct?  Can you post a screen shot of the view before and after?  Also tell us what video card and driver you are using.  By driver, I mean what Max is set to (Direct3D, OpenGL, Maxtreme).

It’s a good idea to add hardware and software info into your signature, like you see below my post.

3DS Max Design 2011 64-bit - Advantage Pack
Dell Precision T5500, Dual Six Core Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz, nVidia Quadro 5000, 24 GB RAM, Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit
Minneapolis, MN, USA

hi Chris
what is happening is i will have a scene with geometry, textures, lights,and cameras, the usual stuff. i will be working in whatever view and when i go to a camera view nothing will redraw(screenshots are attached). if i click the mouse a couple of times or go to view > redraw then it redraws. once max redraws the scene everything is ok and everything looks the same as if nothing has happened.

i use Direct 3D.

on a side note putting my info in the sig is a good practice that i just never got around to doing. thanks for the nudge.

chu

Fighting corruption one file at a time!
MAX Design 2009 64 bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2.19 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, 3.25 GB RAM, Windows XP 64 sp2

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Hi,

Are you running this on a laptop?  Is it a mobility graphics chipset?

I would double check and make sure that you have the latest graphics drivers for your machine.

Also if you go to the customize-> preferences menu option and then to the Configure Driver button in the Viewport tab, there is an option under Window Updates to enable “Redraw Scene on Window Expose”. 

Jenni

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Hi, sorry I haven’t been on and replying to your help but i was on vacation. As for the post i am on a desktop computer and have all the recent updates. i still welcome any input on this issue.
thanks

Fighting corruption one file at a time!
MAX Design 2009 64 bit
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2.19 GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, 3.25 GB RAM, Windows XP 64 sp2

I am having this exact same condtion after setting up a new workstation this week.  Please advise.

Max Design 2012+hf1 & Vray 2.1.01
Daktronix Workstation, Intel Dual Quad Core X5460’s @3.16 Gz, 16Gb ECC Ram, NVidia Quadro FX 4600 V197.03 DirectX9.0c
Windows XP Pro X64 SP3

Found it. Rename AutoCamMax.gup to AutoCamMax.gup.old in the stdplugs directory and problem goes away.  I have no idea what new function is lost when you do this.

Max Design 2012+hf1 & Vray 2.1.01
Daktronix Workstation, Intel Dual Quad Core X5460’s @3.16 Gz, 16Gb ECC Ram, NVidia Quadro FX 4600 V197.03 DirectX9.0c
Windows XP Pro X64 SP3

Perfect.  If you don’t know what you’re missing, you won’t miss it!!  :)

3DS Max Design 2011 64-bit - Advantage Pack
Dell Precision T5500, Dual Six Core Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz, nVidia Quadro 5000, 24 GB RAM, Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit
Minneapolis, MN, USA