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SPB17.2 PCB Designer software err. I can't open visibility

Yosef Wang
Yosef Wang over 3 years ago

When I try to turn on the visibility option in PCB Designer software, I get the error popup below. I have reinstalled the software and the error is still there. would you help me with this problem?

Thank you!

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  • JuanCR
    0 JuanCR over 3 years ago

    Hi! This can be caused by many reasons. Have you tried the usual suspects?: 

    - start allegro in safe mode

    - start allegro with -noopengl option

    - delete your pcbenv folder and then start allegro

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  • Schulz Jordan
    0 Schulz Jordan over 3 years ago in reply to JuanCR

    Also update the hotfix SPB 17.2 S083 as you are running on P028

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