Memory Leak?

[Iam_second]

I exited Alibre after I noticed it slowing down. When I looked in Task Manager Alibre appeared as a background task using 3,930 MB. The model that I was working is not that big (554MB when I openned it up again). What is going on? I am running version Alibre Design™ Expert Version: V26 64-bit [Build 26040].

 

[simonb65]

You posted the same question back in May 2022 ... https://www.alibre.com/forum/index.php?threads/unusual-memory-cpu-usage.23432/

and it has been discussed many times since v23 ... Short answer is ... YES, there is a memory leak, and NO it's not been fixed!

You can help the performance by throwing more RAM at the problem (to stop windows using the swapfile/pagefile as often), but that doesn't address the root cause I'm afraid!

 

[Iam_second]

Thanks Simon. Do you know if this is bsing looked at? For now, I just exit Alibre and restart.

 

[simonb65]

Do you know if this is bsing looked at?

I have no idea! But one of the Alibre team may be able to comment if they read this post.

 

[baycad]

Simple workaround: Each time you walk away for coffee or lunch, hit the Power Restart to close and restart your computer. Closes all the background activity and empties the Cache memory. Quick and easy. Been doing this for years and it makes a big difference to Alibre performance. Time saved pays for the coffee.