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Dual screen funny business

jmarkwolf

I've been using Circuit Studio from the start and have had no difficulty using the software on dual screens on my Win7 system.

 

I am now upgrading to a Win10 box and the dual screen capability is not working properly. The two screens are working properly with other software, but not with Circuit Studio.

 

I'm not using high resolution.  When I drag the tab to the other screen, and release the mouse button, the tab snaps back to the first screen. I was successful once but it doesn't work 99% of the time.

 

I have CS v1.5.2. The computer is an HP Envy desktop, with integrated graphics card.

 

Has anyone resolved this issue? Is it card related?

  • It works that way for me also.  If you want to pull one of the tabbed views to another window then right click on the tab and choose the Open In New Window option.  On my computer there is a brief delay and it opens up a new window that I can then drag to the other monitor.

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  • in reply to tarribred61

    Thanks for the response Thomas, that's a workable solution.

     

    Do you know if it's a video card issue, or a Win10 issue, or a CS issue?

     

    Never had a problem on my Win7 box with a good video card and larger power supply.

  • in reply to jmarkwolf

    I am surprised that there would be a difference between Win7 and Win10.  I have only used it with Win10.  I don't have a problem with the way it works on Win10.  Maybe someone else can comment on how Altium Designer works?  Is it the same?

  • in reply to tarribred61

    Hi Thomas

     

    What computer and graphics card do you have?

  • in reply to jmarkwolf

    Sorry for any confusion.  To be clear, I meant I am not bothered by the way it works.  I don't see it as a problem that dragging the tab to a new window does not work like other programs do.  As long as I can get the CircuitStudio windows on two monitors sometimes it is good enough for me.

  • in reply to tarribred61

    Understood Thomas.

     

    Can you advise what computer and graphics card you're running?

  • in reply to jmarkwolf

    Computer is HP EliteBook 840 G1 with Intel i7-4600 with 16GB RAM and is about 4 years old.  Display adapters; AMD Radeon HD 8750M and integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400.  OS is 64-bit Win10 Pro.

    External dual displays are used off the docking port on HDMI.  According to Win10 Device Manager, the monitors are using the Generic PnP Monitor drivers.  External monitors are LG branded Flatron IPS235PX models (circa 2013).

  • Sorry Im just living with it for now. Its hard but it is possible to position the windows and use. most of the time.

    Sorry not the answer really.

    Lee

  • in reply to lainscough_dfc

    Update from the OP (original poster):

     

    I was finally able to get my preferred graphics card installed. I was hoping this would fix the inability to merely drag a CircuitStudio tab from one screen to the other but, alas. No such luck. No change in operation from the integrated Intel Graphics 630.

     

    The card I've been using for some years in my Win7 box, the Nvidia Quadro 2000, is apparently incompatible with Win10 somehow. I had to go into the BIOS and disable the "Secure Boot" option to get it to work at all. This was one of the many "certified" cards recommended by SolidWorks and Draftsight, both of which I use, so I followed their recommendation. But it doesn't fix the issue in Circuit Studio, so I'm not willing to risk reduced security. So far it works with DraftSight, hopefully it will also work for SolidWorks.

     

    For now I will continue to use Thomas' work around which is to right click on the PcbDoc tab and open in a new window, then drag the new window to the other screen.

     

    So why CircuitStudio won't permit dragging a tab from one window to the next is anybody's guess.

  • in reply to jmarkwolf

    Update:

     

    I purchased and installed a Win10 compatible graphics card recommended by one of the vendors whose mechanical CAD software I use, it works properly without having to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. I was hoping it would also restore the ability to drag tabs directly from one screen to the other, but no go.

     

    It looks as though I'll have to live with the suggestion from Thomas, selecting the PCB file, for instance, in a new window then dragging the window to the other screen. It works well enough.

     

    Surely, this is one of the myriad of things that will be addressed in the "next release" of Circuit Studio. Yeah, right.