Flux.AI Schematics/PCB Editor Freezing
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drscott
So I spent well over 6 hours today creating an ESP32 board that I am developing, and I started tracing out the Nets, and it seems that the deeper I got into the nets the slower the browser acted. Finally it has gotten to the point that when I go to load it, I don't get anything except for a frozen screen showing my project. I can not interact with the screen, I can not select any of the on-screen options, but the browser itself is still working. Every once in a while, after 10-15 minutes something will show up on the screen, and it will act like it wants to work, but you can not click anything, and when a click does register, it ends up taking 10-15 minutes. I have tried multiple browsers, including, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Opera (all with the exact same effect). I even tried a brand new operating system, with brand new clean drivers, and still same exact effect. Also the specs of my system are as follows: Intel Xeon E5-1650 x2 @3.6Ghz w/ 128GB Ram, 240GB SSD (OS Drive) 4TB HDD (Data Drive) 16TB HDD (Storage Drive), AMD 5600XT GPU. I do not believe that this a client side issue, it appears to be a server side issue.
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Graham Smith
Just cross referencing this here
https://feedback.flux.ai/bugreports/p/poor-performance
Seems related.
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drscott
It says invite sent under the support@flux
Ai. I also made sure that you had edit rights as well
Dacre
drscott: Thank you for that - just taking a look now. Will report back shortly
Dacre
drscott - hi again,
I've added a ruleset to your project (
SUPPORT: Hide GND Net
) which when used, should improve overall performance in the PCB editor - especially when many Nets are present.When active, the ruleset hides the GND Net Fill on your Layout. This allows the system to skip Fill processing which should make the PCB editor feels a little more responsive.
You can deactivate the ruleset, when you need to see the PCB in its entirety, or prior to Gerber export (to ensure Fill is included in the Gerber file)
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drscott
Dacre,
Thanks so much for responding to this. After spending about 8 hours removing all of the gnats I have gotten it to where it is somewhat usable to where I can click on links and stuff like that. So I just went in and I enabled access on that for you. But the issues seem to be when I added in all of the gnats after I got to about Nat 25 is when it started having an issue and then when I finally reach net 28 is when it completely locked up and would not respond.
Dacre
drscott: you're welcome. Glad to hear you've managed to restore some level of usability.
I have an idea in mind that might be of use to you here - this should allow you to work with Flux with many Nets in place.
I've just attempted to access your project to check if the idea is applicable however I'm still unable to access it. Could you double check that Flux Support is listed in the accounts that have View / Edit access to your project? Sometimes a gotcha is that the Add button needs to be clicked, when selecting accounts to share with:
Dacre
Hi Scott,
Thanks for reporting this
I'm going to take a look and see if I can resolve the problem for you. As a first step, could I ask that you enable access to the project for support@flux.ai (via the Share button, top right corner of the Flux editor interface)
As I'm understanding, Flux is unusable for you in the PCB Editor. Are you still able to load your project directly, via a the Schematic Editor? ie:
If so, that should allow you to reach the Share button mentioned above and we can go from there