Mouse flickering and delay in Tekla Structures

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If you are experiencing delay between clicking the mouse to place a part (such as beam) and when the part appears on the screen, and you see mouse flickering on screen, and updating your graphics card drivers doesn't solve the problem, the graphics issue may be related on Windows Aero theme. 

If the problem is related to Windows Aero Mouse theme, the following should resolve it:

  1. Right click on Windows desktop and select 'Personalize'.
  2. On the left side menu, click on 'Change mouse pointers'
  3. Click on drop down menu under 'Scheme' and select Windows Black system scheme.


You can also disable the Aero visual theme completely by switching to Windows Basic theme. Windows Aero theme features a transparent glass design, window animations, Aero Flip 3D, and live window previews. Switching these features off may improve the performance of your workstation when using Tekla Structures. To completely disable Aero effects on Windows 7 do this:

  1. Right click on your Desktop
  2. Click Personalize
  3. Select Windows 7 Basic under "Basic and High Contrast Themes
  4. If you have the "Allow themes to change mouse pointers" selection enabled, this will also change your mouse theme to basic Windows theme. 


Next you can also turn off all the Visual Effects from the Performance Options dialog in Windows.

  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Search for adjust performance
  3. Click "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows"
  4. Click "Adjust for best performance"


 

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