How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Jan Šlegr — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:59:50 GMT

Hi Ryan,

you shared your HW configuration, but I do not see anything about Windows (version, 32/64bits...).

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As Jon wrote: You use old 32bit version of MicroStation, that is limited to use 2 GBs of RAM. It has nothing to do with poor design (which is MicroStation not at all), but with 32bit limitations in general.

MicroStation V8i allows to use a workaround to increase this limit a bit (but not too much). See this article for more details.

What TaskManager reports is approximate number and even when a better tool is used, it is not simple to implement the data right. It is better to check "About MicroStation" dialog (key-in "dialog aboutustn"), where information about used memory (what MicroStation thinks about memory ;-) are displayed.

[quote userid="1140171" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/235195/how-can-i-get-the-error-system-outofmemoryexception-when-my-system-has-intel-r-core-tm-i7-10700k-cpu-3-80ghz-3-79-ghz-and-64-gb-of-ram/730526"]There are 13 references, which is many, but they are necessary.[/quote]

13 is not "many", but only "a few". MicroStation V8i is able to handle hundreds of references without problem.

[quote userid="1140171" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/235195/how-can-i-get-the-error-system-outofmemoryexception-when-my-system-has-intel-r-core-tm-i7-10700k-cpu-3-80ghz-3-79-ghz-and-64-gb-of-ram"]I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException"[/quote]

Where do you get this error? Is there any dialog displayed? To analyze your issue, it is necessary to share more details: Copied from the dialog, or even better, to share Exception log or memory dump, usually created by MicroStation, when exception is thrown.

51MB DGN is "nothing". Maybe the file is corrupted. Are you able to attach it to new empty 3D file? What is the source of the file? Plain MicroStation or some other application? Are there any rasters attached?

With regards,

Jan

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Bob Rayner — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:05:43 GMT

Does not sound to me like your files are over stressing the computer. Even with the 32-bit Microstation, you should not get that error, it's supposed to slide over and use the hard drive when it needs it.

Connect has a multitude of bugs but the 64-bit bit seems a necessary improvement. Once you get the configuration "cleaned up", I find it's noticeably quicker than v8i.

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Ryan Neiheisel — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:23:03 GMT

It is using 600.04MB of memory according to task manager. There are 13 references, which is many, but they are necessary.

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Jon Summers — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:09:02 GMT

MicroStation V8 is a 32-bit application. It can only 'see' 2GByte of memory, however much physical memory you have installed.

MicroStation CONNECT is a 64-bit application, and can see a huge amount of memory.

It isn't large, even for a 32-bit app. Does your DGN file have a a lot of reference files attached?

Using the Windows Task Manager, how much memory does MicroStation use?

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Ryan Neiheisel — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:53:54 GMT

MS V8i SS10 51 MB .dgn. If 51 MB is too large, I will be disappointed, because 51MB is not large.

RE: How can I get the error "System.OutOfMemoryException" when my system has "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 3.79 GHz" and 64 GB of RAM?

Bob Rayner — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:46:13 GMT

Haven't seen that one in a long time. I might guess it has nothing to do with memory. What flavor CAD are you using? Are working with a very large amount or some very large files?