I continue to receive this error from students using laptops with power-saving graphics cards or graphics cards that are older than 3 years. Below is a quick fix.
DISPLAY ERROR
DISPLAY ERROR
An error has occurred while drawing the contents of this window.
This window shall be closed.
SYMPTOMS
FIX
To enable or disable graphics hardware acceleration in Revit 2010 and later products,
- The error most commonly occurs on laptops with power-saving video cards or video cards that are older than 3 years.
- The error most commonly occurs when opening 3D views in Revit.
- Restarting Revit or the computer does not solve the problem.
FIX
To enable or disable graphics hardware acceleration in Revit 2010 and later products,
- OPEN Revit.
- CLICK the APPLICATION MENU (the big “R”)
- CLICK the OPTIONS button (at the bottom of the application menu).
- In the Options dialog box SELECT the GRAPHICS tab,
- UNCHECK the box for “Use Hardware Acceleration” to disable hardware acceleration.
- CLOSE all open Revit projects.