Odd behavior with Ancient Chief Architecture V10.08b (circa 2006)

[jmmilner]

Was updating a simple 2D drawing of a possible kitchen renovation for a family member.  Not sure why but when I opened a wall specification I clicked on the Layer tab and bang:

 

Assertion failed!

Program: ...10.0 Full Version\Chief Architect 10 Full.exe

File: .\source\walldlg.cpp

Line: 3309

Expression: convertHdl != NULL && viewSceneHdl 1= NULL

For information ....Visual C++ .. asserts

 

The three options, Abort, Retry, and Ignore all cause an immediate crash to the desktop.

 

At first I assumed I'd messed up the model in some fashion but, starting from a blank plan, drawing a single wall, and selecting the Layers tab of the Wall Specification dialogue produced the same results.  Even opening one of the sample plans that came with CA, in a new instance of the program, ended the same way.  After all manner of fooling with Windows 11 settings, I when back to Windows 10 and then to an old Windows 7 machine and it happened on both.  Before I spin up a VM or dig out an even older PC, can somebody please repeat the single wall test and tell me if I'm alone?

 

The attached JPG shows my test case on a Windows 10 Pro machine (i7-14700K, 32GB, RTX 5070, 2TB NVMe):

Edited 16 hours ago by jmmilner

[PitMan71]

I don't have 10 or I would test for you.... I don't know for sure, but in my experience these things happen because of a graphics driver incompatibility. I would do some checking to make sure the GPU driver you are using works with the chief version you are using.