To Work With Performance Analyzer

Access the Performance Analyzer Palette

1. Use any one of the following access methods to open Performance Analyzer in the current drawing:
   • Click Manage tabPerformance panelPerformance Analyzer. Find
   • At the Command prompt, enter perfanalyzer.
2. On the Performance Analyzer palette, click Start Recording.
   
Note: The time limit for recording is 60 minutes. After 60 minutes the recording will stop automatically.

Because the Performance Analyzer tool uses a large amount of disk space and memory, it's not meant to run for extended periods of time.

A red dot will appear next to the cursor while the recorder is active.

3. With the recorder active, perform the operations in AutoCAD that seem slow or unresponsive.
This can include:
• Opening a drawing
• Plotting or printing layouts
• Slow mouse movements
• Opening AutoCAD
4. When done recording, on the Performance Analyzer palette, click Stop Recording.
   

   Or click Cancel to cancel the current recording and restart the Performance Analyzer tool.

View and Understand the Performance Analyzer Results

After recording has stopped, you will see two tabs in the Performance Analyzer palette. Each tab represents a different type of operation that you had performed while recording was active. Click each tab to see the statistical information associated with that operation.

File access times tab

On the File Access tab, you will find information for:

• File open
• Application startup
• Attached xrefs and images
Here is an example of the access times for each file attached to a drawing that that was opened. In this example, the drawing file opened was airport.dwg.

Note: If access times are less than .1 seconds the results will not display on this palette.

Regen times tab

On the Regen times tab, you will find information for:

• Switching layouts
• Plotting
• Opening a drawing
• Zooming and panning when working on drawings
Here is an example of the regeneration operations performed while recording.