Altium Designer 19.1.5: very dark 3D preview, black footprints

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Anyone facing the same issue? How this could be fixed? Tried to do a clean install, but it doesn't help. I'm on Windows 10 with all the recent updates.

That looks a bit like a single-layer view. Did you try pressing Shift-S a few times? If you did your clean install, did you also remove all configuration files that might have been just loaded again? — asdfex, Jun 26 '19 at 09:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 11 '19 at 22:27

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It seems it's due to Parallels VM which I use for running Windows 10 & Altium on my Mac.

edited Jul 11 '19 at 22:27

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answered Jun 27 '19 at 07:04

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '19 at 08:43

Since this version is relatively new, I wouldn't rule out a bug. I am currently using 19.0.14 and have no problems.

The only thing I could image that your graphics card does not support DirectX 10.

Check here the System requirements: https://www.altium.com/documentation/19.1/display/ADES/Altium+Designer+-+((System+Requirements))

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '20 at 10:19

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Parallels 15 started to support DirectX, so the problem is gone after I upgraded Parallels to the latest version.

answered Jan 16 '20 at 10:19

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Altium Designer 19.1.5: very dark 3D preview, black footprints

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