LDD shows black and strangely colored spaces around a model

[MrTotoro]

Hi Eurobricks

when I opened the .lxf file of various modular buildings and zoomed in on it the following happened

i.imgur.com/GILO9wN.png

i.imgur.com/vkMxnvZ.png

When zoomed out enough it looks fine: i.imgur.com/j7H4Btc.png

Does someone know why it looks like that and what I could do about it?

P.S: I'm new here so please forgive me any mistakes

Edited April 8, 2015 by MrTotoro

[Zerobricks]

Seems like the grid is corrupted... What are your PC specs? Also did you try updating drivers?

[MrTotoro]

Thanks for your reply! I have a MacbookPro:

Processor: 2,9 GHz Intel Corei7

Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Grafics card: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Software: OSX 10.9.5

[Zerobricks]

Oh macs...I dont have much experience with those... Try updating drivers, thats all I can say...

[MrTotoro]

Oh crap... What does updating drivers mean/how do I do that?

[NathanR]

Hi MrTotoro,

I do use a Mac laptop although I'm no expert, I think your graphics card is actually a part of the processor rather than a dedicated graphics card and therefore controlled by the Mac Operating system. There's no way (so far as I know) to update the drivers

I've never seen a problem like this before myself, but you could perhaps try this:

Under Lego Digital Designer->Preferences

Try disabling any high quality rendering

Try dragging the "Compatability mode level" slider to the right and restarting (this may repair/reset the grid) If it works, move the compatibility slider back to theleft and restart to return to normal

Last resort: Uninstall LDD (Back up all your MOCs first!!!) and reinstall it.

Hope this helps

Edited April 8, 2015 by NathanR

[MrTotoro]

Hi MrTotoro,

I do use a Mac laptop although I'm no expert, I think your graphics card is actually a part of the processor rather than a dedicated graphics card and therefore controlled by the Mac Operating system. There's no way (so far as I know) to update the drivers

Hi!

Firstly, thanks for your reply!

Secondly, I'm no expert either (obviously, lol), but those two were listed seperately..

I tried unchecking the two high quality boxes and it worked! It doesn't look that nice anymore though haha

Additionally, I tried the compatability slider but didn't notice any change so I dragged it to the left again.

This: http://i.imgur.com/5Wdt0sT.png is how the project thumbnail looks like (orange brick + warning sign). It's working though...