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Michael, Please try running the IDV with more memory. To do this, you have 2 options 1/ http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/misc/PerformanceTuning.html#heap 2/ Download the latest IDV which automatically tunes memory according to your machine specifications: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp -The IDV Support Team > Full Name: Michael Hewson > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: The University of Queensland > Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_24 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Creating display: Color-Shaded Plan View > Java heap space > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > at ucar.ma2.ArrayDouble.<init>(ArrayDouble.java:83) > at ucar.ma2.ArrayDouble$D3.<init>(ArrayDouble.java:308) > at ucar.unidata.geoloc.vertical.WRFEta.getCoordinateArray(WRFEta.java:150) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeDomainWithVerticalTransform(GeoGridAdapter.java:990) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSetInner(GeoGridAdapter.java:445) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSet(GeoGridAdapter.java:360) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getFlatField(GeoGridAdapter.java:1202) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1508) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$100(GeoGridAdapter.java:128) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1416) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1431) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1123) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:1797) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1304) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2238) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.setData(DerivedDataChoice.java:612) > at > ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:574) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:715) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:200) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:157) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:138) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1379) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3084) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3066) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:588) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BDJ-764789 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed