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Dear Steve, Please try increasing your memory Edit --> Preferences System Tab, Memory Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: steve > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: ECNU > Package Version: 3.0u1 build date:2011-11-30 18:36 UTC > Operating System: Windows Vista > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0u1\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Creating display: Value Plots > GC overhead limit exceeded > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded > at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.util.Vector.<init>(Unknown Source) > at visad.DerivedUnit.common(DerivedUnit.java:516) > at visad.DerivedUnit.sameDimensionality(DerivedUnit.java:703) > at visad.DerivedUnit.isConvertible(DerivedUnit.java:1177) > at visad.Unit.canConvert(Unit.java:316) > at visad.RealType.equals(RealType.java:313) > at visad.Tuple.checkTupleType(Tuple.java:149) > at visad.Tuple.<init>(Tuple.java:86) > at visad.Tuple.<init>(Tuple.java:73) > at visad.RealTuple.<init>(RealTuple.java:95) > at visad.RealTuple.<init>(RealTuple.java:75) > at visad.FlatField.getSample(FlatField.java:1722) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridUtil.makePointObs(GridUtil.java:4944) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridUtil.getGridAsPointObs(GridUtil.java:4873) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ValuePlanViewControl.getSliceForDisplay(ValuePlanViewControl.java:311) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1231) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1142) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:699) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:473) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XBT-130955 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed