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Greetings! It looks like the IDV ran out of memory. Given the size of the dataset you are trying to work with, you will need to upgrade your OS to 64-bit in order to allow java to use more than ~1.5 GB of RAM. Cheers, Sean > Full Name: Wiktor > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: IOPAS > Package Version: 3.1 build date:2012-08-31 20:26 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /etc/IDV_3.1/jre version: 1.6.0_31 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: Creating display: Color-Filled Contour Plan View > Java heap space > No data display > ubuntu 12.04 > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QJY-700629 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed