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Greetings Brendon, Can you try turning on the "Enable geometry by reference" option, found under the System tab of Edit -> Preferences, and see if that fixes the issue? Thanks! Sean > Yes. > > BH > > Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Hi Brendon, > > > > I wasn't able to reproduce this on a Mac machine. Yuan has a Windows 7 box > > - let me > > see if he can reproduce the error. Do you get the same issue when you try > > to save as > > a .png or .jpg? > > > > Sean > > > >> Full Name: Brendon Hoch > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: Plymouth State University > >> Package Version: 3.1 build date:2012-08-31 20:26 UTC > >> Operating System: Windows 7 > >> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.1\jre version: 1.6.0_31 > >> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > >> Description of problem: Capturing pdf file results in crashing. Also, > >> having issues when trying to capture gifs with screen going grey. Using a > >> Optiplex 780 with 8 GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD4350 video card (with dual > >> screens) > >> > >> doSaveImage > >> 914067 > >> > >> ****************** > >> Stack trace: > >> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 914067 > >> at > >> javax.media.j3d.GeometryArrayRetained.getColor(GeometryArrayRetained.java:5440) > >> at javax.media.j3d.GeometryArray.getColor(GeometryArray.java:3726) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1683) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1282) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1046) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029) > >> at > >> visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyVisadDisplay(SceneGraphRenderer.java:960) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.render(SceneGraphRenderer.java:367) > >> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:415) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.VectorGraphicsRenderer.makeImage(VectorGraphicsRenderer.java:299) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.VectorGraphicsRenderer.<init>(VectorGraphicsRenderer.java:121) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.doSaveImage(ViewManager.java:5960) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.doSaveImage(ViewManager.java:5804) > >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > >> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1222) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1250) > >> > >> > >> > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: MQG-327327 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > -- > Brendon Hoch > Technology Manager > Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute > MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A > Plymouth State University > Plymouth, NH 03264 > (603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723 > http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MQG-327327 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open