opengl and student version

As a university student, I have access to both a concurrent license version of Matlab (r2010b 64-bit) and the student version (r2011a 32-bit). I am finding that I have to issue the command "opengl software" in order to get figures with transparent objects in them to render when I run the student version. When I run the exact same code in the concurrent version, they render fine without this command. Is there some limitation built into the student version? I'm running Win7 64-bit on a Lenovo X61 tablet.

Answer 1

[Jan]

This is usually caused by the OpenGL driver and not a problem of the license style. So it seems, like the 64 bit version works well with the 64 it driver of the graphics card, while the 32 bit version has problems. Did you update the graphics driver already?

[Scott]

Well, I guess I'm not sure how to answer this. It's a fresh Win7 64-bit install with all Windows updates and all Lenovo driver updates applied. If it works with the 64-bit graphics driver and not the 32-bit version, are you suggesting I downgrade to the 32-bit version?

[Jan]

@Scott: If I got you right, you have problems using OpenGL when running Matlab 2011a 32-bit (with student license) under Win7 64 bit. It might be helpful if you explain these problems with any details. Perhaps it is a known bug and a work-around has been published already.