Greetings, John!
I would first check the obvious things, like are you running out of memory? 3D charts can use a huge amount of it. Perhaps you can plot a couple of smaller data sets on your charts and see if you get the same error. You might also try a wiregrid format, instead of color, since color uses up a lot more memory.
Just a couple of hints.
Eric
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