fusion 360 help

These are the latest minimum requirements needed to run Fusion 360:

  • Apple Mac® OS® X Yosemite (10.10.5), OS® X El Capitan (10.11.x), OS® X Sierra (10.12.x)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 or Microsoft® Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10
  • CPU: 64-bit processor (32-bit not supported)
  • Memory: 3GB RAM (4GB or more recommended)
  • An internet connection of 5mbits/s or faster (10mbits/s recommended for Simulation Solves)
  • Disk space: ~3.5GB
  • Graphics Card: 512MB GDDR RAM or more, except Intel GMA X3100 cards
  • Pointing device: Microsoft-compliant mouse, Apple Mouse, Magic Mouse, MacBook Pro Trackpad
 
ecdez, what operating system are you using. Windows lets you run multiple monitors.

I have been studying monitors to go with my new desktop and there are some bargains out there.
 
For you and others that are just starting to learn Fusion 360, there are a lot of posts on this site that can offer pointers. Once you get things straightened out and running properly, I suggest you do a search and check them out. Like this one for starts:

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/fusion360.54910/#post-495935

Good luck and I have confidence they will get things going for you! Hang in there, because it will be worth it!
Ted
 
These are the latest minimum requirements needed to run Fusion 360:

  • Apple Mac® OS® X Yosemite (10.10.5), OS® X El Capitan (10.11.x), OS® X Sierra (10.12.x)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 or Microsoft® Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10
  • CPU: 64-bit processor (32-bit not supported)
  • Memory: 3GB RAM (4GB or more recommended)
  • An internet connection of 5mbits/s or faster (10mbits/s recommended for Simulation Solves)
  • Disk space: ~3.5GB
  • Graphics Card: 512MB GDDR RAM or more, except Intel GMA X3100 cards
  • Pointing device: Microsoft-compliant mouse, Apple Mouse, Magic Mouse, MacBook Pro Trackpad

Everything I have exceeds the minimums with only one question. My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. I don't know if it is equal to or greater than the 512mb GDDR required or not. The DirectX Daignostic box says it has 1912mb of approx total memory. Sounds good but it says "approx" and "total memory"; does the 512 minimum include dedicated and shared?





ecdez, what operating system are you using. Windows lets you run multiple monitors.

I have been studying monitors to go with my new desktop and there are some bargains out there.


Windows 7 service pack 1. I got one plug on the back for the monitor.





For you and others that are just starting to learn Fusion 360, there are a lot of posts on this site that can offer pointers. Once you get things straightened out and running properly, I suggest you do a search and check them out. Like this one for starts:

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/fusion360.54910/#post-495935

Good luck and I have confidence they will get things going for you! Hang in there, because it will be worth it!
Ted


Thanks, I'll check them out!
 
Here is something to check. In Fusion, click the <Help> (the icon with the ? in upper right corner) and click <Graphic Diagnostics>. Below is what mine displays. This should give you info about your setup. It may even display a problem is one exists; not sure about that.

Also, you can go here for info about your video: http://www.nvidia.com/object/mobo_gpu_tech_specs.html Looks like you can only run DirectX 9.0 unless there's been a bios update. This info might help the tech that is working with you.

Good luck,
Ted

Graphics Diagnostics.jpg
 
Just for a benchmark, my Dell Lattitude laptop is Windows 10 Pro, i5 processor, 64 bit OS, 4 GB of RAM, & Intel HD Graphics 3000. It works okay but I have learned not to run other applications when using Fusion. Sometimes it can take Fusion more than 1.5 minutes to open on my machine.

My Video/Graphics capability is the biggest rub. It doesn't have the capacity needed to run Fusion at its best.

Ted's link to the checker will tell the tale. Run it and check you system. If you get a yellow warning, it may still run but just not effectively. Fusion is a very powerful piece of software and it needs a strong hardware mule to ride.

So in my case my Dell laptop works, albeit slow as Christmas and a problem crops up from time to time. This all whetted my appetite for a Desktop setup for applications like Fusion and I have one on the way to cure my ills.
 
And there it is! The description of the driver is a little different than actual. The graphics card only has 248 MB of dedicated memory.


"Fusion 360 has a minimum dedicated video memory requirement of 512 MB. This display has 248 MB of dedicated video memory. This may affect your ability to use Fusion 360. "


Thanks to all who contributed. Now I just need to figure out what card will work. I've got no knowledge of these and don't want to get fooled by the numbers.
 
Just a thought... with black Friday and cyber Monday right around the corner, maybe see if there are any screaming deals on a new PC with Windows 10 and jacked up graphics??? ;):)

Have fun deciding!
Ted
 
I don't know how to record a Fusion 360 session, but Lars Christensen (who kind of works for Autodesk) has some excellent videos for beginners as well as seasoned users. Try this link
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Thanks a lot for that youtube channel! I've been struggling a bit with it myself. For some reason, it seems harder to wrap my head around than Solidworks (Learned that one pretty easily, but don't have it any more).
 
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