As I primarily design prototypes and functional parts for FDM, Shapr 3D has most of the tools and functions I need, yet it lacks many of the constraints that Autodesk imposes on its users. But the speed and ease of Shapr 3D, even on an iPad is inspiring. The latter surprised me: the concept of direct modelling (instead of parametric, or history-based) is something I need to get used to. Over the weekend I researched and tested a few solutions and two might be a good fit for my needs: Running in Windows VMs is fine, but a macOS Ventura VM is also unusable.Īs the replies in this thread suggests and many threads here and in other places seem to confirm, that Fusion360 and macOS is merely an unloved step-child, I started looking for alternatives. Both machines so no signs of any hardware issues and handle everything else flawlessly (within their expected performance). I tried a fresh factory default installation with the same results and I confirmed it on a MBP i7 2015.

Is Fusion just unusable on macOS? Or is there something I can do about it?

I understand that the GPU is not crucial for basic modelling work and the single thread performance of a i7-3.2 should at least be enough for simple drawings I guess. I also switched the system resolution down to 1920x1080 without any performance difference. I turned all graphical features off but it does change nothing. But the performance is completely unusable laggy, even in a new file without a single object in it.Įverything about the GUI is rendering at roughly 5fps and as long as Fusion is opened, the whole machine goes down to its knees. Internet connection and local infrastructure are 10G fiber.

I went as far as to do a factory reset and try Fusion as first install. I'm trying to run Fusion360 on a 2018 Intel Mac mini i7 6-Core 3.2GHz 64GB. But rest assured, I read a lot of older threads regarding performance.

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