[ger21]

I think this is a Black Friday deal, and could end at any time.
Amazon.com: Autodesk Fusion 360 Cloud Service Subscription | Free Trial Available: Software

[elfrench]

And it's only for one year. The following years are $300.

[daniellyall]

it finishes monday us time it would only be $300 for a 3D cad/cam program next blackfriday if they don't have another black friday special

[eman5oh]

That is a good find, it is very good cad/cam for dirt cheap. I would jump on it if I already did not get Autodesk products though work.

[sajurcaju]

I tried to make it work, but it doesn't on my laptop. When I draw something, it is invisible! Running the mouse over, it shows, but then vanishes when the mouse moves away. My video memory is a little smaller than recommended, but I think they need to work on their computer requirements (a little vague).

Try before you buy, obviously.

[mmoe]

There are settings that you can adjust to help the issue out. Try going to the "Display Settings" menu at the bottom of the screen (looks like a little monitor/display icon). In the menu, go to the "Effects" sub menu and uncheck all of the boxes. I had the same problem on my old laptop which I've had since 2005. Once I unchecked those boxes, it made the parts show up where before they were invisible unless you moused over them. I use it only when I am away from my home office, but it's nice to be able to use it at all given how old that laptop is.

[sajurcaju]

Thanks, I just tried your suggestion (again) and it did not work. I asked about this on the Fusion 360 forum. Autodesk said I needed an updated video driver. The update is not available for my laptop, unfortunately.

Given that I do this as a hobby, I'm not eager to go out and buy a computer to run Fusion 360. Besides cost, I'm not sure what I would need to be able to run it. If you read the requirements, my machine is pretty close, just missing a little of the video memory. I don't think increasing my video memory (even if that were possible) would solve the issue.

Steve

[daniellyall]

fusion needs a lot of graphic ram 1 gig plus, there are settings to reduces the amount graphics needed.

go to the graphics manufactures web site to get a update.

[sajurcaju]

Thanks, I did that. The required update for Fusion 360 doesn't apply to my hardware.
The laptop's only 8 years old...a nice machine in the day.

[daniellyall]

a 8 year old laptop that's a world record, it won't run fusion at all being that old, no wonder you can't get it to work, if you get a new one get a gaming laptop with a AMD graphics they have a hell of a lot less problem and they are fast, a value for money. a work station laptop with the same spec's as a gaming laptop is a $5000 differences, workstation computers are a con they are overpriced home machine's.

[wjbzone]

I'm running Fusion 360 on a $330 laptop I got on ebay...
HP Elitebook 8740w
Windows 7
Processor
Intel i7 M640 2.80 GHZ Cpu
8gb RAM
500 gb HD
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M with CUDA display card (1gb)

Spent another $130 when the HD crashed, Got a new 500gb SSD that is worth the price.
Also use an external monitor I already had.

Using the free version of Fusion for hobbyiest.

[daniellyall]

that is on speck with a lot of ram to go around