topic Is high Sierra sufficient to run fusion 360? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Is high Sierra sufficient to run fusion 360?

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:29:06 GMT

Hello!

My husband wants a computer for Christmas specifically to run Fushion 360. Is a Mac desktop at the end of its updating life, running High Sierra 10.13.3 sufficient?
500GB

Nvidia GeForce 9400 256 MB

3.06 GHz

none of this means anything to me. 😜

Thank you guys!!

Re: Is high Sierra sufficient to run fusion 360?

Johnc911 — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:46:25 GMT

Yes, I was until recently running it on MacOS High Sierra.

Re: Is high Sierra sufficient to run fusion 360?

TrippyLighting — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:13:40 GMT

The limit here is really not the operating system. I am running Fusion 360 with high Sierra on a mid 2010 27" iMac with an i7 processor with 12GB memory and upgraded that computer 3 years ago with an SSD. It has a dedicated AMD graphics card with 512 MB of VRAM.

The computer hardware you posted might be OK to make the very first steps in Fusion 360, but depending on what a user does with Fusion 360 they can run into limitations rather quickly. The conundrum is that experienced CAD users can often compensate for lack in computing performance by applying proper techniques. However, most CAD beginners don't have that experience and run head first into problems.

This computer does not match the minimum requirements for a Fusion 360 machine. The worst offender here being the graphics card, which only offers half the minimally required memory.

Re: Is high Sierra sufficient to run fusion 360?

InnovativeIdeas — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:34:59 GMT

I have a early 2012 27" imac running High Sierra. , is there any solution after April 2021 . I cant afford a new imac, I moght just build a WIndows 10 machine . My iMac cant can anything later then High Sierra