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Fusion 360 weird dark shading

dotandpixel — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 08:21:39 GMT

One day I opened up this file, and the shading had turned into the weird dark shading on the right. Now all of my files open like this. The previous was taken prior to this weirdness. As far as I know I didn't deliberately set this. I am less than 2 weeks into using Fusion. Please help?

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

chrisplyler — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:20:47 GMT

Mine doesn't get THAT dark, but perhaps you've turned on Object Shadow and Ambient Occlusion?

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

johnaboiles — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 06:08:27 GMT

All of the sudden my model started doing the same thing. I didn't change any display settings. Turning off ambient occlusion gets rid of the dark shadows, but then I don't get the nice rendered shadows I used to get. Seems like somehow ambient occlusion is going haywire.

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

Madhatterzero — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:28:56 GMT

mine is doing this in 2023 and its much worse. it gets so dark that its like looking into the night. cant see anything at certain angles. is this gonna be addressed, ever?

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

TrippyLighting — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:03:08 GMT

Can you share a model?

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

TheCADWhisperer — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:12:34 GMT

@Madhatterzero

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: Fusion 360 weird dark shading

autodesk — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:25:42 GMT

I'm seeing this problem in 2025. Was there any solution?