topic Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360 in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Can not enter drawing mode in F360

dziarski69 — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:25:37 GMT

I am trying to enter drawing mode in F360 but I can not. After creating/loading design into F360 when i select Drawing it starts to enter that mode - small window appear to "create drawing" parameters, and when i press ok with default settings, upper buttons od frawing mode appear and after a few seconds F360 comes back to design mode.

Has anyone had something similiar and found a solution. I uninstalled F360 and installed it again - no effect.

Darek.

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

ClintBrown3D — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:33:02 GMT

Hi @dziarski69

I would suggest that you try a Clean Uninstall of Fusion (different to a standard uninstall)

Make sure that you download the uninstaller tool and follow the instructions in the link above.
Download a fresh copy of Fusion 360 here, when you are ready to re-install.

Also can you share your system specs with us? What graphics card and driver are you running, which OS are you on?

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

ClintBrown3D — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:39:45 GMT

@dziarski69

Here's how you can check your system specs and share the results:

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

dziarski69 — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:52:40 GMT

Here are my specs

[GPU Information]
GPU Device: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
GPU RAM: 128 MB (Integrated card)
GPU Driver API: DirectX 9.0
GPU Driver Version: 20.19.15.4326
GPU Driver Date: 11/25/2015

[Graphics Effects Settings]
Anti Aliasing: On
Ambient Occlusion: On
Object Shadow: Off
Ground Shadow: On
Ground Reflection: Off
Selection Display Style: Normal
Transparency Effect: Better Performance

[Limit effects to optimize performance]
Off

I use win 10 and here are my comp specs:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.59 GHz
RAM 8,00 GB
64-bitowy OS

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

ClintBrown3D — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:05:57 GMT

Hi @dziarski69

I'm not a hardware expert, but it looks like your system might not meet the minimum system requirements.

The system requirements require DirectX11 (Direct3D 10.1 or greater), your specs appear to be Direct X 9 (GPU Driver API: DirectX 9.0).

I hope that the clean uninstall (as I detailed above) helps you. You can also try to update your graphics driver (see below), this button will take you to the correct webpage to download the latest driver for your PC, but as your driver is over 5 years old, I'm not sure how you will get on (GPU Driver Date: 11/25/2015).

You can also check the "Limit effects to optimize performance" box, to see if this helps.

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

whittakerdw — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:10:12 GMT

I just tried it and it worked for me. I would try the reset or uninstall and download as mentioned.

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

dziarski69 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:39:07 GMT

I made everything you suggested - clean uninstall, driver update and direct x update. Unfortunatelly all graphics drivers were up to date, also directX. I have directX 12 although GPU API from F360 says it is direct x 9. Even simplest designs doesnt allow me to enter drawing mode. No clue what to do else 😞

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

jhackney1972 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:49:11 GMT

In your posting of your computer specifications, you list your operating system as:

What is "bitowy" OS? I am not familiar with this operating system.

Re: Can not enter drawing mode in F360

dziarski69 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:20:41 GMT

It means that operating system is 64 bits, just in my language; Windows 10 64bit - same thing.