topic Re: rendering issue in Fusion Support Forum

rendering issue

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:19:57 GMT

what am i doing wrong with rendering it looks like this in fusion 360 nothing is sharp

same file viewed in 3D viewer windows 10 and the same file is sharp and clean.

Re: rendering issue

SallyYang — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:54:46 GMT

Can you share the f3d file of this model to me please? I will send you my Fusion account through private message. Thanks!

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:38:23 GMT

so far i have not been able to figure out why a rendering looks so bad in fusion i reset the screen resolution to as high as it will go which is the 1366x768 and that made no difference

when i opened fusion it said to update the video card so i went on line and it said there are no updates available the card is updated

Display Resolution 1366 x 768 (1920 x 1080 or greater at 100% scale strongly recommended)

before i spend money on a video card i need to know if that will resolve the issue

here is the STL file so is it the file or the video card?

Re: rendering issue

SallyYang — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 01:41:56 GMT

Thanks for sharing the model to us. This is what I see in Fusion's Render workspace.

Can you please share the assembly model to us? And also your graphics diagnosis info. Thanks!

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:34:27 GMT

here is the file of the assembly

i had a new graphic card installed in the computer thinking i did not have a card suitable for fusion the new card meets all fusion requirements and still i get this really bad looking rendering.

my thought it is some setting in fusion the file looks great in Blender

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:28:18 GMT

The error you were getting looks like the mesh normals were smoothed, which is a common error I see with CAD models I receive for work, I was able to reproduce it in Blender by setting the object to Shade Smooth.

soa post from another forum it is narrowing down to a setting within fusion360 and not a hardware or file problem. Because i am new at fusion360 just a few months into using the program i do not know my way around in order to change the setting

Blender, Sketchup, windows 3D view or any other program i see a clean clear rendering

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 03:16:38 GMT

drawing shapes in Fusion and the rendering them i get sharp nice renderings like these

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 03:19:10 GMT

and the red shape was drawn in Fusion the green drawing is a STL file and it renders as rounded soft edges

so it is the STL files that look all distorted anyone know why?

Re: rendering issue

SallyYang — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 04:06:19 GMT

Hi @Anonymous , thanks for sharing the model. This is an issue in mesh, the normal of the faces get lost in this file after translated into Fusion, so the render result looks abnormal. I've reported it to the develop team as https://jira.autodesk.com/browse/FUS-71508.

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:44:55 GMT

so this is a bug in fusion 360 that has a problem reading STL files

will we be informed when this issue is fixed?

Re: rendering issue

SallyYang — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 01:32:44 GMT

Yes, of course.

I've left a comment in the ticket. We will let you know once it get resolved.

But it won't be fixed in a short term as there are some dependencies on other components.

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:30:49 GMT

i was looking for a fast way to view STL files without having to convert them to a solid

once i convert the STL file i get a sharp rendering like this

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:36:01 GMT

where i am stuck is STL files that are to big to convert so i followed the videos and it shows this to turn on the mesh workspace so it shows up in the drop down under design

but i get this window and not like the one in the video when i check the mesh workplace the mesh still does not show up in the drop down menu under design Where is it?

Re: rendering issue

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:50:56 GMT

fusion will open and display IGES files like this which i thought that is how it would display STL files

Re: rendering issue

SallyYang — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 02:51:27 GMT

The mesh workspace is only existing in non design history environment, so you have to switch the default parametric modeling(capture design history) to direct modeling(do not capture design history) environment.

There are two ways to enter direct modeling:

Set design history to "Direct modeling " from preferences, and create a new design

If you are already in parametric modeling document, you can easily switch to directly modeling from context menu of browser.

Then you will find the mesh workspace.