topic Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro in Fusion Support Forum

Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

alessandro.vasapolli — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:24:59 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am experiencing a persistent issue with Fusion 360 on my Mac Pro (Late 2013). Whenever I switch from the Design workspace to the Drawing workspace, the sheet remains completely blank. No title block, no borders, and I cannot place a base view at all.

I have already tried:

Switching between OpenGL, Metal, and Automatic in Preferences.
Disabling high-resolution canvas graphics and adjusting transparency/performance settings.
Enabling “Override Chromium GPU Workarounds.”
Clearing cache and resetting Fusion with the Service Utility.

Unfortunately, none of these steps solved the problem.

I am aware that my Mac is no longer officially supported, but I don’t have an alternative machine right now, and I would really like to find a workaround if possible.

Here is the GPU diagnostic information provided by Fusion:

[GPU Information]
GPU Device: AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D700
GPU RAM: 6144 MB
GPU Driver API: OpenGL Core Profile

[Graphics Effects Settings]
Use High-Resolution Graphics: On
Anti-Aliasing: Off
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Object Shadow: Off
Ground Shadow: Off
Ground Reflection: Off
Selection Display Style: Simple
Transparency Effect: Better Performance

Has anyone else encountered the same issue with blank drawings on older Mac hardware?
And if so, were you able to find a workaround that allowed you to at least use the Drawing workspace?

Thank you very much in advance for any advice or experience you can share!

Warm regards,

Alessandro

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

mohammed.aliTDPXK — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:08:50 GMT

Hello @alessandro.vasapolli ,

Can you please mention what is the Mac OS version you are using?

The minimum requirement is Mac OS 14 Sonoma

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Fusion-360.html

Thanks!

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

ryan_bezemek — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 20:21:31 GMT

also having this issue. please help.

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

mohammed.aliTDPXK — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 07:12:50 GMT

Hello @ryan_bezemek ,

Can you please send me a quick video of the issue you are facing? I dont face any such issue at my end when using Fusion.

Also, can you please check let me know if you are on Mac OS 14 sonoma and above?

Thanks!

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

ryan_bezemek — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:53:11 GMT

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

mohammed.aliTDPXK — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:18:42 GMT

Hello @ryan_bezemek ,

Can you update you Mac to Sonoma 14 and above?

This is unsupported OS what you shared above

Here are details for the minimum specifications for Fusion: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Fusion-360.html https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Fusion-360.html

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

ryan_bezemek — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:29:06 GMT

No I cant. I dont belive I can. What are my other options??

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

ryan_bezemek — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:33:25 GMT

It use to work fine before?

Re: Drawing Workspace Blank on Mac Pro

prestoncloud — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 02:08:56 GMT

It seems as though they have fixed the glitch. I was able to play in some drawings for about an hour today and then poof. All drawings are blank. You can still create them, but they open as a white screen.

LULZ.

There went 10 hours of work.