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Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

SBRITCHFORD — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 23:17:35 GMT

I'm looking to replace my iMac. It is crashing regularly when using F360 generate paths in Manufacture in particular. This is likely due to the cpu struggling with only 4Mb of RAM. I have 2 questions regarding this:
1) Is F360 now stable with the M1 chip?
2) What's the ETA on the native version of F360 for the M1 chip?

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

jodom4 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:53:08 GMT

Hey SBRITCHFORD,

Fusion was featured in the most recent Apple ARM-based M1 Macbook Pro announcement. Although Fusion still isn't compatible on Apple’s new M1 chipset architecture yet, Rosetta 2 should enable you to run Fusion 360*.

We're working on it, but don't have an ETA to share publicly at this time, but will be sure to keep you posted on our progress towards support of Apple’s new line of chipsets. Here's a post with more information: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/running-fusion-360-with-rosetta-2-on-apple-arm-based-m1-chipsets/td-p/9876850

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

Brad.cavallaro — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 16:07:38 GMT

Any update on this or an expected date of release? I too will be using a mac with Fusion and am hoping for F360 to be m1 optimized.

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

andrew_tchircoff — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:42:01 GMT

I recently got M1 Mac and I'm impressed with the speed and stability. Fusion 360 runs just fine.

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

millerjaydon — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:51:17 GMT

I have a 2021 M1 MacBook Air, and I'm fairly new to F360 as its barely been 2 or 3 weeks since I got. I realized that its not running smoothly at all, it even crashes a few times (it just did, the promo to this post actually). I'm wondering if its that M1 just can't handle the load or if its the version of fusion 360 I got, I have the free hobbyist version.

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

TrippyLighting — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:25:13 GMT

For the vast majority of people, Fusion360 runs fine on Apple's new silicon. The official thread is over here.

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

andrew_tchircoff — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:56:48 GMT

That's kidna strange, because my Fusion is stable even with the heaviest models I have. Did you try to reinstall it, for example?

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

davidZ8URT — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:39:46 GMT

Any news on the M1 version for Fusion?
I would like to spend a license for the non-trial version, but not for a Rosetta version.
Converting a simple STL file to a solid body and Fusion is almost unusable for this object.
Any operation on this converted solid body causes the processor to skyrocket to values over 150% and a Beach Ball of Death mixed with Black&White Legacy Ring of Death is displayed.

LL&P

David

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

devadathan3838 — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:42:17 GMT

using in a macbook m1 pro 14'...had a hard time installing it, keeps crashing.... when that was done frequent pop up texts of "error".... when that was done ... some bugs when using the software like x,y,z coordinates box wouldn't close after "move" command

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

JamesHepworth — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:38:21 GMT

Same problem here on the M1 13" MBP.

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

swarm529 — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:51:21 GMT

same here

Re: Running F360 on Mac with M1 chip?

d.sokolovRMZN7 — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 08:18:06 GMT

Using Macbook 16 M1 Max, all works good and fast