UI scaling for 4K displays

[Anonymous]

Fusion 360 does not scale correctly on many 4K screens. It is either fuzzy, or when the DPI scaling fix is used, the UI controls are scaled too small to be usable.

This issue has been recognized by Autodesk since at least 2015, and despite promises that a fix was coming, has not been addressed. Obviously, a full solution is not in the cards any time soon.

All we ask is that Fusion allow us to scale the size of the controls to compensate for this issue. This fix does not have to be clean and easy to use. It does not have to work across all scaling ranges. It doesn't even have to scale the icons, the text would be sufficient.

This feature could even be hidden away or disabled in some menu so that regular users would never see it. Mark it as beta, or even only make it available via adding/editing some setting file.

It's just text scaling, but it's the difference between being able to use the software or not.

Please help this issue get resolved, there are many people who have been waiting a long time for this. Thank you.

[Stuart-H]

and 5k please iMac has 5 k display

[Anonymous]

I also get this issue on a 1440p monitor.

[g.cruicks]

A custom scaling menu for all common resolutions in settings is a base requirement for modern visual software. Coming from the graphic design world over to CAD and Fusion, it has really shocked me how bad Fusion's approach to resolution is. Of all professionals, the ones most likely to use 4k workstations are professional designers. 

Resolution issues are really impacting my use and enjoyment on Fusion. This is so backward for top-tier subscription based software. Hugely disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Any timeline for a fix? Kinda shocked an esteemed company such as Autodesk can't scale their software graphics properly. 

[kassen.oldewurtel]

Hi,

I just bought a 4K monitor (Samsung U32J590UQU) to have more space for my Fusion 360 (as an enthusiast).

First I was overwelmed by the huge monitor area and the very sharp pictures.

But then I started my Fusion 360 with the recommendations of WIN10 (build 1803, 150% scaling).....

In contrary to the rest of the desktop, the entire Fusion 360 workspace was blurred.

Even after several hours of switching the scaling and lot more stuff, no solution for this!

With 100% scaling, everything looks sharp but it is by far too tiny to work with....

Now I'm about to return my 4K monitor and stick to my full HD monitor...

Is this the solution at the and of the day?

Is there a Autodesk marketing roadmap for Fusion 360 for a  better scalebility?

I'm looking forward to an answer from the Autodesk guys.

LG from Germany

[jonnyXKPK2]

(edited to report fix)

Hi Autodesk Fusion 360 Developers,

Original Message:

I finally upgraded to a 4k panel on my design workstation and expect others at my company to be joining me soon.  I'm using Windows 10 (build 1803, 125% scaling).  In Fusion 360, latest update, the text in the Projects Panels is very messed up (nearly illegible), and the rest of the workspace has a blurred effect, as noted by other users above.  Not too impressed - especially as we're on the verge of renewing our annual subscriptions!  It looks like other users have been reporting this issue for some months by now.  When can we expect a fix to this very important usability issue?

Fix:

After further searching I found this link in the Autodesk Knowledge Network that explains how to set Fusion 360 to override Windows scaling and apply its own scaling based on resolution.  On my system, at least, this appears to work for me.  Certain icons and text are quite small, so it's not "perfect", but quite sharp and usable for me.

[idmadj]

This should be addressed properly. Both platforms provide extensive documentation on how to implement this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/hidpi/high-dpi-desktop-application-development-on-win...

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsAnimation/Conceptual/HighResolutio...

[Anonymous]

Could not agree more 

a good high resolution support that works out of the box is needed. But meanwhile, at least a workaround. Don't want to feel like a DOS emulator when I try to model something.

[dudeTheory]

Apparently this hasn't been fixed yet.  Bump for support.

[Anonymous]

A major thank you to everyone for their votes. Lets continue pushing this 4K issue to the top! I hope the Autodesk team hears us and does what they can to fix this issue. We're not shaming them for taking so long, we are simply maintaining our suggestive persuasion on this issue. 

[Anonymous]

Please fix this.

[Anonymous]

Fusion 360 is a fantastic application, but it looks like a child of the 90ies on a 4k screen. It's not that hard to implement proper UI scaling in an application.

[men8ifr]

I have issues and some info on what impacts it (needs fixing). If you have a HD and 4K monitor you probably have different text scaling for each. If you open in the HD screen and you move it to the 4K screen you get issues where you cannot read text etc. As a workaround I've set the 4K monitor as my main one so autocad opens in that first. 

Still some text and menus are too small but at least it's functional!

[mbelusa.mail]

Same here! Please fix it ... fusion 360 on 4K laptops is unusable for serious working 😞

[Anonymous]

I think this problem is the only defect in fusion 360.

I would appreciate it if you could improve it.