Dark mode for Fusion 360

Faraj_Monnapillai · ‎10-07-2017

I personally think to add a dark mode to fusion 360 is a great idea, as many users who use Fusion 360 are staring into there monitors/screen for a long period of time and I believe this feature would reduce eye strain and it would also give fusion a classic look and feel, and also let the user the option of how dark and light they what there UI to be. (Example below)

if this is not possible an alternative feature could be a blue light filter which also reduces eye strain.

For example Adobe CC products - 20130515-idcc-1

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n8bot · ‎10-11-2017

If you click on the "Display Settings" button (which is the LCD monitor icon) at the bottom of the screen, and then navigate the Environment menu, you will find a selection of different environments for the main modelling screen space. There is a dark one, that brings you most of the way of having a dark mode. There is also a Grey one which gives you a choice to how dark the environment is.Also, if you're feeling under-stimulated, you could try "tranquility blue," which is pretty nuts if you ask me.

Faraj_Monnapillai · ‎10-14-2017

I understand that you can make the part where you work to different colours, but I am saying as in being able to change the top and the side part dark as well. So I am saying we should be able to change fusion from a light UI to a full dark UI, like in Adobe products.

colin.smith · ‎10-17-2017

keqingsong · ‎10-19-2017

We have this project in the backlog but will still be some time until we're able to get to it. We have some higher priority projects we're currently working on. Changing this to Future Consideration.

keqingsong · ‎10-19-2017

KirillChepizhko · ‎10-30-2017

Please dont abandon the idea, especially considering you already have dark styles for the right click menu build in.

Dark UI is not only a necessity for usability, I think it potentially changes the product is perceived by future users. Having UI options is attractive.

moth3r · ‎11-01-2017

"Dark mode" is preferable/standard mode on most apps these days. Even outside CAD world, apps like imagine Substance Painter, Photoshop have it as default. I am not biggest fan of the current set color schemes for the white preset either. On example, they should be neutral not blue.

I'll stick to Moi as I can have colors sets completely to my liking. Well when you open your CSS or you expose parts of the code you can do it yourself instead to wait for a team of people years after. When you work on the 34" screen you get 'snow blindness' without a tan.

lucasliraAU · ‎11-13-2017

A great future idea to be considered for the progression of the platform user experience.

RWinning10 · ‎12-01-2017

Perhaps have the guys who wrote 3DS Max (Dark Theme) help push this along? At the very least give one dark/orange UI theme choice before completely offering a custom color pallet? Eye fatigue is the main driver for me, as I design in AutoCAD 8-10 hours a day at work. Even though that has a dark theme, there are a lot of nights when I get home, open Fusion and immediately shut it down b/c of the blinding UI. I'm rather surprised it wasn't in the initial release, so many existing Autodesk products in addition to just about every other UI in the world offers it, i.e. Video apps, music streaming services, certain popular open source modeling software.

Faraj_Monnapillai · ‎12-02-2017

How would I make the people who made 3DS Max (Dark Theme) help push this idea along @RWinning10

RWinning10 · ‎12-11-2017

@Faraj_Monnapillai My comment was for the Dev team/ Project team that would read the forum, not you. This isn't an original idea: Here and Here too.

Faraj_Monnapillai · ‎12-12-2017

@RWinning10 I don't know what you mean by "My comment was for the Dev team/ Project team that would read the forum, not you."

I only started using the forms for about 4 months so I didn't know this idea was already an idea which has been discussed. And those two ideas are only for dark mode/UI, I said "let the user the option of how dark and light they what there UI to be." and "blue light filter". which has not been said on the other ones.

klwill946 · ‎01-13-2018

I currently use Alibre Design and am working to learn Fusion 360 so I can use it as my furniture design tool. I would like to keep the dark background I use in Alibre as it's much easier on my eyes.

patrickmorin12 · ‎04-06-2018

This one is really my preferred one! So much easier for the eyes when you stare a a screen all day long!

ac1595 · ‎06-27-2018

Maybe it'll be easier to start implementing "Dark Mode" now when macOS Mojave is comming out ... as it'll support have systemwide "dark mode" support ...

Thought, Fusion 360 on the Mac has to respect the native Apple Human Interface Guide on the UI side ... so instead of having AutoDesk programmers trying to figure out a nice and pleasant Dark UI ... just make the App comply to macOS Mojave's native HIM ...

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/visual-design/dark-mode/

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/supporting_dark_mode_in_your_interface

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2018/210/

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2018/209/

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2018/218/