Fusion 360 stopped using dedicated GPU (nVidia)

[Anonymous]

All of the sudden my fusion 360 stopped using the dedicated GPU and nothing I do will make it work. I have uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled the latest GPU drivers. 

Specs: 

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

GPU: QuadroK1100M

Driver Version: 375.63

I have gone into the nvidia control panel and selected High-Performance NVIDA processor for preferred graphics processor.

In program settings I have done the same for Fusion360.exe and fusionlauncher.exe. 

In Fusion360 I have switched from Auto select to Direct X 11 and 9 for graphics driver. Both haven't worked. 

When I run the Graphics Diagnostics It shows me using the Intel HD Graphics. 

Any Help would be great.

[chengyun.yang]

Hi, 

If you have set nVidia GPU as the preferred graphics processor on your machine, can you check other 3D Apps to see if they can run on nVidia GPU? This can help us to understand if this is a problem specific to Fusion.

Thanks

Chengyun

[Anonymous]

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@chengyun.yang wrote:

Hi, 

If you have set nVidia GPU as the preferred graphics processor on your machine, can you check other 3D Apps to see if they can run on nVidia GPU? This can help us to understand if this is a problem specific to Fusion.

Thanks

Chengyun

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I have the NVIDIA Activity monitor on and it shows Solidworks using the GPU but not fusion. Funny thing is if I open the tool library it will show that Fusion360.exe is using the GPU but Graphics diagnostics still says Intel GPU is being used and when I unclick Limit effects fusion becomes unusable (very Choppy). 

Thanks

[chengyun.yang]

That is interesting. I suppose you have set nVidia GPU as the preferred graphics processor on your machine for all the programs, is it right?  Or you just set that option separately for Fusion? If it is the latter, you probably need to set the option again for Fusion because each Fusion update is actually installed in different folder from the one you previously select in nVidia folder. 

[Anonymous]

It is set up for all programs under global settings. Just to be certain I did also set it up for the updated folder of fusion 360. 

[Anonymous]

Any idea what the problem could be ? Do you need any more information ?

[Anonymous]

I think I have found the culprit. After uninstalling the DisplayLink Drivers Fusion 360 recognizes the nVidia card. I need the Displaylink to use my monitors and Ethernet so not having it installed is not going to work.  Has anyone else had this issue ?

[Anonymous]

I think I'm seeing the same issue. Fusion 360 refuses to use my NVidia GPU, and I recently switched to connecting the monitors via Display link.

[Anonymous]

I had to remove the DisplayLink and connect the monitors directly to the computer to get it to work properly. It isn't a proper solution but its the only one I have gotten to work so far. 

[Anonymous]

Same Problem with me. Its like I have a good graphic card sittin there and just watching how ruthlessly Fusion360 is over-riding the graphics settings. HELP needed!

[Anonymous]

Are you using a USB docking station? One that hooks up monitors? If so, that was my problem. I had to get rid of that to make it use the dedicated GPU.