Fusion360 Error (OpenGL) on opening

[hammerst]

Recently, when I open Fusion360, I get this error message:

"Failde to initialize graphics backend for OpenGL"
Fusion then crashes.    

Reinstallation does not solve the problem.

It is also not possible to change the GrapicDriver settings because the programme crashes before that.

Any ideas to solve the problem?

[HughesTooling]

Seen a few reports lately on this. Are you using a laptop or desktop and what OS? Have you tried getting the latest graphics driver from the manufacturer? If that doesn't work you might need to go back a couple of versions.

[hammerst]

I am using a laptop with Windows 10. graphics card drivers are up to date and I have tried to change all possible settings regarding graphics.

Is there a way to install older Fusion versions?

[HughesTooling]

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@hammerst wrote:

Is there a way to install older Fusion versions?

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No, I doubt that's the problem as there's not been an update for several weeks. I think Windows has pushed an update and might have installed drivers that are a problem. You might need to install older drivers. This problem is only coming up for laptops and the last couple of weeks.

Also if you right click Fusion's icon on the desktop is there an option for which graphics card to use? If your laptop does have 2 cards can you disable the integrated one in the BIOS so it's not there for Fusion to use?

[hammerst]

Thank you for the answer.

As I only have one graphics card in my laptop, I do not have the option to select it by right-clicking.

In the meantime, there was a new Windows update, and since then Fusion has been running as before.

The problem was caused by the update of 13.05 and "fixed" by the update of 30.05. See photo.