eGPU support for macOS High Sierra

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Will Fusion 360 be supporting the external GPU capabilities of macOS High Sierra? I have one of the apple graphical developer kits with a Thunderbolt 3 external GPU enclosure and a Radeon RX 580 GPU. I was hoping this would boost the performance of my MacBook when doing design work but it doesn't appear that Fusion 360 can use/recognise the new GPU yet. The card has installed correctly (see system report screenshot attached) and I've been able to run some benchmarking tests against it so I'm pretty sure the card itself is working, but Fusion 360 graphics diagnostic still references the internal card (see output from diagnostic at the end)

Has anyone else tried this out or managed to get this working yet?

Maybe I'm being optimistic but I was hoping to get myself a super-capable design set up when working at my desk (with the eGPU) with the benefits of a system that still works with less power when I'm out on the road.

Any comments would be welcomed.

Chris.

Fusion 360 graphics diagnostic:

[GPU Information]
GPU Device: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 550
GPU RAM: 8192 MB (Integrated card)
GPU Driver API: OpenGL

[Graphics Effects Settings]
Use high-resolution graphics: On
Anti Aliasing: Off
Ambient Occlusion: On
Object Shadow: On
Ground Shadow: On
Ground Reflection: Off
Selection Display Style: Normal
Transparency Effect: Better Performance

[Limit effects to optimize performance]
Off

[zeljko.m85]

Replaying to my own feed in message #17. 

The RX570 was not a problem. 

I made a rookie mistake; downloaded an assembly from the internet and assumed that it was OK to use it in my design files... It has turned out that there were over 5000 bodies in the assembly and that was bugging down the GPU. 

I have solved the problem by opening each individual body, repaired some surfaces and patch hundreds of surfaces in a solid body.

I've ended up with 103 bodies in my design file (with the imported stuff from internet) instead of +5000 bodies. 

So I'm backing up my previous comment. 

RX570 with 4GB RAM is doing rather well for me.  I won't be spending money towards WX card in near future. 

Hope I have helped. 

Cheers

z