Mac OS Menu Glitch.

[robertcgarvin]

Two weeks ago, I would say I knew nothing about Fusion. Today, I've been using it for 14 hours a day for about 7 days straight (Midterms). Among other issues (Likely due to my inexperience), I have found a glitch that I could honestly do without. 

System info:

• MacBook Pro (14" 2021)
• MacOS 12.6.3
• M1 Max
• 64GB memory
• Storage at 55% full. 

Fusion Info: 

• Fusion 360 2.0.15509 x86_64 [Rosetta 2]
• Active Plan: Student
• macOS 12.6.3 (21G419) on MacBookPro18,4

Frequently, single-clicking (as well as frantic rage-clicking) on any menu brings the menu up for a quarter of a second, after which it disappears. When using the mouse, this is just ridiculous behavior. *Edit*: I don't know what causes this to occur, but usually a right click will open the menu reliably for me, but doesn't always restore normal left click function. As best as I can remember, I am able to click and select "fine" in the main edit area. (I say "fine" because i'm still not used to object select-ability changing unexpectedly).

I don't believe it can be an issue with the graphics card directly (local renders and modeling work just fine, as do other apps). It's not an issue with the mouse, because that works just fine everywhere else. 

This happens across multiple files, not just the current one.

I thought I saw a post somewhere where someone updated or deleted a file and it fixed it, but I was unable to find the thread again (and I think it was on PC). 

[gamelife4dns]

Fusion 360 is widely appreciated because of its easy and great UI/UX (amongst many other virtues). With still many imperfections and issues that stay since years, we are used to them, they are non blocking.

I have a MBP also (i7, 16Gb, late 2018) and I never experienced your issue.

Maybe related to M1/M2 chips ?

Steve

[robertcgarvin]

So far in my 2 weeks of using fusion, I cannot say I agree with your assessment of the software. True, it's been relatively easy to pick up, but it's to date the most convoluted and non-intuitive software I've ever used. Of course, I've only been using it a week, so that could be a lack of understanding of modeling philosophies. 

That being said, i find it odd you've never experienced this. I experience it daily, and sometimes it completely stops my work. I never expected a menu to cause this kind of work stoppage. Just now, I came over here to look at this because the glitch wasn't stopping. I'm going to try uninstalling and reinstalling after lunch, and see if that helps. 

*edit*. I just went back to my design, and forgot what I was trying to get into the menu for. there's another step backwards. 

[robertcgarvin]

Bumping the thread to see if anyone else has a solution for this. I"ve reinstalled my operating system, and I've reinstalled fusion, with no improvement.

[bentwookie]

It was on Windows, but I had Fusion lose its mind like this a while back. The culprit was another HID device that wasn't even in use. Even though it didn't cause problems for any other apps, removing it calmed Fusion down. I'd check and see if you've got an old BT mouse that's decided to connect and cause problems.

On the Mac you might try flipping between Native Trackpad (Settings->Preview Features -> General) and Fusion's internal stuff. Jiggling that handle might shake some event handling nonsense free. 

Could very well be a bug in Fusion too. I reported a similar bug on the Electronics side with menus in tabbed palettes and they responded by just removing that particular way of activating the menus. Hopefully you have better luck!

[FrodoLoggins]

Ya reported this 6 months ago. I don't have any devices connected to my mac aside from the power adapter. Still happens 5+ times a day.

[robertcgarvin]

As best as I can tell, there's nothing trying to connect. The only HID devices I have are my Streamdeck and a wired mouse. Stream Deck is wired. Also an apple keyboard. Mouse and keyboard are via a hub. So nothing bluetooth that I've connected to. 

We're in finals right now, so I may just let sleeping, annoyingly loud snoring dogs lie before trying other troubleshooting steps. Leaving this open for now.