Thinking about new CAD / CAM

[Tenson]

Seems like I might need a new graphics card. (and possibly CPU!)

Currently I am running Intel Core2 Quad 2.66GHz and a Radeon HD4730.

Can I get some recommendations for a used graphics card around £100? Please note I hate noise from fans!

I gather some cards are better at OpenGL and some at DirectX etc.. I have been told for example to run SolidWorks you need a good OpenGL card but I note Fusion360 is running DirectX.

[D.C.]

Please note I hate noise from fans!

Guess I'm too late for card recommendation but if you want to kill that fan noise two things:

Noctua fans are awesome.
Plonk a cpu cooler on your gpu. Like this --->

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iegpwo9SqSg

Perhaps a PC case build is in your future? ;)

[routercnc]

Tenson,

Just had a look on the Fusion360 site - make sure you have a 64bit machine (32bit not supported):
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppor...usion-360.html

[Tenson]

Thanks for that, yes I am running Win7 64bit on a core2 quad.

Fusion 360 does run but seems to hang sometimes, I guess because of the graphics card.

[Boyan Silyavski]

Thanks for that, yes I am running Win7 64bit on a core2 quad.

Fusion 360 does run but seems to hang sometimes, I guess because of the graphics card.

Its not so simple. I am running dual core 3.2Ghz with 6Gb ddr3 ram and 1gb Video card Ati GDR5 5780 , which when new , a couple of years ago was a beast PC.

Sketchup continues to freeze some times, one of the many reasons i went to real CAD. NX9 works flawlessly. So is not the PC or the card.

Make sure you have latest drivers of all and all updates installed. Maybe some little tweak of the program could avoid problems.



Fusion really seams interesting for the price of 20Euro per month after the first year. Though the CAM part should be investigated further, if there are not some serious limits there.

[D.C.]

Though the CAM part should be investigated further, if there are not some serious limits there.

These guys are doing 5-axis CAD/CAM with fusion 360:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijqmLLjHbyk

[D.C.]

There is also a free course (25 videos about 4 hours total) for fusion 360 here:

https://www.udemy.com/product-design...n-360/learn/#/

Should help you get started.