Yes, you physical computer must have rough hardware resources that it can give the virtual machine enough to run Fusion and still have enough leftover to run Lininx. So a dual-core 8GB, integrated graphic laptop would be a poor choice. If that is all you have. You options are to try FreeCAD or OnShape. OnShape is a good option, it "feels" like Solid works because it has made by people who left SolidWords to start a new company. But you have to pay for the CAM add-ons from 3rd party developers. FreeCAD is limited but runs native and does well on low-end hardware. It is good enough for simple projects.
The question is if you are making a living with this or if it is a hobby. If you are running a business, then invest in what you need. Typically you'd invest 25% of an employee's salary in capital equipment, so buying a new $10,000 workstation every four years is not unreasonable. On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 10:14 AM Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Your saying it is a "resource hog" does not bode well for running it on a > virtual machine that doesn't have hardware horsepower. > > Thanks, Thaddeus > > ________________________________ > From: Thaddeus Waldner > > I’ve done Fusion 360 CAD/CAM classes with middle school kids (age 10-14). > While it was mostly an exercise on how to follow instructions, many of them > knew their way around the software and could begin making changes on their > own by the time it was over. > > I reiterate that it is a resource hog, much more so than Solidworks or > Onshape. It becomes painfully slow on anything with less than 16gb memory > or with mediocre single-threaded CPU performance. It seems that none of > those CAD packages are optimized much for multi-core processors. > > > On Oct 21, 2022, at 6:04 PM, Matthew Herd <herd.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I use fusion on both windows and Mac. Mostly Mac. > > > > Matthew Herd > > > > > >> On Oct 21, 2022, at 6:52 PM, Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> So, following on from the CAM discussion and all the love shown to > Fusion 360 > >> > >> Has anyone tried: > >> > >> https://all3dp.com/2/fusion-360-for-linux-how-to-install-it/ > >> > >> or something similar? > >> > >> Or do you all use Windows or Mac? > >> > >> Martin > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
