[Windows 7 Black Fusion Download
Rancul Ratha
About 24 hours ago, on Wednesday, May 5, Fusion aborted loading. The screen with the login challenge starts to appear, but then turns black. Not the computer screen, but the window in which Fusion is running. Other loaded programs continue running as normal. Usually, blackness means Fusion is working on something in the background and the interface eventually returns, but not this time. I waited for hours, but nothing else happened, Health.Fusion.com reports that Fusion is working normally, so it looks like it might be a local problem. Has anyone else experienced this? And what can I do to get Fusion working again?
I do not have screencast software, but even if I did there would be almost nothing to show. The splash screen displays, and the the next window up, which is the one where the users enters his/her username and password, is simply black. The window can be resized, moved, and closed, but I don't think those are Fusion functions.
If, as I suspect, the graphics for the splash screen are stored locally, and the problem occurs before the log-in screen loads, the problem might be that Fusion's attempt to access the Internet has been interrupted. You can see in the attached screen shot there is nothing in the window. Does Fusion make calls to the API in other Microsoft programs like Edge? (Hint: never depend on anyone else's software).
I'm running Windows 10 on a relatively new Dell desktop computer. My graphics are Intel integrated on the motherboard. Th graphics drivers are updated automatically, so I should have the latest version.
I downloaded the screencast program and just a few minutes ago made my first attempt to use it. To my surprise, no black screen this time, but the only things that appeared were the basic browser controls in the upper left of the window and the view cube in the upper right. There was a heavy black bar across the top and another smaller one at the bottom left where the timeline usually is. After 15 minutes I shut off the recorder because nothing else was happening. I took a screen shot to upload, but the screen shot displayed only a full, white window without the browser controls, the view cube, or the black areas of the window showing.
The screencast program required me to log in before I could use it, so when I attempted to load and record Fusion 360 for you I was already logged in, which had not been the case previously. Also, my hard disc light came on and remained on the entire time until I shut down screencast and then the Fusion window. When screencast was turned off, the title bar on the window changed to show that Fusion was "not responding."
After all of this I made another attempt to load Fusion and got exactly the same results as I just described, so something has happened since I first wrote. I waited another ten minutes just in case, but shut the program down after that. No "not responding" message this time. I think we can rule out any interference from the screencast.
I wish I could give you more information, but it's been hard to come by. I hope you can help me resolve this problem. I have months and months worth of work lost in the cloud, and I really need to get going again.
Browsing through the sticky notes in the support forum I came across the OPEN_GL "solution" and followed it. It didn't work. The load stalled, and I got a notice that I had to install openGL 2.0 or higher. I had windows search for it and learned that all my drivers are up to date. My graphics driver is Intel UHD graphics 630.
I deleted the variable and now the problem is as it was before, so at least I'm no worse off. The icons are active under the blacked-out menu bar, but I must say that trying to use Fusion under these conditions would result in mighty long day! :-0
The open GL 2.0 standard is really old; goes back to at least 2015. Most of the instructions for installing it are for Windows 7 and 8. This is the kind of thing I really fear happening, especially if other fixes are coming in silent updates. For someone who's not particularly computer savvy, like me, it could create a nightmare. Going into my 4th week without Fusion, and I'm starting to develop a nervous twitch.
Well, no one is answering my previous posts, so I thought I'd send this one and see who else doesn't answer it. I decided that my last recourse might be a clean uninstall and a complete reinstall of the program. I was delighted to discover that AutoDesk now has an automated uninstall cleaner, so I downloaded the file and ran it. I immediately got the screen for the VLC media player, which cheerfully announced that it could not identify my audio codec. Why, oh why, is this appearing, and what am I supposed to do next? I throw my hands in the air. I surrender! I give up!! I express exasperation!!!
I have this issue pretty-much every time I run fusion now. I typically run in full-screen on my Mac. So new empty versions of Fusion spawn as a new fullscreen desktop. I currently have one instance of Fusion, and two instances of anti-fusion running. It looks like this:
I haven't identified anything that always triggers it, but it often seems triggered by the spawning of dialogue windows (file uploads or generative design runs, for example). Other times it is triggered by an operation in the design workspace that doesn't spawn anything. Black windows that are active (like a generative design window I currently have running) can be viewed if I move back to that screen and give it focus. Here's the black screen on the far right if I move to it:
The moment it loses focus it goes black however. The black desktop to its left is just black, focus or not. The black generative design screen will disappear entirely when that job is finished. At least usually. These black screens don't seem to spawn additional processes (although I haven't looked at this in too much detail). They don't seem to make anything run slower, just add blank windows/desktops.
It's nice to know that I'm not the only one having problems. Although much of what you're experiencing isn't what I'm experiencing, the net result is the same; it's almost impossible to do any work this way or save it reliably. It sounds like you are at least able to sign in. I never get that far on loading, although the program seems to know my license class, and it will, after much fussing and some lucky mouse clicks, allow me to see my editable drawings.
Going into my fifth week of this now, and what I don't understand is the curious silence from Autodesk. I know mine's a non-commercial free license, but if I were a company that had all its programs running in the cloud, if even one licensee could not access his files, I'd have all hands on deck. It's a serious problem.
It never occurred to me to load a second instance of Fusion, so I tried to just now. The result was about the same, I'm afraid. Nothing to do but wait for now and try to talk myself out of installing FreeCad.
Noob to the forum but not new to fusions. Replaced my 2013 S with a 2017 Energi SE and I've plasti dipped nearly all of the chrome on the car except for the chrome window trim. Has anyone ever replaced their chrome with black and how did you go about doing so? Thanks guys
I'd be interested to see how it is done. I would like to replace my door handles with color matched ones from the lower trim models to get rid of the chrome inlay but I don't want to dork with the sensors on all the doors.
Welcome to the club. Lots of good info on this site. See my previous post I made. I wrapped my chrome trim and window pillars with carbon fiber vinyl and I love it. Definitely go vinyl instead of plasti dip
thanks so much for the welcome, ive ordered glossy black vinyl and will wrap what i can. im currently looking for a light tint (i mean verrry light) for the headlights. i have some plastidip for the emblems but i may jist remove everything but the energi badges. im a little curious in how to tackle the front grill with anytbing orher than plastidip, but i may have no choixe
I had my grille plasti dipped. He took the whole bumper off to do it but if you look at 2gfusions.net you'll probably find a way to do it with out removing the bumper. I've heard that the vertical slats pop out but I've never tried. I debadged as well, it's a lot easier to clean the car in those certain areas. Tread lightly with tinting your lights. Vivid makes a good vinyl but they have a couple different kinds that get sent out from amazon so it's not consistent. I recently tried VHT nightshade and I do not recommend it unless you take the lights out.
frasier you are the man haha. thanks for the advice. actually yesterday after reading your post i same day primed some cf wrap for the rear chrome strip and the fog light accents. im thinking that im going to plastidip the center grill but cf wrap the chrome outer bezel. will post pics when im finished. ill look into the headlight tint, definitely looking more towards the film route than the spray route. id assume in some more time, more products will be available. fingers crossed
Looking good man!! The carbon fiber is such a nice subtle touch in my opinion. I've yet to see ANY kind of 2017 fusion with thee chrome strip blacked out (personally) and the carbon fiber adds a little bit of class.
thanks for the compliments! the car in the garage is a honda s2000 and is my primary 'play & track car', i also have a 2005 mini cooper S so this is a huge difference for me coming from track cars haha. i've been taking the bus to work recently so having the energi for the quick ride to the bus station is very efficient.
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