[Grant Hughes]

Is it at all possible to change fusion settings to become more reliant on the Graphics card? There is  a Quadra going to waste in my machine getting the occasional 6% usage during renders where as my processor is maxed out. Are these settings exsisting? or would 2020 be able to implement an update that would allow this type of render?

[Jim Smalley]

Hi Grant,

In short, no such tools or settings exist. However, here is a little more detail on the dependencies of each of the renders:

Fusion renders fall into two distinct categories – those that are CPU-based (Preview and the three ‘HQ’ renders) and those that are GPU-based (White Fill, Colour Fill, Draft, Planning Mode, Navigation and Fusion 3D).

CPU-based renders will benefit from having a more powerful processor; Fusion also takes advantage of multi-core processor power (quad-core (or higher) is our entry level recommendation), which will be particularly noticeable with the forthcoming release of Version 5 – which includes ‘background processing’ functionality for printing, exporting, movie generation and panorama generation.

GPU-based renders will benefit from a more powerful dedicated graphics card.

So, in summary, your Quadra card (subject to spec) may well help speed up the lower level renders and your navigation speed; the higher quality renders remain dependent upon your computer’s processor.

For more specific information or discussion, feel free to contact the Support Team.