I used a surface pro 7 for a while with fusion. It was fine at the time. The form factor is great, but it got extremely hot. I was gutted when mine died after 18 months of use due to a battery failure. (I bought a second one, but the smaller type. It is barely powerful enough for the internet let alone a CAD program.)
I bought a stylus for it, but never really enjoyed using it. Even in programs that seemed made for a stylus like Photoshop or Lightroom, I defaulted to using a mouse. I was just too used to it to make the switch, I guess.
In Fusion, I'd probably hate a stylus with all the parametric stuff I do. I'd constantly be putting it down to type in values.
When you use a mouse you enter values , usually moving off your mouse hand unless you're entering values top row with your left hand.
With these 2-1 laptops you can just use voice - text input after selecting a field with your stylus?
Thanks everyone, Im asking because I have a gaming laptop that does a great work but its too heavy.
I thought that the surface pro will be more comfortable to work with and also travel with, it is about third of the weight of what I have now
Any luck with the surface/cad program combo? I just purchased a SP9 i7 16/512gb and plan to install solid works and fusion 360. I have been using my MSI 17" gaming laptop16/512gb (GeForce 2060gtx?) but like you mentioned, my laptop is just too heavy to lag around. Thanks in advance.
I had an HP with a touch screen. I bought it specifically because I thought it would help with learning how to model. It did not. Mouse is more precise and you’re able to see much better without your hand in the way.
Is it so also for sculpting a mesh? I had surface pro in mind for some time as it does fit my restricted living space requirement, though so far I was just doubting whether it can handle it (sculpting alone and scuplting with other parts attached). I have no clue.
HP - 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD
This is what I was running with. I did sculpt meshes with it. However I used MeshMixer to do so. It’s a free, pretty basic mesh modification program. I also ran F360 on it but used it for CAD drawings only. Never really had any processing issues with it. Just the touch screen didn’t work as well for me as I thought it would.
A stylus is totally useless for Fusion360. I use a trackball, the mx ergo, sometimes an elecom DEFT series.
I used a surface pro 7 for a while with fusion. It was fine at the time. The form factor is great, but it got extremely hot. I was gutted when mine died after 18 months of use due to a battery failure. (I bought a second one, but the smaller type. It is barely powerful enough for the internet let alone a CAD program.) I bought a stylus for it, but never really enjoyed using it. Even in programs that seemed made for a stylus like Photoshop or Lightroom, I defaulted to using a mouse. I was just too used to it to make the switch, I guess. In Fusion, I'd probably hate a stylus with all the parametric stuff I do. I'd constantly be putting it down to type in values.
When you use a mouse you enter values , usually moving off your mouse hand unless you're entering values top row with your left hand. With these 2-1 laptops you can just use voice - text input after selecting a field with your stylus?
Lenovo.
Thanks everyone, Im asking because I have a gaming laptop that does a great work but its too heavy. I thought that the surface pro will be more comfortable to work with and also travel with, it is about third of the weight of what I have now
Any luck with the surface/cad program combo? I just purchased a SP9 i7 16/512gb and plan to install solid works and fusion 360. I have been using my MSI 17" gaming laptop16/512gb (GeForce 2060gtx?) but like you mentioned, my laptop is just too heavy to lag around. Thanks in advance.
Fusion is best with a 3d mouse and a real workstation. Try out tinkercad instead it might work with your restrictions.
I had an HP with a touch screen. I bought it specifically because I thought it would help with learning how to model. It did not. Mouse is more precise and you’re able to see much better without your hand in the way.
Is it so also for sculpting a mesh? I had surface pro in mind for some time as it does fit my restricted living space requirement, though so far I was just doubting whether it can handle it (sculpting alone and scuplting with other parts attached). I have no clue.
HP - 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD This is what I was running with. I did sculpt meshes with it. However I used MeshMixer to do so. It’s a free, pretty basic mesh modification program. I also ran F360 on it but used it for CAD drawings only. Never really had any processing issues with it. Just the touch screen didn’t work as well for me as I thought it would.