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CAD and 3D design#

Run CAD and 3D apps on a workstation host with sharp lines and a viewport that responds to your mouse. A locked cursor lets you orbit, pan, and rotate a model without the pointer stopping at the edge of the window.

For example:

  • An engineer edits a CAD assembly on an office workstation from a laptop at home.
  • A 3D artist models and orbits scenes on a studio workstation from home.

Applies to#

  • Session settings: Jump Desktop on Windows, macOS, iPhone, iPad, and Android Beta.
  • Displays: Jump Desktop on Windows and macOS. On iPad, you can lock the cursor with a connected mouse or trackpad.
  • Fluid connections to a Windows or Mac host with Jump Desktop Connect.

Set up the network#

Use Ethernet on both the host and the device you connect from. See Set up the network.

Set up displays#

In Jump Desktop for Windows or Mac, during a Fluid session, choose Display > Presets > Single Virtual Display, or Matched Virtual Displays for one virtual display per screen. More than one virtual display requires the Jump Desktop for Teams Enterprise plan. See Virtual displays.

Choose session settings#

During a Fluid session, open the Remote menu and choose:

Setting Choose
Color High
Codec Hardware, or Fluid 2.0 if Hardware is not available
Framerate Auto
Maximum Bandwidth Auto

Tip

When you connect from Jump Desktop on Windows or Mac to an Apple silicon Mac with more than 2 displays, choose Fluid 2.0 instead. For now, Fluid 2.0 outperforms the hardware encoder on a Mac in some cases, including this one.

To choose these settings on iPhone, iPad, and Android Beta, tap the Settings button in the session toolbar, then tap Remote. Jump Desktop saves your choices for that host.

Lock the mouse cursor#

Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L (Windows), Ctrl+Cmd+Esc (macOS), or Shift+Cmd+Option+P (iPad with a keyboard) to lock the cursor while you orbit, pan, or rotate. To use menus and toolbars, hold Esc to unlock the cursor. See Lock the mouse cursor.

Check that it worked#

In connection statistics:

  • Color shows 4:4:4 8bit.
  • Frames stays close to Max Frames while you orbit a model. If Frames drops, see Slow or laggy sessions.

Advanced settings#

Change these settings only when they suit your configuration.

  • Maximum Bandwidth above 20 mbps: on the Jump Desktop for Teams Enterprise plan, you can test a Maximum Bandwidth value above 20 mbps.

    Warning

    A higher limit increases network load and can degrade performance.