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  • Getting Offline Access to the Fusion 360 API Help

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    Adam Nagy
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    Our online help system or your internet is down, or you're travelling where there is no mobile/cellular reception? That's not a good enough reason anymore not to double-check something in the Fusion 360 API documentation! 😀 Have a look at Brian's article about the offline help file you can download:https://ekinssolutions.com/getting-offline-access-to-the-fusion-360-api-help/ As Masoun Mardini mentions it…

  • Prepare your add-in for UI Preview

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    Adam Nagy
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    There is a UI Preview available in Fusion 360 providing a tabbed experience. If you enable it then depending on which UI section your add-in is currently trying to add its buttons to, it might fail since some items were replaced with new ones. UI Preview E.g. instead of having a single toolbar panel for Sketch…

  • “The installation failed” for app store plug-ins

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    Adam Nagy
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    When installing a Fusion 360 app from the Autodesk App Store, the installer simply copies the so called bundle (hence the .bundle extension on the folder) into the appropriate "ApplicationPlugins" folder – the location depends on where you installed Fusion 360 from: Fusion 360 installed from the Autodesk web site: ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins Fusion 360 installed from…

  • Fusion 360 API: Work with Custom Palette

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    Xiaodong Liang
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    By Xiaodong Liang I played with custom palette these days. I am sharing some practices.  Firstly, the API help sample is a very good tutorial for us to get started with. Basically, the skeleton of palette is HTML, auxiliary js , css (except the js libraries of Fusion 360), the corresponding Fusion code (Python/C++) that…

  • Fusion 360 API: Transform Component

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    Xiaodong Liang
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    <?xml encoding=”UTF-8″>By Xiaodong Liang There are some posts on Autodesk forum about translating or rotating component in the assembly. This blog is mainly for sort them out.  The object Occurrence.transform manages the transformation this component locates relatively to the space of assembly. It is  Matrix3D which is a standard math object. you could either make static method…

  • Fusion 360 API: Customized Export Dialog

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    Xiaodong Liang
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    <?xml encoding=”UTF-8″>By Xiaodong Liang This is a solution described in the forum post. The blog is basically for making the related codes be more searchable.  The built-in dialog of [Export] is not customizable currently. While the API provides an object FileDialog that can be a workaround. i.e. make your own Export dialog and specify the…

  • New Fusion 360 Update and an Announcement

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    Adam Nagy
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    This week a new Fusion 360 update went out.  There are a few API related enhancements in this update and one big announcement. Enhancements User Specified Program Path – You can now specify the location where Fusion will look for existing scripts and add-ins and where new scripts and add-ins will be created. You do…

  • Getting the Overall Size of Parts

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    Adam Nagy
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    The question of getting the size of a part frequently comes up and I wanted to spend some time discussing the existing functionality and other options. The discussion here applies to both Fusion 360 and Inventor (and probably most other CAD systems). What is a Bounding Box? The easiest way to get a size of…

  • Controlling Points in a Sketch using Parameters

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    Adam Nagy
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    I saw a similar question being asked twice recently and thought I would address it here.  The questions were from Fusion 360 users but it also applies to Inventor.  The specific question was “How to create a 3D spline where the control points are determined by parameters?” The first thing to discuss is what exactly…

  • Changes in Fusion 360 Help

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    Adam Nagy
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    Have you noticed the recent changes in the Fusion 360 help? I know the help team was tired of hearing from me and I’ve heard many of you talk about some of the problems when using the help. When using the API you’re very dependent on the help so any problems quickly becomes apparent.  The…