How to Programmatically Save a Sketch as DXF

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2017 22:22:25 GMT

Hello, I am having trouble trying to save a selected sketch into a DXF file. I am using the .saveAsDXF(filename) function but it is not working. How do I save a selected sketch into a DXF file then?

Re: How to Programmatically Save a Sketch as DXF

adam.nagy — Wed, 24 May 2017 14:10:59 GMT

Hi,

Did you install Fusion from the Mac App Store?

In that case Fusion is running inside a sandbox which makes it tricky to write to folders outside the sandbox folder structure.

If you write inside the sandbox area then that should succeed, e.g.:

# select a sketch and run the code, make sure you change user name in the folder path
import adsk.core, adsk.fusion, adsk.cam, traceback

def run(context):
    ui = None
    try:
        app = adsk.core.Application.get()
        ui  = app.userInterface
        
        #design = adsk.fusion.Design.cast(app.activeProduct)
        sketch = adsk.fusion.Sketch.cast(ui.activeSelections.item(0).entity)
        success = sketch.saveAsDXF("/Users/<user name>/Library/Containers/com.autodesk.mas.fusion360/Data/Library/Application Support/mydxf.dxf")
        wasitsuccessful = success

    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

Cheers,

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