topic Re: Title: Feature Request – Rename Group at Creation in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Title: Feature Request – Rename Group at Creation

erik.m.schooF — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:23:34 GMT

Currently, when you create a new Group in the Browser or Timeline, Fusion assigns a generic name like Group1, Group2, etc. If you want something meaningful, you have to right‑click → Rename afterwards.

For those of us who use groups heavily to keep sketches, features, and components organized, it would speed things up if there were a setting to prompt for a name at the moment the group is created.

Proposed behavior:

Add a preference/toggle in Settings: “Rename group at creation.”
When enabled, creating a group immediately opens the rename text field.
Hitting Enter/Esc without typing keeps the default name.

Workflow benefits:

Reduces post‑creation cleanup of “Group1, Group2…” clutter.
Keeps project structure meaningful as you work.
Improves clarity when sharing files with collaborators.
Small change, big quality‑of‑life gain for complex designs.

Not sure where the right spot is for this, but sometimes even being seen by the wrong eyes is better than not being seen.

Re: Title: Feature Request – Rename Group at Creation

kandennti — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:32:23 GMT

Hi @erik.m.schooF -san.

I tried creating an add-in.

When you launch the add-in, a dialog box will appear asking you to enter a group name when creating a group.

• Enter a name and click OK -> A group with the entered name will be created.
• Click OK without entering a name -> A group with the usual automatic name will be created.
• Click Cancel -> Group creation will be canceled.

(view in My Videos)

# Fusion360 python Addins # When you launch this add-in and perform tasks, # a name input dialog box will appear when creating a timeline group. import traceback import adsk.core as core import adsk.fusion as fusion DEBUG_MODE: bool = False _app: core.Application = core.Application.get() _ui: core.UserInterface = _app.userInterface _des: fusion.Design = _app.activeProduct _handlers = [] _timeGroupName = "" class MyCommandTerminatedHandler(core.ApplicationCommandEventHandler): def __init__(self): super().__init__() def notify(self, args: core.ApplicationCommandEventArgs): if args.commandId == "FusionCreateGroupFeatureCommand": timeGrp: fusion.TimelineGroup = _des.timeline.timelineGroups[-1] global _timeGroupName if not _timeGroupName == "": timeGrp.name = _timeGroupName _timeGroupName = "" class MyCommandStartingHandler(core.ApplicationCommandEventHandler): def __init__(self): super().__init__() def notify(self, args: core.ApplicationCommandEventArgs): if args.commandId == "FusionCreateGroupFeatureCommand": dump(f"Group Count Start: {_des.timeline.timelineGroups.count}") returnValue, cancelled = _ui.inputBox( "What's the new group name?", "Timeline Group Name", ) global _timeGroupName if cancelled: _timeGroupName = "" args.isCanceled = True else: _timeGroupName = returnValue else: _timeGroupName = "" def dump(s): if not DEBUG_MODE: return _app.log(f"{s}") def run(context): try: onCommandStarting = MyCommandStartingHandler() _ui.commandStarting.add(onCommandStarting) _handlers.append(onCommandStarting) onCommandTerminated = MyCommandTerminatedHandler() _ui.commandTerminated.add(onCommandTerminated) _handlers.append(onCommandTerminated) except: _app.log('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))

Re: Title: Feature Request – Rename Group at Creation

eschoofAFW3G — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:58:36 GMT

This is amazing. Clean and simple and exactly what I asked for. I did a bit of digging and it looks like there is no way to have this feature work for creating new Sketches or Groups from the Browser Bar, at least not via API.