topic Re: Listing project's folders/files using local/cached data in Fusion API and Scripts Forum

Listing project's folders/files using local/cached data

ltomuta — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:05:47 GMT

I'm drafting a quick script but the performance is extremely poor as attempting to list project's file structure leads to countless server side API calls.

Is there a way to
a) get the entire file structure in one call (folders and/or files)?

b) tell the API that the local cache will suffice (without putting Fusion on offline mode, even if that would work) ?

Re: Listing project's folders/files using local/cached data

kandennti — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:10:12 GMT

Hi @ltomuta .

DataHubs, DataFolders, and DataFiles can now be accessed faster than before by using the asArray method.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-1BB4CB50-4CBA-4FD6-9250-C2CC501B9058

This is a good reference.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-api-and-scripts/access-file-tree-structure/m-p/10373517

If you really need the local cache data, you can get the path to the folder with the following text command

Cache.path

I also used the path of the local cache folder with this add-in.

https://github.com/kantoku-code/Fusion360_Rescue_F3D/blob/main/Rescue_F3D/Rescue_F3D_core.py#L95

Re: Listing project's folders/files using local/cached data

ltomuta — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:06:33 GMT

Excellent. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!