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Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

fredgab — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:13:58 GMT

Hello.

I'm having lot's of trouble trying to install add-ins.

Every add-ins from the fusion app store have failed to install. I tried de-installing fusion and making a fresh install. I updated my mac os to the latest version. And it's still not working.

I checked on the forum and could't see a post resolving the "before" installation troubleshooting.

Hope someone can help me figure this one out.

Cheers,

fred

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

James.Youmatz — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:46:27 GMT

Hi @fredgab,

Sorry to hear that! Do you have an example add-in that I can test on my Mac? Fortunately, we should be able to manually add the add-in via the Scripts and Add-Ins tool within Fusion 360. The installer just automatically installs it to Fusion for you. You may have to extract it from the package file first however. I can create a step by step for you if you want to provide an example add-in.

Thanks,

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

fredgab — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:59:29 GMT

Hello,

thank you for your fast reply.

The latest one I tried to install is this one:

https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=2857656002406992603&os=Mac&appLang=en

Unfortunately I can't figure out how to go past the installation process, I'd be ok to install them all manualy.

Thank you very much,

Fred

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

James.Youmatz — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:20:14 GMT

Hi @fredgab,

This is a bit complicated, but it is doable. The first steps we need to do is create a bundle from the .pkg file that you download. To do this:

Download the CSV-BOM-macos.pkg file
Open Terminal
Type the following command: cd /Users/<username/downloads
- This will ensure the next step outputs the file in the downloads folder
Type the following command: pkgutil --expand CSV-BOM-macos.pkg newPkgDir
- Note that newPkgDir will name the output folder name. You can name this whatever you want.
Navigate to the folder location that you created newPkgDir
Right-click the CSV-BOM-macos.bundle.pkg and select Show Packages Contents
Open Archive Utility (should be a program that comes with Mac). Once open it will display in your dock
Drag the Payload file within the newPkgDir onto the dock icon for the Archive Utility
This will create the bundle file you need
Copy the .bundle file that is created.

I have attached the .bundle file below.

The next steps outline adding the .bundle file manually to Fusion

Close Fusion 360
Copy the .bundle file you created above
Navigate to /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins
Paste the .bundle file into this folder
Restart Fusion 360

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 05:01:56 GMT

I've been trying to install the Shaper add-in for a couple months on my MacBook with no success. I could get other add-in's to install but not that one. It would seem like it installed but never quite did. I just found this post and tried it and it worked! Thank you James!

Blake

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:11:46 GMT

That's not the name of the file and terminal commands don't work. still having the installation fail. any other ideas?

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:12:19 GMT

What a gigantic pain in the ass! What's the point of an integrated app store if I have to jump through a million hoops to install a simple plugin?

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

lvaszar — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:26:42 GMT

Excellent explanation, thank you. Should mention that Archive Utility is ordinarily hidden on the Mac, so, in Finder you have to:

Go > Go To Folder > /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications

in order to reveal it.

I must say this is a horribly complicated way to load add-ins. The whole point of the Autocad app store should be to make to process seamless. Why not just deliver the payload bundle and install it directly into /Users/<name>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins?

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

rschoenmJ9QJH — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:03:01 GMT

Thanks, this really helped in installing the Shaper Add-in. Once you get to the payload file you can also right-click on it, then > open with Archive Utility to get the *.bundle file.

Re: Help installing Add-ins from fusion app store - MacOs Sierra

Squaredem — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:31:18 GMT

So seamless. Here we are 4 years later and we still have the same problem. If this was iOS we’d be saying do you remember when Apple brought out the iPhone. What were they thinking. 😊