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When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

johnnycardosoKVDD9 — Tue, 30 May 2023 17:25:13 GMT

Steps to reproduce
When I upload a .x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion. It opens in the browser and if I try to open from the browser with the desktop connector, it directs to an empty fusion file. The same is not true of iges files, for example.

Expected results
I expected to upload the file so I could edit it. But the box with editing or preview does not appear.

Actual results
It only opens in the browser .

URL where issue occurs
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Browser
Microsoft Edge

OS
Windows

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Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

jeff_strater — Tue, 30 May 2023 18:11:33 GMT

what kind of license do you have? I believe that parasolid translation is not supported with a Personal license. Untranslated files will behave as you describe.

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

johnnycardosoKVDD9 — Tue, 30 May 2023 20:40:42 GMT

Yes, i have a Personal license. I haven't found anything about this personal license restriction. 😐
Why does the educational license allow this type of file?

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 30 May 2023 20:58:27 GMT

@johnnycardosoKVDD9 wrote:
Yes, i have a Personal license. I haven't found anything about this personal license restriction.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=TPD-SUPPORTED-FILE-FORMATS

@johnnycardosoKVDD9 wrote:

Why does the educational license allow this type of file?

Gives the kids a chance to learn with full functional software so that they know what to specify when finished with schooling.

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

jeff_strater — Tue, 30 May 2023 21:00:26 GMT

Here is the announcement of the changes to the Personal version, from Sept 2020. changes-to-fusion-360-for-personal-use . Formats supported for Personal users are:

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

daniep790 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:19:50 GMT

May I ask whether anyone has found a good workaround for getting some x_t files into an acceptable format for work with it in Fusion while using the personal license?

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

TheCADWhisperer — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:25:52 GMT

@daniep790

Are you specifically asking Autodesk how to circumvent the Software License for personal use that you agreed to?

Re: When I upload a parasolid.x_t file, I can't edit it in Fusion

daniep790 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 05:29:58 GMT

No, as you state, that is the license that we agree to, and though such shortcomings are sometimes a bit annoying, I do appreciate the opportunity to play with it free of charge for my personal use. As such I can also not complain about what I do not pay for. Still I am hoping that someone at least found a way to work with these Parasolid files. Something like a dependable way to convert them to a format which would be accepted by our personal license Fusion360 SW. I have tried a few free conversion tools, but they all failed right away with a simple sample file, so it doesn't seem very promising to find a simple way to get them editable.