topic Re: Share Link does not Display project in Fusion Support Forum

Share Link does not Display project

hapy_thoughts — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:50:00 GMT

I have a Full Project I have been working on for a class, and the last step of submitting the project is being problematic. The above link is my finished project, but as you can see nothing is being displayed.

Re: Share Link does not Display project

jhackney1972 — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:26:19 GMT

This is because you are sharing the link to a F3Z file. This is a compress Fusion 360 archive containing the top level assembly and it's external components. This file needs to be shared "after" it is Uploaded to your project from the Fusion 360 Data Panel. Take a look at this shared link and you will see your assembly. I uploaded it to my project so it is uncompressed. By the way, it will not be up there for long, it is cluttering up my project so please acknowledge when you have viewed it so I can get rid of it.

Re: Share Link does not Display project

hapy_thoughts — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:02:39 GMT

I'm sorry, I still don't understand. What file do I need to Upload to the project? I uploaded an F3Z export but it essentially just duplicated the project with the same problem.

Should I export as a different file type and then upload it?

Re: Share Link does not Display project

jhackney1972 — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:12:29 GMT

First of all, did my link show what you wanted? If it did, this Screencast will show the process. It is not using your F3Z file, it was made for another individual but it is the same process.

By the way, do not respond to yourself, click on Reply on the individual you are addressing.

Re: Share Link does not Display project

hapy_thoughts — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:46:43 GMT

Thank You so much. You have gone above and beyond to explain this simple concept to me, but when I share the public link the web browser is still telling me that the model is empty.

I can still download the another copy of the file from the browser and view it in the app, but I don't understand why my model isn't showing up in the public link.

https://a360.co/3JxBbqf

Re: Share Link does not Display project

hapy_thoughts — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:48:27 GMT

Just kidding! now its showing up for me. Thank You so much for the help

Re: Share Link does not Display project

lukas94R89KL — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:10:43 GMT

Honestly I still don't get it. Just to make sure we're on the same page. I have a project/file in Fusion360 I want to share with someone. I generate the link using the dedicated menu. When someone clicks the link it tells him the file is empty.

Now your solution to this is to re-upload the project in a new file using the "Upload"-button and then share this re-uploaded file instead? How? Why? That seems to be designed incredibly stupid.

EDIT: I sort of get it now. The problem is that the shared file contains sub-files. That happens when you insert another file into your existing one. This creates a component which refers to the inserted file. This seems to turn the file to a folder, which contains both the original and the inserted files. For whatever reason file sharing isn't smart enough to read such a folder properly and instead tells you it's empty. To fix this you can right click the inserted component and select "Break Binding" (or so) to make the insert stop referring the original and return the folder back to a normal file.