Printing infos to terminal with python

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I started using Fusion's Python API but i'm not able to see where the content is shown when the "print" command is used. As I am launching the script from the "scripts & add-ins" window, nothing is shown in my VS Code terminal and I did not find a python terminal in Fusion.... And when I am trying to launch the script from VS Code (so that the print commands are shown in the terminal), it tells me the adsk module is missing....

For now I'm using the ui.MessageBox() as a print command but it's really not ideal...

Best regards

Luc

[PinRudolf · Accepted solution]

There is a nice article from Adam Nagy discussing some options: Mod the Machine: Log debug messages in Fusion 360 (typepad.com)

[goyals]

@Anonymous In next Fusion update, we are going to provide 'log' method which allow add-ins to print the message in Fusion text command window which can probably serve the purpose of print function. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the link ! it worked as expected !! 🙂

[Anonymous]

okay thanks for the infos ! I'm looking forward to see it in the next version !

[therealsamchaney]

Thanks @goyals, is the log method you mentioned app.log()? If so, where can we find the log to read the results? Is it a flat file, or can we view it live in the Fusion GUI?

Thanks!

-Sam

[kandennti]

Hi @therealsamchaney .

If the second and third arguments are omitted, the output is shown here.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-6A2353AC-6C89-4032-AE65-69D45AF815BF