Can APS Design Automation create or render Fusion 360 parts?

[ArjayHawco]

I'd like to render Fusion 360 parts server side and then export as STL.

Can Autodesk Platform Services do this for me?

[kandennti]

Hi @ArjayHawco -san.

By design, STL doesn't support colors.

[ArjayHawco]

I am not asking whether STL files support colors. Perhaps my question wasn't clear, so let me rephrase it:

Is it possible to programmatically create a part model using APS Design Automation and then export the model as an STL file?

[kandennti]

@ArjayHawco -san.

I haven’t used Autodesk Platform Services before, but from what I can tell from the documentation, it seems to involve running the Fusion API on a server, so it looks like it should work just as you’d like.
https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v3/tutorials/fusion/ 

[kandennti · Accepted solution]

@ArjayHawco -san.

I found a note stating that rendering is not supported.
https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v3/developers_guide/fusion_specific/typescript/ 

[ArjayHawco]

That's what I read as well. Thank you for taking the time to respond.