My first add-in: Visual Styles

[pawelzwronek]

Hello everybody.

Today i want to share with you my first addin I have created couple days ago. Because my previous idea of "Customized bottom navigation bar" gained whole 10 kudos i decided to write some kind of substitute of this idea. Fell free to download and test it because it's free 🙂 Below screenshot and link to appstore.

MAC and PC

What it does?

Simply a couple of buttons to quickly change visual style of active viewport.

Want to contribute?

Visit github.com/pawelzwronek/fusion360-VisualStyles

P.S. If you like it (or not) and use it please leave a comment in App Store to give me motivation to make it better or to write next one.

 

[elias]

On a Win workstation I get both the Preferences dialog and the Visual Styles Setup submenu and it works great.

When I try on a Mac, I do not see the Preferences dialog nor the Visual Styles Setup submenu. If I hit details on the Scripts and Add-Ins panel, it says Version = 1.0 . Is V1.2 available for Mac?

[pawelzwronek]

First try reinstall by following this steps: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/api-and-scripts/my-first-add-in-visual-styles/m-p/6789299#M2678

When this doesn't help try solution described few post after linked above.

[elias]

Thanks for the response.

The issue is not that I cannot install the add-in in Mac OS. It installs just fine. I removed and tried the second method you pointed out too and it installs just fine as well.

The issue is that the Mac OS pkg installs v1.0, not v1.2 . Therefore there is not an option to save one's preferences and there is no Visual Styles Setup menu either. Is there a v1.2 for Mac or just v1.0?

[elias]

 Update:

Here's the header of VisualStyles.py in Win:

#Author - pawelzwronek(aka blowman3)
#Description - Quick change visuals style of active viewport
#Modified source of Show Hidden by Patrick Rainsberry

#Changelog
# v1.0 - Initial version
# v1.0.1 - Hiding buttons in 'COMPARE' workspace
# v1.2 - Customization and saving preferences to local disk and on cloud

Here's the header of VisualStyles.py in Mac:

#Author - pawelzwronek(aka blowman3)
#Description - Quick change visuals style of active viewport
#Modified source of Show Hidden by Patrick Rainsberry

#Changelog
#v1.0 - Initial version
#v1.0.1 - Hiding buttons in 'COMPARE' workspace

I just copied the VisualStyles.py from Win to Mac... and long and behold, v1.2 working in Mac. It seems that the latest update was omitted from the Mac package.

[pawelzwronek]

You are right. I've submitted twice already v1.2 on MAC but somehow server is getting confused and publish old version 1.0.1. I'll write to AD, maybe they'll help me.

Thx, for pointing me out this oversight.

[JetForMe]

Thank you, I thought something like this was happening.

[pawelzwronek]

Fixed. Now installer on MAC is also v1.2.

People everywhere, listen to me! Version on MAC is updated! I repeat, on MAC is updated 🙂

[KirillChepizhko]

Dude!!! Amazing work !!! Thank you so much for creating this. Is there any chance you could  create a dark theme for the UI ?

[matthewsclark]

Hi, I think I'm having a problem with your plugin - see this post here, quoted below.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-validate-document/visualstyles-cloud-preferences-not-created/m-...

"Hi, I get the message you can see on the attached screenshot every time I launch Fusion since the last update. I click yes every time, but I can’t find the Visual Style drop down menu referred to in the dialog box tip.

There is Visual Styles setup in the Display Settings menu, which include a checkbox for Local Preferences, which is unchecked.

Am I missing something or is this a bug?

Thanks, Matt"

[pawelzwronek]

The 'Visual Styles setup'  dropdown menu is the 'setup' from the dialog box tip. There is nothing more.

The problem with permanent showing of dialog box is weird 🙂

1. Please check if Fusion create project called '_Preferences' after you click 'Yes'. If yes then it's even more weirder... when no, it's still interesting why not and you can only switch to 'local' preferences by checking last checkbox in 'Visual Styles setup'  dropdown menu.

2. Please try clicking 'Cancel'. I can see the buttons order is reversed on Mac. On PC it's:  'Yes, No, Cancel' . Maybe it'll works as 'Yes' 🙂

[GMDCNC]

I am having the same problem. That screen pops up every time I open Fusion. I've tried clicking all three buttons, and it did not create a project called "_Preferences".

Edit: I manually created a project called "_Preferences" and it seems to be working now.

[matthewsclark]

Tried your suggestion, No project called preferences was created after clicking Yes, No, or Cancel. I Manually created a project titled _Preferences. I no longer get the dialog box popup when Fusion launches, however, there are no files in the _Preferences project.

Thanks

[GMDCNC]

It didn't create any files in mine either. I suspect it is just looking for the project name with some true/false logic.

[pawelzwronek]

If you click 'Wireframe' checkbox 6 times in a row logging to file will be enabled. Try this, but hold with enabling logging:

1. Switch to 'local' preferences by setting 'Local preferences' checkbox.

2. Delete(archive) project called _Preferences if any exists.

3. Enable logging by clicking 6 times in a row 'Wireframe' checkbox.

4. Switch to 'cloud' preferences: uncheck 'local preferences' checkobx.

5. Click 'Yes' on dialog box.

6. Post created log as attachment.

[matthewsclark]

Following your instructions, it created the project, folder, and file as you previously described it should. When I restarted I got no pop-up. Looks like it works following your steps, thanks.

[pawelzwronek]

I meant a file from the picture but if it's working now then I'm happy.

[JetForMe]

I still can't even get it to install on macOS any more. I'm not sure what's wrong.

[pawelzwronek]

Did you try solution from luca.giorcelli ?

[JetForMe]

I have valid aliases in those locations. The other plug-ins I have work fine, so I don't think this is the issue.

[luca.giorcelli]

@JetForMe 

I have the pluging up and running in OSX. I just want to point out that in my installation I do not have any alias, instead I have the bundle itself. See screenshot taken from this path /Users/lucagiorcelli/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins

This is what I have done:

1. Unpack VisualStyles-macos.pkg, I've used unpkg 4.5 available for free here
2. Copy VisualStyles.bundle in this directory ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins