Run Fusion360 python script in cloud?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible with Fusion360, or another Autodesk offering, to execute a python script in the cloud?

Currently I have a script which can take over a day to complete a run. So I'm looking at other options which would be faster, and free up my laptop.

Thanks for your help!

Sean

[ekinsb]

The Fusion API is only accessible through the Fusion client running on your desktop computer.  Forge supports the Design Automation API which currently is only AutoCAD but support for Inventor sometime next year was announced at Autodesk University.  

[Anonymous]

Is the code that is running dependent on anything in Fusion or is it just running some algorithm? You could move the core processing to a cloud app and then from Fusion have it push the data to the cloud to run. Then within Fusion you would need to be able to query the cloud app job status and if completed receive the results. Then in Fusion API take the results and process them back into Fusion. 

For example if you had some sort of "shortest path" calculations needed between multiple points in the model. You could extract the points in Fusion, post to a cloud app to do the calculations/simulation, and then in Fusion pull in the final solution and apply it to the model.

[daniel.bartlettAXQLT]

Hi,

Autodesk has just released the open beta for Design Automation for Fusion. It allows you to run scripts for Fusion on the cloud, making it really easy to automate your design and manufacturing processes. It uses a TypeScript version of the same Fusion desktop API that you’re familiar with.

For more information, here is the link to the blog post that announced the release: https://aps.autodesk.com/blog/design-automation-fusion-open-beta

And here is a link to the Design Automation API page: https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/design-automation-api  

I’m part of the team developing Design Automation for Fusion, so if you’re interested in learning more, feel free to reach out.