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customer requested model variant generation

Andy_rapid-ood
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customer requested model variant generation

Andy_rapid-ood
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Hello,

I am new to the autodesk community. Short introduction: I am new to fusion 360 but not new to CAD design. I have about 15 years of engineering experience.

 

To my "issue/request": We just founded a startup and are searching for a solution to generate model variants (based on parametric design) on demand by customers.

The basic process should be like that:

- parametric model will be stored on our computer/account

- variables are defined and will be distributed to customers. 

- customer should be able to send model name and variables (via firebase for example) to our computer which generates the model variant and provides it to the customer (again for example via firebase)

 

question:

would that be possible in general?

what would maybe be a better strategy for that task?

would it be possible with fusion 360 only or do we need additional autodesk products for this task?

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Jorge_Jaramillo
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Hi,

 

Yes, I believe it is possible to build something that meets your requirements.

It could a custom development, but I'm not sure if products like Fusion 360 Manage or Autodesk's Forge will help, as I'd never worked with them before.

An API cloud-based solution will help a lot to develop your idea.

 

Regards,

Jorge

 

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Andy_rapid-ood
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thanks for this first assessment wtallerdemadera.

With "API cloud-based solution" you mean a solution based of a local server with a fusion360 instance which is comminicating with a cloud database via the fusion360 API?

That's what I basicly hoped to work. Does anyone has some general hints how to start this project?

I just want to prevent to run in an direction that does not make sense at the end.

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Jorge_Jaramillo
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Hi,

By API cloud-base solution I mean the services you external API could connect to in order to make the adjustments requested, generate a new version of the design, and to publish it to the customer.  It is like to close the cycle from requests to final customer design.  Those processes in the middle are the one's I don´t know how to implement in an autonomous way.

 

I hope this is useful for your. If you need me to explain it further, you can send me a private message and I'll be happy to help you out with it.

 

Regards,

Jorge

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en9y37
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Hi Andreas.

 

The quick answer is YES. I'm developing parametric furniture models for several customers and more or less the workflow is as you have said.

 

In my case, the models are stored in my Fusion 360 account, and the data is sent by my customers via Google Forms, which at same time is stored within a Google Spreadsheet. Once the data is in one of these Google sheets, you can manage through formulas or, even better, through Javascript scripts, how the differents features must be activated or deactivated, or how the parameters values must be derived attending to the form values.

 

This way, you don't need to use any other external software, excepting some add-in inside Fusion 360 to make the connection between Fusion and Google Sheets. In my case I started using the marvelous add-in from @n3rDlab , Sheeter, but now I'm working with my own add-in, in which I have a similar workflow, but with a lot more of control about how I want it behaves.

 

Here I leave you the link to Sheeter, great job @prainsberry !!!

https://n3rdlab.com/downloads/sheeter/

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