Introduction by an Educator learning API

[AAPPERSON]

Hi all, 

I am an Engineering Technology teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and I am interested in learning how to use scripts and add-ins in Fusion 360 to help give feedback to my students as they learn CAD.

I have been using Screencast to create video lessons for my students as we are learning remotely.

I hope to share scripts I create with other educators.

Arron 

[goyals · Accepted solution]

@AAPPERSON ,

It is really great that you are interested in learning about Fusion 360 API. Sharing few links below to get you started.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-C1545D80-D804-4CF3-886D-9B5C54B2D7A2

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-DE98632B-3DC0-422B-A1C6-8A5A15C99E11

Feel free to reach out to us in case you have any questions. Looking forward to hear your feedback. Thanks.

[patilsm · Accepted solution]

Hi @AAPPERSON ,

Nice to see your interest in learning Fusion API. 

You check the learning website provided by @goyals , where you will get all details, also please refer below Youtube video series which can explain Fusion API.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1gaoYG7W8&list=PLNMdG2-zY2yEhb_Fl9pJ1SQYGwIDbz7cK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vUEJ5Iy2AQ 

Thanks and regards,

Sagar Patil

[AAPPERSON]

Thank you @patilsm, I have watched a couple videos (ie. Brian Ekins from the first iteration of the Fusion API) and been trying some code myself, having some successes, but also failures, which lead me down more paths of discovery. I will check these out as well.

@goyals Thank you for the links. I have a better sense of how to use the API reference pdf and webpages now that I have done a bit of programing with Visual Studio Code, the Command Prompt and PyCharm. 

I am currently looking for info about how to call a file that is in my project but not open. 

My end goal is to automate some of the grading of my students work as they progress, as well as create an add-in that will give them feedback about their CAD. I am still trying to decide what to look at in their file so that I can create benchmarks that they can show mastery of a specific topic in a CAD design.

Right now I am thinking that a good place to start would be to check the students units against a model file, as well as that all the sketches are fully constrained. 

I think that that is a good place to start and am working on that piece now. 

Thank you for welcoming me into the community and reaching out with help already.