How can I recover a deleted design?

[meiQuer]

As far as I know, when you delete a design in Fusion you can't go back. I would like to know if there is something like a recycle bin where you can recover at least the last deleted files.

[innovatenate · Accepted solution]

There is not a recycling bin feature as far as I am aware for A360 (Team). After the below confirmation window, the file is truly deleted.

You may consider storing a local archive file, prior to deleting the file:

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-...

You may create a Project to stored old, "archived" files. This project could act as a recycling bin.

If a recycling bin feature is something that you would like to see added, you may consider adding the suggestion to the IdeaStation.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideas/v2/ideaexchangepage/blog-id/125

I hope that answers your question. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Hi meiQuer,

try to switch Fusion360 to offline mode if you worked on it recently there should be a copy of your document still cached. If yes, you can restore it be opening and saving it as a new document. Going back to online your design will be uploaded to the cloud.

Regards,

Josef

[meiQuer]

Thanks for your answers.

I don't need to recover a deleted file right now, but it's something that I think that I will need probably in the future. When I want to import a part from another program into my Design, I usually upload the file, insert the part and delete it. Sometimes the naming of the new part is very similar to my design so I must be very careful when I delete the no longer useful part.

I think that not being able to recover the last deleted files is very dangerous. You could be working for months on the same design and because of an error you or any of your collaborators could delete it and all the work would be lost. I can't imagine what would happen to a company if it lost months of work! Maybe I would save backups of the Designs locally, but then all the cloud based versioning would be redundant. I would try to see if the local cache still remains after deleting the part, but the workflow doesn't feel safe.

I will propose the Recycle Bin in the IdeaStation to see what people think and how they avoid errors on deleting files.

Best regards

[patmang]

You are the MAN!

Thank You!

Worked just as you explained - I was ready to give up and here it was on my HD!

Thanks Again!

[Anonymous]

in case anyone else ever deleted a file or project they were working on, i figured out how to recover it. I was upset because the tutorials were not matching the program for the designer section, obviously becausew the program has made some changes since the tutorials were made, of the SAE formula body, and hastily got upset and deleted my folder. once i did, i was really upset with myself becaue i was on the thrid part of the tutorials for it. 

So to get back your files that you delete in fusion 360 for whatever reason, go to windows file explorer, click on "This PC" ,  and paste "*.f3d" in the search box. it will give you a list like my picture.  You will see a list of just about every time you saved in Fusion 360. 

if you double click on any of them, it will open fusion 360 with that file. You can then save it from there like normal into the program to get it back. It opens as a working file like normal, and im back on my way with my project.

I hope this helps some people

[Anonymous]

Thank you !, you saved me half month of work.

[sehrmann6UK6Z]

I accidentally deleted the wrong project about 20 mins ago and hit confirm delete, then upon confirming the deletion from my archive I realized that I deleted a project with all of my work in it. I cannot use the phone support to see if autodesk has a cashed version of my project to restore as I am using the free software.

can anyone help me find a way to get my data back?

[schneik-adsk]

Did you delete a Project or a design. They are different.

Fusion allows users to archive Projects. these can me restored from the web client

Designs can be deleted and they now go into a trash in the folder from which they were deleted. You can recover them also from the web client.

[sehrmann6UK6Z]

It was a project.

What happened was a started a new project but decided to delete it right after. It had the same “new project” title as the one I had a bunch of work in. (Hundreds of hours) and so I changed its name, archived it, and deleted it before trying to open up the project with all that work and realizing I deleted the wrong one. 

[sehrmann6UK6Z]

I realize it is entirely my fault but a friend suggested that autodesk administers might be able to recover my work from caches on their server

[chrisplyler]

So... you guys want Autodesk to incorporate a third safety that you are likely to circumvent and lose your file, just as you did with the first two safeties?

Suppose they add a trash bin or whatever.... How long until we have a thread asking, "I emptied the trash bin on accident. How can I get my file back?"

[lichtzeichenanlage]

@chrisplyler : I totally agree that users should know what they're doing. But I'm a bigger fan of respect common mechanics. And what AD has done if it comes to file management is not a great work. It doesn't matter if it's an email client, cloud storage or your local file manager. They all have one thing in common: They transfer things into the recycle bin if you delete an item. And because of this AD should implement this mechanic, too. 

In addition Fusion 360 has very poor backup mechanics which only aggravates the consequences.

Yes - AD has added this feature recently but IMHO has messed it up totally. It just doesn't work as it should work. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much!!!

[Anonymous]

Your welcome. Glad I could help

[Anonymous]

Your welcome. I’m glad my post helped you. 

[cmshelton2010]

Fushion 360 has a trash bin you can get your deleted project back from, just right click and restore. I just got mine back, the top one in my trash bin.    https://myhub.autodesk360.com    

[Anonymous]

Hi,

i accidently deleted my homework in my fusion teambut i couldnt't see the thrash bin in my hub, how can i reach it?

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much! This is the only thing suggested in this form that worked to recover for me!

[spencermullerdiniz]

Thank you! I just tecovered a design I deleted by accident.