Audomated electronics export

[erik.buerV95QJ]

Hi,
Is it possible to automate pdf generation of schematic and layer sets in Fusion? We want to have one export process which bundles pdfs, design files, 3d-model and manufacturing files in a zip, that we then can store in our PDM system.

It would be nice to be able to launch a custom python export script from Fusion.

[RichardHammerl]

Hi Eric,  @erik.buerV95QJ 

Electronics has a script language that can execute all Electronics commands. It is possible to write a script that sets the layers and prints into PDF.  A script file is a simple text file and usually stored in your local ..\Documents\Fusion 360\scripts folder. 

Let me just add an example for printing schematic sheets:

EDIT .s1 ;

DISPLAY none Symbols Names Values; 

PRINT 1 -1 FILE output-sheet1.pdf; 

EDIT .s2 ;

DISPLAY none Symbols Names Values; 

PRINT -1 FILE output-sheet2.pdf

.....

This prints sheet 1 and 2  with the mentioned layers visible into pdf files with scale =1 and page limit =1. The script file can be executed with AUTOMATE/Run Script in the schematic editor. 

The PRINT command has lots of options. I add a PDF with information to PRINT. 

Regards,

[erik.buerV95QJ]

Great, thanks!

I'll check out this scripting.
Are there any plans for adding python scripting functionality to fusion electronics?

- Erik

[erik.buerV95QJ]

Ok. I have tried out the scripting a bit, and have some comments.

• Where do I find the documentation you attached?
• All the exported pdfs appear as a single page. Is there any way of assembling a pdf of multiple paged. We want to have a pdf for assembly top and bottom on separate pages, but in the same pdf.
• The scripts seems to only apply to the currently open window. Can a single script export both the schematic and the board?
• When I use the write command, the files are stored in eagle format, but eagle won't open them (some error appears). Could we perhaps get a fusion file export in the future?
• There doesn't seem to be a way of automating the Gerber/BOM export, nor saving the 3d model. Is there some way that I am unaware of?
• Is it possible to enter print settings such as page size, landscape/portrait?

 -Erik