Better Workflow - Adding notes to Files?

[Anonymous]

Is there any way to add notes to a fusion file, or some way to signify the status of a file? for example, I run hundreds of CAM programs a month, with mirror programs, different operations and setups, etc and these parts and processed on different machines too by different operators running different CAM software. Sometimes I machine a block, then send it off for finishing or 5 axis work and never see it again, but forget if I did it. (Sounds stupid, but is very easy when you run so many different parts and the our design teams puts out duplicates of the prints...)

Id love a way to post a program to my machine, and make a note on the fusion data pannel with that "part" to say something like "bottom end roughed 17-07-22" for example. Any ideas? Just trying to stay more organized and not cut the same thing twice or miss anything.

Kind Regards, 

Colin Bastien
Lasard Fixtures

[cj.abraham]

You could add notes to the comment window in the design file itself. There isn't an official way to add notes in the data panel other than appending notes to the file name.

[randyT9V9C]

I include this code after the comments section in the post which adds the file name, date, and etc.

if (hasGlobalParameter("generated-at"))                      
  {                                                    
      var value = getGlobalParameter("generated-at");
      if (value)
     {
      writeComment(value);
      }
  }

if (hasGlobalParameter("generated-by"))                      
  {                                                    
      var value = getGlobalParameter("generated-by");
      if (value)
     {
      writeComment(value);
      }
  }

if (hasGlobalParameter("document-path"))                      
  {                                                    
      var value = getGlobalParameter("document-path");
      if (value)
     {
      writeComment(value);
      }
  }

if (hasGlobalParameter("username"))                      
  {                                                    
      var value = getGlobalParameter("username");
      if (value)
     {
      writeComment(value);
      }
  }

It produces additional output like this, with the date, fusion 360 version, file name, and the designer login name. I normally include operation as the comment. Understand the date and time is in UTC not local time.

;(Monday, July 24, 2017 7:10:16 PM)
;(Fusion 360 CAM 2.0.3174)
;(plug v1)
;(randy)