Offline Installer for Fusion 360

[bossdoomslayer]

At our school we would like to install fusion 360 using our educator account.

The problem is that the Fusion downloader is just that, a downloader and as such requires network access.

Unauthenticated machines are not allowed internet access. (No user logon = no internet)

We would like to deploy this to a couple of labs.

Is there an existing offline installer for this software that I have missed on the website?

[Otto]

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[Darin.Green]

@bossdoomslayer I think you're a little confused... Fusion 360 is a Cloud-Based service which you will be given access to when you sign up. The download is just a plugin to the cloud environment which is where everything takes place.

[Mark.Lancaster]

Although Fusion 360 is a cloud based application as @Darin.Green pointed out it still requires installation files to be placed on each PC from the internet.  So as the OP was indicating, no account means no internet access in their environment.

So to answer the OP's question I don;t think there's a downloaded extraction that will run offline like other products offered by Autodesk offers.  In addition Fusion360 updates are automatically pushed out for the internet when you launch the application.

[biasedlogic]

I'm also looking for a way to do an off-line install.

I am well aware, that to actually work I'd need internet connection. I do have that available, but it's a metered connection (as in 'pay per MB used').

The amount of data necessary to work from a cloud environment is absolutely acceptable, considering it's a few hundred kilobytes per save, while a 1GB+ download - isn't.

Also, as far as I've heard, there's no way to defer downloading updates or installing them. Is that so?

greets,

Marek

[m_latz · Accepted solution]

Marek,

may be there you can find what you search:

https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Fusion%20360%20Admin%20Install.exe

And here a link to info:

http://me3d.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fusion-360_lab-installation-instructions_anz.pdf

In the pdf you find also info about updates.

Hope that is what you've searched.

regards

Markus

[natasha.l]

Hello @bossdoomslayer,

Thank you for posting on the forum. This is true, Autodesk does not offer a Fusion 360 offline installer. I have some information on how to use Fusion 360, and work in offline mode.

Please refer to this link: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How...

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[biasedlogic]

Hi Markus,

that's almost what I need 😉

It seems perfect with only one catch: it needs elevated privileges, as it wants to setup Fusion for all users.

Wouldn't be a problem under normal circumstances, but I due to certain policies it is extremely hard to get any software maintained in such scenario as here. Fusion warns explicitly that it will need an update every few weeks just to keep running. Getting Admin account access (with the policy overhead) each time kinda kills the fun, and shouldn't be necessary (per-user installation is possible without Admin).

Thanks!

Marek

[bossdoomslayer]

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marek.lewandowskiH4MGF wrote:

Hi Markus,

that's almost what I need 😉

It seems perfect with only one catch: it needs elevated privileges, as it wants to setup Fusion for all users.

Wouldn't be a problem under normal circumstances, but I due to certain policies it is extremely hard to get any software maintained in such scenario as here. Fusion warns explicitly that it will need an update every few weeks just to keep running. Getting Admin account access (with the policy overhead) each time kinda kills the fun, and shouldn't be necessary (per-user installation is possible without Admin).

Thanks!

Marek

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I'd have scoped the install to be on startup of said machines - that way the machine account which has appropriate access can install fusion 360.

That is what we are doing here, and is why when combined with the firewall the installer will not have internet access for the initial resources.

We have a script which all we need to do is increment the version and it will cause an update on existing machines - pending a restart and the admin install being up to date.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

please, can you update link to Offline instalation for MAC?

URL don´t exist: Link

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

You do know that your link is wrong right ?? it has an extra space right before the file extension so it should be https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Autodesk%20Fusion%20360%20Admin%20Install...
instead of https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Autodesk%20Fusion%20360%20Admin%20Install...

[Anonymous]

Dzień dobry,

dziękuję za możliwość zainstalowania offline Fusion 360. Od miesiąca mam drukarkę 3d. Dotychczas pracowałem z programem SketchUp free + plugins. Wasz program daje mi szansę lepszego projektowania elementów technicznych.

Jestem amatorem, hobbystą - elektronika, 3D...

Pozdrawiam,

Marek Szwed.

[vishnumaiea]

You saved the day! The official Autodesk support person says there's no offline installer and yet here we have a link to download the same from their own servers. What an irony! Why does these corporate people understand the basic needs of the users! Oh wait, they never do right ?