@the16bitgamer to 3DPrintingEnglish • 1 month agoJust as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a yearimagemessage-square74arrow-up1226arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: cad
arrow-up1223arrow-down1imageJust as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a year@the16bitgamer to 3DPrintingEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square74file-textcross-posted to: cad
This doesn’t sound like an issue for those who use Fusion frequently, however you may want to find ways to get local files, just to be safe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoIt exports as F3D (probably readable by future versions of Fusion) and STEP (standard but with less fidelity) by default.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoIs STEP a CAD format or 3d file format? I thought the latter. Like I don’t get constraints or sketches, only 3d models
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoIt’s a CAD format in that the files contain object descriptions instead of meshes (like OBJ). But the format does not support all of fusion 360’s features so it is a lossy export in that respect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSTEP is at least marginally better than STL, because it can represent stuff like circles, instead of just a mesh.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoLooks like it only exports them as 3d models and not CAD files
How do you open the files though?
It exports as F3D (probably readable by future versions of Fusion) and STEP (standard but with less fidelity) by default.
Is STEP a CAD format or 3d file format? I thought the latter. Like I don’t get constraints or sketches, only 3d models
It’s a CAD format in that the files contain object descriptions instead of meshes (like OBJ). But the format does not support all of fusion 360’s features so it is a lossy export in that respect.
STEP is at least marginally better than STL, because it can represent stuff like circles, instead of just a mesh.
Looks like it only exports them as 3d models and not CAD files