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Is there a way to translate a Fusion 360 model to Inventor without creating an App?

From Translate a Source File into OBJ Format:

Before You Begin

  • Register an app
  • Successfully acquire an OAuth token with the data:write and data:read scopes.
  • Upload a source file to OSS, as described in the Create an App-Managed Bucket and Upload a File tutorial, and note the source URN.

I assume that the above steps are to be followed to translate a Fusion 360 model to an Inventor model.

I find it very inconvenient to create an App for the sole purpose of translating a Fusion 360 model to Inventor. I would like to avoid creating such an App.

Is there a way to translate/export a Fusion 360 model to Inventor without creating an App or without using the interactive web interface? If there is, can you please answer with the steps and/or point to a place where I can find that information?

Solution

  • Unfortunately, converting a Fusion 360 model to Inventor file format is only possible interactively on the A360 website at the moment.

    Fusion 360 does have an API (see ExportManager object) but it only exposes those file formats which the desktop app can convert to directly, and are available through File >> Export: Fusion 360 File Export

    Converting from Fusion 360 to Inventor file format might be possible through the Forge API's later on, but still, you'd have to register an App on the Forge developer site in order to use it.