https://github.com/amandaghassaei/fusion360-scripts

A collection of Fusion360 scripts, mostly for generating animations
https://github.com/amandaghassaei/fusion360-scripts

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A collection of Fusion360 scripts, mostly for generating animations

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/amandaghassaei/fusion360-scripts
• Owner: amandaghassaei
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-10-27T04:14:45.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-29T18:09:33.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T23:14:58.750Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: animation, cad, fusion-360, fusion-360-api, fusion360
• Language: Python
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• Size: 31 MB
• Stars: 97
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Fusion360 Scripts

This repo contains a number of Fusion360 scripts.  More info about each script is given in the README.md inside each folder.

I'm very curious about how these scripts are being used, feel free to share your animations in the [Show and Tell](https://github.com/amandaghassaei/Fusion360-Scripts/discussions/9) discussion thread.  Also, pull requests welcome!

## [Design Version Timelapse](Design-Version-Timelapse/)

Turn your Fusion360 design versions (i.e. all your previous saves) into a timelapse animation.



## [Design History Animation](Design-History-Animation/)

Turn your Fusion360 design history timeline into an animation.



## [Spin Animation](Spin-Animation/)

Spin your design and export screenshots.



## [Print Camera State](Print-Camera-State/)

Print the current state of the camera.



## Installation

Download this repository as ZIP and unzip the folder (put this folder in a place where you won't delete it later):

![Download button](docs/download.png)

In the *Design* workspace, go to the *Tools* tab and select *Add Ins > Scripts and Add-Ins...*:

![Tools Menu](docs/tools.png)

Click the green plus sign next to My Scripts:

![Add Script](docs/addscript.png)

Then Select the folder called e.g. `Design-History-Animation` inside `Fusion360-Scripts/Design-History-Animation`:

![Select Folder](docs/selectfolder.png)

You should now see it added to your scripts.  To Run the script, select it and press *Run*:

![Script Added](docs/scriptadded.png)

## Creating an Animation Video

After all the still frames (with the name FILENAME_###.png) are generated, I use [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) to compile the stills into an animation.  From the terminal run:

```ffmpeg -r 30 -i PATH_TO_FRAMES/FILENAME_%d.png -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 22 -pix_fmt yuv420p -an OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/animation.mp4```

`-r 30` sets the framerate to 30 fps  

`-c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 22` encodes as h.264 with better compression settings  

`-pix_fmt yuv420p` makes it compatible with the web browser  

`-an` creates a video with no audio  

You can optionally specify `-s 640x640` to control the output size of the video  

If your filename has spaces in it, you can escape them with `-i PATH_TO_FRAMES/filename\ with\ spaces_%d.png`  

## Creating an Animated GIF

I upload the resulting video or raw frames to [ezgif](https://ezgif.com/) to create an animated gif.  I'm sure many other solutions exist (e.g. Photoshop, Premiere, GIMP, ffmpeg).