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| Fusion 360 Shortcuts &
Custom Add-Ins Fusion 360 has great modeling tools but surprisingly poor native keyboard shortcut support — no quick keys for Home View, Front, Top, etc. That's baffling for a major CAD platform. The free AnyShortcut add-in (v1.1.2 by Thomas A) fixes this by letting you assign shortcuts to almost any command, including ones Fusion doesn't expose natively. Download it here: https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=156700835167123223&appLang=en&os=Win64 AnyShortcut works by creating (or using built-in) command buttons you can then bind to keys. It's not ideal, but it's effective. The following are all custom Python add-ins I built to fill gaps in Fusion's workflow. They live in the Tools tab (Utilities panel) and play nicely with AnyShortcut for key bindings. |
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LookAt v1.00 One-key "Look At" for a selected face — snaps the view perpendicular to it instantly. In the video, the focus and zoom is all done with one keyboard shortcut. |
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ViewDeck v1.00 Dedicated buttons for standard views: Home, Front, Top, Left, Right, Back, Bottom, Isometric, etc. I map these to my numpad for fast navigation. Every view is it's own hotkey. 5 for Home, 8 for Top, 2 for Bottom, etc. Makes sense on the numpad... All the moves in the video are done via the keyboard. |
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RollTimeline v1.00 Single-key timeline stepping: move the marker left/right one step at a time. In the video I have them bound to + and - on my keyboard for easy toggling. |
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Fusion Exporter v1.00 Fast bulk export of parametric .F3D files from cloud projects to local drive (~1 file/sec). Much quicker than existing cloud exporters. You can assign this to a hotkey if you want, but I just click it in the drop down menu. |
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STL Exporter (No Prompt)
v1.00 One-click STL export of selected body or root component. Hardcoded to very high refinement (editable in the Python script). A big clickable icon. But you can have it as a hotkey if you want. |
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STL Exporter (Prompt)
v1.00 Same as above, but pops a dialog to let you adjust surface deviation, normal deviation, max edge length, and aspect ratio each time. A big clickable icon. But you can have it as a hotkey if you want. |
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Units Converter v1.00 Quickly switch back and forth from metric and imperial via shortcut key. Great for models that have to use both. That's me pressing CTRL + SHIFT + U in the video. |
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Toggle All Sketches v.100 Fusion has options to Show All Components and Show All Bodies, but not one for Show All Sketches. This plugin fixes that. That's me pressing CTRL + SHIFT + A in the video. |