How to BULK Export Fusion 360 Files

With changes to Fusion 360's Personal Use License, many have wondered if it's possible to bulk export all their files. Unfortunately, there is no native way to export all your Fusion 360 files. However, there are a few add-ins that will automate the process.

Simultaneously export all your project files as STEP, STL, and F3D. Choose your export location, the naming convention, whether or not project folders are included, and if you want the file names to include the version number.

Important: All exported files will include only the latest version. If you need a specific version you will have to manually export it, or you can promote that version to the latest and re-run the add-in.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Bulk Export Fusion 360 files in STEP format
0:16 - How to export a single file
1:00 - Using an add-in to automate the process
1:21 - Opening and running the add-in
1:51 - Selecting the ProjectArchiver Tab
2:31 - Selecting the Project to export
3:01 - Choosing export file type, name, and location
4:58 - Viewing the export results
5:19 - Tips to avoid export errors
6:00 - Discussing the recent license changes

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[ProductDesignOnline]

Still confused about the Personal Use license changes?
Ask your question in the comments - I'll answer it! :)

[lewiscobb]

Any chance you might consider doing some tutorials on FreeCad ? Your style and detail oriented approach is what has had me subscribed to your channel for some time, but I, like many people, won't invest more time into Fusion 360 and are migrating over to FreeCad regardless of the effort it will take at this point. Hollow promises from Autodesk won't change that, and if anyone thinks this is the last time Autodesk will pull the rug out from underneath you, then you only have yourself to blame down the road...

[rickojames]

Thanks. This saved me a huge amount of time!

[quantumvortex]

This was super helpful. I'm so happy you're continuing your awesome tutorials, they are helping me sooo much. Thank you Kevin... you rock!

[MaxGoddur]

Outstanding! Watched the video last night on the flatscreen and the first thing this morning jumped on my PC to download, install, and use the addon. Thank you.

[jarradbradley]

Thanks. It was good to see you doing a clip to camera. Makes the videos more personable . 👍

[DerekSpeareDSD]

I need a tutorial on how to organize the Fusion menu system on the left...I cannot make sense of it :/

[johnmapp]

Wow I stumbled onto your page and man there is some seriously good information youre putting out. Thank you for your work :)

[aaronncollier]

Worked for me, got everything exported in minimal time. Thanks!

[calozinternational]

Kevin, why do you think that Fusion 360 is the most powerful instrument available today? Do you have any ways to compare the software in a methodical way?

[salcedo]

the plugin you demo'd crashed for me, but your second recommendation worked - Total Exporter

[MrEmileB]

Has Fusion360 included such a function now? For me not having a decent function to store files locally "and to restore them as well".... is the most important reason why I did not switch to Fusion360. Did Fusion360 fix this?

[funrc]

It was only 12 months ago that Autodesk posted the following. Perhaps, one of the elements for the decrying?
"Fusion 360 for personal use (new) – For non-commercial use only. *You’ll have access to everything you need for personal projects including all the design, engineering, documentation, and manufacturing capabilities included in a current Fusion 360 commercial subscription.* Access to collaboration, data management capabilities, and commercial software translators (NX, Catia, Solidworks, Creo, and Inventor) is not included.  Also, support is provided through our community forums for this subscription type. If you’d like to continue with Fusion 360 for personal use, please follow these instructions to convert to the new offering."

[BookLoversPizza]

Your content is AMAzING 😇😇!!! Never give up! i'm proud to say that i am part of your under 100K subscriber gang and i look forward to more of your videos!

[johndysalomon]

This is great sir it helped me a lot though I want to make a suggestion, could you make it where it automatically closes the document after exporting since my project has too many files and it lags or sometimes crashes when there's already too many. I had to manually close everything but still it helped me a lot doing most of everything thank you so much!

[BugagaVideoChannel]

hi. thanks for useful tips, have a question: why this addon doesnt close documents after exporting?
i have many documents in my project, it opens and opens, till my laptop is out of memory (32gb)
is there any possibility to avoid this?

[bbrendon]

I just did this a few hours ago. I found it posted on reddit. AND WhoA! I saw your face!

[robertpaulson]

Thanks as always for sharing what you've learned. Would you be willing to provide a list of you must have or generally useful Scripts and Add-Ins? Or a link to the blog post or video where you've done so.

[bjornnordvall]

Thanks Kevin, Project Archiver works just fine on my laptop .

[Yavorh]

I'd love an example of an add-in that does this for 3MF - im running a project that requires a lot of our files to be sent off as 3mf either to our Blender guys or for printing and the STL exports don't work great for those :(