Unable to download entire project or multiple Fusion files at once

Autodesk Support

Sep 27, 2024

Products and versions covered

Issue:

Users reported that downloading an entire project from Fusion Hub (Fusion Team Hub) or a "bulk" download of multiple project files to create a local backup is not possible. When a native Fusion design is checked as one of the designs to be downloaded, the download icon disappears.

Causes:

  • Bulk export options are only available for nonnative Fusion designs (that is, designs for which the file size is displayed on the Hub).
  • This is a limitation of the Fusion Team hubs. 
  • Fusion files are distributed designs and a part could be used by multiple assemblies.
Native and non-native Fusion design
 
 

Solution:

Manually download each design

Manually download each individual F3D or F3Z file from the project folder by following the article: How to export a design in Fusion.

Download the local backup folder

If the Fusion files within a project do not contain references to other Fusion designs, an alternative is to do the following:
  1. Clear local cache user for Fusion: How to clear the local user cache in Fusion
  2. Open all the Fusion designs from a Fusion project in Fusion Desktop App.
    • Alternatively select all the designs from your project, right-click and "Add to local cache".
  3. Create a backup of the files by copying them from your local "F" cache folder.

Note: Using a third-party application to download all the files as a .STEP or other file type is an option. See this video for more details.

Products:

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