September 2020 Product Update – What’s New

Keqing Song September 14, 2020

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V.2.0.9009

 

A bunch of you have reported to us that changing the quantity parameter on a previously committed Pattern on Path & Circular Pattern Feature didn’t work as intended. Apparently there was a bug preventing Fusion 360 to take the edits. Now it should work properly.

 

We also made some stability improvements under the hood so that Fusion 360 runs more stable for some of you experiencing hang-ups.

 

 

V.2.0.9006

 

Usability

 

Some of you running macOS 10.13.6 told us that the Navigation Bar at the bottom of the Fusion 360 window became invisible. Apparently it had to do with some of the improvements we made to our UI, yet 10.13 did not like it very much. We got this sorted out. 

 

Sketching & Modeling

 

If you made a 3D sketch, turned off the 3D sketch option in the sketch palette and tried to dimension that 3D sketch, it may have caused Fusion 360 to become confused and close itself for no reason. We gave it a stern talk and now it won’t do that again. 

 

Andy.c found a pesky Joint bug where it was causing Fusion 360 to crash when he tried to edit the joint. Our bad, we squashed this bug and now you can successfully edit joints without issues. 

 

Electronics Design

 

Trevordjorgensen told us about an issue where adding a 3D package to the device in his custom library caused Fusion 360 to hang indefinitely. We looked under the hood and found some crossed wires. This issue has been fixed. 

 

Drawings


We’ve noticed some unusual instability in the drawings environment where certain actions caused Fusion 360 to freeze. We dug into the code and sorted out a few kinks; everything should be running smoothly again. 

 

Manufacture

 

There was an annoying issue in the Manufacture workspace that was causing Fusion 360 to become unstable when you were navigating between the tabs within certain toolpath strategy options. We got this sorted out and now you can go from tab to tab without a hitch.

 

Cody posted on our forum about some issues he’s been seeing with Fusion 360’s 3D Adaptive Clearing strategies. Apparently they wouldn’t generate correctly and was throwing a “Z Clearance is too low” error. We found this bug and swiftly got rid of it. It should generate fine now. 

 

Goysimon told us about an error message he was getting unexpectedly: “All surfaces have been set to avoid”. Apologies for causing false alarms, we got this sorted now. We will further investigate why this was happening and implement a better experience. 

 

API

 

Balunist told us that ValidateInputsEvent went missing after the last update, causing a bunch of add-ins with this event to no longer work properly. Sorry about that – this event has been restored. 

 

 

V.2.0.8950

 

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Sketching & Modeling

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! T-Spline Cylindrify command for Form Struts 

Design workspace > Solid Tab > Create Form > Modify Panel > Cylindrify

 

 

Now in the Modify drop-down menu in the Form contextual environment, you’ll find the new Cylindrify command. It forms uneven T-Spline geometry into a smooth cylindrical shape. This is especially useful to smooth uneven struts or holes from generative design results.

 

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! IGA Export

Right-click on a T-Spline body > Save T-Spine as IGA

 

 

You can now export T-Spline bodies to the IGA file format. IGA stands for isogeometric analysis. IGA technology allows FEA (finite element analysis) to be performed directly on certain types of models. This open format allows third party applications to perform analysis directly on data exported from Fusion 360.

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! As-Built Joint Modes

Design workspace > Solid Tab > Assemble > As-built Joint

 

 

Now when you use the As-Built Joint command to join two components together, you’ll notice that we’ve also added modes like Joint Origin, Between Two Faces, as well as Two Edge Intersection, just like what you’ll find in the regular Joint command. Now you can easily choose which mode you want to use, making it more discoverable and easier to learn.

 

We have also improved the previewing experience of ‘Two Edge Intersection’ mode in Joint, Joint Origin and As Built Joint commands. We now show the JO preview when mouse hover over the second edge.

 

In addition to these As-Built Joint improvements and Two Edge Intersection previewing experience, we’ve also cleaned up a number of areas in the Joints experience. This includes the joint origin re-orient behaviors, preview compute issues in Joint, fixed buggy code that could lead to corrupted Joint origin, fixed the orientation inconsistencies seen between joints created through API and UI, consistent error messaging between parametric and direct modeling, better visual clue on the X, Y, Z offset values shown on its manipulator drag, better selection experience to know the participating faces/edges in Between Two faces and Two Edge Intersection ,as well as contextual disclosure of options in the command dialog, instead of showing everything at once.

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Mirror Command now has Join and Stitch

Design workspace > Solid Tab > Create Panel > Mirror

 

 

Now when you use the Mirror command, Join for Solid bodies and Stitch for Surface bodies are now available as options to use in the Operation drop-down menu. This should help reduce extra steps in your modeling workflow. 

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Edge Alignment Options in Extend Command

Design workspace > Surface Tab > Modify Panel > Extend

 

 

The Surface > Extend command now has a new Edge Alignment option that lets you select between Free Edges or Align Edges. Free Edges will behave as before, where the edges of that surface will extend in the direction of the manipulator, whereas Align Edges will align the edges in direction the edges are going.

 

 

Customer Issues Fixed:

 

Gardenweazel noticed that the designs shown in the File > Open dialog were incorrectly sorted by numerical order rather by the actual last updated date. Now it should sort properly. 

 

Seabreezecoffee found a rendering bug where one of his model bodies disappeared unexpectedly regardless of the viewing angle or camera settings. Sorry about that – we got this sorted. 

 

skylord73 told us about a bug that was causing the timeline to lose the scrollbar when you jump to the very end. For some weird reason the last action becomes the first displayed in the timeline and there was no way to see the previous actions since the scrollbar was lost. Sorry about that, this is now fixed.

 

 

Generative Design

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! 7-day Extension Free Trial

 

 

In our June update, we released the Generative Design extension which allowed you to purchase a subscription to explore unlimited outcomes. In this update, we are now providing you access to a 7-day free trial of this extension to help you experience all that Generative Design has to offer. This new option will be available in the Extension Manager under the Access Options drop down. Learn how to start your trial here.

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Additive MFG direction control

Generative Design workspace > Design Criteria Panel > Manufacturing

 

We have heard from a number of you that you wanted more control over the additive orientations used for generating outcomes. We are now providing the ability to generate negative orientation outcomes without having to change the model.

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Minimum wall thickness for 2-axis cutting

Generative Design workspace > Design Criteria Panel > Manufacturing

 

When you’re setting up your 2-axis cutting manufacturing criteria for Generative Design studies, you now have the ability to define a minimum wall thickness value, giving you a more control over the outcomes.

 

 

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Unassigned Geometry filter

Generative Design workspace > Browser

 

 

To speed up navigating your model, we have added an Unassigned Geometry filter to the browser. Now any of the model components or bodies not defined as a preserve, obstacle or starting shape can easily be hidden with a single click of the eyeball icon.  

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! HP PA 12 now available in the Additive Material Library

Generative Design workspace > Materials Panel > Study Materials > Fusion 360 Additive Material Library

 

 

We have been adding more common additive materials to our Additive Material library. In this update, we are extending that effort to now include an approximated (isotropic) version of HP’s HR(High reusability) CB(Color boost) PA 12 in the Fusion 360 Additive Material Library, which can be used for Simulation and Generative Design studies. The Generative Design outcomes will be ready to manufacture using HP’s Jet Fusion 580 Color 3D Printers.

 

 

The first project to utilize this material with Fusion Generative Design was designed and printed by Athena 3D Manufacturing with a HP 3D printer – a mounting frame for sensor testing applications in the Oil and Gas industry.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! More lessons added to self-paced learning 

From Fusion 360: Help > Learning & Documentation > Self-paced learning

 

 

This past month of May, we ran a survey about Generative Design where many of you shared your valuable feedback with us about our solution. One of the main things we heard in this survey is that you still wanted and needed more learning materials around generative design. In this update, we have expanded our Front Loader tutorial and created a new, self-paced learning course based on this content with detailed, step-by-step videos for the entire workflow. 

 

 The course Front Loader – work in generative design with an Inventor file is now available on the Fusion 360 Self-Paced Learning site.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New in Preview! Experimental Generative Solvers & Features

Preferences > Preview Features > Generative Design > Experimental Solver

 

 

With this preview, you will be able to generate additional outcomes for your given study.  This new solver architecture will continue to be enhanced and will evolve during subsequent releases.

 

To get alternative outcomes from this experimental solver architecture you will need to activate the check box in the study settings dialog as shown below.

 

 

New features such as symmetry constraints will start to be supported with this new solver architecture.  We’ll be posting about these capabilities in an upcoming blog post later this month.  

 

 

 

Electronics Design

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! New Fusion Electronics library – LED

File > New Electronics Design > New Schematic > Add part

 

 

We have added a new library exclusively for LED parts. This library contains popular LED package types that includes Chip-Flat top & Chip-Round top with standard sizes like 0402, 0603, 0805, 1206 etc. & also with R,G,B,Y color variants.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Anode(A) and Cathode(C) Pad Names 

File > New Electronics Library > Create New Package

 

 

For polarized parts like Diode’s & LED’s, sometimes it may cause confusion while mapping the Anode and Cathode symbol pin and footprint pad in the connection part. So to make it more clear, we have changed the default footprint pad name in the package generator as A and C (instead of 1 and 2).

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Re-use available 3D models 

 

 

Previously while adding 3D models to a footprint, you were prompted with the option to re-use an existing model. The prompt caused confusion regarding the next action, so instead we made this option available in the footprint context menu.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Access of IPC compliant component generator

 

 

Selecting to use the package editor from the toolbar will now conveniently have the IPC compliant package generator available.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Spline tool 

 

 

The Spline tool is fully supported in electronics environments.  If you create the PCB outline using splines in Fusion 360’s sketch and send the outline curves to Fusion electronics, the splines will not be split into small line segments any more. Select the spline, it will now show the control points and the line handler.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Reposition Attribute  

 

 

Now you will be able to access the reposition attributes options from the Document tab. Thanks sebastienSQA5P for raising this in the forum! 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Print  

 

 

We have now added the print option to all Fusion 360 electronic environments (Library, Schematic, and 2D PCB). Hat tip to Shaberadda for also mentioning this in our Fusion 360 forums. 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Saving

 

 

Previously, if you save a schematic design with edits, PCB design or any related electronic editor wouldn’t save, even if it had new edits. With this update, saving in any of the electronic editors will cascade to all related editors to save if they have new edits. This update extends to the 3D PCB.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Pin and Gate Swapping  

File>New Electronic Design > Schematic Editor > Modify Panel > Pin Swap & Gate Swap

 

 

The action of pin swapping allows the designer to exchange pin within a component that have the same function. This exchange is desirable due to the position of the component in the PCB. The same action can happen with a gate. A gate will consist of multiple pins, components will have multiple gates which have the same function. For these gates, Gateswapping empowers you to swap with gates that have the same function. As stated earlier, this helps you to optimize the component on the PCB.  This Pin Swap and Gate Swap were options only available in the context menu or the command line. These actions are now available in the Modify pull down menu.

 

 

Drawings

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Title block management

Drawings > Sheet Settings > Title Block > Hover > Change Title Block

 

 

Per popular request, we’re bringing you greater control over your custom title blocks with this release, adding the ability to both rename and delete them after creation. After locating your title block in the Sheet Settings section of the browser, hovering over it with your cursor will reveal a “Change Title Block” button. Click it, in order to open a new dialog where you can Rename, Delete, or switch between title blocks on a per sheet basis by activating the desired block in the menu.

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved!  In-canvas buttons for Projected and Section view creation

Drawings > Projected View or Section View placement

 

One thing we’ve consistently heard from you is that the drawing environment just feels different from the rest of Fusion 360. Along with new feature development, over the last few updates we’ve been working to make the Drawings experience more consistent.

 

We are continuing this momentum by improving the creation experience for Projected and Section Views – now when you place a projected view or point along your section view line, you’ll see a green checkmark and rollback button next to your cursor, allowing for intuitive and quick commitment or reversal of a placement. Of course, if preferred, you can still use the ‘Enter’ key to end the projected view command or finish drawing the section line.

 

 

Projected View command completion with in-canvas button

 

Section Line point rollback and completion with in-canvas buttons

 

Fixed: We sorted out some funky behavior triggered when component visibility is toggled while the Create Drawing dialog is open.

 

 

Manufacture

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Manual Inspection

Manufacture Workspace > Inspection Tab> Manual Panel > Create Manual Inspection

 

 

Dimensional inspection with manual measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers or height gages.  Manual measurement has been enhanced significantly since the June preview and in addition to dimensional inspection also includes pass/fail tests (for example to record a visual check) and custom checks with text inputs (for example to record a serial number).

 

Record measurement results directly in Fusion 360 with a connected digital measuring instrument or by keyboard entry. Fusion 360 stores the results and calculates the deviations between nominal and measured values, and allows you to create an inspection report. 

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! In-Process Stock Visualization

 

 

Click through the operations in the tree to see the resulting stock from all of the operations up through the one selected! Selecting an operation will show the stock result from simulation, without entering the simulation environment. Need more detailed simulation information? Entering the simulation environment with an operation selected will begin with the rest machining stock result from the previous operations automatically! No need to sit through the simulation of all of the previous toolpaths just to see the one you want.

 

In process stock also transfers between setups. Define the stock for the current setup as the result from the previous setup! Be on the lookout for enhancements in this area for moving the stock result to different component instances in a CAM Assembly.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Geometry-Based Invalidation

 

Making changes in the design workspace has always required operations in the manufacture workspace to be regenerated for safety. With this new preview functionality, geometry referenced for manufacturing operations is tracked and operations will only require regeneration for operations whose reference geometry has actually been changed.

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Use Fewest Spot Drills Possible

Manufacture workspace > Hole Recognition > Options

 

Looking through the burdens of managing multiple holes in Fusion 360 and how to bring more efficiency to the hole recognition tool it was found that one of the biggest ways to save time and money on the manufacturing process is to use a single Spot Drill to center drill or spot chamfer varying hole sizes. 

Instead of the user having to re-select a spot drill on each operation to reduce the amount of tooling needed we decided to take on the burden. 

We built a checkbox that will allow us to look ahead at each spot drill operation and collect information needed for tool selection (minimum diameter, and tip angle if any has been modeled). 

This means, If no chamfers are modeled we will use a single tool to spot every hole on the part using the largest spot drill that was captured in the template. 

If there are modeled chamfers on holes, it is inferred to be the desired finished chamfer angle of the hole and Fusion will select the fewest possible but make sure to only use a tool with a matching tip angle for those holes.

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Remember Simulation Settings

Manufacture workspace > Actions Tab > Simulate

 

There have been a lot of enhancements in the Manufacturing workspace under the toolpath simulation. Having all those great options allowed programmers to find their best way to review the effectiveness of their toolpaths on the part. However, once you dialed in those toolpath simulation settings and closed Fusion they would be forgotten. 

Fusion will now store those selected settings as defaults allowing them to persist across multiple sessions. 

 

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! No Dragging in Profile Roughing & Profile Finishing

Manufacture workspace > Turning Tab > Turning Profile Finishing > Passes

 

The option for No Dragging from the Profile strategy is now in the new Profile Finishing strategy. This is a setting used when turning hard or hardened material and the deflection force of the tool will be too great to make the typical cut up the wall. On the typical finishing path this path is usually fine but with harder materials burying the tip of the tool into the uncut stock can force the cutting tool back into the part causing an undercut area to put the part out of tolerance. Depending on the holder that you’re using this also may lead to the insert or part being pulled out.

 

No drag solves this by backing the tool off the wall and instead of ‘dragging’ the insert up the wall it finishes the wall with the insert traveling top to bottom.

 

This helps keep the force of the tool into the center of the insert for the entire finishing pass making sure your parts are within tolerance. Users can also benefit from this technology also being in Profile Roughing Strategies.

 

 

 

Additive

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! FFF: Color Legend for Toolpath Visualization

Manufacture workspace > Additive Tab> Actions Panel > Simulate Additive Toolpath

 

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! SLM: Machine and printer settings integrations

Manufacture workspace > Additive Tab> Manage Panel > Machine Library / Print settings library

 

 

If you have access to the Manufacturing Extension, you can also setup 3D prints for Selective Laser Melting (SLM) printers. In this release, we have added the Lasertech 30 SLM 3D printer from DMG MORI to the list of supported printers. This printer also includes a print setting with 50 micron layer thickness, so you can start slicing and generating toolpaths right away. We also added 2 additional print settings to Fusion’s library of print settings; one for EOS M290, and another one for Additive Industries MetalFAB.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New in Preview! FFF:  Curved toolpath generation (G2 / G3 moves in G-code) 

Manufacture workspace > Additive Tab> Print Settings Panel > Print setting Editor> G-code tab

 

 

This option allows Fusion 360 to represent curved geometry in models, not as a series of straight lines, but as actual arcs in the Gcode. So what are the benefits of using this option? Smaller Gcode files, less jittery movements and an overall improved surface quality. As this is still a preview feature, it is limited to Ultimaker and Prusa posts for the time being. 

 

 

API

 

This is a big release for the API (although some of this actually snuck in last time for those of you really paying attention).  See full listing of new objects and methods

 

[icon name=”exclamation-circle” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Notice: Javascript API is being fully retired


We actually announced the end of support for the Javascript API a couple of years ago and haven’t been updating it or publishing the documentation.  Without going into all of the details, it just wasn’t a long term solution that was going to work for the Fusion 360 desktop client.  That said if you had any scripts or add-ins written in the old javascript API they do continue to run.  Please note that as of the December release of Fusion 360 they will no longer run at all.  We are making some big enhancements to the browser components that power things like Palettes, and it is no longer feasible for us to continue to support the old javascript interpreter we were using for that API.   

 

PLEASE MIGRATE ANY EXISTING JAVASCRIPT API SCRIPTS OR ADDINS TO EITHER PYTHON OR C++ PRIOR TO DECEMBER 7,2020.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Support for Entity Tokens


This is a big one for developers using the Fusion 360 API.  Previously, we exposed attributes on entities and many of you used this functionality to implement your own methods for tracking and managing ID’s of Components, Occurrences, Bodies, Faces, etc.  The new API functionality introduces the concept of an entity token you retrieve from a given entity and then use that token to find the same entity in the future.

 

Attributes support adding named values to any entity and Fusion stores that information with the document. Attributes can be queried based on the names and values, which allow it to work as a naming mechanism but attributes allow you to do much more than just naming.

 

Entity Tokens are different in that they act as a permanent reference to a specific entity. Any entity that supports this capability will have the entityToken property. Calling this will return the entity token, for the entity. It’s up to you to save the returned token somewhere so you can use it later.  The token is a string and can easily be saved in an external file or even in the Fusion 360 file in an attribute.  To use a saved entity token, you use the Design.findEntityByToken method and if that entity still exists Fusion will return it.

 

One thing to be careful of when working with entity Tokens is that you should never compare entity token strings to determine if they represent the same entity. This is because it’s possible to get an entity token from an entity at one point in time and get an entity token for the same entity at a later time and the entity tokens might be different. However, when you use the findEntityByToken method the same entity will be returned for both tokens. So, if you need to know if two entity tokens are for the same entity, you need to use both of them to get the entities they represent and then check to see if the returned entities are the same.

 

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Explicit B-Rep Creation 

 

You now have the ability to explicitly define a surface or solid model.  Previous to this, all models have to be constructed by combining a series of features, using temporary B-Rep functionality and the basic primitives and booleans it supports, and translating geometry from another source. With this new capability you can directly define the geometry and topology of a body. This is an advanced feature that will allow those that are computing surface shapes to directly create those surfaces instead of trying to recreate the shape with a feature. It also allows someone to create a translator that can import geometry from any other source into Fusion 360.

 

[icon name=”star” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New! Ruled Surface API Support

 

We also added support for the creation and edit of ruled surfaces.  

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! Python and VS Code Authoring Experience

 

The integration with VS Code for writing and debugging Python applications has been getting significant enhancements over the past few releases, but with the last release we broke a few things…  With this release we have got things back on track and made some major improvements.  One is that we have migrated the python debugger from PTVSD to DebugPy which should allow a more stable environment in the latest MS Python extension and when running directly from VS Code.  There were a few other issues related to running directly from VS Code that have also been addressed.

 

[icon name=”thumbs-up” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Improved! CAM API 

 

The CAM API has recently been extended to allow for more automation within the CAM workspace. The new objects, methods and properties have been added to the API along with several samples demonstrating the capabilities.  Click here to learn more.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-7F3F9D48-ED88-451A-907C-82EAE67DEA93


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Customer issues fixed

 

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We use Wistia to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Wistia Privacy Policy
Tealium
We use Tealium to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Tealium Privacy Policy
Upsellit
We use Upsellit to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Upsellit Privacy Policy
CJ Affiliates
We use CJ Affiliates to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. CJ Affiliates Privacy Policy
Commission Factory
We use Commission Factory to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Commission Factory Privacy Policy
Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary)
We use Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary) to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary) Privacy Policy
Typepad Stats
We use Typepad Stats to collect data about your behaviour on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our platform to provide the most relevant content. This allows us to enhance your overall user experience. Typepad Stats Privacy Policy
Geo Targetly
We use Geo Targetly to direct website visitors to the most appropriate web page and/or serve tailored content based on their location. Geo Targetly uses the IP address of a website visitor to determine the approximate location of the visitor’s device. This helps ensure that the visitor views content in their (most likely) local language.Geo Targetly Privacy Policy
SpeedCurve
We use SpeedCurve to monitor and measure the performance of your website experience by measuring web page load times as well as the responsiveness of subsequent elements such as images, scripts, and text.SpeedCurve Privacy Policy
Qualified
Qualified is the Autodesk Live Chat agent platform. This platform provides services to allow our customers to communicate in real-time with Autodesk support. We may collect unique ID for specific browser sessions during a chat. Qualified Privacy Policy

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Google Optimize
We use Google Optimize to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Google Optimize Privacy Policy
ClickTale
We use ClickTale to better understand where you may encounter difficulties with our sites. We use session recording to help us see how you interact with our sites, including any elements on our pages. Your Personally Identifiable Information is masked and is not collected. ClickTale Privacy Policy
OneSignal
We use OneSignal to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by OneSignal. Ads are based on both OneSignal data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that OneSignal has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to OneSignal to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. OneSignal Privacy Policy
Optimizely
We use Optimizely to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Optimizely Privacy Policy
Amplitude
We use Amplitude to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Amplitude Privacy Policy
Snowplow
We use Snowplow to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Snowplow Privacy Policy
UserVoice
We use UserVoice to collect data about your behaviour on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our platform to provide the most relevant content. This allows us to enhance your overall user experience. UserVoice Privacy Policy
Clearbit
Clearbit allows real-time data enrichment to provide a personalized and relevant experience to our customers. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID.Clearbit Privacy Policy
YouTube
YouTube is a video sharing platform which allows users to view and share embedded videos on our websites. YouTube provides viewership metrics on video performance. YouTube Privacy Policy

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Adobe Analytics
We use Adobe Analytics to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Adobe Analytics Privacy Policy
Google Analytics (Web Analytics)
We use Google Analytics (Web Analytics) to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Google Analytics (Web Analytics) Privacy Policy
AdWords
We use AdWords to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by AdWords. Ads are based on both AdWords data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that AdWords has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to AdWords to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. AdWords Privacy Policy
Marketo
We use Marketo to send you more timely and relevant email content. To do this, we collect data about your online behavior and your interaction with the emails we send. Data collected may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, email open rates, links clicked, and others. We may combine this data with data collected from other sources to offer you improved sales or customer service experiences, as well as more relevant content based on advanced analytics processing. Marketo Privacy Policy
Doubleclick
We use Doubleclick to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Doubleclick. Ads are based on both Doubleclick data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Doubleclick has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Doubleclick to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Doubleclick Privacy Policy
HubSpot
We use HubSpot to send you more timely and relevant email content. To do this, we collect data about your online behavior and your interaction with the emails we send. Data collected may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, email open rates, links clicked, and others. HubSpot Privacy Policy
Twitter
We use Twitter to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Twitter. Ads are based on both Twitter data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Twitter has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Twitter to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Twitter Privacy Policy
Facebook
We use Facebook to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Facebook. Ads are based on both Facebook data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Facebook has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Facebook to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Facebook Privacy Policy
LinkedIn
We use LinkedIn to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by LinkedIn. Ads are based on both LinkedIn data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that LinkedIn has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to LinkedIn to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. LinkedIn Privacy Policy
Yahoo! Japan
We use Yahoo! Japan to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Yahoo! Japan. Ads are based on both Yahoo! Japan data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Yahoo! Japan has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Yahoo! Japan to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Yahoo! Japan Privacy Policy
Naver
We use Naver to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Naver. Ads are based on both Naver data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Naver has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Naver to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Naver Privacy Policy
Quantcast
We use Quantcast to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Quantcast. Ads are based on both Quantcast data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Quantcast has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Quantcast to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Quantcast Privacy Policy
Call Tracking
We use Call Tracking to provide customized phone numbers for our campaigns. This gives you faster access to our agents and helps us more accurately evaluate our performance. We may collect data about your behavior on our sites based on the phone number provided. Call Tracking Privacy Policy
Wunderkind
We use Wunderkind to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Wunderkind. Ads are based on both Wunderkind data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Wunderkind has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Wunderkind to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Wunderkind Privacy Policy
ADC Media
We use ADC Media to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by ADC Media. Ads are based on both ADC Media data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that ADC Media has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to ADC Media to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. ADC Media Privacy Policy
AgrantSEM
We use AgrantSEM to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by AgrantSEM. Ads are based on both AgrantSEM data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that AgrantSEM has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to AgrantSEM to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. AgrantSEM Privacy Policy
Bidtellect
We use Bidtellect to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Bidtellect. Ads are based on both Bidtellect data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Bidtellect has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Bidtellect to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Bidtellect Privacy Policy
Bing
We use Bing to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Bing. Ads are based on both Bing data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Bing has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Bing to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Bing Privacy Policy
G2Crowd
We use G2Crowd to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by G2Crowd. Ads are based on both G2Crowd data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that G2Crowd has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to G2Crowd to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. G2Crowd Privacy Policy
NMPI Display
We use NMPI Display to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by NMPI Display. Ads are based on both NMPI Display data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that NMPI Display has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to NMPI Display to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. NMPI Display Privacy Policy
VK
We use VK to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by VK. Ads are based on both VK data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that VK has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to VK to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. VK Privacy Policy
Adobe Target
We use Adobe Target to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Adobe Target Privacy Policy
Google Analytics (Advertising)
We use Google Analytics (Advertising) to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Google Analytics (Advertising). Ads are based on both Google Analytics (Advertising) data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Google Analytics (Advertising) has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Google Analytics (Advertising) to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Google Analytics (Advertising) Privacy Policy
Trendkite
We use Trendkite to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Trendkite. Ads are based on both Trendkite data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Trendkite has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Trendkite to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Trendkite Privacy Policy
Hotjar
We use Hotjar to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Hotjar. Ads are based on both Hotjar data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Hotjar has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Hotjar to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Hotjar Privacy Policy
6 Sense
We use 6 Sense to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by 6 Sense. Ads are based on both 6 Sense data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that 6 Sense has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to 6 Sense to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. 6 Sense Privacy Policy
Terminus
We use Terminus to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Terminus. Ads are based on both Terminus data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Terminus has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Terminus to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Terminus Privacy Policy
StackAdapt
We use StackAdapt to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by StackAdapt. Ads are based on both StackAdapt data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that StackAdapt has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to StackAdapt to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. StackAdapt Privacy Policy
The Trade Desk
We use The Trade Desk to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by The Trade Desk. Ads are based on both The Trade Desk data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that The Trade Desk has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to The Trade Desk to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. The Trade Desk Privacy Policy
RollWorks
We use RollWorks to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by RollWorks. Ads are based on both RollWorks data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that RollWorks has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to RollWorks to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. RollWorks Privacy Policy

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