Electronics Extended Toolbox
DataBitTech ASElectronics Extended Toolbox
DataBitTech ASExtends all the Electronics workspaces in Autodesk® Fusion® by useful utilities.
Free
This plugin extends the built-in electronics capabilities with additional functionality for PCB design, component management, and design automation. It extends all of the electronics workspaces, adding long-missing functionality and assembling scripts that users have been writing for themselves since the Eagle times.
Features
The following commands are available in the Electronics Extended Toolbox plugin for Autodesk® Fusion®:
Schematics editor
- Export BOM in manufacturer-specific formats, supporting
- Filtering out components using user-defined Regex patterns
- Mapping attributes to BOM columns
- Exporting to CSV, Excel, and text files
- Calling external user scripts from Fusion for custom BOM processing
- Add UI buttons for any legacy ULP or SCR script
- Bulk add attribute to components
- Bulk delete an attribute from components
- Bulk rename attribute of components
- Bulk copy attributes between components
- ToDo list with links to schematic elements
Layout editor
- Measure routing length and propagation delay, including vias
- Swap signal routing, with layer and via filtering
- Swap component placement with different orientation options
- Fix line connections for unconnected lines
- Add via fencing with live preview
- Export BOM in manufacturer-specific formats, supporting THT/SMD flag in addition to the features of the schematics editor BOM exporter
- Export component placement data in manufacturer-specific formats, supporting
- Rotation and translation fixes specific to the manufacturer
- Filtering out components using user-defined Regex patterns
- Mapping attributes to output columns
- Exporting to CSV, Excel, and text files
- Add UI buttons for any legacy ULP or SCR script
- Bulk add attribute to components
- Bulk delete an attribute from components
- Bulk rename attribute of components
- Bulk copy attributes between components
- ToDo list with links to schematic elements
- Production checklist with global checklist items and board specific completed states
3D package editor
- Snap 3D model to PCB surface
- Center 3D model feature to footprint feature
- Symmetric alignment of 3d features to footprint features
Library editor
- Add UI buttons for any legacy ULP or SCR script
If you want to learn more about how to use this add-on, please see our tutorial.
This is an open-source project available on GitHub. Please consult our guide on how to contribute.
If you like this project, please write a review below and give us a star on GitHub.
For bug reports, please use the GitHub issue tracker.
Details
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
What else should I know about this product?
This is an open-source project and all contributions are welcome! Please consult our guide if you want to help maintain/develop this add-in.
Option 1
Download the installer from the Autodesk App Store and follow the on-screen instructions
Option 2
Clone the GitHub repository to any folder on your machine, then on one of the Electronics workspaces in Fusion, open the "Utilities" ribbon > "ADD-INS" button > "+" button on the top of the dialog > "Script or add-in from device" menu
Are there any known issues with this product?
The add-on has only been tested on Windows. All implementation is OS-agnostic using OS independent languages and should therefore work on Mac, though.
Is there additional support information provided?
There is a tutorial available on YouTube.
For bug reports, please use our issue tracker.
Found an issue?