Toggle Bodies Add-In for Autodesk® Fusion®

The Toggle Bodies add-in for Fusion is a user-friendly tool designed to simplify visibility management in assemblies, boosting productivity for designers and engineers. It enables seamless toggling of body visibility across the entire component hierarchy within the active component or full assembly, making it ideal for both simple and complex designs in Fusion.

Key Features

1. Hierarchical Visibility Control:
   • Toggle Bodies allows users to toggle the visibility of all bodies in components and subcomponents with a single command. If any body is hidden, the add-in makes all bodies visible; if all are visible, it hides them. This streamlines workflows by eliminating manual visibility adjustments in the browser.
2. Non-Linked Component Support:
   • For non-linked (local) components, Toggle Bodies directly toggles the visibility of "Bodies" folders and individual bodies, ensuring intuitive control over local designs.
3. Robust Hierarchical Detection:
   • The add-in accurately detects body visibility across nested component hierarchies using Fusion’s API, ensuring reliable visibility assessment.
4. User-Friendly UI Feedback:
   • When visibility issues occur, such as bodies in externally referenced components remaining hidden, Toggle Bodies displays clear UI warnings (e.g., "Due to a Fusion API limitation, we were unable to update the visibility of the component '[name]'..."). These guide users to manually adjust visibility in the browser, enhancing usability.
5. Stable and Efficient:
   • Built with robust error handling, the add-in ensures stability during visibility detection and toggling, maintaining a smooth user experience even in complex assemblies.

Use Cases

• Design Reviews: Toggle visibility to focus on specific parts of an assembly quickly.
• Complex Assemblies: Manage visibility in multi-level component hierarchies with ease.
• Prototyping: Adjust visibility during iterative design to highlight relevant features.

Limitations

• For externally referenced components, Fusion’s API limits direct folder visibility toggling. Toggle Bodies mitigates this with UI warnings, prompting manual adjustments or workarounds like editing source designs.

 

Summary

• Toggle Bodies is a must-have add-in for Fusion users, offering efficient hierarchical visibility control for bodies and non-linked components. Its intuitive design and clear feedback make it essential for optimizing design workflows.