Add CFD 2019 or 2021 to Fusion 360

Issue:

The CFD 2019 or CFD 2021 Add-In icons are missing in Fusion 360 after installing CFD Premium or Ultimate.

In the Simulation workspace when simplifying a model, the Tools ribbon doesn’t show and/or the CFD 2019/2021 icons are missing.

The Tools Ribbon should show here after Simplify Solid and Simplify Surface:

The Tools Ribbon and the CFD 2019 or CFD 2021 icons are missing:

Causes:

The CFD Add-In isn’t automatically loading into Fusion 360 and needs to be added manually.

The installer files don’t always get created and need to be added by the user.

Fusion 360 Add-ins or scripts can be added, run, or stopped using the Scripts and Add-Ins command.

Note: The Tools Ribbon with the Simulate in CFD icons will only display in a model with geometry.

Solution:

Copy the CFD CAD Connection Add-Ins files to Fusion 360

CFD 2019

Copy the contents of the Fusion add-in launcher folder in the CFD 2019 installation location:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk\CFD 2019\Launchers\Fusion

To your Fusion 360 AddIns folder:

Note: for clarity I created a CFD 2019 folder to store the CFD 2019 Add-In files in

• C:\Users\YOU_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns

CFD 2021

Copy the contents of the Fusion add-in launcher folder in the CFD 2021 installation location in:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk\CFD 2021\Launchers\Fusion

To your Fusion 360 AddIns folder:

Note: for clarity I created a CFD 2021 folder to store the CFD 2021 Add-In files in

• C:\Users\YOU_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns

Add the CFD 2019 or 2021 add-in under Scripts and Add-Ins:

In Fusion 360 go to the Tools ribbon, Add-Ins panel and select Script and Add-Ons:

CFD 2019

• Select the  ‘Click on + to add existing script’ button.

• Browse to your Fusion 360 Add-Ins folder and select the CFD_2019  folder in:
  • C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns\CFD2019\CFD_Fusion360.bundle\CFD_2019

CFD 2021

• Select the   ‘Click in + to add existing script’ button.

• Browse to your Fusion 360 Add-Ins folder and select the CFD_Fusion360.bundle folder in :
  • C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns\CFD2021\CFD_Fusion360.bundle\​

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• Select Run to load the Add-In right-away.
• Leave the ‘Run on Startup’ option to load the Add-In every time you launch Fusion 360

Autodesk reference: How to install an Add-In in Fusion 360

About the Author

Manufacturing Technical Support Specialist<br><br>Joanna has over eight years of experience working with Autodesk products. She started supporting core AutoCAD and network installations of all Autodesk products. She now has five years of experience with Inventor. <br> She graduated from Mechanical Engineering and has been providing solutions to clients and dedicating her knowledge to the Solution Center since then.

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