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NOTE: This is a proof of concept.

RedDimension is an Autodesk® Fusion 360™ add-in that changes the sketch dimensions color to be red.

As Fusion 360™ reads the file settings before the add-in can run, the changes will not have any effect until Fusion 360™ is restarted.

The add-in changes the color in all installed versions of Fusion 360™ that it can find. This hopefully makes the change apply to new versions of Fusion 360™ automatically, when you close the previous version of Fusion 360™.

Installation

Download the add-in from the Releases page.

Unpack it into API\AddIns (see How to install an add-in or script in Fusion 360).

Make sure the directory is named RedDimensions, with no suffix.

Usage

Just install the add-in. It will update the settings file automatically when you restart Fusion 360™.

The add-in can be temporarily disabled using the Scripts and Add-ins dialog. Press Shift+S in Fusion 360™ and go to the Add-Ins tab.

How do I change the colors back?

There is currently no built-in function to do this.

Open %localappdata%\Autodesk\webdeploy\production in Explorer. Then search for the file Photobooth.xml. The file residing in the directory Photobooth should be changed as follows:

From: <SketchDimensionColor ARGB="1 1 0 0" />

To: <SketchDimensionColor ARGB="1 0 0 0" />

Known Limitations

This is a proof of concept and is barely tested.

Author

This add-in is created by Thomas Axelsson.

I did not come up with the idea on how change the dimension color.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE.

Changelog

  • v 0.0.1
    • Initial release

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