Fusion 360 extensions are not add-ins or add-ons. Fusion 360 extensions allow you to unlock advanced manufacturing capabilities and enhanced workflows tailored to your business needs.
What is a Fusion 360 extension?
Extensions allow you to unlock advanced design and manufacturing technologies in Fusion 360.
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Gain access to capabilities such as complex machining strategies, generative design and additive manufacturing workflows.
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Customise your experience to align with project timelines through monthly and annual subscription options.
Fusion 360 extensions overview (video: 1.14 min.)
Extend your platform
Eliminate disconnected tools and wasteful overhead by optimising workflows on one platform.
Simplify your manufacturing process
Reduce time to market with automated operations and optimised workflows across teams.
Make innovating easier
Cut non-value-add processes and enhance collaboration for easier development of products.
Fusion 360 extensions
Add extensions with flexible subscription options to fit your project budget.
Simulation Extension
Get unlimited access to cloud solves. Use structural, thermal, explicit and injection moulding simulations.
Generative Design Extension
Explore unlimited generative designs. Optimise for specific materials and manufacturing techniques.
Machining Extension
Advanced manufacturing tools, include 3 to 5-axis strategies, toolpath optimisation and process automation.
Nesting & Fabrication Extension
Create optimised and associative multi-sheet layouts for sheet metal and non-sheet metal parts automation.
Product Design Extension
Easily create complex geometry to enhance the performance and aesthetics of your products.
Manage Extension
Execute change orders, release management, automated part numbering and bill of materials management.
Additive Build Extension
Manufacture metal parts using powder bed fusion to reduce material wastage and cost.
Talk to an expert about extensions
Unlock advanced capabilities and enhanced workflows with Fusion 360 extensions. Connect with an expert to see how extensions can be tailored to your business needs.
Speak to a Fusion 360 expert: +1 833 843 3437
Fusion 360 extensions FAQs
A 7-day, free trial is available for some extensions. If new to Fusion 360, click here to download a free trial. Once you’re in Fusion 360, follow these instructions:
- Click the Extensions icon in the top-right corner of the application bar
- Select the extension you would like to trial from the list of extensions
- From the Access Options drop-down in the top-right corner, select Start 7-day free trial and click Purchase, which will begin your trial for free
Fusion 360 extensions come with flexible payment terms, including monthly and annual subscriptions, as well as cloud credit options. A Fusion 360 subscription is required in order to access all Fusion 360 extensions.
The Fusion 360 Machining Extension allows you to extend the core CAM capabilities of Fusion 360 with access to advanced manufacturing technologies including 3- and 5-axis machining strategies, toolpath optimisation and process automation.
The Fusion 360 Generative Design Extension allows you to quickly explore high-performing design alternatives based upon performance requirements and material, cost and manufacturing constraints.
The Fusion 360 Nesting & Fabrication Extension unlocks advanced nesting and fabrication capabilities in Fusion 360 to create optimised and associative multi-sheet layouts for sheet metal and non-sheet metal parts in preparation for cutting on CNC machines.
The Fusion 360 Additive Build Extension allows you to unlock additional additive manufacturing technologies in Fusion 360 using powder bed machinery to produce lighter, stronger, better performing parts, while reducing material waste and cost.
The Fusion 360 Manage Extension offers access to extended data management functionality for engineering change orders, release management, automated part numbering and more.
The Fusion 360 Product Design Extension unlocks access to advanced 3D design and modelling tools that simplify the product development process and enable an automated approach to creating complex product designs.
The Fusion 360 Simulation Extension is a set of simulation study types to help you to investigate the feasibility of manufacturing your 3D design. Understand how it may perform under real-life conditions before manufacturing anything. Analyse the performance and manufacturability of your 3D models to ensure that they will meet the demands of real world situations with structural, thermal and explicit simulation tools. The Simulation Extension includes injection moulding simulation studies to help you to gain plastic injection moulding manufacturing insights.
With a subscription to Fusion 360 software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software Licence Agreement for more information.
Launch your trial software and click Subscribe Now on the trial screen or buy Fusion 360 here. When buying your subscription, enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial. Learn more about converting a trial to a paid subscription.
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