AutoScreenshot is a plugin for Autodesk Fusion 360 that automatically captures screenshots of your project over time. It's ideal for documenting your workflow, creating time-lapse videos, or reviewing your design progress.
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📷 Four capture modes:
- Fusion API-based — Uses Fusion's internal
viewport.saveAsImage()(may cause the viewcube to freeze). - GDI capture with UI — Captures the entire Fusion window including interface elements.
- GDI capture without UI — Captures only the modeling area.
- GDI square no-UI — Captures a square portion of the modeling area, ideal for social media content.
- Fusion API-based — Uses Fusion's internal
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⏸ Automatic pause and resume:
- Capture pauses automatically when Fusion is minimized or when you switch to another document.
- It resumes automatically when the original document is reactivated.
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📁 File naming and ordering:
- Screenshots are saved with filenames based on the current date and time, ensuring alphabetical order.
- This approach:
- Prevents duplicate files during multiple capture sessions.
- Maintains an ordered sequence for time-lapse creation.
- Facilitates manual editing or trimming before merging.
- ⚠ Important: Renaming the files manually is discouraged — tools like
ffmpegrely on the alphabetical order of filenames to merge frames correctly into a video.
Addin Icon location |
Pre-Capture settings |
Capture alert (yellow if paused) |
Stop capture screen |
- Download the entire zip folder of the package
- go to (Win + r, then paste and hit enter):
text %APPDATA%\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns - Extract the package in the folder and delete the -main suffix from the dirname; so the manifest.json is in "%APPDATA%\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns\Autoscreenshots\manifest.json"
- Reload Fusion360
You can now use AutoScreenshots from Fusion360 panels, in Tools-> Addins
- Open your saved project in Fusion 360.
- Launch the add-in from the Tools > Add-Ins panel.
- Click Capture to start screenshot recording.
- When you're done, re-open the command panel and click Stop to end the session.
Captured images will be stored in the User Images folder inside the Fusion360 Autoscreenshots directory.
- Download FFmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html.
- Extract the zip to
C:\ffmpeg. - Add
C:\ffmpeg\binto your systemPATH:
- Press Win + R, type sysdm.cpl, and press Enter.
- Go to Advanced > Environment Variables.
- Under System variables, find Path, click Edit, then New, and add:
C:\ffmpeg\bin
- Click OK and restart the terminal or your PC.
You can now use ffmpeg from any terminal or inside the Fusion360 Addin.
- Fusion's internal screenshot function may cause the viewcube to freeze. For consistent results, prefer GDI capture modes.
- Screenshots are saved in the background without affecting your design process.
- The plugin automatically handles pauses and resumes based on Fusion's window state and active document.
- Files are not managed, so YOU NEED TO DELETE IT once done, they are stored into Users Image folder, under Fusion360 AutoScreenshots directory.
Personal use only
The demo version includes only one capture mode (it's the worst due to the rotation cube block) and is provided for evaluation purposes.
- You switch projects in Fusion and then return.
- You minimize Fusion and later bring it back to focus.
These limitations are removed in the full version.
Unlock the full potential of this tool for just €20.
✅ All capture modes
✅ Automatic resume after app/project focus changes
✅ Support and updates included
💳 Pay via PayPal:
📬 For any questions or to receive the full version after payment, contact me on Telegram: [@ w a v e l o v 3 r]
Developed for designers and engineers who want to document their 3D workflows.