{"id":453484,"date":"2026-02-28T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-export-an-ansys-discovery-optimized-shape-to-fusion-360\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:04:54","slug":"how-do-i-export-an-ansys-discovery-optimized-shape-to-fusion-360","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-export-an-ansys-discovery-optimized-shape-to-fusion-360\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I export an ANSYS Discovery optimized shape to Fusion 360?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I&rsquo;m on a student account and use Fusion 360 as my CAD software of choice. I&rsquo;ve used Ansys Discovery&rsquo;s topology optimization to improve the strength and weight of a part, but I&rsquo;m struggling to export the file to Fusion. In my export workflow (\u2630 &rarr; &ldquo;Save As&rdquo;), the only option available is a Discovery file, but I need to export it as a STEP or STL file. Is there any way to do that?<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/28-02-2026-1772298264-Screenshot 2026-02-28 090016.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/28-02-2026-1772298231-Screenshot 2026-02-28 090053.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"Screenshot 2026-02-28 090016.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-453484","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-export","topic-tag-export-data","topic-tag-export-file","topic-tag-exportmesh-1","topic-tag-export-result","topic-tag-exporting","topic-tag-exporting-data-1","topic-tag-mesh-export"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_topic_id":["453484"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2600:8802:6a03:a00:d992:471c:6f7b:efc9"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["453490"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["453490"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-03-01 02:09:49"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["657691","240"],"_btv_view_count":["221"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_bbp_subscription":["240"]},"test":"tffffgvbgmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/453484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/453484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}