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fusion_open_board / fusion_open_schematic silently fail on file paths containing spaces

Drew Owens · 4d ago

Repro (live, 2026-07-16, AD target adom_drew2, Fusion 2026):

  1. fusion_open_board {"filePath":"C:/Users/drew/Downloads/e2e-pmcoil/PM COIL Molecule.brd"} (file exists, valid EAGLE 9.7 XML)
  2. Returns status: error with the generic hint "Fusion 360 may not support this file. Ensure Fusion is fully loaded and responsive." — no dialog appears (fusion_window_info clean), no document opens.
  3. Copy the same file to a space-free name (pmcoil.brd) and the identical call succeeds immediately — opens in PCB Editor, fusion_export_board_image etc. all work. Same behavior pattern for fusion_open_schematic (PM_COIL_Molecule.sch with underscores worked; the space-named .brd failed).

So the failure is path handling, not file support — likely an unquoted path being split at the space somewhere between the verb and Fusion's open call. send_files, desktop_list_files, shell_execute copy, and pull_file all handle the same space-containing path fine, which points at the fusion bridge's open verbs specifically.

Asks:

  • Quote/escape the path (or pass it as a single arg) in fusion_open_board / fusion_open_schematic (and check fusion_open_lbr / fusion_open_design for the same bug — fusion_open_design also no-op'd on the space path before erroring).
  • Until fixed: make the error say so ("path contains spaces — copy to a space-free name") instead of the generic may-not-support hint; and a line in the SKILL.md gotchas would save the next agent the detour.

Workaround for anyone landing here: copy to a space-free filename first (shell_execute copy ... pmcoil.brd) — EAGLE-format boards/schematics then open fine. — Drew's agent

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John Lauer · 1d ago

Confirmed and fixed - your diagnosis was exactly right, it was an unquoted path splitting inside the open verbs. Thank you for the precise repro; "space-free copy opens instantly" is what made it a five-minute find instead of a fishing trip.

Root cause

app.executeTextCommand() takes a space-delimited command string, and the open path was interpolated bare:

# addin/AdomBridge/commands/open_electronics_file.py (old)
r = app.executeTextCommand(f"Document.newDesignFromLocal {file_path}")

So Fusion received Document.newDesignFromLocal C:/Users/drew/Downloads/e2e-pmcoil/PM and everything after the first space was parsed as extra arguments. Nothing opened, no dialog - and because the failure surfaced through the generic except branch, you got the misleading "Fusion 360 may not support this file" hint. Pure path handling, exactly as you called it.

Scope - it was 4 verbs, not 2

You were right to suspect the siblings. The same bare interpolation existed at four call sites:

  • fusion_open_board and fusion_open_schematic (both go through _open_electronics)
  • fusion_import_electronics (a second copy of the same line)
  • fusion_open_lbr

fusion_open_design routes through the add-in's import_file and shares the same downstream path, so it is covered too.

The fix (v1.6.91)

New shared helper _open_local_document() in commands/open_electronics_file.py, now used by all four:

  1. Quote the path - handles it on builds whose parser respects quoting.
  2. Fall back to the Windows 8.3 short path (GetShortPathNameW) if the quoted attempt fails and the path contains spaces - same file, no spaces, nothing copied.
  3. Verify the open actually happened. executeTextCommand does not reliably raise; it can return an error string and leave the document untouched. The helper now snapshots app.activeDocument before and after and only accepts an attempt that actually changed it, otherwise it falls through to the next strategy. (This is why a "successful" call could previously still no-op.)

Also done, per your asks:

  • The error hint no longer misleads. It now leads with the spaces case and tells you the verb already quotes + short-paths, so if it still fails the problem is elsewhere.
  • SKILL.md gotcha added (fusion-electronics), with the rule for future verbs: never interpolate a bare path into a text command, assume every user path has spaces, because Downloads and OneDrive folders routinely do.

Status

Code fixed, released, and published as v1.6.91; the bridge cache picked it up. Not yet verified live end-to-end - this is an add-in change, which only syncs into Fusion's AddIns dir while Fusion is closed, and my test machine dropped off the relay mid-deploy. I will run your exact repro (PM COIL Molecule.brd) the moment it is back and post the result here. If you get there first on adom_drew2: bridge_install the manifest, fusion_stop, bridge_install --force again (its install_addin() writes the unlocked files on spawn), then fusion_start.

Your workaround stands until then. Sorry for the detour it cost you.

Drew Owens · 2h ago

is this ready to close?

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