Speed up your time to market

Autodesk Fusion is the end-to-end product development solution for consumer products. With our Avnet partnership, you can accelerate your electronics design faster than ever.

Go to market faster with the Avnet App for Autodesk Fusion

Autodesk Fusion is the market's first and only cloud product development platform that seamlessly integrates design, engineering, and electronics workflows.

The Avnet App for Autodesk Fusion provides electronics engineers direct access to critical resources, streamlines the design process, and optimizes the supply chain.

Transform your design workflow

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Jump-start designs workflow

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Download extensive designs

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Optimize your BOM

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Search components pricing and availability

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Project cost analysis

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Streamline supply chain and logistics

Less manual design, more saved time

Access the Avnet library

Enhance your project efficiency with readily accessible reference schematics that can be integrated directly into your Fusion projects or existing designs.

 

Analyze your project costs

Optimize your Bill of Materials (BOM) effortlessly. Evaluate components based on price, lead time, and a sophisticated TOPSIS decision-making algorithm. 

 

Assess your supply chain

Quickly identify the highest cost parts, understand which items may impact project timelines, and visualize how sourcing from different countries affects overall costs. 

 

Don't have Fusion? Try it today.

Try Autodesk Fusion for free with a 30-day trial. Access all capabilities and features with integrated CAD, CAM, CAE, PCB, and PDM software.

Unlock your full potential with Autodesk Fusion and Avnet

Cloud-based 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software for product design


Optimize part design and performance with unlimited cloud solves for generative design, FEA, electronic cooling, injection molding, and more.


Optimize PCB design electromagnetic performance by controlling the impedance of every critical transmission line.


Innovate faster than ever with Avnet and Autodesk

Leverage over 100 years of value with Avnet

As a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, Avnet has served customers’ evolving needs for more than a century. Avnet supports customers at each stage of a product’s lifecycle, from idea to design and from prototype to production. Avnet's unique position at the center of the technology value chain enables the acceleration of the design and supply stages of product development so customers can realize revenue faster. Decade after decade, Avnet helps its customers and suppliers around the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology.

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Design your products with Autodesk and Avnet

Over a century of expertise and insights from Avnet are available within Autodesk Fusion, enabling you to enhance your design capabilities, from conceptualization to manufacturing. Leverage the Avnet add-in for Fusion to access an extensive repository of component manufacturers' reference designs, detailed component specification sheets, pricing information, and precise order lead times.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion add parts to the library?

Yes, you can search Avnet utilizing the Avnet Tools via the Library dropdown-Avnet Part Search using either a part number or a component value; this will return a list of comparable parts with their attributes, at which point you can select components and a new compare window opens with your selected components for you to review.  

Can the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion add reference designs?

Avnet will be adding reference designs on a continuing basis to the library as we validate them. You can save your current design(s) that you have created, but they are not added to the Reference Library automatically. You will have a means to post them to our communities,  Hackster and Element14 if you wish to share them with others.  

Can the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion optimize my quote?

Yes, you can optimize your quote by Price, Leadtime, Price trend, Leadtime Trend or Market Usage Trend. This can be done using the “sliders” in the User-defined Criteria.

  1. Click on the "Cost & Availability Analysis" dropdown for optimization options.
  2. A dropdown box appears. Move the slider to fit your Parts requirements and click "Optimize."
  3. A list of alternative Parts appears with score improvements data.
  4. Select individual Parts to optimize and click “Update Parts.”
  5. The Parts update in the Matched Parts list.
  6. Adjust the sliders and click "Optimize" to see a new list of alternatives and a newer updated Matched Parts list based on the new requirements.

Can the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion provide me total pricing on my parts?

Yes. In the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion, click on the "Cost & Availability" tab to view price charts. Then, to order Prototype Components, click on "Matched Parts," then select the "Project Actions" dropdown, and then "Order Prototype Components."

What formats can I export from the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion?

The Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion utilizes both .sch and .brd files.

How do I share the Bill of Materials in the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion?

You will see a Radio button that is titled Save/Share within the Part Library Search. You will have the option in the dropdown menu to select the Save format in either .XLSX or .CSV, whichever you prefer, and you can share the BOM via email.

How much does the Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion cost?

The Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion is free! 

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Do you still have questions?

Are you trying to learn if a project is feasible before you invest too much time in your design?

 

Are you developing a product but sensitive to the costs of your electronics components?

 

Are you taking a product to market, and you need competitive edge? 

 

Contact a member of our team today.