Autodesk Forge PDF Viewer and Measuring - autodesk-forge

Question

I am working on an app that needs to calculate measures like areas and length etc. Lucky today by using Autodesk Forge viewer we can do that. I had looked into this blog post [enter link description here][1]
and as well to the docs [enter link description here][2]
[1]: https://aps.autodesk.com/blog/fast-pdf-viewingmarkup-inside-forge-viewer
[2]: https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/viewer/v7/reference/Extensions/MeasureExtension/
I am looking for a way to insert the measure values into my database, where I can view it again when I want or reload the page (not lose it) similarly with Markup with callouts and text.
Lastly, I am wondering about how much does it costs to translate the pdfs files using Forge?
thanks

Answer 1

You can retrieve the array with objects related with the measurements done with the line:
NOP_VIEWER.getExtension('Autodesk.Measure').measureTool.getMeasurementList()
You can store the result in your DB, together with viewstate and additional info such as urn and viewable guide.
To restore it, you can first activate the tool
NOP_VIEWER.getExtension('Autodesk.Measure').activate()
Then set the measurement list using the values you read from the DB
NOP_VIEWER.getExtension('Autodesk.Measure').measureTool.setMeasurements(listMeasurements)
Where listMeasurements will be something like:
var listMeasurements = [
{
angle: "0.0 °",
arc: "0.0 mm",
area: "0.0 mm²",
deltaX: "1569.7 mm",
deltaY: "6463.7 mm",
deltaZ: "162.0 mm",
distance: "6653.6 mm",
from: "Vertex",
location: "X: 0.0 mm\nY: 0.0 mm\nZ: 0.0 mm",
picks: [
{intersection: {x:43.5168342590332,y:-60.37924575805664,z: 8.858267784118652}, modelId: 2, viewportIndex2d: null, snapNode: 2587},
{intersection: {x: 38.367037573210276,y: -39.17272345572108,z: 8.32677173614502}, modelId: 2, viewportIndex2d: null, snapNode: 3521}
],
precision: 1,
text: "",
to: "Vertex",
type: "Distance",
unitType: "mm"
}
]
Now, you can deactivate it with one line of code
NOP_VIEWER.getExtension('Autodesk.Measure').deactivate()
Instead of using NOP_VIEWER, refer to your viewer instance through the variable defined in your code