Please let me know how to view the Revit file in my local environment in the Forge Viewer without doing any file upload to the cloud.
Also the Link "Prepared a File for the Viewer" it is not working.
This is unfortunately not possible - Forge is a Cloud service only API platform. You need to upload your files to the platform to extract the data, and then visualise it. Here is a quick and complete tutorial.
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I was wondering, the dwg files are hosted on my server, to use the viewer API do I need to upload it to forge platform then I can use the viewer API?
if yes is there API or otherways to upload the files to the platform I do not want to do it manually
if no this means it's ok I can use the viewer on the files on my server
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In order to show any model (other than PDF) in the Viewer, you need to get it translated to SVF, which is the Viewer's format. This translation can only be done on our servers, so the file needs to be there at least while the translation is running.
https://forge.autodesk.com/blog/showing-files-viewer
We have a nice tutorial on how this can be done: https://learnforge.autodesk.io/#/tutorials/viewmodels
Background: I have a simple integration (Client App) using the Forge API that can: create a bucket, upload a .dwg file to the object storage service, translate the file (and get translation status), query the files in a bucket, and open any of the files in the bucket in the Viewer. I'm now researching the possibility to pull files that are made/modified from the AutoCAD Web & Mobile App (https://web.autocad.com/) (aka the Web App) via the forge API. Is this possible?
Usecase: We want some personnel to be able to modify the underlying files, whereas others just need to view it from an existing application integrated through forge. The idea would be the engineers would modify the file in the Web App, and then from the Client App using the forge API, I want to query to see if the base file has been updated since the last time it was translated for the viewer. If newer, re-translate the file and view it. If not, just view it.
Attempts: I assumed the files would be in a project in a hub in the /project/v1/hubs/ in the data management API of Forge, but I'm getting a response of "You don't have permission to access this API". I am in the trial version of forge, so that may be the issue. And the Web App is currently "free for everyone for an extended period." Is it possible that I just need to purchase one of the subscriptions to be able to access the files I have on the web app? Or am I looking in the entirely wrong place?
So, concisely, here are the questions:
Are files that are saved on https://web.autocad.com/ accessible via the Forge API? How, if yes?
If yes to #1, do these files need to be converted using the Forge API to be render-able in the Viewer?
Thank you for your time and help!
I would say, it's a pretty cool idea and workflow, but unfortunately, AFAIK, we don't have direct access to file on https://web.autocad.com/ by Forge API currently, only data within Autodesk SAAS applications include BIM 360 Team, Fusion Team (formerly known as A360 Team), BIM 360 Docs, A360 Personal could be accessed directly, refer https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/data/v2/developers_guide/overview/, But some ideas:
I am not expert on https://web.autocad.com, but I know it provides the connection to cloud storage including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive, depends on which cloud storage you are using, you should pick the corresponding API to access the file, and maybe check if the file is changed, all of that is nothing to do with Forge, but the cloud storage.
If you can check the file version with the API from cloud storage provider, then you should be able to exchange the file between the cloud storage and Autodesk OSS(check sample https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/bim360appstore-data.management-nodejs-transfer.storage ), you can use the Forge to translate and view files on Autodesk OSS.
I have around 200 .dxf files on my server. I would like to integrate the autodesk-forge viewer so that people coming to my website can view the drawings? I do not see any example as such online which can help me in that? Do you guys have any examples which can assist me in this?
I do not want to upload the files on the cloud and use the embed link rather I just want to use the viewer api and pass my .dxf files from my server to view those on my website.
Any help will be highly appreciated?
I am afraid this is not possible, the Autodesk Forge Viewer requires you to upload the file on the Autodesk storage and use the Model Derivative API to prepare your DXF files to be viewed in the Viewer. You do not need to keep the DXF on the Autodesk storage after the process, but this is a required step.
If you follow this tutorial, you will be able to see you DXF files onlines. All resources are protected, but if you want to delete the seed file (aka the DXF file), you need to call this endpoint at the end of the tutorial steps.
I am using java SDK from autodesk forge
I am able to upload the .rvt file to the bucket.
What I am looking for is to download the converted bubble in .zip format (using java SKD).
Thanks.
The SDK itself, and the Forge API does not have an endpoint to do this. You need to parse the manifest, and download each item individually. An example written in Node.js is provided here: https://github.com/cyrillef/extract.autodesk.io, and the live demo here: https://extract.autodesk.io/. In future the endpoint might be added, but I do not know when it might be.
I just tried some of the Forge boilerplates on Github.
Some examples asked me to login to BIM 360 to fetch some model data. I was wondering if it would be possible to load the (Revit) models from Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive, or even upload them from the local storage?
PS: Forge is awesome, kudos to Forge Team!
We have multiple examples that illustrate how to integrate Forge with cloud storage providers under the same github org:model.derivative-nodejs-box.viewer, data.management-nodejs-integration.box, model.derivative-nodejs-google.drive.viewer
The point of using 3-legged API is precisely to let your app access customer data that is already hosted on Autodesk Cloud. If you want use a storage mechanism that is specific to your app, then you need to use 2-legged Object Storage Service, see Create an App-Managed Bucket and Upload a File
In order to fire a translation on a CAD file, you have to upload your data to Autodesk Cloud first, you can then load it from there in the viewer. However you could also download the svf package using the API and then serve those as static resources from your own server. Take a look at this sample for more info: extract.autodesk.io.
Hope that helps