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Also, sometimes you had to use a different
application on each computer. Often it was
just easier to go and ask people when they
were having coffee…”
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The World Wide Web
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Forge - DevCon 2016: Free your design data
The document discusses the evolution of accessing design data, highlighting the challenges faced in the past with different software and systems. It introduces the Model Derivative API for design data extraction and translation, detailing various endpoints for obtaining model hierarchies, properties, and metadata. It encourages developers to utilize Autodesk's Forge platform for modern design data management and integration.
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- 1. Shiya Luo (@ShiyaLuo)& Adam Nagy (@AdamTheNagy) Developer Advocates Free your design data
- 2. © 2016 Autodesk Follow:@AutodeskForge Follow the conference: #ForgeDevCon
- 3. The World WideWeb © 2016 Autodesk
- 4. © 2016 Autodesk SirTim Berners-Lee
- 5. “In those days[1980’s], there was different information on different computers, but you had to log on to different computers to get at it. Also, sometimes you had to learn a different program on each computer. Often it was just easier to go and ask people when they were having coffee…” Sir Tim Berners-Lee The World Wide Web © 2016 Autodesk
- 6. “In those days[2000’s], there was different design data on different computers, but you had to use different computers to get at it. Also, sometimes you had to use a different application on each computer. Often it was just easier to go and ask people when they were having coffee…” Adam Nagy The World Wide Web © 2016 Autodesk
- 7. Design data © 2016Autodesk
- 8. © 2016 Autodesk©2016 Autodesk 1) You need to install the design software 2) You need to install “the” viewer 3) Just use Viewer from a web browser Evolution of design access © 2016 Autodesk
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- 10. Design is notjust geometry © 2016 Autodesk
- 11. Model Derivative API = DesignData Extraction & Translation © 2016 Autodesk
- 13. 1) Get hierarchyof the model 2) Get geometry and properties from any of the components 3) Get translations of the model Model Derivative API © 2016 Autodesk
- 14. IFTTT (IF ThisThen That), Zapier, etc © 2016 Autodesk
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- 18. POST a translationjob POST /modelderivative/v2/d esigndata/job Register the file through translation © 2016 Autodesk
- 19. © 2016 Autodesk In the past we relied on the client-side to retrieve data from models. Server-side available now. New features with the server side APIs © 2016 Autodesk
- 20. © 2016 Autodesk Viewing/Data extraction: 60+ file formats OBJ: any supported format at component level STEP, IGES, STL: only specific file types and only at file level Translation © 2016 Autodesk
- 21. GET Manifest GET /modelderivative/ v2/ designdata/ {urn}/ manifest urnof output formats (Derivative urns) status for requested output types © 2016 Autodesk
- 22. GET Metadata GET /modelderivative/ v2/designdata/ {urn}/ metadata Metadata:organization of views within model Revit: display different views Fusion: root model © 2016 Autodesk
- 23. GET Hierarchy GET /modelderivative/ v2/ designdata/ {urn}/ metadata/ {guid} Getobject tree for specified metadata guid © 2016 Autodesk
- 24. GET properties GET /modelderivative/ v2/ designdata/{urn}/ metadata/{guid}/ properties Getthe properties of a file through REST API In the past, you needed to instantiate a viewer instance or parse the svf file in order to have access to those information © 2016 Autodesk
- 25. GET thumbnail GET modelderivative/ v2/ designdata/{urn}/ thumbnail? width=$WIDTH$ & height=$HEIGHT$ What if you just want to get the thumbnail of a model? © 2016 Autodesk
- 27. © 2016 Autodesk GetStarted! developer.autodesk.com forge.autodesk.com @AutodeskForge facebook.com/adskForge
Editor's Notes
- #4 Let’s start with a tiny bit of history lesson Does any of you know the beginning of the World Wide Web? How it came about?
- #5 So, back in the 1980’s Sir Tim Berners-Lee was working at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland) where many scientists were working on their research. They all had their own computers and own applications to help them, which is OK, but when it came to sharing the results they gathered, they ran into a problem. They faced the issue of data being locked up in different systems. Sir Tim said… (next slide)
- #6 How people could got access to data depended on: the computer the data was on and what application they were using. So he introduced a protocol to make communication possible between computers, a client and a server, through Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) – the system that drives the internet, that thing we now could not live without.
- #7 In the design world it would look like this
- #9 Design sharing went through a couple of steps… In the past you needed the specific design software even just to have a look at the model or you could export the file to a more generic format and lose some of the information, sometimes all the meta data inside the model Then file specific viewers were introduced, DWG Viewer, Inventor Viewer, etc (with ADR/Autodesk Design Review you could view in a browser but needed to install an ActiveX component, and only worked in IE) – but then you still needed to install something on your computer As design is going more and more agile, where you have to be in direct contact with your customers, the end users of your product, enabling them to view the models early on and make comments and suggestions that will influence the final product, these previous solutions start to fail. Now with Forge you can get geometric and meta data out of any file and access it from any browser on any device
- #10 (show the viewer with all the data being accessible, hierarchy, properties, etc)
- #11 As you’ve seen with the Viewer, design is not just geometry but lots of other information as well. Design also defines the materials you choose, the hierarchy between the components, the manufacturing option of each part, the surface finish to use on the faces, the parameters driving the model, and so on. You might also need to access some of this data programmatically from an application or a service, to integrate all the various components of your design process, without a viewer popping up along the way.
- #12 And that’s what the Model Derivative API can help you with. All the information you’ve seen in the viewer’s property and hierarchy windows were provided by this service.
- #14 What was again all the info that the viewer pulled from this service? The hierarchy of the model, all the geometric and meta data of the model. And it can also translate the model into various export formats: STL, STEP, IGES, OBJ, etc (point out that more are coming)
- #15 In case you are familiar with IFTTT, Zapier or similar solutions which allow you to connect multiple services together to form a complete workflow – well our services can be used like that. They are like lego pieces from which you can choose the ones you need and build something cool from them.
- #16 The services inside Forge can be
- #17 The services inside Forge can be
- #18 http://modelderivative.herokuapp.com
- #19 { "input": { "urn":"dXJu...56aXA“ }, "output": { "destination": { "region": "us” }, "formats": [{ "type": "svf", "views":["2d","3d"] }] } }
- #21 There are 50+ formats supported for viewing and data extraction, and many of them are also available for export. OBJ export is possible even at component level so you can pick and choose the components to export, while STEP, IGES and STL can only be done for the whole file – and currently not available for many design file formats.