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jeb027
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404 - File not found

Hello,

I'm sorry this is going to be a very elementary question for most of you. I am a new web developer that has been asked to incorporate Autodesk Freewheel into my client's website. I do not know much about Inventor and how it all works but I have someone there who does.
He has published a drawing to a DWFx file in our web directory.
I have used the code given on the Autodesk developers page to display it in Freewheel. The Freewheel framework shows up no problem but it doesnt seem to be able to find the DWFx file.
I asked him about DRM and he doesn't think that the file is protected.
I also checked the MIME types on the server and DWF is listed.
I have read over and over that the DWFx file has to have a public URL. As far as I can tell, it does. So I am asking...what have I missed? There seems to be something lost in translation here and it doesn't help that I don't really know much about the Autodesk products.
I am trying to get one file working and then once I do, I can attempt the thumbnail code for several files.
Please help.
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Message 2 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

What is the URL to the DWFx file?

wrote in message news:6343732@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hello,

I'm sorry this is going to be a very elementary question for most of you. I
am a new web developer that has been asked to incorporate Autodesk Freewheel
into my client's website. I do not know much about Inventor and how it all
works but I have someone there who does.
He has published a drawing to a DWFx file in our web directory.
I have used the code given on the Autodesk developers page to display it in
Freewheel. The Freewheel framework shows up no problem but it doesnt seem to
be able to find the DWFx file.
I asked him about DRM and he doesn't think that the file is protected.
I also checked the MIME types on the server and DWF is listed.
I have read over and over that the DWFx file has to have a public URL. As
far as I can tell, it does. So I am asking...what have I missed? There seems
to be something lost in translation here and it doesn't help that I don't
really know much about the Autodesk products.
I am trying to get one file working and then once I do, I can attempt the
thumbnail code for several files.
Please help.
Message 3 of 13
jeb027
in reply to: jeb027

www.ijmetal.com/html/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx
Message 4 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

dunno if you're still waiting for an answer, but that link you provided
doesn't work...
www.ijmetal.com/html/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx

from a little trial and error there is no "/html" folder, but there is a
"ijmetql.com/Drawings"

try this url instead:
www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx

by the way, some web-servers are case-sensitive (known I've had problems in
the past with some), so you can get yourself into trouble by using capitals
in directory & file names and it's something so subtle that you can easily
miss/forget about it. In this case
http://www.ijmetal.com/drawings/6558-main_assembly.dwfx works just the same,
but might not if you change/upgrade server in the future. Sorry if I'm
mentioning something obvious & already known.


wrote in message news:6344210@discussion.autodesk.com...
www.ijmetal.com/html/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx
Message 5 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

Thanks for the great detective work and meaningful tip to this user.

"Sam M" wrote in message
news:6346040@discussion.autodesk.com...
dunno if you're still waiting for an answer, but that link you provided
doesn't work...
www.ijmetal.com/html/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx

from a little trial and error there is no "/html" folder, but there is a
"ijmetql.com/Drawings"

try this url instead:
www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx

by the way, some web-servers are case-sensitive (known I've had problems in
the past with some), so you can get yourself into trouble by using capitals
in directory & file names and it's something so subtle that you can easily
miss/forget about it. In this case
http://www.ijmetal.com/drawings/6558-main_assembly.dwfx works just the same,
but might not if you change/upgrade server in the future. Sorry if I'm
mentioning something obvious & already known.


wrote in message news:6344210@discussion.autodesk.com...
www.ijmetal.com/html/Drawings/6558-Main_Assembly.DWFx
Message 6 of 13
jeb027
in reply to: jeb027

Thank you for all your help so far.

It seems now that I get an "error rendering drawing".
This is the code I used and I tried it with and without "labs" being added, with the same result:

src="http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/Spiral_Stair.dwfx"


So what am I doing wrong now or is it something on my client's end with publishing the drawing file?

Edited by: jeb027 on Mar 5, 2010 5:43 PM Edited by: jeb027 on Mar 5, 2010 5:47 PM
Message 7 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

Please try

src="http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=http://www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/Spiral_Stair.dwfx"

wrote in message news:6349650@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thank you for all your help so far.

It seems now that I get an "error rendering drawing".
This is the code I used and I tried it with and without "labs" being added,
with the same result:

src="http://freewheel.autodesk.com/dwf.aspx?path=www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/Spiral_Stair.dwfx"


So what am I doing wrong now or is it something on my client's end with
publishing the drawing file?

Edited by: jeb027 on Mar 5, 2010 5:43 PM

Edited by: jeb027 on Mar 5, 2010 5:47 PM
Message 8 of 13
jeb027
in reply to: jeb027

Thank you but that takes me back to the 404 - File not found.

Could this be server settings? Or a firewall problem?
Message 9 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

Your URL is not correct. I typed
http://www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/Spiral_Stair.dwfx in on the browser command
line and got page not found. I was not using Freewheel - just my browser.
You should check the location of the file and see what the correct path is.

wrote in message news:6350087@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thank you but that takes me back to the 404 - File not found.

Could this be server settings? Or a firewall problem?
Message 10 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

1) remove capitals in your web-links. As mentioned before on some servers
this can cause problems and is bad practise.

2) there is no "spiral_stair.dwfx" file in the /drawings/ directory...
Either the filename is wrong or it is in another directory. We are unable
to browse the /drawings/ dir to see what files there are there so can't help
you with this. The previous file "6558-Main_Assembly.dwfx" had that "6558"
(project/part?) number in front of it - is there a similar number before
"spiral_stair.dwfx"

Ftp into your website, browse to the drawings directory, do a print screen
and post the result here so we can see what files and their names - only
thing I can think of....



"Scott Sheppard - Autodesk" wrote in message
news:6350057@discussion.autodesk.com...
Your URL is not correct. I typed
http://www.ijmetal.com/Drawings/Spiral_Stair.dwfx in on the browser command
line and got page not found. I was not using Freewheel - just my browser.
You should check the location of the file and see what the correct path is.

wrote in message news:6350087@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thank you but that takes me back to the 404 - File not found.

Could this be server settings? Or a firewall problem?
Message 11 of 13
jeb027
in reply to: jeb027

1. I have renamed the directory and filename. (only the one I am working with right now, not the others in the directory)I have spoken to the client and advised to not use capitals in their naming.
2. The file is there, the directory is there, there is no miss-spell or part number. I have no idea why it shows file not found even when browsing to it without freewheel. Do you think this might be an IIS error? I was not the initial person who set this website up so should I be looking for anything to do with settings?

I have attached a screenshot of the directory and filenames. Hopefully that helps?

I apolologize for being such a pain!
Message 12 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: jeb027

Looking at your picture, I tried typing in

http://ijmetal.com/drawings/spiral_stair.dwfx

from my browser and got file not found. I think the root directory of your
web server (as defined by IIS) is some location that you are not aware of.
You should check with an IT person.

wrote in message news:6354827@discussion.autodesk.com...
1. I have renamed the directory and filename. (only the one I am working
with right now, not the others in the directory)I have spoken to the client
and advised to not use capitals in their naming.
2. The file is there, the directory is there, there is no miss-spell or part
number. I have no idea why it shows file not found even when browsing to it
without freewheel. Do you think this might be an IIS error? I was not the
initial person who set this website up so should I be looking for anything
to do with settings?

I have attached a screenshot of the directory and filenames. Hopefully that
helps?

I apolologize for being such a pain!
Message 13 of 13
gravelin
in reply to: jeb027

I dont know if you have solved this issue but I had the same.
The solution was to create a MIME on the serveur containing the .dwfs extension.

You can take a look at the result here

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