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autodesk inventor files to Autodesk viewer

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:42:30 GMT

hi everybody

i have some Autodesk inventor .iam files that i want to show them on my website,

i was thinking, i can use Autodesk online Viewer API to do that, so first, i want to know does this API, let me include several files into one online viewer document? and also does that API lets users to change texture and size of the parts (somthing like an adaptively designed file or iAssembly file) or is this possible to connect the API into a server( that will maybe running Autodesk inventor) to do these changes?

i will also appreciate any other solution.

Re: autodesk inventor files to Autodesk viewer

KKizildemir — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:37:35 GMT

Hi,

I think you need Configurator 360 to embed your design on your website.

This is Configurator 360:

https://www.autodesk.com/products/configurator-360/overview

This is the document that helps how you embed it to your website:

http://embedding.configurator360.autodesk.com/doc.html?_ga=2.160133240.457921499.1543149729-131337372.1529741270

Regards,

Re: autodesk inventor files to Autodesk viewer

Jon.Balgley — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:00:43 GMT

Hi --

First of all, if Configurator 360 meets your needs, then sure, use that!

But to use the Forge viewer API (other folks, correct me if I'm wrong), here are some options and info:

Source: https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/viewer/v6/developers_guide/overview/

* You can load more than one viewable into the viewer. I'm not sure how many you can load in practice.

* You can use Inventor to create an assembly of the several components, and then make a single viewable of the assembly. You can also use the new Design Automation API for Inventor (beta) to do that on-the-fly, in-the-cloud.

* As far as I know (but I could be wrong), you can't change the texture or size of a loaded viewable, in the viewer. I believe (from reading) you can load a different model from the same "document" if you have pre-created it.

* You can definitely use the new Design Automation API for Inventor (beta) to change your model (set different parameter values, change material/appearance, etc.) and get the modified IAM/IPT files that you can then use to generate viewables and show in the viewer. But that's a relatively slow process.

For specific questions about the Viewer API, post questions on Stack Overflow. Go here, and then look at the "Tips":

https://forge.autodesk.com/en/support/get-help