Solution for e57 and rcp uploader and viewer on my own website

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am an IT consultant. We have a customer, who wants us to build them a web-platform that supports the following features:

1. Upload files
   1. nwd
   2. nwc
   3. e57
   4. rcp
2. View these files in viewer on the web.

Can you please suggest a suitable product which could help me support all the above mentioned formats and help build this site. I am using Autodesk Forge for nwd and nwc files. But I still need a viewer for the e57 and ecp files that I can embed in my site.

The requirement is to allow users to upload the drawings and point cloud files and then view them on a viewer.

Can you please direct me to a relevant documentation for such APIs and scripts.

Also please suggest a licensing structure for the same.

[Anonymous]

I have been advised that it's okay if we cannot embed e57 files.

But we do need a viewer for rcp and supporting rcs files for our own website that we can customise.

Please advise.

Thanks in anticipation

[imajar · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

I'm not sure if you realized this, but your post is in the fusion 360 forum, which is an Autodesk product aimed at a completely different clientele than the file formats you mentioned in your post . . . But here is some information that may help get you pointed in the right direction:

The NWD and NWC formats are Autodesk Navisworks files - Sounds like you have those figured out.

The other two formats could be problematic.  They are point cloud files related to Autodesk Recap, RCP is a recap project file and the E57 is a generic point cloud file that Recap can import. More information available here, with "reality solutions SDK group" here.

As a big FYI:  Recap files can be massive and contain alot of data!  The last 4 recap projects I did were 4.7 GB, 19.9 GB, 16.7 GB,  and 13 GB respectively.

I dont know if Recap has any kind of online viewer.  If it doesnt, then a different avenue you could investigate is that RCP files can be inserted into Navisworks (NWD) files. . .

Hope this helps.  Good Luck.

[Anonymous]

Hello @imajar ,

Thanks for pointing me in the correct direction. The reason I posted here was that the name suggested "360" and I was hoping if of all the products in market, this could help me process rcp/rcs files. 

But again, your explanation was par sufficient and would really help me chalk out a plan for integration.

Cheers,

Y

[Anonymous]

You can try use the Autodesk Forge API. I am using the same on my website.

https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/viewer/v2/developers_guide/overview/h

https//forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/model-derivative/v2/developers_guide/supported-translations/

Hope that helps.

Greets Fabi

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous , I am already using Autodesk Forge APIs for Navisworks files.

Can you confirm if the same APIs work for rcs files?

Thanks a ton!

Cheers,

Yogesh