Autodesk View and Data API

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am new to Autodesk and figuring out whether Autodesk 'View and Data API' be the one which can meet our requirements.

Actually our Web Application supports a folder structure which can depict a House layout e.g.

First Floor

• Room 1

            Item 1

            item 2

• Room 2

            Item 1

            item 2

Second Floor

• Room 1

            ......

• Room 2

            .......

Now , we want to add a feature using which our users be able create such Layout on some canvas, like we can do in 'Autodesk Homestyler'.

My Questions/Concerns are:

• We should be able to include the Plugin in our Web Application - I think this is possible in Autodesk ?
• What we create on the canvas (rooms, doors, furniture objects etc) we need to be aware of those so that we can map those objects in our Web Application i.e. Have an equivalent object in our own database.
• Can we add our own Objects in Autodesk i.e. own Furniture objects (by uploading new images) ?
• Once we create anything or perform an operation (resize, rotate) on the canvas, can this be notified to our Web Application using javascript?

[jeremytammik]

You can find out all there is to know about the View and Data API directly from the Forge Platform web site:

https://developer.autodesk.com

Look under APIs > View and Data:

https://developer.autodesk.com/api/view-and-data-api

All the aspects you list are doable.

Some of them are more work than others.

Good luck and have fun!

Best regards,

Jeremy

[Anonymous]

Can you give links to some working examples where we can see javascript in action after creating any Object or performing an Operation?

[jeremytammik]

The lnks to sample code are immediately available from the Forge web site:

https://developer.autodesk.com/api/view-and-data-api

[Anonymous]

Can you suggest the library/api which can be used to integrate something like this:

http://www.homestyler.com/floorplan/

in our web application (written in asp.net mvc) ? We want to integrate in a way so that we should be able to edit and play with the events with-in our web application.

[jeremytammik]

The View and Data API is a viewer only.

You can easily modify the rendered scene scene yourself, but you have to manage and store those changes yourself, and implement your own methods to feed tham back into the original CAD design.

Sample code is available here:

https://developer.autodesk.com/api/view-and-data-api

Cheers,

Jeremy

[Anonymous]

When you say easily modify, what shall we use to modify the floorplans?

[jeremytammik]

You can use any three.js editor, for instance

http://threejs.org/editor