8 Sep 2016

Forge Tutorials, which should I use?

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Have you looked at the Forge Developer Portal recently? There is a lots of tutorials that can used for all sorts o scenarios! Here is a quick list for your to get started with them:

Scenario #1: want to host 3d models on your website/webapp

  1. Create an app
  2. Authenticate (get a 2-legged token)
  3. Create bucket & upload a file (you'll need the ObjectId from Step 2 response)
  4. Prepare a file for Viewer
  5. Instantiate a basic viewer

See a sample code here that get a file on Box, send to a bucket, translate and show on viewer.

Scenario #2: access A360 files from your app

  1. Create an app
  2. Authorize (get a 3-legged token)
  3. Find and download the file

Check this sample that transfers between Box and Data Management API.

Scenario #3: translate to OBJ

  1. Create an app
  2. Authenticate (get a 2-legged token)
  3. Create bucket & upload a file (you'll need the ObjectId from Step 2 response)
  4. Translate into OBJ

Have a different scenario? Let me know! We also have several samples to help you get started!

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Augusto Goncalves

Developer Advocate at Autodesk since 2008, working with both desktop and web/cloud apps using top technologies, like C#, JavaScript, NodeJS and any other that can solve problems and improve workflows. See my samples on Github and follow me on Twitter for updates.