Manufacturing Data Model API
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The Manufacturing Data Model API allows developers to read, write, and extend product design and manufacturing data that is stored in the cloud. These capabilities allow cloud-based workflows to respond to data changes, eliminating the requirement for desktop authoring software like Autodesk Fusion.
Manufacturing Data Model
The Manufacturing Data Model is a way to store your manufacturing design data in the cloud, making it easily accessible from anywhere. It breaks down your data into granular subsets that can be read, written, and extended using the Manufacturing Data Model API.
By using this cloud-based data model, you can manage your design data without the need to rely on desktop authoring software like Autodesk Fusion. Instead, you can access and work with the data using cloud-based workflows using the Manufacturing Data Model API. The Manufacturing Data Model adopts similar concepts to the Autodesk Fusion client API but within a cloud environment.
Common uses
Using the Manufacturing Data Model API, you can programmatically retrieve manufacturing information and access a range of cloud-based functions like:
- Navigating through the hub, projects, folders, files, and component properties, and sharing just the right data with collaborators.
- Retrieving only the data you need through tailored GraphQL queries.
- Accessing the design’s Bill of Materials and navigating the part hierarchy within the model. This allows for seamless integration with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems using unique part identifiers.
- Managing compliance by tracing the latest design data related to engineering workflow approvals, such as change orders, release data, and automated part numbering.
- Accessing the mass, volume, density, surface area, and bounding box properties of Autodesk Fusion components.
- Generating STEP files for individual components within an Autodesk Fusion design, even internal components.
- Performing project administrative tasks such as creating Projects within a Hub and adding users to Projects and Hubs.
- Augment the Manufacturing Data Model by incorporating custom properties such as embodied carbon, item cost, stock availability, and supplier information.
Next steps
Before developing applications that uses the Manufacturing Data Model, we recommend that you review the following sections for better understanding.
- Get started with our How-to Guide based on typical Manufacturing Data Model API workflows.
- Explore our Code Samples that provide more complex, fully functioning, GitHub-based example applications.
- Refer to the Reference Guide, which will give you in-depth information to refine and create your own custom solutions.
Contact support / Report issues:
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- Questions & Support: If you have a question or want to connect with an APS expert, reach out via contact support .
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Terms of service
Manufacturing Data Model API is subject to Autodesk Platform Services Terms of Service.