Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
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Transcript
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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Thank you for joining.
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My name is Namit Ranjan, and I'll
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be your host and facilitator.
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So let's dive into introduction to Forge.
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And before we get started with the main presentation--
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just a bit of a background of what an accelerator is.
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Autodesk accelerators are designed
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to help your team stay ahead of the curve with the latest
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workflows and products.
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They include courses, videos, and live coaching.
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And this is what we are going to do today.
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You can also see a full list of topics in the Customer Success
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Hub.
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Now before we move further-- as a Safe Harbor Statement.
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We may make statements regarding future events
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and regarding planned or future development efforts.
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These statements are not intended
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to be a promise or guarantee of future delivery of products,
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services, or features.
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But merely reflect our current plans which may change.
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So purchasing decisions should not
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be made based upon reliance on these statements.
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With that, will move ahead to a quick introduction
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about myself.
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My name is Namit Ranjan, and I'm a designated support specialist
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with Autodesk.
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I'm based out of Bangalore, India.
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It's been a little over three years for me with Autodesk now.
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And I have a Civil engineering in AEC background,
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with specialization in automation and computational
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design.
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So I support products like Revit, Navisworks, BIM
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of the products from the automation spectrum,
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like Dynamos and native design and Forge.
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As you know, Autodesk has heavily
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invested in cloud technologies in the last few years.
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And the Autodesk Forge platform was built from the ground up
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to make Autodesk technologies, accessible to all and everyone
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via the cloud from anywhere at any time.
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In today's session, you're going to be learning what you
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can do with the Forge platform.
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How to build a strong team to create Forge applications.
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The functionalities available to you, and some cool real world
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use case examples.
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Now I will be covering today's session
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in four different modules.
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I'll get started with what is Forge.
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And then I'll walk you through some hand-picked cool
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industrial use case examples.
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And then I'll guide you on how to set up
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a team for development.
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And finally, the functionalities that each API bring to you.
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So with the completion of these four modules,
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you would be able to visualize opportunities
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to make things better and how automation
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reduces friction and frees up more time, for creativity.
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It's all about doing more with less effort,
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and minimizing rework.
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And at the end of the day, giving you more time
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to focus on what matters.
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So without further ado, let's dive into today's
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topic and introduction to Forge.
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Now probably some of you already know what an APIs.
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But just so that we are all on the same page
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an application programming interface of API,
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allows applications to communicate with one another.
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For instance, you've probably seen share on Facebook
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or share on Twitter buttons and miscellaneous websites.
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When you click one of these buttons,
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the site you're visiting, can communicate with your Facebook
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or Twitter account, and alter its data
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by adding a new status or a new tweet.
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So we can send an API or request detailing
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the information we want.
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So if we build an application, we reach out to the Twitter API
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and ask, hey, Twitter, can you give me
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the recent tweets of Elon Musk.
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It'll actually fetch that data, and we'll
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be able to display Elon Musk's recent tweets
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on my application.
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On the other hand, I can also program my application
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to publish any text that we entered as a tweet on Twitter.
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And all these operations are possible,
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because Twitter has exposed its API for us to use.
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Similarly, we at Autodesk have made a library of APIs
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to connect with Autodesk's web services.
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And we group those APIs under the umbrella of Forge.
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Autodesk uses Forge to build its own web application,
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like BIM 360 Docs of the ACC platform, BIM 360 Team.
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So Forge is basically a collection of APIs--
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you can use to extend and integrate
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Autodesk web applications into your workflows.
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Now today, our customers use Forge to create dashboards
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and to do data visualization, perform
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analysis and simulation, SaaS integration.
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Batch editing of designs, which is design automation.
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Produce augmented reality, and virtual reality solutions.
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Build data and design configurations,
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create content catalog, and convert aerial images into 3D.
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At the moment, we have more than 40,000 monthly website
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visitors.
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Over 1,500 active developer accounts.
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And over 90 enterprise customers,
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who are evaluating Forge.
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Now here's an important slide that covers the Forge business
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architecture.
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Your development team interacts with Autodesk Forge platform
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and creates a Forge application.
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Once you are done developing, your Forge application
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can interact with the developer platform
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to post and fetch data.
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The application can then be distributed to your clients.
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And the application credentials, which is effectively
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client ID and client secret, is yours,
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which are fed into the Forge application.
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And then when it's distributed, cloud credits
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are consumed as application users, use the application.
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Now quick one about hosting and managing data.
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You can host your Forge application on a local server
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or on cloud.
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But just remember, that, there would be some transactions that
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would need to happen with the Forge platform for all APIs
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to function.
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Talking about data, it can reside in any Autodesk cloud
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platform-- like ACC platform, BIM 360 Docs, BIM 360 Team
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or A360 Drive.
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Or OSS.
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So when I say, OSS--
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it means, object storage service.
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So Forge allows you to create a bucket either temporarily
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or permanently, which is basically
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a cloud storage for you to host your file,
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which your application can utilize.
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And there could be three different types of buckets.
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Transient, temporary, and persistent.
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Transient basically means, a cache like storage
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that persists for only 24 hours and it's
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ideal for ephemeral objects.
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Temporary storage that persists for 30 days--
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good for data that is uploaded and accessed,
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but not needed permanently.
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And persistent, is storage that persists until it's deleted.
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So talking a bit about pricing there's
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no access fee for Forge.
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Use of paid Forge APIs will result
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in deduction of cloud credits and rates of the Forge APIs
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are expressed as cloud credits on the Forge website.
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If you are an enterprise customer
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and have an enterprise business agreement with us,
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Now we'll walk you through some demos and examples
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that hopefully will help clarify what Forge can be used for.
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And this list of demos is not exhaustive.
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It's just a simple attempt to showcase
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three possible scenarios where Forge can be used.
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So I'm going to start with this example, which
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is called AEC dashboard, which is supposed to be linked
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in real time with BIM 360.
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So it lets you select a model from BIM 360.
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And has a custom viewer to display the model
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and also give you some handy reports and visualizations,
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running in our right hand side panel.
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So I'm just going to sign in here.
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The moment I sign in, it's going to ask for my credentials,
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and hopefully it has already signed in the background.
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So it already preserves the cash so I'm logged in now,
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and it basically displays a list of hubs, that I'm a part of.
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This is basically a list of accounts or hubs.
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And then I select my account--
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Autodesk-Premium Support Hub.
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This is one of our best accounts.
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And then within this account, I can navigate to the project
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that I'm looking for, which is called Project for Demo.
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And then within a here, I navigate into Project Files.
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When I go to Project Files, I can navigate further
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into folders and subfolders, and I
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can go into WIP, Architecture.
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And then finally, I get into a model called Madison.rtv.
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So this is a Revit model, and it has three versions.
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So I have access to all these three versions at the moment.
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We just got to click on the latest version, which is v3.
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The moment I do that, it would open up the Forge viewer.
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It's pretty much the same viewer that you see in BIM 360 Docs
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or BIM 360 Team or A360 Drive.
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But it also has certain customization done.
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For example, you can select any attribute from here--
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at the moment that's showing Family Name.
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So you've got like 402 families of Storefronts.
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You've got 91 instances of Basic Wall.
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Maybe you've got Structural Fins 36 in numbers.
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You've got something like some Fixed components 53.
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Some Model components
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Exit Signs 11.
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And then it's all connected in real time.
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That's the most interesting part.
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So if you happen to click on, let's say, Storefront.
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It's going to highlight all these storefront instances
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right in real time.
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In terms of reporting, I can see this in a pie chart.
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And I can also change the values here.
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Let's say, if I want to do a categorization
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on the basis of Level, I can actually
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see there are 60 elements on Level 2.
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And 175 elements on Level 1.
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So if I happen to click on Level 1,
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it's going to highlight all the elements on Level 1 over here.
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And it also offers similar kind of a visualization in a bar
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chart sort of format as well.
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So I can go here and I can select, let's say, Material.
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And these are all attributes and parameters
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that are coming from Revit.
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So interestingly, it recognizes your full fledged team model.
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And it extracts information and those information components
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from the model in itself.
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So here you see, it shows a distribution in accordance
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with the materials.
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You've got like
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And if I happen to select this, it's
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all connected in real time-- it's
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going to automatically highlight all these 101 Glass elements.
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If you select Aluminum, it's going to show all the aluminum
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elements over here.
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All these millions that you see, they're
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all aluminum components.
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I'm going to go ahead and do an show all objects.
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Now you also got a Nested Viewer here.
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There's also a bit of customization done.
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So if the user wants to also see--
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let's say, a plan over here.
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Let's say they want to see a second floor
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plan of the same building, they can have a side by side view.
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And then here's my
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So as a user, I can actually go on
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to this particular staircase.
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And then they can click on this, it automatically
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also gets highlighted in the 3D.
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So the user can go ahead and select Isolate.
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It's going to isolate just that staircase for them.
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They can click on the staircase over here.
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And they can check out all the properties.
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And these are exactly the same properties
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that are coming from the Revit model.
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So you can see the Type Name.
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You can see any comments.
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You can see the Manufacturer details.
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And you can select--
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I mean you can visualize any of the dimension parameters
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here, the Run Type, the Landing Type, the Function, and stuff
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like that.
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So these are all parameters that are coming from the Revit
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model-- even the element ID.
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So you have the option to customize the viewer.
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In this case, you see that there's also
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an addition of these visualization and reports.
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And together with that, there's also
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a custom button that's been added,
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which is called Nested Viewer, which opens up
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a nested interface to select any other view, which
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is a second floor plan in this example.
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So this basically helps you visualize the model,
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extract properties.
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And this can be multi-purpose, so you can actually see
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categories in terms of Level.
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You can see categorization happening in terms of Material.
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So it can be used for a lot of different purposes.
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With that, I'm going to move onto the next example.
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And a couple of more examples around visualization.
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So I'm going to go ahead with this example first.
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I have a model--
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it's also a Revit model.
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It's basically a flawed plan that's been extruded.
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So you see multiple rooms over here, and then--
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so what this application allows us to do,
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is to place Wi-Fi routers in it.
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So the moment I place a Wi-Fi router in it,
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it basically creates a heat map.
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So I get to say which part of the rooms
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get maximum signal, which parts of them get minimum.
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And then that's how I can go ahead and optimize
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the placement and positioning of this Wi-Fi routing device.
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And I can also change some parameters and attributes
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over here.
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For example, Signal Attenuation per Meter in Air.
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We can change this specific Signal Attenuation
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per Wall or great density and we can also have a Dynamic Mode.
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So that the moment you move the your cursor,
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it's going to show you the heat map in real time.
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So this is a very simple or this is a very small example.
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But definitely, very valuable and very useful,
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because it helps you come up with that ideal position
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to place your Wi-Fi router device.
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I'm going to move on to another example, which
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is called Forge BIM Phasing.
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And in this example--
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this application, allows you to extract phasing information
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from the Revit model.
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So this is also a Revit model.
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But what it does is, from this BIM model,
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it extracts phasing information.
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If I click on this custom button over here in the Viewer,
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it basically gives me a list of phases
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that are there in the model.
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So I have 01-Site This is the first phase,
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and it just contains the site component.
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Now as I progress through these phases,
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I get to see more and more components get added up.
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So the next phase that looks like this, which is
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called Structural Foundation.
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And then we've got Steel Erection.
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We've got Concrete & Metal Decking.
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Stairs come up, Roof erected, Exterior Walls, Curtain Walls
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& Windows, Parking, Partitions, Sealing HVAC, Plumbing,
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Electrical.
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So this basically allows us to get phase wise information.
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So that it's easy to visualize what components
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are there and what phase of the building, what
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phase of the project.
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And then we also have a report over here, which basically
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gives you an idea of how many elements are there
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in each of these phases.
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You're going to move on to another example here, which
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is called Dasher 360, which is an Autodesk Research project.
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While this loads up--
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just a piece of information, this is a building performance
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management tool.
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And this is built with Forge.
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So you can see the granularity of customization
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that we have done here.
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This is the Forge Viewer in action,
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with a lot of customization.
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And this displays historical and real time sensor data,
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in a highly customized viewer as you can see.
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So in a moment, you would actually
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be able to see all the sensors that are there, that
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are installed in this building.
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And they are connected by IoT, so I can get a list of sensors
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with this.
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Loading Sensor Data, and we can get that sensor data from here.
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You can see that if I hover over any of these sensors,
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it gives us information such as temperature 24.23 degrees
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Celsius, humidity and CO2 level.
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Similarly, you've got some hybrid sensors as well.
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And then you can see the values the current values,
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and you can also see some historic data.
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You can turn on the Dashboard, and you can also
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run a timeline.
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So I still see the fluctuations in values
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across all these sensors.
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These are all throwing us real time values, as they're
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connected with the internet.
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And Forge Viewer helps us visualize that, in real time.
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The next example is a highway management tool.
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And Forge model viewer has been extensively used
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for showing a 17 kilometer stretch of highway
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with connected IoT to track actual site footage and also
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or any issues that are reported and that all
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happens in real time.
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I'm going to go ahead and show you the application.
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So as this loads up--
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I mean, this is a beautiful example
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to show that Forge not only works with vertical projects,
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but also works seamlessly with horizontal projects.
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Because as you can see, that this
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is going to be a 17 kilometer long stretch of highway
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and not just the view.
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And it also has a lot of IoT integration
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to track actual site footage and visualize reported issues.
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So you can see that once this is loaded up,
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you can go to any stretch of the highway.
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For example, let me go to the first kilometer mark,
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then you go to the second kilometer mark.
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You can see how seamlessly it displays
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the graphics of these individual kilometer stretch.
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I can go to the sixth kilometer mark over here.
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We can go to the third kilometer mark,
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and there's a bit of an integration done here.
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So the individual who is traveling on this highway,
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they spotted some potholes and they happen
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to report those potholes.
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And this was reported directly to the highway management team,
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and they could go ahead and take that do action
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to fix those potholes.
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Similarly, we've got another integration done
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on the fifth kilometer mark.
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So I'm going to go ahead and click here.
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And then I can see the live footage from the site itself.
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I'm going to hit this Play, and it's just going to take a while
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and it's just going to load that actual site
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footage from the highway.
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The CCTV over there on the site actually
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is connected with the internet.
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And using IoT, it talks to the internet,
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it sends that footage to the internet, to the server.
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And then the Forge Viewer is basically
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integrated with that server and database
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and it actually is able to capture the life
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footage from the site.
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I'm going to go ahead and move to the seventh kilometer mark,
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which also displays a
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So this basically a nesting of viewer that's done.
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And this has been done to realize the difference
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in terms of cross section.
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So that somebody who is studying the highway,
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they can actually look at the change of the profile.
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And similarly, there's another integration done
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on the 12th kilometer mark.
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So if I go on the
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you can actually see that there's
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another issue management system over here
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and somebody has reported a landslide.
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They've just taken a picture, and they
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were associated with that particular kilometer mark
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of the highway.
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And the highway management team is
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able to spot that and take the action.
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I'm going to move ahead to the next example, which
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is a SaaS Integration.
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I'm going to click on this.
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And as this opens up, this showcase
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is a demonstration that integrates cost database
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with BIM data, to calculate the overall cost of materials
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consumed in the building.
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And this is really interesting, because as you
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can see we have a BIM model.
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It's a typical big model that's coming out of Revit,
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and what Forge does is, it helps us extract quantities
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of materials leveraging that BIM data that we've
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been talking about.
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And you can see you've got Steel, you've got Concrete,
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you've got Metal-Aluminum, you've got Coppers.
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And it's all connected in real time.
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So if I happen to click on Steel,
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it's going to display all those components that
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are consuming steel.
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And the same goes for concrete, the same
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goes for metal-aluminum, the same goes for coppers.
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I'm going to go back and Show All objects.
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But on top of this, we have the prices of materials over here
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that are coming from a live external database.
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Now this dashboard here, combines the BIM data
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and the cost data, to provide us a real time total
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cost of each of the materials.
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And this in turn basically gives us
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the total cost of the project.
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Which means, that if there's a change the price of any
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of the material over here, it reflects
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in the total cost in real time, which gives us the convenience
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to save a lot of time and bring more accuracy
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and smartness into the workflow.
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I'm going to move ahead to the next example over here,
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and this is an example of Design Automation.
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And over here, you would see a catalog
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of items, which is basically a catalog of lighting fixtures.
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And the user gets to select that lighting fixture,
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and place that in the building and the right hand side.
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And everything is happening in the browser in itself.
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The user doesn't have to come really in any of the authoring
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tools, they would go ahead on the left and drag this product
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and placed it on the right side inside.
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And they would make sure that the room is sufficiently lit.
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And they cannot suggest values of luminaire.
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And once this has been done, they
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can click on this button, Download Modified Revit File.
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And that's where Design Automation for Revit kicks in.
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And it's able to generate a live Revit model
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and place it on BIM 360 Team.
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So you can see how Forge worked here,
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to self Design Automation for Revit that actually created
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a physical model out of it.
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And then it also transferred that to BIM 360 Team,
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because at the end of the day, BIM 360 Team,
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sits on Autodesk Forge.
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And then it was able to send data physical Revit model
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and transfer that on BIM 360 Team.
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And you can see that while the user goes on BIM 360 Team,
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they're able to see the lighting fixture and all the associated
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parameter values.
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They can also download that from BIM 360 Team,
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and they would now go ahead and open that up in Revit.
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And they're able to see all the lighting
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fixtures that they just placed.
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With the help of the browser, now physically converted
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into a model in Revit.
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I'm going to move on to another example, which shows a Power BI
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Integration.
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Here, the user gets to log in with their credentials
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and see a list of BIM 360 projects.
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And after selecting one of those projects,
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they're able to see coordination spaces coming directly
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from model coordination.
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Once they happen to select the Model Coordination space,
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they are able to get the Clash Overview.
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And that's where-- that's when the integration with Power BI
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happens.
22:47
And on top of that, they also get a handy viewer
22:50
on the right hand side to display what's going on.
22:56
And you can see that, there's a Power BI Integration that
22:59
shows what are the different components that are clashing
23:04
with the you can see Parts, you can see Mass, Lighting Fixtures
23:08
Walls.
23:09
And it's all connected in real time.
23:10
So somebody happens to click on Walls,
23:15
it's going to highlight all the walls that are clashing
23:18
in real time in the viewer.
23:29
You can see it's all in real time.
23:33
Checking in Wall, it changes the values in the Power BI list.
23:37
And one also gets the option to export that data.
23:42
Once the user decides to export that,
23:44
they have it in a spreadsheet.
23:49
And they can see a list of walls,
23:51
that were basically clashing with the other elements.
24:03
And this is together with the element ID.
24:05
So one can go into Revit, and then they
24:07
can adjust those walls to make sure,
24:09
that the model is clash free.
24:11
Together with that, we also have Clash Issue View.
24:15
So if somebody has created an issue in model coordination--
24:21
for those clashes, one would also
24:23
be able to come here and look at these clash issues.
24:39
I'm going to move on to this example now, which
24:41
is also a video.
24:42
(ON VIDEO)
24:43
This sample is a virtual operations dashboard example.
24:48
And what you see here, is two instances of a Forge Viewer--
24:52
one on the left here, which is displaying a schematic, a 2D
24:56
schematic of a plant.
24:58
And on the right is a 3D actual real layout of a plant.
25:03
In this case, a schematic was created by the AutoCAD P&ID
25:06
product.
25:07
And on the right was created by AutoCAD Plant 3D.
25:10
But that's not really relevant, can do similar things--
25:12
for example, with inventor drawings and inventive
25:17
Or a Revit sheet, a 2D layout combined with a 3D Revit model.
25:23
And is a couple of functionalities
25:24
here I just want to demonstrate for this sample.
25:27
The first one is the linkage between elements
25:29
in a 2D view and a 3D view.
25:31
So what I can do here, is I'm looking at the schematic,
25:33
and say, well, which item in the 3D view
25:36
does this actually correspond to?
25:37
And I click on that, and it immediately
25:39
highlights in the model, where this tank
25:42
schematic, the actual tank for that's related to in the model.
25:45
Similarly, if I click down here on a pump,
25:49
it will take me to the actual pump in the 3D model.
25:53
So that's one of the things we have in this sample.
25:56
The other piece of functionality is
25:58
I wanted to demonstrate to you, is actually
25:60
it's a simulated IoT system.
26:03
So what we can do here, is we can monitor some IoT
26:05
data on this 3D drawing.
26:08
And when I start that simulation,
26:09
you see that the actual IoT data is being displayed,
26:13
overlaid on the model by color coding
26:16
elements about 3D layout.
26:18
And you can see that those elements are changing color
26:21
as information about the process flowing through this equipment,
26:24
is being relayed to the model.
26:27
So this is a great example of how you can actually
26:29
overlay live IoT data on a model and gain a huge amount
26:35
of context from doing so.
26:38
So I hope that seeing those demos
26:40
has sparked your interest further.
26:42
Now we are going to be talking about what
26:44
it takes to build a Forge Team to develop your own web
26:47
workflows and experiences.
26:50
Now these are a couple of recommended skills.
26:53
Server side scripting technologies,
26:55
which includes Node.js, ASP.NET, and JavaScript.
26:60
The knowledge of some web debugging tools
27:02
like curl or REST Clients.
27:04
Some of the programming language is
27:06
based on what platform are you programming on.
27:09
.NET, C-sharp, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++.
27:16
Some of the platform has to gain knowledge
27:17
based on which platform are you choosing to program for--
27:21
Android iOS, Windows, and Linux.
27:24
And definitely if you are developing a web application,
27:28
then you must know some of the web development tools
27:30
like HTML, CSS, and JSON.
27:34
So most Autodesk customers have developers on staff
27:37
that understand desktop development,
27:39
but they may be new to the web development platform and web
27:42
development process.
27:44
So this slide is an attempt to cover the new skills,
27:47
they will need to learn to successfully build
27:49
for the Forge applications.
27:51
Now, when it comes to desktop API programming-- in general,
27:54
desktop applications expose APIs through local SDK and reference
27:59
libraries.
28:00
API access is generally open and does not
28:03
need any authentication.
28:05
Application is built with the API or SDK libraries.
28:09
Standard or local API works for the host application
28:12
most of the times.
28:13
Either it runs within the host application
28:15
or needs the host application installed in the system,
28:18
to be able to run independently.
28:20
Whereas when it comes to Web APIs programming,
28:23
API is secured, and access requires authentication.
28:27
Data and methods are accessed through web requests.
28:30
Data and parameters are returned through web responses.
28:33
Or requests and responses are conveyed to HTTP URL
28:38
or a request header and body.
28:40
Request and response types are explicitly
28:43
defined such as GET, POST, PUT, BATCH, and DELETE.
28:48
So here's a list of some recommended tools
28:50
that you can use.
28:51
And feel free to use any different tool as
28:54
long as it serves the purpose.
28:56
But here are a few recommendations.
28:57
So in terms of .NET Environment, you can go ahead with using
29:00
Microsoft Visual Studio with Nugget.
29:03
In terms of Node and JavaScript, you
29:05
can use Visual Studio Code, WebStorm, or NetBeans IDE.
29:10
In terms of Web debugging, you can
29:12
feel free to use curl and Postman, and Browser
29:15
Development Console.
29:16
Postman is my personal favorite.
29:18
For collaboration, we actively use GitHub as well as
29:20
Azure DevOps.
29:23
Now, finally, talking about the Umbrella of Forge.
29:26
So I'm going to give you a quick walkthrough of Forge APIs.
29:29
So this is a list of APIs within the Umbrella of Forge.
29:33
You've got authentication, data management, BIM 360, Viewer,
29:37
Webhooks, Design Automation, Models Derivative,
29:39
Reality Capture and Token Flex.
29:42
Now starting with a high level introduction of authentication,
29:45
OAuth2 authentication is the open standard
29:48
used across the Forge Platform for token-based authentication
29:51
authorization.
29:52
It helps you create a token.
29:55
And that token is supposed to be used
29:57
in any of the other API calls that you pick,
29:60
and it's free of cost.
30:01
So there's no access fee.
30:03
When we say, there's no access fee,
30:05
we mean that there's no charge for you
30:07
to generate a Forge token.
30:09
Coming on to data management API.
30:10
This is also a really important API,
30:12
because this is a unified and consistent way
30:14
to access your data across BIM
30:19
Team project.
30:20
Basically, any data that resides on Autodesk
30:22
cloud premises and the object storage service,
30:25
and this is also free of cost.
30:28
Coming on to BIM
30:32
allows you to programmatically alter the data,
30:35
retrieve the data, change something, or host something
30:38
on BIM 360.
30:40
So you can manage your BIM 360 accounts,
30:42
projects, issue, checklists, and a lot more.
30:44
So you can do several operations on BIM 360
30:46
programmatically using the BIM 360 API.
30:49
And this also comes free of cost.
30:53
When we talk about Model Derivative.
30:55
This enables users to represent and share their designs
30:58
in a different format, as well as
31:00
to extract valuable metadata.
31:02
So I'll give you an example.
31:04
If you want to programmatically convert your Revit model
31:07
into IFC or maybe into DWC, you can do that programmatically
31:12
using Model Derivative without the need
31:14
to open up any authoring or host applications.
31:17
You can just upload your file, and get that translation done.
31:20
But since this process involves cloud computation,
31:23
it comes with a cost.
31:24
And that's 1.5 cloud credits per complex job,
31:28
and 0.2 cloud credits very simple job.
31:31
Now coming on Viewer API, which is a natural next step
31:34
after Model Derivative.
31:35
In order to view anything in the Viewer API,
31:38
you need to convert your model-- you
31:40
need to convert your document or your file into SVF.
31:44
And that is something that you can only
31:46
do via Model Derivative.
31:47
It helps you display
31:50
of your designs and your websites,
31:51
by embedding the viewer in a web page.
31:54
You can also use the Viewer API to customize the appearance
31:57
and behavior of the viewer.
31:58
So in the few examples that we saw prior to this,
32:01
there were a lot of customizations
32:03
that were done on the viewer.
32:04
And all of that is possible using the Viewer API.
32:08
Now Webhooks API.
32:10
Is again, an API which comes free of cost.
32:13
And it helps you register for any events
32:16
that you want to monitor.
32:17
So on the occurrence of a registered event,
32:20
you are notified through a POST request, sent
32:22
to the Webhook Callback URL.
32:24
So this API basically allows you to develop applications,
32:27
such as the likes of BIM 360 notifier
32:30
where every time somebody uploads a file or every time
32:34
somebody creates a new folder, you get modified via email,
32:38
Slack, or mobile phone.
32:40
Depending on what level of integration do
32:42
you want to make.
32:44
Now coming on to Design Automation,
32:46
this offers automation capabilities
32:48
of Autodesk core desktop products as cloud services.
32:52
So you can run the AutoCAD engine, the Revit engine,
32:55
the Inventor engine, and the
32:59
And you can schedule the cloud to process
33:03
any mundane and repetitive tasks for you.
33:06
It comes with a cost, because it involves cloud computation.
33:09
So it comes with 4.0 Cloud Credits per processing
33:12
are for AutoCAD files.
33:14
And 6.0 Cloud Credits per processing
33:16
are, for Revit, Inventor, and 3ds Max.
33:20
What the reality capture API, you
33:22
can process up to 1,000 aerial or 300 handheld images
33:26
to generate 3D mesh.
33:28
And again, this also involves cloud computation.
33:31
So it comes with a cost of 3.5 Cloud Credits
33:34
per gigapixel processed.
33:37
Token Flex is a bit of a special API,
33:39
which is only available for customers
33:41
who are on Token Flex.
33:43
This allows you to access your token consumption, product
33:45
usage, and contract details.
33:47
You can integrate consumption reporting or CORE data
33:50
with your in-house reporting, to create custom insights.
33:53
So you can use your favorite tools like Power BI
33:56
to plug-in that data and have that visualization.
33:58
And this comes to you, free of cost.
34:01
Coming onto the last segment, which is additional resources.
34:05
We have some handy links for you or Stack Overflow, Blogs
34:08
& tutorials.
34:09
Forge Showroom, which is a collection
34:11
of great examples using Forge.
34:13
Some Code Samples, Quick Start guides, API Documentation,
34:17
Getting Started guide and fake news.
34:19
And if you are an enterprise customer
34:21
and you have an enterprise business agreement with us,
34:24
you also have access to Enterprise Priority Support.
34:27
In that case, you can Support Request
34:29
through the Account Portal.
34:30
And the link is secure in the slide.
34:33
You can also request for EP Accelerators.
34:35
You can ask your CSM or Sales Executive for that.
34:38
And we've also got coaching parts,
34:40
which covers introduction to Forge
34:42
as well as manage data on Forge.
34:45
Finally, we also have the link here
34:47
to Customer Success Hub, which is a great place to access
34:51
courses and learning paths.
34:52
You will also find recorded coaching sessions, and more
34:55
life coaching topics, such as this.
34:58
All right so hope this was useful.
34:60
Thank you for your time, to attend the session
35:02
and I wish you have a great rest of your day.
35:04
Stay safe and healthy.
35:06
Thank you.
Video transcript
00:00
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:10
Thank you for joining.
00:11
My name is Namit Ranjan, and I'll
00:13
be your host and facilitator.
00:15
So let's dive into introduction to Forge.
00:17
And before we get started with the main presentation--
00:20
just a bit of a background of what an accelerator is.
00:23
Autodesk accelerators are designed
00:25
to help your team stay ahead of the curve with the latest
00:28
workflows and products.
00:30
They include courses, videos, and live coaching.
00:33
And this is what we are going to do today.
00:35
You can also see a full list of topics in the Customer Success
00:38
Hub.
00:39
Now before we move further-- as a Safe Harbor Statement.
00:42
We may make statements regarding future events
00:45
and regarding planned or future development efforts.
00:47
These statements are not intended
00:48
to be a promise or guarantee of future delivery of products,
00:51
services, or features.
00:53
But merely reflect our current plans which may change.
00:57
So purchasing decisions should not
00:59
be made based upon reliance on these statements.
01:01
With that, will move ahead to a quick introduction
01:04
about myself.
01:05
My name is Namit Ranjan, and I'm a designated support specialist
01:08
with Autodesk.
01:09
I'm based out of Bangalore, India.
01:11
It's been a little over three years for me with Autodesk now.
01:15
And I have a Civil engineering in AEC background,
01:17
with specialization in automation and computational
01:19
design.
01:20
So I support products like Revit, Navisworks, BIM
01:26
of the products from the automation spectrum,
01:27
like Dynamos and native design and Forge.
01:31
As you know, Autodesk has heavily
01:33
invested in cloud technologies in the last few years.
01:36
And the Autodesk Forge platform was built from the ground up
01:39
to make Autodesk technologies, accessible to all and everyone
01:43
via the cloud from anywhere at any time.
01:46
In today's session, you're going to be learning what you
01:48
can do with the Forge platform.
01:50
How to build a strong team to create Forge applications.
01:54
The functionalities available to you, and some cool real world
01:57
use case examples.
01:59
Now I will be covering today's session
02:01
in four different modules.
02:03
I'll get started with what is Forge.
02:05
And then I'll walk you through some hand-picked cool
02:08
industrial use case examples.
02:10
And then I'll guide you on how to set up
02:12
a team for development.
02:13
And finally, the functionalities that each API bring to you.
02:17
So with the completion of these four modules,
02:20
you would be able to visualize opportunities
02:22
to make things better and how automation
02:24
reduces friction and frees up more time, for creativity.
02:28
It's all about doing more with less effort,
02:31
and minimizing rework.
02:32
And at the end of the day, giving you more time
02:34
to focus on what matters.
02:36
So without further ado, let's dive into today's
02:39
topic and introduction to Forge.
02:41
Now probably some of you already know what an APIs.
02:44
But just so that we are all on the same page
02:46
an application programming interface of API,
02:49
allows applications to communicate with one another.
02:53
For instance, you've probably seen share on Facebook
02:55
or share on Twitter buttons and miscellaneous websites.
02:59
When you click one of these buttons,
03:01
the site you're visiting, can communicate with your Facebook
03:04
or Twitter account, and alter its data
03:06
by adding a new status or a new tweet.
03:08
So we can send an API or request detailing
03:11
the information we want.
03:13
So if we build an application, we reach out to the Twitter API
03:16
and ask, hey, Twitter, can you give me
03:18
the recent tweets of Elon Musk.
03:20
It'll actually fetch that data, and we'll
03:22
be able to display Elon Musk's recent tweets
03:24
on my application.
03:25
On the other hand, I can also program my application
03:28
to publish any text that we entered as a tweet on Twitter.
03:32
And all these operations are possible,
03:34
because Twitter has exposed its API for us to use.
03:38
Similarly, we at Autodesk have made a library of APIs
03:41
to connect with Autodesk's web services.
03:44
And we group those APIs under the umbrella of Forge.
03:47
Autodesk uses Forge to build its own web application,
03:50
like BIM 360 Docs of the ACC platform, BIM 360 Team.
03:55
So Forge is basically a collection of APIs--
03:57
you can use to extend and integrate
03:60
Autodesk web applications into your workflows.
04:03
Now today, our customers use Forge to create dashboards
04:06
and to do data visualization, perform
04:09
analysis and simulation, SaaS integration.
04:12
Batch editing of designs, which is design automation.
04:15
Produce augmented reality, and virtual reality solutions.
04:18
Build data and design configurations,
04:21
create content catalog, and convert aerial images into 3D.
04:25
At the moment, we have more than 40,000 monthly website
04:28
visitors.
04:29
Over 1,500 active developer accounts.
04:35
And over 90 enterprise customers,
04:38
who are evaluating Forge.
04:40
Now here's an important slide that covers the Forge business
04:42
architecture.
04:43
Your development team interacts with Autodesk Forge platform
04:47
and creates a Forge application.
04:49
Once you are done developing, your Forge application
04:52
can interact with the developer platform
04:54
to post and fetch data.
04:56
The application can then be distributed to your clients.
04:59
And the application credentials, which is effectively
05:02
client ID and client secret, is yours,
05:04
which are fed into the Forge application.
05:06
And then when it's distributed, cloud credits
05:08
are consumed as application users, use the application.
05:12
Now quick one about hosting and managing data.
05:15
You can host your Forge application on a local server
05:19
or on cloud.
05:20
But just remember, that, there would be some transactions that
05:23
would need to happen with the Forge platform for all APIs
05:26
to function.
05:28
Talking about data, it can reside in any Autodesk cloud
05:31
platform-- like ACC platform, BIM 360 Docs, BIM 360 Team
05:36
or A360 Drive.
05:37
Or OSS.
05:39
So when I say, OSS--
05:40
it means, object storage service.
05:42
So Forge allows you to create a bucket either temporarily
05:46
or permanently, which is basically
05:49
a cloud storage for you to host your file,
05:51
which your application can utilize.
05:53
And there could be three different types of buckets.
05:56
Transient, temporary, and persistent.
05:58
Transient basically means, a cache like storage
06:01
that persists for only 24 hours and it's
06:04
ideal for ephemeral objects.
06:06
Temporary storage that persists for 30 days--
06:09
good for data that is uploaded and accessed,
06:11
but not needed permanently.
06:13
And persistent, is storage that persists until it's deleted.
06:17
So talking a bit about pricing there's
06:19
no access fee for Forge.
06:20
Use of paid Forge APIs will result
06:23
in deduction of cloud credits and rates of the Forge APIs
06:26
are expressed as cloud credits on the Forge website.
06:30
If you are an enterprise customer
06:31
and have an enterprise business agreement with us,
06:39
Now we'll walk you through some demos and examples
06:41
that hopefully will help clarify what Forge can be used for.
06:45
And this list of demos is not exhaustive.
06:48
It's just a simple attempt to showcase
06:50
three possible scenarios where Forge can be used.
06:53
So I'm going to start with this example, which
06:56
is called AEC dashboard, which is supposed to be linked
06:59
in real time with BIM 360.
07:01
So it lets you select a model from BIM 360.
07:03
And has a custom viewer to display the model
07:06
and also give you some handy reports and visualizations,
07:10
running in our right hand side panel.
07:11
So I'm just going to sign in here.
07:13
The moment I sign in, it's going to ask for my credentials,
07:17
and hopefully it has already signed in the background.
07:21
So it already preserves the cash so I'm logged in now,
07:25
and it basically displays a list of hubs, that I'm a part of.
07:30
This is basically a list of accounts or hubs.
07:32
And then I select my account--
07:34
Autodesk-Premium Support Hub.
07:37
This is one of our best accounts.
07:39
And then within this account, I can navigate to the project
07:42
that I'm looking for, which is called Project for Demo.
07:45
And then within a here, I navigate into Project Files.
07:49
When I go to Project Files, I can navigate further
07:51
into folders and subfolders, and I
07:53
can go into WIP, Architecture.
07:55
And then finally, I get into a model called Madison.rtv.
07:59
So this is a Revit model, and it has three versions.
08:02
So I have access to all these three versions at the moment.
08:06
We just got to click on the latest version, which is v3.
08:10
The moment I do that, it would open up the Forge viewer.
08:16
It's pretty much the same viewer that you see in BIM 360 Docs
08:20
or BIM 360 Team or A360 Drive.
08:23
But it also has certain customization done.
08:29
For example, you can select any attribute from here--
08:31
at the moment that's showing Family Name.
08:33
So you've got like 402 families of Storefronts.
08:37
You've got 91 instances of Basic Wall.
08:40
Maybe you've got Structural Fins 36 in numbers.
08:45
You've got something like some Fixed components 53.
08:49
Some Model components
08:52
Exit Signs 11.
08:54
And then it's all connected in real time.
08:55
That's the most interesting part.
08:57
So if you happen to click on, let's say, Storefront.
08:60
It's going to highlight all these storefront instances
09:02
right in real time.
09:07
In terms of reporting, I can see this in a pie chart.
09:10
And I can also change the values here.
09:15
Let's say, if I want to do a categorization
09:17
on the basis of Level, I can actually
09:19
see there are 60 elements on Level 2.
09:22
And 175 elements on Level 1.
09:25
So if I happen to click on Level 1,
09:27
it's going to highlight all the elements on Level 1 over here.
09:30
And it also offers similar kind of a visualization in a bar
09:34
chart sort of format as well.
09:35
So I can go here and I can select, let's say, Material.
09:40
And these are all attributes and parameters
09:41
that are coming from Revit.
09:44
So interestingly, it recognizes your full fledged team model.
09:48
And it extracts information and those information components
09:53
from the model in itself.
09:54
So here you see, it shows a distribution in accordance
09:59
with the materials.
09:60
You've got like
10:02
And if I happen to select this, it's
10:05
all connected in real time-- it's
10:06
going to automatically highlight all these 101 Glass elements.
10:12
If you select Aluminum, it's going to show all the aluminum
10:15
elements over here.
10:16
All these millions that you see, they're
10:18
all aluminum components.
10:21
I'm going to go ahead and do an show all objects.
10:24
Now you also got a Nested Viewer here.
10:26
There's also a bit of customization done.
10:29
So if the user wants to also see--
10:33
let's say, a plan over here.
10:36
Let's say they want to see a second floor
10:38
plan of the same building, they can have a side by side view.
10:43
And then here's my
10:46
So as a user, I can actually go on
10:48
to this particular staircase.
10:51
And then they can click on this, it automatically
10:55
also gets highlighted in the 3D.
10:57
So the user can go ahead and select Isolate.
11:01
It's going to isolate just that staircase for them.
11:03
They can click on the staircase over here.
11:08
And they can check out all the properties.
11:11
And these are exactly the same properties
11:13
that are coming from the Revit model.
11:15
So you can see the Type Name.
11:16
You can see any comments.
11:17
You can see the Manufacturer details.
11:20
And you can select--
11:21
I mean you can visualize any of the dimension parameters
11:25
here, the Run Type, the Landing Type, the Function, and stuff
11:28
like that.
11:29
So these are all parameters that are coming from the Revit
11:32
model-- even the element ID.
11:35
So you have the option to customize the viewer.
11:38
In this case, you see that there's also
11:40
an addition of these visualization and reports.
11:43
And together with that, there's also
11:45
a custom button that's been added,
11:47
which is called Nested Viewer, which opens up
11:49
a nested interface to select any other view, which
11:51
is a second floor plan in this example.
11:54
So this basically helps you visualize the model,
11:58
extract properties.
11:59
And this can be multi-purpose, so you can actually see
12:02
categories in terms of Level.
12:04
You can see categorization happening in terms of Material.
12:07
So it can be used for a lot of different purposes.
12:10
With that, I'm going to move onto the next example.
12:13
And a couple of more examples around visualization.
12:18
So I'm going to go ahead with this example first.
12:21
I have a model--
12:22
it's also a Revit model.
12:27
It's basically a flawed plan that's been extruded.
12:30
So you see multiple rooms over here, and then--
12:34
so what this application allows us to do,
12:37
is to place Wi-Fi routers in it.
12:39
So the moment I place a Wi-Fi router in it,
12:42
it basically creates a heat map.
12:47
So I get to say which part of the rooms
12:49
get maximum signal, which parts of them get minimum.
12:53
And then that's how I can go ahead and optimize
12:57
the placement and positioning of this Wi-Fi routing device.
13:02
And I can also change some parameters and attributes
13:04
over here.
13:05
For example, Signal Attenuation per Meter in Air.
13:08
We can change this specific Signal Attenuation
13:11
per Wall or great density and we can also have a Dynamic Mode.
13:16
So that the moment you move the your cursor,
13:19
it's going to show you the heat map in real time.
13:23
So this is a very simple or this is a very small example.
13:26
But definitely, very valuable and very useful,
13:29
because it helps you come up with that ideal position
13:32
to place your Wi-Fi router device.
13:36
I'm going to move on to another example, which
13:38
is called Forge BIM Phasing.
13:46
And in this example--
13:47
this application, allows you to extract phasing information
13:53
from the Revit model.
13:54
So this is also a Revit model.
13:56
But what it does is, from this BIM model,
13:58
it extracts phasing information.
14:00
If I click on this custom button over here in the Viewer,
14:06
it basically gives me a list of phases
14:08
that are there in the model.
14:10
So I have 01-Site This is the first phase,
14:13
and it just contains the site component.
14:16
Now as I progress through these phases,
14:19
I get to see more and more components get added up.
14:22
So the next phase that looks like this, which is
14:24
called Structural Foundation.
14:25
And then we've got Steel Erection.
14:27
We've got Concrete & Metal Decking.
14:29
Stairs come up, Roof erected, Exterior Walls, Curtain Walls
14:33
& Windows, Parking, Partitions, Sealing HVAC, Plumbing,
14:40
Electrical.
14:41
So this basically allows us to get phase wise information.
14:46
So that it's easy to visualize what components
14:49
are there and what phase of the building, what
14:51
phase of the project.
14:52
And then we also have a report over here, which basically
14:56
gives you an idea of how many elements are there
14:58
in each of these phases.
14:60
You're going to move on to another example here, which
15:02
is called Dasher 360, which is an Autodesk Research project.
15:08
While this loads up--
15:10
just a piece of information, this is a building performance
15:13
management tool.
15:15
And this is built with Forge.
15:18
So you can see the granularity of customization
15:21
that we have done here.
15:23
This is the Forge Viewer in action,
15:25
with a lot of customization.
15:27
And this displays historical and real time sensor data,
15:30
in a highly customized viewer as you can see.
15:33
So in a moment, you would actually
15:36
be able to see all the sensors that are there, that
15:38
are installed in this building.
15:41
And they are connected by IoT, so I can get a list of sensors
15:46
with this.
15:49
Loading Sensor Data, and we can get that sensor data from here.
15:53
You can see that if I hover over any of these sensors,
15:56
it gives us information such as temperature 24.23 degrees
15:60
Celsius, humidity and CO2 level.
16:02
Similarly, you've got some hybrid sensors as well.
16:05
And then you can see the values the current values,
16:08
and you can also see some historic data.
16:10
You can turn on the Dashboard, and you can also
16:13
run a timeline.
16:17
So I still see the fluctuations in values
16:19
across all these sensors.
16:23
These are all throwing us real time values, as they're
16:26
connected with the internet.
16:28
And Forge Viewer helps us visualize that, in real time.
16:31
The next example is a highway management tool.
16:34
And Forge model viewer has been extensively used
16:37
for showing a 17 kilometer stretch of highway
16:40
with connected IoT to track actual site footage and also
16:44
or any issues that are reported and that all
16:46
happens in real time.
16:47
I'm going to go ahead and show you the application.
16:50
So as this loads up--
16:51
I mean, this is a beautiful example
16:53
to show that Forge not only works with vertical projects,
16:56
but also works seamlessly with horizontal projects.
16:59
Because as you can see, that this
17:01
is going to be a 17 kilometer long stretch of highway
17:04
and not just the view.
17:06
And it also has a lot of IoT integration
17:08
to track actual site footage and visualize reported issues.
17:14
So you can see that once this is loaded up,
17:16
you can go to any stretch of the highway.
17:18
For example, let me go to the first kilometer mark,
17:22
then you go to the second kilometer mark.
17:23
You can see how seamlessly it displays
17:26
the graphics of these individual kilometer stretch.
17:31
I can go to the sixth kilometer mark over here.
17:34
We can go to the third kilometer mark,
17:36
and there's a bit of an integration done here.
17:39
So the individual who is traveling on this highway,
17:41
they spotted some potholes and they happen
17:44
to report those potholes.
17:46
And this was reported directly to the highway management team,
17:49
and they could go ahead and take that do action
17:52
to fix those potholes.
17:53
Similarly, we've got another integration done
17:55
on the fifth kilometer mark.
17:56
So I'm going to go ahead and click here.
17:58
And then I can see the live footage from the site itself.
18:02
I'm going to hit this Play, and it's just going to take a while
18:05
and it's just going to load that actual site
18:08
footage from the highway.
18:09
The CCTV over there on the site actually
18:11
is connected with the internet.
18:13
And using IoT, it talks to the internet,
18:16
it sends that footage to the internet, to the server.
18:19
And then the Forge Viewer is basically
18:21
integrated with that server and database
18:23
and it actually is able to capture the life
18:26
footage from the site.
18:29
I'm going to go ahead and move to the seventh kilometer mark,
18:35
which also displays a
18:38
So this basically a nesting of viewer that's done.
18:41
And this has been done to realize the difference
18:45
in terms of cross section.
18:46
So that somebody who is studying the highway,
18:49
they can actually look at the change of the profile.
18:52
And similarly, there's another integration done
18:54
on the 12th kilometer mark.
18:55
So if I go on the
18:58
you can actually see that there's
18:59
another issue management system over here
19:01
and somebody has reported a landslide.
19:03
They've just taken a picture, and they
19:05
were associated with that particular kilometer mark
19:08
of the highway.
19:09
And the highway management team is
19:11
able to spot that and take the action.
19:15
I'm going to move ahead to the next example, which
19:17
is a SaaS Integration.
19:20
I'm going to click on this.
19:21
And as this opens up, this showcase
19:24
is a demonstration that integrates cost database
19:27
with BIM data, to calculate the overall cost of materials
19:31
consumed in the building.
19:32
And this is really interesting, because as you
19:35
can see we have a BIM model.
19:36
It's a typical big model that's coming out of Revit,
19:39
and what Forge does is, it helps us extract quantities
19:43
of materials leveraging that BIM data that we've
19:45
been talking about.
19:47
And you can see you've got Steel, you've got Concrete,
19:50
you've got Metal-Aluminum, you've got Coppers.
19:53
And it's all connected in real time.
19:55
So if I happen to click on Steel,
19:56
it's going to display all those components that
19:59
are consuming steel.
20:01
And the same goes for concrete, the same
20:03
goes for metal-aluminum, the same goes for coppers.
20:05
I'm going to go back and Show All objects.
20:07
But on top of this, we have the prices of materials over here
20:11
that are coming from a live external database.
20:14
Now this dashboard here, combines the BIM data
20:18
and the cost data, to provide us a real time total
20:21
cost of each of the materials.
20:23
And this in turn basically gives us
20:25
the total cost of the project.
20:27
Which means, that if there's a change the price of any
20:30
of the material over here, it reflects
20:32
in the total cost in real time, which gives us the convenience
20:36
to save a lot of time and bring more accuracy
20:38
and smartness into the workflow.
20:40
I'm going to move ahead to the next example over here,
20:43
and this is an example of Design Automation.
20:46
And over here, you would see a catalog
20:48
of items, which is basically a catalog of lighting fixtures.
20:51
And the user gets to select that lighting fixture,
20:54
and place that in the building and the right hand side.
20:56
And everything is happening in the browser in itself.
20:59
The user doesn't have to come really in any of the authoring
21:01
tools, they would go ahead on the left and drag this product
21:05
and placed it on the right side inside.
21:07
And they would make sure that the room is sufficiently lit.
21:12
And they cannot suggest values of luminaire.
21:16
And once this has been done, they
21:18
can click on this button, Download Modified Revit File.
21:22
And that's where Design Automation for Revit kicks in.
21:26
And it's able to generate a live Revit model
21:29
and place it on BIM 360 Team.
21:31
So you can see how Forge worked here,
21:34
to self Design Automation for Revit that actually created
21:37
a physical model out of it.
21:39
And then it also transferred that to BIM 360 Team,
21:42
because at the end of the day, BIM 360 Team,
21:44
sits on Autodesk Forge.
21:46
And then it was able to send data physical Revit model
21:48
and transfer that on BIM 360 Team.
21:51
And you can see that while the user goes on BIM 360 Team,
21:55
they're able to see the lighting fixture and all the associated
21:59
parameter values.
22:01
They can also download that from BIM 360 Team,
22:03
and they would now go ahead and open that up in Revit.
22:07
And they're able to see all the lighting
22:09
fixtures that they just placed.
22:11
With the help of the browser, now physically converted
22:14
into a model in Revit.
22:17
I'm going to move on to another example, which shows a Power BI
22:20
Integration.
22:21
Here, the user gets to log in with their credentials
22:24
and see a list of BIM 360 projects.
22:27
And after selecting one of those projects,
22:29
they're able to see coordination spaces coming directly
22:31
from model coordination.
22:34
Once they happen to select the Model Coordination space,
22:38
they are able to get the Clash Overview.
22:41
And that's where-- that's when the integration with Power BI
22:45
happens.
22:47
And on top of that, they also get a handy viewer
22:50
on the right hand side to display what's going on.
22:56
And you can see that, there's a Power BI Integration that
22:59
shows what are the different components that are clashing
23:04
with the you can see Parts, you can see Mass, Lighting Fixtures
23:08
Walls.
23:09
And it's all connected in real time.
23:10
So somebody happens to click on Walls,
23:15
it's going to highlight all the walls that are clashing
23:18
in real time in the viewer.
23:29
You can see it's all in real time.
23:33
Checking in Wall, it changes the values in the Power BI list.
23:37
And one also gets the option to export that data.
23:42
Once the user decides to export that,
23:44
they have it in a spreadsheet.
23:49
And they can see a list of walls,
23:51
that were basically clashing with the other elements.
24:03
And this is together with the element ID.
24:05
So one can go into Revit, and then they
24:07
can adjust those walls to make sure,
24:09
that the model is clash free.
24:11
Together with that, we also have Clash Issue View.
24:15
So if somebody has created an issue in model coordination--
24:21
for those clashes, one would also
24:23
be able to come here and look at these clash issues.
24:39
I'm going to move on to this example now, which
24:41
is also a video.
24:42
(ON VIDEO)
24:43
This sample is a virtual operations dashboard example.
24:48
And what you see here, is two instances of a Forge Viewer--
24:52
one on the left here, which is displaying a schematic, a 2D
24:56
schematic of a plant.
24:58
And on the right is a 3D actual real layout of a plant.
25:03
In this case, a schematic was created by the AutoCAD P&ID
25:06
product.
25:07
And on the right was created by AutoCAD Plant 3D.
25:10
But that's not really relevant, can do similar things--
25:12
for example, with inventor drawings and inventive
25:17
Or a Revit sheet, a 2D layout combined with a 3D Revit model.
25:23
And is a couple of functionalities
25:24
here I just want to demonstrate for this sample.
25:27
The first one is the linkage between elements
25:29
in a 2D view and a 3D view.
25:31
So what I can do here, is I'm looking at the schematic,
25:33
and say, well, which item in the 3D view
25:36
does this actually correspond to?
25:37
And I click on that, and it immediately
25:39
highlights in the model, where this tank
25:42
schematic, the actual tank for that's related to in the model.
25:45
Similarly, if I click down here on a pump,
25:49
it will take me to the actual pump in the 3D model.
25:53
So that's one of the things we have in this sample.
25:56
The other piece of functionality is
25:58
I wanted to demonstrate to you, is actually
25:60
it's a simulated IoT system.
26:03
So what we can do here, is we can monitor some IoT
26:05
data on this 3D drawing.
26:08
And when I start that simulation,
26:09
you see that the actual IoT data is being displayed,
26:13
overlaid on the model by color coding
26:16
elements about 3D layout.
26:18
And you can see that those elements are changing color
26:21
as information about the process flowing through this equipment,
26:24
is being relayed to the model.
26:27
So this is a great example of how you can actually
26:29
overlay live IoT data on a model and gain a huge amount
26:35
of context from doing so.
26:38
So I hope that seeing those demos
26:40
has sparked your interest further.
26:42
Now we are going to be talking about what
26:44
it takes to build a Forge Team to develop your own web
26:47
workflows and experiences.
26:50
Now these are a couple of recommended skills.
26:53
Server side scripting technologies,
26:55
which includes Node.js, ASP.NET, and JavaScript.
26:60
The knowledge of some web debugging tools
27:02
like curl or REST Clients.
27:04
Some of the programming language is
27:06
based on what platform are you programming on.
27:09
.NET, C-sharp, Ruby, Python, Java, C, or C++.
27:16
Some of the platform has to gain knowledge
27:17
based on which platform are you choosing to program for--
27:21
Android iOS, Windows, and Linux.
27:24
And definitely if you are developing a web application,
27:28
then you must know some of the web development tools
27:30
like HTML, CSS, and JSON.
27:34
So most Autodesk customers have developers on staff
27:37
that understand desktop development,
27:39
but they may be new to the web development platform and web
27:42
development process.
27:44
So this slide is an attempt to cover the new skills,
27:47
they will need to learn to successfully build
27:49
for the Forge applications.
27:51
Now, when it comes to desktop API programming-- in general,
27:54
desktop applications expose APIs through local SDK and reference
27:59
libraries.
28:00
API access is generally open and does not
28:03
need any authentication.
28:05
Application is built with the API or SDK libraries.
28:09
Standard or local API works for the host application
28:12
most of the times.
28:13
Either it runs within the host application
28:15
or needs the host application installed in the system,
28:18
to be able to run independently.
28:20
Whereas when it comes to Web APIs programming,
28:23
API is secured, and access requires authentication.
28:27
Data and methods are accessed through web requests.
28:30
Data and parameters are returned through web responses.
28:33
Or requests and responses are conveyed to HTTP URL
28:38
or a request header and body.
28:40
Request and response types are explicitly
28:43
defined such as GET, POST, PUT, BATCH, and DELETE.
28:48
So here's a list of some recommended tools
28:50
that you can use.
28:51
And feel free to use any different tool as
28:54
long as it serves the purpose.
28:56
But here are a few recommendations.
28:57
So in terms of .NET Environment, you can go ahead with using
29:00
Microsoft Visual Studio with Nugget.
29:03
In terms of Node and JavaScript, you
29:05
can use Visual Studio Code, WebStorm, or NetBeans IDE.
29:10
In terms of Web debugging, you can
29:12
feel free to use curl and Postman, and Browser
29:15
Development Console.
29:16
Postman is my personal favorite.
29:18
For collaboration, we actively use GitHub as well as
29:20
Azure DevOps.
29:23
Now, finally, talking about the Umbrella of Forge.
29:26
So I'm going to give you a quick walkthrough of Forge APIs.
29:29
So this is a list of APIs within the Umbrella of Forge.
29:33
You've got authentication, data management, BIM 360, Viewer,
29:37
Webhooks, Design Automation, Models Derivative,
29:39
Reality Capture and Token Flex.
29:42
Now starting with a high level introduction of authentication,
29:45
OAuth2 authentication is the open standard
29:48
used across the Forge Platform for token-based authentication
29:51
authorization.
29:52
It helps you create a token.
29:55
And that token is supposed to be used
29:57
in any of the other API calls that you pick,
29:60
and it's free of cost.
30:01
So there's no access fee.
30:03
When we say, there's no access fee,
30:05
we mean that there's no charge for you
30:07
to generate a Forge token.
30:09
Coming on to data management API.
30:10
This is also a really important API,
30:12
because this is a unified and consistent way
30:14
to access your data across BIM
30:19
Team project.
30:20
Basically, any data that resides on Autodesk
30:22
cloud premises and the object storage service,
30:25
and this is also free of cost.
30:28
Coming on to BIM
30:32
allows you to programmatically alter the data,
30:35
retrieve the data, change something, or host something
30:38
on BIM 360.
30:40
So you can manage your BIM 360 accounts,
30:42
projects, issue, checklists, and a lot more.
30:44
So you can do several operations on BIM 360
30:46
programmatically using the BIM 360 API.
30:49
And this also comes free of cost.
30:53
When we talk about Model Derivative.
30:55
This enables users to represent and share their designs
30:58
in a different format, as well as
31:00
to extract valuable metadata.
31:02
So I'll give you an example.
31:04
If you want to programmatically convert your Revit model
31:07
into IFC or maybe into DWC, you can do that programmatically
31:12
using Model Derivative without the need
31:14
to open up any authoring or host applications.
31:17
You can just upload your file, and get that translation done.
31:20
But since this process involves cloud computation,
31:23
it comes with a cost.
31:24
And that's 1.5 cloud credits per complex job,
31:28
and 0.2 cloud credits very simple job.
31:31
Now coming on Viewer API, which is a natural next step
31:34
after Model Derivative.
31:35
In order to view anything in the Viewer API,
31:38
you need to convert your model-- you
31:40
need to convert your document or your file into SVF.
31:44
And that is something that you can only
31:46
do via Model Derivative.
31:47
It helps you display
31:50
of your designs and your websites,
31:51
by embedding the viewer in a web page.
31:54
You can also use the Viewer API to customize the appearance
31:57
and behavior of the viewer.
31:58
So in the few examples that we saw prior to this,
32:01
there were a lot of customizations
32:03
that were done on the viewer.
32:04
And all of that is possible using the Viewer API.
32:08
Now Webhooks API.
32:10
Is again, an API which comes free of cost.
32:13
And it helps you register for any events
32:16
that you want to monitor.
32:17
So on the occurrence of a registered event,
32:20
you are notified through a POST request, sent
32:22
to the Webhook Callback URL.
32:24
So this API basically allows you to develop applications,
32:27
such as the likes of BIM 360 notifier
32:30
where every time somebody uploads a file or every time
32:34
somebody creates a new folder, you get modified via email,
32:38
Slack, or mobile phone.
32:40
Depending on what level of integration do
32:42
you want to make.
32:44
Now coming on to Design Automation,
32:46
this offers automation capabilities
32:48
of Autodesk core desktop products as cloud services.
32:52
So you can run the AutoCAD engine, the Revit engine,
32:55
the Inventor engine, and the
32:59
And you can schedule the cloud to process
33:03
any mundane and repetitive tasks for you.
33:06
It comes with a cost, because it involves cloud computation.
33:09
So it comes with 4.0 Cloud Credits per processing
33:12
are for AutoCAD files.
33:14
And 6.0 Cloud Credits per processing
33:16
are, for Revit, Inventor, and 3ds Max.
33:20
What the reality capture API, you
33:22
can process up to 1,000 aerial or 300 handheld images
33:26
to generate 3D mesh.
33:28
And again, this also involves cloud computation.
33:31
So it comes with a cost of 3.5 Cloud Credits
33:34
per gigapixel processed.
33:37
Token Flex is a bit of a special API,
33:39
which is only available for customers
33:41
who are on Token Flex.
33:43
This allows you to access your token consumption, product
33:45
usage, and contract details.
33:47
You can integrate consumption reporting or CORE data
33:50
with your in-house reporting, to create custom insights.
33:53
So you can use your favorite tools like Power BI
33:56
to plug-in that data and have that visualization.
33:58
And this comes to you, free of cost.
34:01
Coming onto the last segment, which is additional resources.
34:05
We have some handy links for you or Stack Overflow, Blogs
34:08
& tutorials.
34:09
Forge Showroom, which is a collection
34:11
of great examples using Forge.
34:13
Some Code Samples, Quick Start guides, API Documentation,
34:17
Getting Started guide and fake news.
34:19
And if you are an enterprise customer
34:21
and you have an enterprise business agreement with us,
34:24
you also have access to Enterprise Priority Support.
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In that case, you can Support Request
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through the Account Portal.
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And the link is secure in the slide.
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You can also request for EP Accelerators.
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You can ask your CSM or Sales Executive for that.
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And we've also got coaching parts,
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which covers introduction to Forge
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as well as manage data on Forge.
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Finally, we also have the link here
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to Customer Success Hub, which is a great place to access
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courses and learning paths.
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You will also find recorded coaching sessions, and more
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life coaching topics, such as this.
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All right so hope this was useful.
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Thank you for your time, to attend the session
35:02
and I wish you have a great rest of your day.
35:04
Stay safe and healthy.
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Thank you.
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