Shiya Luo (@ShiyaLuo) & Adam Nagy (@AdamTheNagy)

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Free your design data

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

“In those days [1980’s], there was different information on different computers, but you had to log on to different computers to get at it. Also, sometimes you had to learn a different program on each computer. Often it was just easier to go and ask people when they were having coffee…” Sir Tim Berners-Lee

The World Wide Web

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“In those days [2000’s], there was different design data on different computers, but you had to use different computers to get at it. Also, sometimes you had to use a different application on each computer. Often it was just easier to go and ask people when they were having coffee…” Adam Nagy

The World Wide Web

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Design data

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1) You need to install the design software

2) You need to install “the” viewer

3) Just use Viewer from a web browser

Evolution of design access

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Viewer

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Design is not just geometry

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Model Derivative API

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Design Data Extraction &

Translation

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1) Get hierarchy of the model

2) Get geometry and properties from any of the components

3) Get translations of the model

Model Derivative API

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IFTTT (IF This Then That), Zapier, etc

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openBoM

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MAKETIME

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POST a translation job

POST/modelderivative/v2/designdata/job

Register the file throughtranslation

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In the past we relied on the client-side toretrieve data from models.

Server-side available now.

New features with the server side APIs

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Viewing/Data extraction: 60+ file formats

OBJ: any supported format at component level

STEP, IGES, STL: only specific file types and only at file level

Translation

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GET Manifest

GET /modelderivative/v2/

designdata/

{urn}/

manifest

urn of output formats (Derivative urns)

status for requested output types

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GET Metadata

GET /modelderivative/v2/designdata/

{urn}/

metadata

Metadata: organization of views within model Revit: display different views

Fusion: root model

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GET Hierarchy

GET /modelderivative/v2/

designdata/

{urn}/

metadata/

{guid}

Get object tree for specified metadata guid

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GET properties

GET/modelderivative/v2/

designdata/{urn}/

metadata/{guid}/

properties

Get the properties of a filethrough REST API

In the past, you needed toinstantiate a viewer instanceor parse the svf file in orderto have access to thoseinformation

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GET thumbnail

GETmodelderivative/

v2/

designdata/{urn}/thumbnail?

width=$WIDTH$ & height=$HEIGHT$

What if you just want to getthe thumbnail of a model?

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