forge-viewmodels-netcore-aws

Platforms .NET License

oAuth2 Data-Management Viewer

Intermediate

Description

AWS Cloudformation Project for the use with Autodesk Forge AWS Quickstart

Quick Start architecture for Autodesk Forge on AWS Cloud

Setup

Prerequisites

  1. Forge Account: Learn how to create a Forge Account, activate subscription and create an app at this tutorial.
  2. Visual Studio Community edition or Visual Code
  3. .NET Framework basic knowledge with C#
  4. JavaScript basic knowledge with jQuery

For using this sample, you need an Autodesk developer credentials. Visit the Forge Developer Portal, sign up for an account, then create an app that uses Data Management and Model Derivative APIs. For this new app, use http://localhost:3000/api/forge/callback/oauth as Callback URL, although is not used on 2-legged flow. Finally take note of the Client ID and Client Secret.

Running locally

Clone this project or download it (this netcore branch only). It's recommended to install GitHub desktop. To clone it via command line, use the following (Terminal on MacOSX/Linux, Git Shell on Windows):

git clone -b netcore https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/forge-viewmodels-netcore-aws.git

For Visual Studio, go to project properties and specify the environment variables. For Visual Code, create a new Debug Configuration with the environment variables:

  • FORGE_CLIENT_ID: your Forge Client ID
  • FORGE_CLIENT_SECRET: your Forge Client Secret

Compile the solution, Visual Studio should download the NUGET packages (Autodesk Forge, RestSharp and Newtonsoft.Json)

Start the forgesample project, the index.html is marked as start page. At the webpage, the New Bucket blue button allow create new buckets (as of now, minimum input validation is implemented). For any bucket, right-click to upload a file (objects). For demonstration, objects are not automatically translated, but right-click on a object and select Translate.

Further Reading

Documentation:

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for full details.

Written by

Forge Partner Development