Forge Digital Twin Demo

Autodesk Forge application demonstrating various use cases in manufacturing, specifically in context of digital twins.

Live demo

Master branch is deployed to http://forge-digital-twin.autodesk.io.

Development

Prerequisites

Node.js v10+
Forge application credentials, and an urn of a model processed with Model Derivative APIs
MongoDB database
- for example, use the free tier of MongoDB Atlas
- or run it locally: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation

Setup

clone this repository
install dependencies: npm install

run server with all the required env. variables

for example, on macOS:

export FORGE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id>
export FORGE_CLIENT_SECRET=<client-secret>
export FORGE_MODEL_URN=<model-urn>
export MONGODB_URL=<mongodb-connection-string>
npm start

or, when using Visual Studio Code, add this configuration to your .vscode/launch.json:

      {
          "type": "node",
          "request": "launch",
          "name": "Launch Express Server",
          "program": "${workspaceFolder}/server.js",
          "env": {
              "FORGE_CLIENT_ID": "<client-id>",
              "FORGE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<client-secret>",
              "FORGE_MODEL_URN": "<model-urn>",
              "MONGODB_URL": "<mongodb-connection-string>"
          }
      }

go to http://localhost:3000

Deployment

Sample data

The jet engine model used in the live demo can be obtained from https://knowledge.autodesk.com/sites/default/files/file_downloads/Jet_Engine_Model.zip.
Create an archive of the Workspace folder and translate the archive into SVF with _Jet Engine Model.iam as the root file (see tutorial here and remember to specify the output format as SVF)
Once completed, feed the URN as environment variable and run the sample

Features

Heatmaps (using the viewer's theming color API)
Annotations
Animations

Support

For support, please contact forge.help@autodesk.com.

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please refer to LICENSE for more details.

Written by

Petr Broz (@ipetrbroz), Varun Patil, Forge Partner Development Group

vinay-meg-nxt/forge-digital-twin