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

Bootstrap theme

The project uses a custom Bootstrap theme. In order to customize it:

• modify tools/bootstrap-theme/custom.scss
• run npm build:client to update public/stylesheets/bootstrap.css
• commit the new version of the CSS file

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