Autodesk Forge viewer for .dwg fileș

Question

The Autodesk forge viewer, from the learning samples, does not seem to have a 3d viewing option when opening a .dwg file. Is there a way to view a .dwg file in 3d rather than just a plan view? A shading option would be useful as well as many .dwg files contain solids.

Answer 1

You can take advantage of Autodesk.DocumentBrowser extension to switch between views if you can see 3d views listed in the model derivative manifest of the DWG file.

viewer.loadExenstion('Autodesk.DocumentBrowser');

Here is an example of the look of the Autodesk.DocumentBrowser ext for a Revit file. You may see a similar tree structure while using it with DWG files.

Or you can modify your viewable filter to obtain 3D viewables only instead like this way:

​var viewables = viewerDocument.getRoot().search({type:'geometry', role: '3d'});
viewer.loadDocumentNode(viewerDocument, viewables[0]);