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For questions related to Autodesk Forge Design Automation, including the REST web service and engine specific questions (AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit or 3dsMax).

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Autodesk Forge Data Management References API does not list Revit References

My goal is to compute a Revit model with the design automation API. The Revit model is hosted on BIM360 docs. The Revit model contains links/references to other models. Those references were created in Revit and all refer to models also hosted on…
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How to interpret this error message from Forge Automation API?

I'm trying to execute an iLogic script in Automation API. The model is not tiny, so I'm uploading it as a single 24MB zip file. This is what my Activity looks like: { "commandLine": [ "$(engine.path)\\InventorCoreConsole.exe /i…
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Revit Design Automation: Possible to Set IFC Export Setting?

I noticed that Model Derivatives are able to translate Revit to IFC using a specified Export Setting Name. Is it possible to do the same in Design Automation? The Autodesk exporter (Autodesk.IFC.Export.UI) is able to utilize saved export settings,…
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Is there any way to work with a users local (non-BIM360) file using design automation and still get things like user selection?

I am trying to use the design automation API to modify a Revit file in place. From what I am reading, it seems like, because you have to upload a revit model to the cloud, that there is no way to modify a single users revit model that they have open…
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Autodesk Forge Design Automatio Non-optional output [outputFile.rvt] is missing

I am trying to add a design automation job to my application for Revit. After starting the design automation job I have received an Non-optional output [outputFile.rvt] is missing error. I can't find the errors in my code. I have used this example,…
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iLogic error due to Level of Detail is not a custom Level of Detail

After required project execution like crating inventor assembly model and drawing there is an ilogic error. After assembly document open LastActiveDesignViewRepresentation: Default and LastActiveLevelOfDetailRepresentation: iLogic How to resolve…
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Autodesk Forge: How to get started with creating a configurator

I am extremely new to Web Development. I'm trying to create a configurator application that can load a part into the viewer, have a menu to modify its dimensions, and update the viewer. So far, I developed a basic Web Application that can create a…
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Autodesk forge translate object custom in forge configurator inventor

I want to custom translate a model in the forge configurator inventor. This model will be a model that is created and cached after the update process. I want to translate the abc.iam file in the "cache / projectid / hash / model.zip" file and get…
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Revit Core Engine Core Console is shut down due to process time limit

We have an issue with a Revit model that doesn't work. The log file shows the following information: *[05/09/2021 11:01:07] Initialize and get RCE: (VersionBuild) 21.1.20.44 (VersionNumber) 2021 (SubVersionNumber) 2021.2 [05/09/2021 14:01:00]…
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FailedLimitProcessingTime; access to Forge Journal file possible?

We have a Revit model that doesn't seem to be running in Forge. It runs just fine in our local Revit Plugin, but it seems to 'hang' when trying it in Forge. After 3 hours, Forge just times-out... The model isn't that big (less than 150MB), and we've…
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API call directly from Design Automation Activity

I am trying to follow DA tutorial to extract data from CAD file and post the data to a web api. Probably I can extract and save a data file in OSS( or somewhere temporarily, I haven't figured out yet), and use my web app to read this file before…
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Save my design automation output as a .zip file to keep the materials textures

I am uploading a .zip file which consists of a Revit file and images to keep the textures of the materials, so how could I add the design automation output file to the same .zip file to keep the materials' textures?
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Autocad selection filter in design automation

Hi I am prototyping an Autocad Design Automation project from an old desktop script. I used a selection filter before I realized that window selection etc don't work if it is off-screen. Design Automation by definition should be an 'off-screen'…
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How do I select walls along a particular axis, among all the other walls, in Revit using the Revit API?

I want to change the height of all walls but the length of walls only in a particular axis, for instance, along the x-axis. Consecutively, could you also tell how I could alter the similar dimensions for a house? Where there are connected walls?
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http://localhost:3000/api/forge/designautomation/workitems 500 (Internal Server Error) jquery.min.js:2 POST

I am trying out the step by step tutorial of design-automation in Revit, to modify-your-models from learn.autodesk.io . This code worked perfectly fine even a few days back but today I am suddenly facing this error. I tried recreating the entire…
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