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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 Create Activity

I am using Autodesk Forge DesignAutomatin V3 in C# and am getting an error when creating an Activity. this is the error i receive: System.IO.InvalidDataException: 'CommandLine is a required property for Activity and cannot be null' Here is how i am…
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Design Automation LogTrace onProgress cannot match arguments in custom call

I am trying to export a .sat file to one in .stp format. I've had trouble doing the export directly to a bucket (from .ipt to .stp no problem but it doesn't work from .sat to .stp). Finally, I have tried using LogTrace with custom data to send the…
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Using .zip files with Forge Design Automation for AutoCAD

I have a zip file containing several file types (.dwg,.xlsx,.pdf). If I specify a .zip file as input, I've noticed they're all accepted by Forge, but only .dwg's come back out. Is there anyway I can fix this?
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Autodesk Design Automation Activities: How to distinguish between input and output parameters

When creating a new activity, input and output parameters are not separated as it was need in v2. How does the design automation service distinguish between them? Is it via the verb? I hope not, because sometimes there are poorly designed Rest-APIs…
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Forge Design Automation Example Not working

I'm new to Forge Design Automation and am trying to start from one of the example projects provided by Autodesk(https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/forge-countdeletewalls-revit). I think all the settings are in the right place, Revit version is…
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Autodesk design automation Revit , text file as input

The Revit API I developed, take a text file as input. the text file looks like as below...... 1.002, 20,502, 21.706 12.502, 5,502, 7.706 21.002, 15,502, 14.706 ..................... ..................... (The values are not correct.just imaginary. I…
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Generate a .zip file using Forge Design Automation

I'm working on a web site using Forge Design Automation for AutoCAD, and I'd like to have a .zip file returned. Does the .zip file have to go back to a URL (folder) located in site, or can it be downloaded directly to my view (MVC) through the…
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What are the options for generating images in both the Forge design automation and model derivative APIs?

Currently, I'm using the thumbnail of an assembly generated on the design automation API. I'm looking for a method to generate images of various views, including iso, top, front and side images of my assembly. What are the options for generating…
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Read Revit Schedule data using design automation API

I am planning to read schedule data from Revit files like (room schedule or door schedule). is there an example doing so using design automation api for revit.
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Plot to PDF Differences between Forge AutoCAD and AutoCAD Desktop

I am currently trying to standardize some cleaning and plot functions on Autodesk Forge. My development process is to write my Design Automation plugins in Visual Studio, test in Autocad Desktop (Windows) via the NETLOAD command, and then push to…
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How to export DWG from RVT file with Forge Design Automation

I am still new to Forge Development and followed all samples in the https://learnforge.autodesk.io. What I want to achieve is export DWG from a RVT file. I did and achieved this in IExternalDBApplication with local Revit.exe. When I try to this on…
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Autodesk Forge Heroku Deployment

I followed this tutorial all along https://learnforge.autodesk.io/#/tutorials/modifymodels. In local I haven't seen any error but when I try to deploy this app to the Heroku with the guide of the tutorial, app doesn't work appropriately. Just viewer…
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AWS error when trying to publish an Autodesk Forge Design Automation App bundle

When following the steps described here: https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v3/tutorials/revit/step4-publish-appbundle/#step-3-upload-the-appbundle I get an Aws specific error. AccessDeniedNo…
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Forge design automation: missing output file

I'm using Forge's design automation API to translate Revit to IFC files. In some (important: not all) Revit files, I'm hitting the following problem: model-extractor_1 | [02/25/2020 10:50:58] Running in unattended mode. model-extractor_1 …
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Is it possible to use external IFC exporter in DA4R?

I need to use IFC for Revit library SourceForge link. Can i override the version that is built in? I mean using Document.Export(path,IFCExportOptions). How can i use it in DA4R app ?
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