au2019-forge-revit-to-fbx

Demonstrates using the Forge Design Automation API for 3ds Max to convert Revit files to FBX.

This project was cloned from the Forge Design Automation API for 3ds Max.

Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js 10 or later

Running locally

1. Register for a Forge application at https://forge.autodesk.com/myapps/create#. You'll need the key and secret for building and running any sample apps
   • Choose Design Automation API V3 and Data Management API for the APIs you want to use in your app.

Setup Config file

Inside the /config folder you will see a file named default.json.

2. Inside this file you will need to provide the following information:

{
	"forge": {
		"clientId": "Setup your forge client id here",
		"clientSecret": "Setup your forge client secret here",
		"ossBucketName": "Choose a unique OSS bucket name where the inputs and output will be uploaded must be of the form [-_.a-z0-9]{3,128} "
	}
}

3. Open a command prompt in the repo's root folder and follow these steps:

• Install the npm packages by running:

   npm install
  

• Create your appBundle by running:

   node createAndUploadApp.js
  

• Create your activity by running:

   node createActivity.js
  

• Launch a workitem to convert your 3dsMax file to FBX:

   node executeWorkitem.js C:/path/to/yourfile.rvt
  

Developer Notes

The code for performing the work done in 3ds Max to import Revit, convert materials, and export the FBX file is performed by a MAXScript script embedded in the handlebar template at: https://github.com/vimaec/au2019-forge-revit-to-fbx/blob/master/templates/payloads/postActivityExportToFBX.hbs.

License

This sample is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for full details.

Written by

Christopher Diggins, VIM Jeremy Farand-Belanger, Autodesk Inc.