Learn how to unleash data hosted on Autodesk, Inc., with the Forge Data Management API. We will cover how to access, create, and share using Node.js sample coding on web-based apps. You’ll also learn how to integrate with other data providers, from both Autodesk and third parties. This session features Forge.

Data is spread over different providers, so you often need to around to take advantage of each web service. Using the Forge Data Management API you can access the storage structure, download and upload files from A360 Team, BIM 360 Docs and Fusion Team. And this allows integration with other providers using apps and programming. This class will cover the basics to create your own storage provider integration and show samples with Box, Google Drive and Dropbox.

The AEC Data Model API enables access to data that is more detailed than anticipated, significantly enhancing possibilities for data verification and data management. In our session, we will present several case studies on data verification using the AEC Data Model APIwith Excel and Power BI, as well as data management using the AEC Data Model API and the Revit API. Additionally, data verification is also possible with the Data Exchange API,and we will briefly explain the differences between the Data Exchange API and the AEC Data Model API.

Using the Forge platform and data for your project’s intelligent models is all about information. With web tools, you can gain quick access to that information. Forge gives you a convenient way to gather data from your project and quickly get model-based insights. The Forge Data Management API provides comprehensive data reporting for any web app. Learn how HMC Architects has integrated Forge to help understand its own data usage in intelligent models and enterprise business applications.

An open discussion of lessons learned while implementing functionalities of the openBoM application using the Forge Viewer and Data Management API. The discussion will include ademo of the application, an overview of the technical issues and architectural decisions, as well as a discussion of prospects for further use of the Forge platform in the application. Active audience participation is assumed and encouraged.

In this class, we will introduce you to BIM 360 Docs software’s API. BIM 360 Docs software is a cloud-based document management system tailored specifically for construction projects. As the document at the center of BIM 360 family products, BIM 360 Docs software promises to play an important role for unified development of the BIM 360 mobile and web platform. BIM 360 Docs software provides an API as a part of the Forge Platform Data Management API. Using the Forge Platform API, you can access documents stored in BIM 360 Docs software, display models using the Viewing API, and search data in the model. Using the API, for example, you can automate updating models from external applications, make a report to keep track of a team’s progress, and connect your own web services applications with BIM 360 Docs projects. We will show you how to get started with the BIM 360 Docs API, share examples of use cases, and demonstrate what you can do using the BIM 360 Docs API. This session features BIM 360 Docs and Forge. AIA Approved

This class will help you kick start and accelerate your development on the Forge platform by demonstrating best practice workflows and tips & tricks for managing REST API calls and consuming JSON data. Examples will include uses of the Model Derivative API, Data Management API (including accessing data in BIM 360 Docs), Authentication API and Design Automation API. Prior knowledge in Web and Cloud development is recommended.  

Join a live demonstration as we create an app in Autodesk Platform Services, connect with that app using Postman, and make some API calls and chain a few together to get some really interesting, and hopefully useful, data! We’ll cover Postman-specific features, including collections, environments, authentication and authorization, variables, requests, pre-call scripts, and post-response scripts. In Autodesk Platform Services, we will focus on the Authentication API, Data Management API, and AEC Data Model API. You’ll leave this session with enough info to play along at home—and some helpful links to learn more!

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the layer that lets AI agents access Autodesk tools, data, and APIs through a standardized interface. The firms building this infrastructure today will define the standard not just use it. This session will go deep on three production MCP servers: revitDeploymentMCP (CI/CD pipeline as four AI-callable tools), a Dynamo MCP server (exposing Dynamo scripts for AI orchestration), and an Autodesk Platform Services Data Pipeline server (chaining the Model Derivative API, the Data Management API, and the Design Automation API without auth failures or silent webhook drops). Each server is examined at the architecture, implementation, and deployment levels. You'll receive complete implementation patterns for all three.

As client and project requirements become more and more complex, the need to manage information in Autodesk Revit software and data connected to Revit becomes exceedingly important. This class will survey the landscape of tools available to aid in this task, including tools for family and parameter management as well as specific tools for program management. Autodesk® Vault software, dRofus, Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft® Excel® tools and others will be covered. During the class, we will touch on project experience with many of these tools and provide guidance on how to approach many data management challenges in Revit.

Are you interested in learning BIM 360 and Forge, but not sure where to start? Are you feeling confused about how Forge APIs work together to give you access to your BIM data? If so, this class is for you. In this session, we'll look at the Forge API from the view of BIM 360 products and provide you with the foundational knowledge for you to implement powerful applications and workflows using these APIs.

The design and engineering world is about to go through a major disruption from single user focused, file based "monolithic", hard to learn, desktop CAD to deeply collaborative, highly tailored, and simple to use "database on the cloud" CAD experiences. These workflows will be enabled by the Forge High Frequency Data Management (HFDM) SDK and Forge App Framework - the tools Autodesk is using to build next generation products such as Quantum and Fusion Web.

In this class, the architects building this next generation platform will explain the goals and architect for the Forge High Frequency Data Management and App Framework platform. Not only will you get a sneak peek at the technology that will power the future of the Forge platform; but you will also gain a clear understanding of the workflows and business challenges this platform is intended to address, and how the platformed is architected to do so. The presentation will include demonstrations of prototype applications.

(Joint AU/Forge DevCon class)

The class presents cost management strategy using web based system that includes Forge. In the system, we focused to analyze legacy project data interactively for on-going project with Machine Learning Algorithm In an attempt of 5D BIM. It supports decision-making of cost control at the initial design stage when Revit model don't have detail object for estimation. By improving quality of cost estimate in initial design stage, it is easy to manage the cost within target budget through project. We will focus on as billow; a. How to get past project data interactively through WebAPI of internal system. b. How to get and share on-going project data with "Data management API " and "Viewer" of Forge. c. Data analysis techniques for cost estimation of on-going project using "scikit-learn" that is machine learning library in Python. d. Data cycle system to improve quality of analysis, constantly. This session will explore the above technique as it has been used for actual building projects.

When an independent software vendor (ISV) submits an app to the Autodesk App Store with a single Client ID, all customers share identical credentials creating data leakage risks. This session will introduce the "robot-per-tenant" pattern: provisioning unique robot email addresses per customer (for example, acme-mep-robot@clientid.com), which ensures token scope isolation at the identity level. We'll cover onboarding flows, three-legged OAuth (3LO) token management scoped per tenant, Hub/Project membership automation, and audit trail design. Even application logic errors cannot breach tenant boundaries. Drawing from production deployments with Forma Data Management and Forma Admin APIs, learn how to scale from 10 to 1,000 tenants.

Discover how the Design Automation API for Revit can extend and enhance your BIM 360 Document Management approval workflows. Learn from Bechtel and Autodesk Consulting as they discuss their first-hand experiences. Attendees will leave this session with an understanding of the need for using the Design Automation for Revit API to extend BIM 360 Document Management, and the challenges faced while doing so through a recent Proof of Concept effort.

The amount of information collected in BIM 360 software can be overwhelming, and finding connections between data that can lead to project insight is not always easy. However, thanks to the flexibility of the Forge API and its seamless communication with BIM 360, it’s now possible to connect information systems that highlight important data and enable better-informed decisions. Attendees will start by understanding the basic setup of a functional Forge-powered information dashboard. We’ll then go through some of the main opportunities to connect information and discuss how to make the most out of the outcomes. We’ll work using practical examples that provide tangible benefits to the project. In the end, we’ll review how to find the required information in BIM 360, what it means, and where to start connecting it using the Forge platform’s Data Management API.

In this class you will see how you can use the Vault software API and the View and Data API together. The View and Data API enables you to programmatically view models in 3D in a browser. The Vault software API enables you to download files from Vault software. The topics covered in this class will be from an application that uses C# Vault API calls to download files along with View and Data API REST calls to translate the files. You will see how to use the View and Data API JavaScript functions to view the translated files. Please note that prior programming knowledge with C#, REST, and JavaScript is recommended. This class is not suitable for people who do not have any programming experience.

The AEC Data Model is becoming the shared language that connects design, construction, and operations as AECO shifts from file-centric BIM to data-centric delivery. In this roadmap session, learn how Autodesk is unifying files, models, and granular data through Forma Data Management and the AEC Data Model, unlocking governance, automation, analytics, and data reuse. We'll highlight what's next across Content Catalog, Extended Properties, Model Analytics, Parameters Service, Forma Assets, Datum, and emerging capabilities such as Information Requirements, Asset Information Connector, and Asset Registry. The result? Teams can access, trust and connect data across the full asset lifecycle.

The Autodesk Manufacturing Data Model API is a way to store your manufacturing design data in the cloud, making it easily accessible from anywhere. Using the example of the OpenBOM cloud application, this class will show how to streamline product lifecycle management (PLM) integrations with Autodesk Fusion 360 software using the Manufacturing Data Model API. Let's see how you can develop fully connected model SaaS applications using Autodesk Platform Services and the Manufacturing Data Model API.

The Fusion data management experience has come a long way. We are the pioneers of cloud-based CAD/CAM, breaking new norms in the industry. Offering easy access to your data from anywhere, anytime, and on any machine. The past few years have shown the true benefit of cloud-based data. It's imperative to enable individuals and teams to collaborate in real-time, staying connected with their projects even when working remotely. Now, we're working on connecting your data together on a common data platform. We're expanding on our APIs, and making sure that relevant data is captured and retained through the entire design-to-make process. Join us as we explore data management improvements that have been recently released, as well as those currently being explored in research and development in the area of data management for Autodesk Fusion, ranging from the data management integration with the desktop client to the web client, from the base product to the Manage Extension.