Manu Venugopal, Keith White, Saikat Bhattacharya, Autodesk The BIM 360 web services simplify collaborative workflows from pre-construction through field management to handover of a construction project. In this session, we will discuss a new area of the BIM 360 API: HQ APIs for unified account administration and data across BIM 360. HQ APIs allow customers to integrate with BIM 360 and extend their construction eco-system to automate workflows, reduce manual data entry and improve data quality. The HQ API plays a critical role as part of the Forge platform, providing a secure and single point of integration for customer accounts, into their projects, partner companies, user management, and other account level information. We will introduce the basic functionalities of the HQ API and present use cases on how early adopters such as Layton Construction and JE Dunn Construction are leveraging this API to add value to their construction ecosystem. We will also share the latest developments and future direction for the BIM 360 product line and APIs,

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Integrate and Extend your Construction Ecosystem
with BIM360 API and FORGE
Manu Venugopal, Ph.D.
Senior Product Manager
Saikat Bhattacharya
Technical Consulting Manager
Keith White, AIA
Technical Consultant
Manu Venugopal Saikat BhattacharyaKeith White

2. @AutodeskForge
#ForgeDevCon
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Forge Keynote
JE DUNN BIM 360
API
&
Forge
Extend BIM360 Docs
with Issues
Free your BIM
data
AR/VR
AEC @AutodeskForge

3. Agenda
• FORGE & BIM 360: What’s new?
• API deep dive & demo
• Q&A
Forge & BIM 360: What’s new?

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Platform BIM360 UXNew API
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Platform
New API
BIM 360 UX

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Platform
New API
BIM 360 UX
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Ecosystem Integration
Field
Management
Layout &
Verification
Production
Planning
Building
Operations
FORGE
Construction Enterprise Integration & Insight
Project Control - Doc Management, RFIs, Submittals
VDC / BIM
Management

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Business
EnablementManage Data
Visualize/
Simulate
MakeCollaborate
Integrate/
Extend
Foundation Services
Autodesk
ID
Usage
Reporting
Structured
Storage
Data
Management
Projects Materials
Sharing
Activity Commenting
Transfer
Avoidance
Derivative ServiceBig Data Platform Machine Learning Event ServicesAccess
Control
f(x)
d
dx
Service
Message
Bus
Object Store
More
Translate
Viewing Market PlaceRenderingGeometry
Search
PLM 360
A360
CAM
Fusion
360
Markup Printing
Design
Fusion Design
Docs
3D
Printing
Simulation MoreBIM Design
BIM 360
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Platform
New API
BIM 360 UX

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Autodesk BIM 360
Account Administration (HQ)
BIM 360 Field BIM 360 Glue BIM 360 DocsBIM 360 Plan
BIM 360 API
FORGE
Typical Workflow
1. Create your Forge
App
2. Connect your App
to BIM 360
Account
3. Perform Account-
level functions
4. Access your
models/drawings
5. View Models &
Manage Issues
Access to BIM 360 API in the unified Forge
development platform
Account-level (HQ) functionality for BIM 360
Access BIM 360 Docs with Data Management API
FORGE | BIM 360 API

8. Key User Roles:
Account Admins, Corporate Developers, and
External 3rd Party Developers
Key HQ API Categories:
• Secure Account Access Control
• Project Creation/Access Control
• Project Profile
• Partner Companies Directory
• Master Member Directory
• Business Unit Data
BIM 360 API | Account-level (HQ) Functionality
Visit: developer.autodesk.com/en/docs/bim360/v1
BIM 360 API | Account-level (HQ) Functionality

9. FORGE - BIM 360 API | Early Adopter
Layton Construction connecting project data from ERP system
to automatically create projects in BIM 360 HQ and keep them
in sync.
“Pushing data directly to BIM 360 HQ from our ERP system means
less manual data entry risks and costs”
- Jeff Metcalf, Director Information Systems/Controller, Layton Construction
FORGE - BIM 360 API | Early Adopter
JE DUNN’s Dunn Dashboard integrates multiple
3rd party systems including BIM 360 into a
cohesive cloud experience
“By integrating multiple systems into Dunn Dashboard, we are able to
provide a unified experience for our users. And Forge platform, Viewer and
BIM 360 API plays a critical part in helping extend the capabilities.”
- Mark Stocks, Director of Information Architecture, JE Dunn Construction

10. FORGE - BIM 360 API | Early Adopter
Southland Industries using BIM360 API to integrate BIM 360 project
data, models, and documents, with ERP and estimating systems to
create a single source of truth.
“By leveraging the power of BIM 360 API and connecting our BIM data with
our Estimating and ERP systems, we are developing a unified workflow and
platform which increases our operational efficiencies by providing the right
information to the right people at the right time”
- Julio Saenz, Research and Development Manager, Southland
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Platform
New APIs
BIM 360 UX

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Autodesk BIM 360
Account Administration (HQ)
BIM 360 Field BIM 360 Glue BIM 360 DocsBIM 360 Plan
BIM 360 API
FORGE
Typical Workflow
1. Create your Forge
App
2. Connect your App
to BIM 360
Account
3. Perform Account-
level functions
4. Access your
models/drawings
5. View models &
manage issues
Secure and private mechanism to access BIM
360 accounts and project data
Connect to BIM 360 customer accounts when
invited
Forge - BIM 360 UX

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I’m the developer
Connect your Forge App to BIM 360 accounts
Invite a developer
Next steps

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Autodesk BIM 360
Account Administration (HQ)
BIM 360 Field BIM 360 Glue BIM 360 DocsBIM 360 Plan
BIM 360 API
FORGE
Typical Workflow
1. Create your Forge
App
2. Connect your App
to BIM 360
Account
3. Perform Account-
level functions
4. Access your
models/drawings
5. View Models &
Manage Issues
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Data Management API
Viewer
Issues API
Next steps

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Session: Extend BIM 360 Docs with Issues Service API
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Session: Free Your
BIM Data

15. API Deep Dive & Demo
Creating Your Forge Account and App

16. Getting Started / API Deep Dive
Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk, Inc.
Creating Your Account (https://developer.autodesk.com)
Getting Started / API Deep Dive
Creating Your App (https://developer.autodesk.com)
Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk, Inc.

17. Getting Started / API Deep Dive
Creating Your App (https://developer.autodesk.com)
Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk, Inc.
Getting Started / Forge BIM360 API Deep Dive

18. Forge APIs
Forge BIM360 API - Overview

19. Forge BIM360 API - Tutorials
Forge BIM360 API - Reference

20. • Autodesk Forge Platform (RESTful
API)
• Send Requests to Forge via REST
API
• The Forge Platform processes the
request and returns information to
the via JSON formatted string
Using REST with Forge BIM360 API
Using REST with Forge BIM360 API
• Example Request & Response (FetchAll Partner Companies)
• Request URI after serialization by REST API
• https://developer.api.autodesk.com/hq/v1/accounts/1d70dae8-28b6-4dc0-9407-
ba238da76eb1/companies?limit=20&offset=0
• Header (not shown)
• "Authorization", "Bearer " + Authorization Token
• Base URL
• https://developer.api.autodesk.com/hq/v1
• Endpoint
• /accounts/1d70dae8-28b6-4dc0-9407-ba238da76eb1/companies
• Parameters (varies per endpoint)
• limit=20&offset=0

21. Using REST with Forge BIM360 API
• Example Request & Response (FetchAll Partner Companies)
Response string prior to de-serialization into
using REST API
[{"id":"a13d7e11-4c69-4f32-b105-
d5f7302ea1ce","account_id":"1d70dae8-28b6-
4dc0-9407-ba238da76eb1","name":"AEC
Technology Consultants","trade":"Architecture",
"address_line_1":"12345 Cedar St",
"address_line_2“:null,"city":"Sometown","postal
_code":"123ABC","state_or_province":null,"coun
try": "United States", “phone":null,
"website_url":null, "description":"Making the
best out of any situation","created_at":"2016-
06-09T17:01:39.557Z", "updated_at":"2016-06-
09T17:01:39.949Z", "erp_id":"","tax_id":""}]
BIM 360 API Demo – Sample Integration

22. Mapping Your Integration with Forge BIM360 API
Creating a Project - Demo

23. • Demo…
Getting Started / API Deep Dive
Mapping Your Integration with Forge BIM360 API

24. Creating a Partner Company - Demo
Mapping Your Integration with Forge BIM360 API

25. Creating a User - Demo
Integration with BIM 360 – Things to Consider
• Create a BIM 360 Project when creatinga project in your ecosystem
• Future services are easy to activate if an associated BIM 360 project exists
• Understand and map data connections between your construction ecosystem
and BIM 360 HQ properties
• Focus on data quality
• Enables future analytics and reporting
• e.g. Trade Type for companies or Contract Type for projects
• Consider addition of users strategicallyinBIM 360 HQ

26. Where To Begin
Where to Begin
• Resources
• BIM 360 API Documentation
• https://developer.autodesk.com
• BIM 360 API Forum
• http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bim-360-api/bd-p/115
• Partner Account/BIM 360 Developer Sandbox
• Next Session
• “Extend BIM360 Docs with Issues Service API”
Galia Traub, Mikako Harada, Autodesk

27. Forge.Autodesk.com
@AutodeskForge
Get Started
Questions?

28. Enjoy the rest of the inaugural Autodesk Forge DevCon
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