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Plot drawing in a folder: Windows service sample to plot a drawing placed in a folder using Design Automation API
https://github.com/autodesk-forge/design.automation-windows-services-sample

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Plot drawing in a folder: Windows service sample to plot a drawing placed in a folder using Design Automation API

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/autodesk-forge/design.automation-windows-services-sample
Owner: Autodesk-Forge
License: mit
Created: 2014-11-13T06:17:53.000Z (about 10 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2018-10-05T19:57:43.000Z (about 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-04-09T21:50:08.012Z (7 months ago)
Topics: autocad, csharp, design-automation, windows
Language: C#
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Size: 4.02 MB
Stars: 5
Watchers: 29
Forks: 6
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # Sample of Windows Service by Design Automation API

(Formely AutoCAD I/O)

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[![ver](https://img.shields.io/badge/Design%20Automation%20API-2.0-blue.svg)](https://developer.autodesk.com/api/autocadio/v2/)

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## Description

Windows service sample to plot a drawing placed in a folder to PDF using Design Automation API

 

## Thumbnail

![thumbnail](/thumbnail.png) 

## Industry Background

* an utility to convert AutoCAD drawing to PDF automatically on the background. 

## Setup

### Dependencies 

* Download and install [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/). In the latest test, Visual Studio version is 2017.

* Get the auxiliary library project [design.automation-.net-library](https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/design.automation-.net-library)

### Prerequisites

1. **Forge Account**: Learn how to create a Forge Account, activate subscription and create an app at [this tutorial](http://learnforge.autodesk.io/#/account/). Make sure to select the service **Design Automation**.

2. Make a note with the credentials (client id and client secret) of the app. 

3. as mentioned in **Dependencies**, ensure to build the auxiliary library project and get the binary dll.

## Running locally  

1. Open the project. Restore the packages of the project by [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/. The simplest way is

  * VS2012: Projects tab >> Enable NuGet Package Restore. Then right click the project>>"Manage NuGet Packages for Solution" >> "Restore" (top right of dialog)

  * VS2013/VS2015/2017:  right click the project>>"Manage NuGet Packages for Solution" >> "Restore" (top right of dialog)

2. Add other missing references and the library of[design.automation-.net-library](https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/design.automation-.net-library)

3. In the project settings, provide the following details:

 * Path to a local folder in your system that contains AutoCAD drawings.

 * Design Automation Client Id

 * Design Automation Client Secret

 * Bucket name in your AWS S3 Storage

  ![Picture](./assets/1.PNG)

4. Open “App.Config” file and provide AWS credentials. This will allow the sample project to access S3 storage in your AWS profile.

 ![Picture](./assets/2.png)

5. Build the sample project

6. Install the windows service using “installutil” in the command line of Visual Studio. To do this open Visual studio command prompt and run : 

     installutil < path to PlotToPDFService.exe >

7. Start the windows service. To do this from the Run windows, type services.msc and look for Plot2PDFService and start it.

  ![thumbnail](./assets/3.png)

8. You may need to switch to "[Log on local system account" of the service if you hit an error of "Access Denied".

  ![Picture](./assets/winservlogon.png)

9. Copy any drawing to the watched folder (C:\Temp by default). After some time, a PDF of the same name should be available in the watched folder.

  ![Picture](./assets/4.PNG)

## Known Issues

* as of writing, Design Automation of Forge is released with version 2. Odata is used with .NET project. In futher version, OData might not be used. 

## Further Reading 

* [Design Automation API help](https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v2/developers_guide/overview/)

* [ Intro to Design Automation API Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWsJM344CJE&t=107s)

* [Create Windows Services in C#](https://dzone.com/articles/create-windows-services-in-c)

## License

These samples are licensed under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Please see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for full details.

## Written by 

Balaji Ramamoorthy 

updated by Xiaodong Liang