Anyone who has used a computer application, e.g., AutoCAD, knows that it has a User Interface (UI); however, AutoCAD also has an API (Application Program Interface) that allows tasks to be automated and for the functionality to be extended to other purposes. Much like a desktop application like AutoCAD has an API (Application Program Interface) that allows AutoCAD to be extended, our web services also have APIs that allow them to be extended. This is possible by what we call Autodesk Forge.
Forge is:
- Platform (APIs) and supporting materials (sample code, manuals)
- Community of developers who uses those APIs
We use Forge for our own development, but Forge is intended for our customers and 3rd party developers to be able to extend our web services. As such we have a regular newsletter that shares information with those developers. As a development partner, here’s an example of the kind of information you receive.
Here are the Autodesk Forge platform updates for…