ProtoTech Solutions is a software development and consulting company focused on engineering software. CADshare is a company whose service enables distributed engineering companies to work together like they are in the same building. Using Autodesk Forge, ProtoTech built CADShare, an ordering tool that features browser-based 3D visualization of construction machine parts.
CADShare (the company) needed a browser-based application for construction machine parts that would render 3D CAD visualizations that operators could review from desktop or mobile devices. ProtoTech needed to develop the solution quickly, minimize costs, and provide support for multiple file types.
Forge met both companies’ needs.
Instead of building everything from scratch, the ProtoTech team used the:
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Forge Viewer to provide the 3D visualization capabilities.
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Data Management API to upload and download files.
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Model Derivative API to translate multiple file types.
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