Innovate with Forge, with Arno Zinke

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Forge
Arno Zinke
Cloud Platforms
October, 2017

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Brave New World
Today’s technology will not bring us to
where we want to be in the future.

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The Future
Connected. Data-Centric. Collaborative.
– Seamless –

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Miami Aquarium: Shark Tank

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Temporary wooden form as can be seen on the slide

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Manufactured

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Architect
Bulding Design
Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design

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Architect
Bulding Design
Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design

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Architect
Bulding Design
This file is huge!
Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design

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Architect
Bulding Design
Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
I don’t want my full design
to be available to Keller!

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Architect
Bulding Design
Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
I need to have a compatible
Revit version installed!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
I need to write a Revit plugin
or manually extract data!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
I need to write an Autocad
plugin or manually import it!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
I need to write an Autocad
plugin or manually import it!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
I need to write a Fusion
plugin or manually import it!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
We can't manufacture this!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
We can't manufacture this!

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design

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Formwork
Detailed Design
Woodwork
Manufacture Data
Shoring
Design
Architect
Bulding Design
What has actually changed?

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6 Months Later

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What are the relationships between all these files?
6 Months Later
? ?
?

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How did the project look like 6 months ago?
6 Months Later

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That’s a massive
productivity loss

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Data Management Needs
History and Relationships
● What are the relationships between all these design files?
● Can I go back in time to look at an older version?
Granular data access
● Why do I need send complete files?
○ The next in line only needs a small part.
○ I made only a small change.
● I don’t want to share my IP
Collaboration
● Design exploration
● Collaborative design
Custom workflows
● Autodesk does not always have to right functionality.
● I don’t want to write a plugin for every
possible CAD application.

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Data Management Needs
History and Relationships
● What are the relationships between all these design files?
● Can I go back in time to look at an older version?
Granular data access
● Why do I need send complete files?
○ The next in line only needs a small part.
○ I made only a small change.
● I don’t want to share my IP
Collaboration
● Design exploration
● Collaborative design
Custom workflows
● Autodesk does not always have to right functionality.
● I don’t want to write a plugin for every
possible CAD application.

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Data Management Needs
History and Relationships
● What are the relationships between all these design files?
● Can I go back in time to look at an older version?
Granular data access
● Why do I need send complete files?
○ The next in line only needs a small part.
○ I made only a small change.
● I don’t want to share my IP
Collaboration
● Design exploration
● Collaborative design
Custom workflows
● Autodesk does not always have to right functionality.
● I don’t want to write a plugin for every
possible CAD application.

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Data Management Needs
History and Relationships
● What are the relationships between all these design files?
● Can I go back in time to look at an older version?
Granular data access
● Why do I need send complete files?
○ The next in line only needs a small part.
○ I made only a small change.
● I don’t want to share my IP
Collaboration
● Design exploration
● Collaborative design
Custom workflows
● Autodesk does not always have to right functionality.
● I don’t want to write a plugin for every
possible CAD application.

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Introducing Forge.HFDM
Data at the Center!

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High Frequency Data Management
connecting people and applications

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Enabling: Data at the Center
Shoring
FormworkArchitect
Woodwork
Forge HFDM
Collaborators store data in and communicate through HFDM.
Data flows freely between apps & people.

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Enabling: Granular Access Control
Shoring
FormworkArchitect
Read-Only
For shared data.

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Enabling: Collaborative Workflows
Concurrent editing, automated versioning, branch & merge.
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/sketching-on-tablets-promising-for-collaborative-design,-creativity.html
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Enabling: Collaborative Workflows
Concurrent editing, automated versioning, branch & merge.
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/sketching-on-tablets-promising-for-collaborative-design,-creativity.html
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Enabling: Collaborative Workflows
Concurrent editing, automated versioning, branch & merge.
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/sketching-on-tablets-promising-for-collaborative-design,-creativity.html
version 1
version 2

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Enabling: Collaborative Workflows
Concurrent editing, automated versioning, branch & merge
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q2/sketching-on-tablets-promising-for-collaborative-design,-creativity.html
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Collaborative Editing
Granular Access
And Control
Secure and Efficient
HF Cloud Data Store
● Communicate and store
high frequency changes
● Full and fine grained history
● GDPR, SOC compliant
● Generic branch and merge
● Automated conflict resolution
● Real-time
● Offline mode
● User owns only certain
parts of the data
● Clients can subscribe to
parts of the data
Forge.HFDM is a new cloud service enabling:

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Forge.HFDM in Action
connecting people and applications

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[Some example videos: Jaguar collab, Revit-Autocad collab]
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WIP

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Custom Integrated Cloud Workflows
Building on Forge.

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Custom Business Logic
Add your business logic
that can process and access HFDM data from anywhere.
Shoring
FormworkArchitect
Woodwork
Forge HFDM Project

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Custom Endpoints
Shoring
FormworkArchitect
Woodwork
Forge HFDM Project
Build your cloud-native application
Connected. Collaborative. Capable.

51. Building rich web applications is challenging!
■ Data: Forge.HFDM integration
■ Features: 3D Rendering, geometry processing, Forge service
orchestration, analytics, asset management ...all in the browser
■ Tools: Debugging & productivity tools
■ Security & compliance: GDPR, SOC
Building on Forge
Web-based. Capable. Extensible.

52. Building rich web applications is challenging!
■ Data: Forge.HFDM integration
■ Features: 3D Rendering, geometry processing, Forge service
orchestration, analytics, asset management ...all in the browser
■ Tools: Debugging & productivity tools
■ Security & compliance: GDPR, SOC
Building on Forge
Web-based. Capable. Extensible.

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An integrated development experience for teams
to accelerate the design and development of rich web solutions on Forge.
Forge.IDX: Building on Forge
Web-based. Capable. Extensible.

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Forge.AppFramework SDK
OrchestrationUI Rendering Declarative UISmart InsightsStream Decoding3D ViewerData Mgmt
Forge.IDX: Building on Forge
Web-based. Capable. Extensible.
Solid Modeling
Application Builder
Forge Cloud Services
Application
Common Data Environment

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A Differentiated Consumer Experience
Forge Product Configurators
Interactive 3D
Experience
Engage customers
with an interactive
product that enables a
closer study of
features
On any device
Customers can shop
from anywhere, on any
device.
Photorealistic
Visualization
Bring a life-like and
accurate visual
experience of the
product to customers.
Seamless
Workflows
Direct CAD to
configurator workflow,
using the same data.

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Forge Viewer

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My Brand
Editor

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My
Brand
Editor
My
Brand
Editor

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Join the next evolution of Forge
Connected. Collaborative. Extensible.

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