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Autodesk Platform Services (APS) Authentication (OAuth) error
I’m trying to implement 3-legged authentication for APS using this source and this source.
I’ve written C# code that generates the authorization URL and opens it in the browser for the user to sign in....
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Export DWG in Inventor Api with AutoCAD color indices
I'm trying to export a DWG file within the Inventor Design Automation Api with AutoCAD color indices. In Inventor the feature is located within the DWG Export dialog:
Export DWG in Inventor
Click ...
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APS Design Automation 2026 Update to .NET Core Add-In Save/Update Failure
I'm having difficulty trying to update our 2025 .NET Framework version to 2026 .NET Core.
I started with my own solution receiving these errors, then switched over to start from scratch using the ...
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LISP and AppBundle not working on APS Automation API
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I'm trying to run LISP script on APS Automation API with AppBundle. I want to convert some fonts that is not supported by default API by including shx/ttf files and lisp file to activate it.
I'...
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APS Design Automation: PackageContents.xml not being read from AppBundle in AutoCAD+25_1
I'm experiencing an issue with APS Design Automation (formerly Forge) where my AppBundle's PackageContents.xml is not being read/processed by AutoCAD Core Console, preventing my custom .NET DLL from ...
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APS Design Automation result upload
I'm working on a APS Revit Design Automation app. I've submitted the work item and it has completed running the add-in bundle and generated an outputFile. However, when it comes to the step of ...
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AutoLISP batch plot: Want to output each frame as a PDF page, but entire drawing is repeated
I’m trying to create a batch plot in AutoLISP.
My DWG contains 6 drawing frames, each defined by a LWPOLYLINE.
I want to generate a single PDF with 6 pages, where each page corresponds to one frame (i....
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Unresolved external components when converting step file to f3d
Below is my script that reads a step file in Fusion Autodesk 360, changes some of ites properties, and copies it as a f3d file. This script is run with Fusion's Design Automation API, and is able to ...
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AutoLISP not loading in Design Automation AppBundle
I’m using Autodesk Design Automation v3 for AutoCAD, and I created a .bundle ZIP containing a custom batchplot.lsp. When I try to load and run it via SCR script in a WorkItem, I get the following ...
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Design Automation for Revit; update workshared Revit model in ACC
Our application is designed to work with Revit files stored in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC). The main goal is to update these models with the latest external data.
The workflow is fairly ...
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Revit work item failed with "Insufficient disk space" error
Design Automation works great for most of our Revit models except for some that contain a large number of Revit links. For those, the work item failed with an error:
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions....
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Automated NWD File Generation by Integrating Multiple Revit and IFC Files
I would like to automatically generate an NWD file that integrates multiple Revit files and IFC files using a batch processing mechanism on a server.
Since it seems that the Navisworks engine is not ...
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Creo sheetmetal files in Invetor/APS
I have a curious problem when loading a Creo sheetmetal file into our APS application. The bit I am having problems with is obtaining the surface body count from the SheetMetalComponentDefinition.
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AutoCAD Script Error and Output Configuration Issue (design automation API)
I am working on automating the process of converting DWG files to PDF using AutoCAD. However, I am encountering some issues when executing the script. I would like to request your help regarding the ...
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I have a Revit addin in Autodesk Platform Services (APS) Design Automation (DAS). It always completes with "status": "failedInstructions"
I have a Revit addin that I am trying to run in APS Design Automation (DAS). However, I cannot get it to run without getting "status": "failedInstructions". None of the Console....
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Error Creating a Work Item with Autodesk's Design Automation API
I'm trying to setup the POST /workitems endpoint, but when I check the status of my WorkItem after creating it I am consistently running into Failed Instructions with this error message:
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Status failedInstructions Job finished with result FailedExecution
WorkItemId - 26d61b66378742f29fdf127cbb421972
Last week, I was testing to see if I can upgrade my app to support inventor 2026. But it didn't work. In order to see if it was some issue on the app ...
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Autodesk Design Automation (Inventor Add-In) Fails with "failedDownload" for Large Models
I am working on a Design Automation workflow for Autodesk Inventor, where I upload an Inventor file as a ZIP into the Autodesk OSS S3 bucket.
After uploading, my Design Automation bundle uses the ...
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Design Automation failedUpload: ACM check failed, user or calling service does not have access to perform this operation [closed]
I'm having an interesting issue with Design Automation API.
I am creating a workItem through the https://developer.api.autodesk.com/da/us-east/v3/workitems endpoint. I can do it fine in Postman, but ...
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InvalidToken response on failing Design Automation workitem
I've set up project https://github.com/autodesk-platform-services/aps-revit-rcw-parameters-exchange locally providing all required settings but getting error
<?xml version="1.0" encoding=&...
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Issue while providing signed URL to CreateAppBundleAsync in Design Automation for Inventor using .NET
We are currently working on implementing Autodesk Design Automation for Inventor support using .NET. As part of the process, we are trying to create an appbundle by accessing a bundle uploaded to ...
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Design Automation PlotToPDF activity for civil3D to read zip from ACC and write result to ACC
I have successfully created an activity and workitems that plot to PDF for specific layouts I am interested in plotting in my C3D model. This utilizes pathInZip along with mainDrawing argument to ...
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Uploading zip to bucket after workitem has succesfully ran
I'm looking for an alternative on how to upload a resulting zip file to an existing bucket via its definition in activity/workitem?
I have following definition in my workitem
Constants.Parameters....
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APS/Forge signeds3upload minutesExpiration limit to 60 minutes, URLexpired when workitem ends
I am running an app in Autodesk Platform Services(formerly Forge). For some files it takes more than 60 minutes to get the results, so the upload URL has expired then the upload takes place, ending in ...
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Autodesk Design Automation For Cloud Revit Model Debugging
I am trying to execute a addin to open a cloud Revit model and update a parameter. The addin works perfectly when running it locally. But when I run it in the cloud I get the following error.
[04/06/...
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IFC Export for Many Sections - Autodesk Forge Automation-
I am trying to do the IFC Export through Autodesk Forge. I am using Automation API. The particular file in question has lots of sections assigned to it. The program essentially iterates through all of ...
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Plot To PDF Design Automation failing with Failed Instructions
The PlotToPDF Design Automation fails for certain jobs. I am not sure the reason, as I only find "Failed Instructions". This happens around 12 mins after the work item starts processing. I ...
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InventorServer export one face only of a flatpattern
We often face a situation where sheetmetal bends are not 100% correct. When a model is unfolded to a flat pattern, you can get a slight bevel on the edge of a bend line. I am talking a very small ...
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Design Automation WorkItem status doesn't include reportUrl (starting ~24h ago)
~24h ago the WorkItem status response stopped including the reportUrl, see https://aps.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v3/reference/http/workitems-id-GET/
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CTB not applied when converting DWG to PDF using APS Design Automation V3 API
I am using Design Automation V3 endpoint with the pre-defined activity AutoCAD.PlotToPDF+prod
I am observing that the styles defined in CTB are not taken into account on export to PDF.
I am passing ...
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APS Design Automation AutoCAD failedUpload with a 404
I am getting a 404 failedUpload error.
My activity and work item are all consistent with local names, and are created correctly and working.
My bucket exists and I can upload files to it and delete ...
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Trouble estimating design automation token usage
I'm following this article's method to calculate the token usage and then the cost. I run the following calculation on the workitem oncomplete callback and store them in a db.
function getJobMetrics(...
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Using Autodesk Platform Services to Generate Eagle CAD PCB Manufacturing Files?
With the deprecation of stand alone Eagle CAD, I'm wondering if it would be possible to use APS to generate Gerber and PDF outputs from .sch and .brd PCB design files?
It seems like this feature ...
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Design Automation - Sample
I cannot get the Design Automation sample to work. I have followed the instructions and have everything set up to include my CLIENT_ID and _CLIENT_SECRET yet, i get a token error. I stepped through ...
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Accessing ACC models from Revit Design Automation
I am trying to access ACC models from my Revit DesignAutomation
plugin.
All my testing till now has been done in Postman.
Despite following to my best knowledge the guidance in the documentation, and
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How to diagnose "An unexpected error happened during phase CoreEngineExecution of job" executing Revit plugin in Design Automation?
I am not being able to execute WorkItems successfully and I recieve this "failedInstructions" with this report:
report.txt
I have tried debugging the plugin locally, having Revit 2025, using ...
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Autodesk Data Management (OSS) SDK and CreateSignedResourceAsync
I'm using C# and upgrading from Autodesk.Forge to Autodesk .NET SDK (OssClient) and when I try to create a signed url (ossClient.CreateSignedResourceAsync()), I run into the problem that a file with a ...
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FATAL ERROR: Unhandled e06d7363h Exception when Importing Surfaces in Civil 3D Design Automation
I am encountering a critical issue while running a script on Civil 3D Design Automation. The error appears during the process of importing surfaces. Below is the detailed log output:
[01/06/2025 01:10:...
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How to Upload a Zip File and Create an AppBundle in Autodesk Forge Design Automation SDK?
I am trying to upload a zip file to Autodesk Forge's Object Storage Service (OSS) and then use it to create an AppBundle for Design Automation. While I successfully upload the file and create the ...
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iLogic Rule Not Executing in APS Environment
I'm using an iLogic rule embedded in an assembly file to update parameters, open linked drawings, and export PDFs for use in Design Automation. However, the rule doesn't seem to be running correctly, ...
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AutoCAD Core Console is shut down due to timeout
I have written a plugin for Civil 3D that runs on the Design Automation API.
The plugin works in most situations without any problems.
However, one task the plugin does is extract the solids from a ...
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Opening a .zip object, from a APS bucket, in Desing Automation
I'm having some issues trying to do some funny stuff with Design Automation.
Imagine I have a bucket, in it there is a .zip with one, or several .rvt files.
What I'm trying to do is, Use Design ...
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Autodesk APS DA4I and .Net8
I was wondering if APS DA4I supports .Net 8?
I was playing around with the wrench sample provided by Autodesk and have this working with the .Net Framework (as provided by Autodesk). I've upgraded the ...
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Random ACM Check Failed while uploading files to AWS
as the title suggests i'm using Autodesk API (C#) to upload objects in AWS buckets.
For some reason sometimes i obtain the following Exception:
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (...
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Integrating Autodesk Fusion API with Autodesk Platform Services?
I am trying to use Autodesk Platform Services for design automation of Fusion files. I'd like to be able to view and modify user parameters along with using other features of the Fusion API. Can ...
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Accessing Latest ACC File Version (Later than Published)
I'm working with APS and need to access the absolute latest version of a file in ACC. This version is newer than the one currently published/shared.
Is there a way to do this within APS or do I need ...
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Revit 2025 App Bundle migration causes "Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.RevitServerUnauthorizedException" when saving model to ACC
Our group utilizes app bundles to automate project setup in ACC. We have been utilizing the same process for versions of Revit 2022-2024 with no problems. I have recently ran into issues when ...
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Reading AppBundle file stored in BIM360 for Design Automation process
I am following this guide to build an automation and the appbundle it takes is a local file. I'd like to eliminate the step of user inputting the file so that file is automatically gets picked up from ...
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Inventor Pdf Translator SaveCopyAs SVxApp::CareForAllExceptions()
My APS activity has been producing PDFs many years. Starting last week some designs would work fine but today no scenario is working. This same code executes on my desktop just fine with Inventor 2020,...
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How to upload files to a bucket from Design Automation without zipping the folder?
I have a design automation bundle for Revit.
This code saves two different files (.json and .rvt) to the “result” folder.
My activity has the following parameters
Parameters Image
If I set the result ...