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How to export data from autodesk into excel

Hello I am recently a new hire at a controls company tasked with autogenerating check sheets from Autocad drawings. What is the best way to go about this? is there an export in Autodesk where I can get conveyor numbers? The Check sheet would look something like this Checklist image so as of now I am only concerned with getting conveyor number and order out of the drawings.

I have tried to get it from the drawings itself however I'm not really sure how to write computer vision tools and get them into excel so some kind of export I think is my best bet.

Solution

  • One of the services in Autodesk Platform Services - Model Derivative service - can be used to extract all sorts of information from your CAD designs. Information such as:

    • 2D drawings,
    • 3D views,
    • logical hierarchies,
    • design element metadata, etc.

    All this data can then be retrieved from Model Derivative APIs in the JSON format. I believe you should be able to get the data you need this way.