PerkinsAndWill-IO / sPrint

A Chrome extension that allows batch-print PDFs from BIM360 and ACC platforms.

sPrint 🏃‍♂️

Printing PDF's from Autodesk Cloud (BIM360/ACC) used to be a time consuming task. Going through all drawings and requesting .PDF's took a while and BIM managers need to quality assurance large drawing sets. sPrint is a Chrome extension that allows batch-print PDFs and download things (derivatives) from Autodesk Cloud Platforms.

Get Started 🚀

Deploy Lambda Function

1. Create AWS account
2. Create AWS IAM
3. In AWS security credentials params, add access key, It will provide you with aws_key_id, aws_secret, aws_region
4. donwload AWS CLI from https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi
5. Configure AWS credentials with the aws configure command
6. Enter credentials from #3
7. Install SAM CLI from https://github.com/aws/aws-sam-cli/releases/latest/download/AWS_SAM_CLI_64_PY3.msi
8. cd in lambda folder then run sam build (you may have to install esbuild)
9. then sam package
10. finally sam deploy
11. Change the name of the FunctionName variable in \src\services\aws.ts to your own lambda function

To run locally 🧑‍💻:

1. Navigate to ./extension folder

2. Create .env file

3. Setup environmental variables:

   AWS access keys guide APS app creation guide

   VITE_AWS_REGION=*******
   VITE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=*******
   VITE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=*******
   
   VITE_APS_CLIENT_ID=*******
   VITE_APS_CLIENT_SECRET=*******
   

4. Run npm run build

5. Run Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/

6. Toggle the Developer mode and Load unpacked

7. Load ./extension/dist folder

8. Check the extension console (right click on the extension in the chrome toolbar) and copy the callback URL, then set it in the APS app that you created.

Plugin Architecture 🏛️

The plugin consist of 2 parts:

• Chrome Extension:
  • Popup
  • Background Script - listen to Tab and status changes.
  • Content Script - extends a UI of ACC/BIM360
• Backend:
  • Lambda Function - holds export logic.

FAQ ❓