Viewer.visualize is JavaScript library for rendering CAD and BIM files in a browser using VisualizeJS.
Core capabilities:
- Visualize files stored on the Open Cloud Server, on the web, or on your local computer.
- Add user interaction with scenes.
- Create markups.
- Save and load viewpoints.
This library is a part of CDE SDK by Open Design Alliance.
For CDN, you can use unpkg or jsDelivr (replace 25.3 with a version you need):
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@inweb/viewer-visualize@25.3/dist/viewer-visualize.js"></script>The global namespace for Viewer.visualize is ODA.Visualize.
<script>
const viewer = new ODA.Visualize.Viewer();
</script>Install via npm
Open a terminal in your project folder and run:
npm install @inweb/viewer-visualizeThe Viewer.visualize package will be downloaded and installed. Then you're ready to import it in your code:
import { Viewer } from "@inweb/viewer-visualize";
const viewer = new Viewer();Download and render file from the Open Cloud Server:
<html>
<body>
<div>
<canvas id="canvas" />
</div>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@inweb/client@25.3/dist/client.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@inweb/viewer-visualize@25.3/dist/viewer-visualize.js"></script>
<script>
const client = new ODA.Api.Client({ serverUrl: "https://cloud.opendesign.com/api" });
const viewer = new ODA.Visualize.Viewer(client);
init();
async function init() {
await client.signInWithEmail("email", "password");
const files = await client.getFiles();
await viewer.initialize(canvas);
await viewer.open(files.result[0]);
viewer.setActiveDragger("Orbit");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>To learn more, see First application guide.
Code and documentation copyright 2002-2025 the Open Design Alliance. Code is distributed under a proprietary license, see LICENSE for more information.