Autodesk · Rate Limits

Autodesk Rate Limits

Autodesk Platform Services (APS) APIs are rate-limited per-application and per-token. Per-API rate-limit numbers are documented in each API's reference page (e.g. Model Derivative, Data Management) rather than at a single canonical URL. Throttled responses use HTTP 429 with Retry-After. The public rate-limit overview pages were not directly fetchable for this revision.

Autodesk Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Autodesk on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions, measuring varies and concurrent_requests.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled, quotaExceeded, and serviceUnavailable.

Tagged areas include 3D Modeling, BIM, CAD, Construction, and Engineering.

3 Limits Throttle: 429 Quota: 429
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Limits

APS API Throttling (per-app, per-token) account/app
varies
per-API limits documented in each API's reference page
Treat as variable per API; instrument 429 handling at the app level.
Model Derivative job concurrency account/app
concurrent_requests
see Model Derivative API reference
Translation jobs are queued; concurrent translation count varies by app entitlement.
Design Automation cloud-engine concurrency account/app
concurrent_requests
see Design Automation API reference
Cloud-engine slots throttle parallel work-item execution.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor Retry-After when present; use exponential backoff with jitter on 429 / 503.
Per-App Token Scoping
APS rate limits are scoped to the calling app's client_id and to the access token; multi-app callers should split credentials.
Cloud Credits as Soft Cap
For chargeable APIs (Model Derivative, Design Automation, Reality Capture, Data Exchange), the Cloud Credit balance acts as an additional consumption cap independent of per-second rate limits.

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