This class will show how VTN Consulting is using Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler software to create conceptualizations of 3D city designs—above and below ground—with real engineering data that they have compiled from GIS, CAD, 3D models, and civil engineering CAD files.

During this session, you’ll learn about the various ways that extreme heat impacts water utilities, from decreased water supply and infrastructure challenges to worker safety concerns and increased costs of service delivery. We’ll explore the potential scale of these impacts and the varying ways that different locations are likely to be impacted. The presenters will then share several strategies for mitigating the impact of extreme heat, including optimized system modeling, predictive analytics, policy updates, and stakeholder outreach. By planning today for a future that is likely to be hotter than the past, we can create more-resilient communities that are ready to take on the heat.

Join us for an exciting and interactive networking event where we'll dive into the world of Autodesk Fusion, Avnet, and Hackster. This meetup is designed to provide attendees with curated, casual networking opportunities centered around 3D design, manufacturing, and hardware development. Connect with peers and Autodeskers who share a passion for innovation and design, and explore the cutting-edge tools and communities that are driving the future of design and manufacturing.
Kickstart the session by engaging in conversations and discussions about the latest developments and success stories from Autodesk Fusion, Avnet, and influencers from the Hackster community. Network with experts and gain hands-on insights into how the Avnet App works on the Autodesk Fusion platform, driving value for users and streamlining consumer product development. Share experiences and learn about Avnet's role in guiding designers and manufacturers from concept to delivery. Connect with Hackster's vibrant community dedicated to learning hardware and celebrating innovative achievements together.

Accessibility is more than a checkbox—it’s an ethical design priority that starts with your site layout decisions, which drive your entire grading design. As civil engineers and designers, we shape how people interact with and experience the built environment. Prioritizing accessibility ensures spaces are inclusive, functional, and welcoming for all. This session will focus on using feature lines and grading objects in Civil 3D software to design accessible areas such as ramps, landings, and walkways. We’ll explore key accessibility considerations—like slope, cross-slope, and elevation transitions—while maintaining flexibility and precision in your grading model. You’ll learn how to apply Civil 3D tools and surface styles to create accurate, construction-ready designs that meet technical and regulatory standards. Whether working on a small site or large development, this session will equip you with strategies to confidently integrate accessibility into your grading design.

As a company that manufactures components and assembles finished products, Repeat Precision must manage data related to all types of items, from raw materials to final assemblies, and the operations to make those products. Information like bills of material, cycle times, routings, and consumption are the building blocks to inventory management, production planning, and production order execution. Worker input for completed operations, downtime, and waste reporting provides insight into manufacturing performance. Insight into the operation is bolstered by various visualizations of information, such as charts and real-time operational status.

Have questions about the product roadmap for Civil 3D or InfraWorks? Join Autodesk product managers at Autodesk University and get them answered live.

In this session we’ll take a look at the new Grading Optimization extension in Civil 3D 2022 software, and its success in dealing with residential land development projects. Throughout the course of development, engineers and contractors typically face questions and concerns regarding earthwork quantities. How much cut? How much fill? How do we grade each individual lot? Those answers and many more are crucial to a successful land development project. With the Grading Optimization extension, we can quickly apply certain design criteria that will help us further evaluate the best solution for our project. Join us for this session as we take a project and run it through the ringer with the Civil 3D Grading Optimization tools.

How can urban design decisions shape the livability and resilience of communities? This session explores how Autodesk Forma can simulate and optimize environmental factors such as daylight access, green space integration, and the role of vegetation in reducing heat and noise. Attendees will learn how to create and compare design scenarios to visualize the environmental impacts of human-centric planning while integrating data overlays for deeper insights. By combining AI-powered tools with innovative workflows, this session highlights how technology can unlock new possibilities for designing communities that thrive in the face of climate and urbanization challenges.

This class will demonstrate the use of AutoCAD Civil 3D software grading objects and volume grading tools to design a stormwater pond based on a desired storage volume. The completed design will then be exported using the Stage Storage tool and imported into Storm and Sanitary Analysis software for analysis. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Have questions about the roadmaps for Innovyze products? Join Autodesk product managers at Autodesk University and get them answered live.

The future of sustainable, equitable urban design hinges on access to actionable data at the earliest design stages. This session will explore the ongoing strategic alliance between Autodesk and Esri, with an exclusive look at the new Autodesk Forma extension for ArcGIS that integrates deep geographic information system (GIS) insights directly into design workflows. You’ll hear from Lake Flato Architects’ Urban Planning Studio, the Forma team, and Esri’s Professional Services about how the Forma real-time simulation and massing tools, combined with robust GIS layers—from flood risk and green infrastructure to demographic and zoning data—can empower planning decisions that balance ecology, equity, and economy. Through real-world examples and a forward-looking road map, we’ll show how GIS-driven design accelerates collaboration and unlocks transformational outcomes for communities.

If you want a plethora of power user tips then be sure join Cadalyst Columnist and Autodesk Technical Evangelist Lynn Allen as she takes you through a whirlwind of productivity techniques that are certain to improve your everyday drawing life. At a tip a minute, you’ll be sure to discover some top secret AutoCAD features that will remove tedium and boost your ability to meet project deadlines.

This extremely dynamic, feature-filled class will help you to evaluate in context, analyze, and communicate your highly detailed land development site projects using InfraWorks and Civil 3D. We will use real-world projects with InfraWorks 360 and Civil 3D models at the 30%, 60%, 90%, and 100% design stages for quality design checks and public involvement reviews. More specifically, we will bring these sites to life with buildings, ponds, ADA access, accurate parking stripes, and pavement markings. Next, we'll demonstrate how to add more depth by randomizing the vehicles and vegetation with Java script that you can tailor to your own requirements. We'll also uncover the secrets of when to use IMX, DAE, SDF, and others file formats to greatly increase your productivity and improve file management. Lastly, we'll place everything on a storyboard to produce a striking client video. This class will be packed full of information, so hold on to your site. Hope to see you there.

In the face of climate change, designing infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather events and rising sea levels is paramount, and traditional approaches often lack the tools to evaluate an ever-growing array of parameters. On top of that, planning on a 20- or even 10-year horizon is getting increasingly difficult, and it might not make sense altogether, for exponential change escapes our ability to foresee it. Exit planning, enter improvisation. This lecture will explore the concept of organizational improvisation and LEGO® Serious Play (LSP) as a powerful tool for designing climate-resilient infrastructure. By providing real-life examples and constructing scenarios with the class, we'll focus on how agility, creativity, and collaboration can enhance an organization's ability to respond to evolving environmental challenges. Join us to learn how LSP enables stakeholders to explore complex problems, co-create solutions, and envision resilient futures.

Join a diverse panel of experts as they unpack the significance of acoustics and contemporary building design, and discuss strategies to meet the growing demands of modern living spaces. The discussion will delve into the challenges faced in achieving optimal acoustic environments, and explore practical solutions to enhance the acoustic experience within the built environment. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to harmonize design and sound and unlock the secrets to creating immersive spaces that resonate with modern living.

This class will help you to explore preliminary bridge design options by using Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 software to visualize realistic civil structures in the context of the surrounding proposed site. Then Structural Bridge Design software is used to analyze the bridge in the cloud. We run a line girder analysis to verify the structural strength of the bridge girders and ensure they meet design standard requirements. Next, we take the design into Navisworks software to uncover design problems and constructability issues more effectively and plan the construction sequencing. The InfraWorks 360 model is taken into AutoCAD Civil 3D software for precise grading. Then we round-trip the model back into InfraWorks 360 for better design communication. This session features InfraWorks 360, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Navisworks Manage.

With the "Streamline exchange of data between Civil 3D, Revit and InfraWorks" class we will explore a mature workflows & understanding on how model needs to share from Civil 3D to Revit and from Revit to InfraWorks. This will block any mistakes from starting of the project, increase productivity & save the time from reworking at any project stage or whenever data needs to share with other applications.

This session will focus on the Civil 3D catchments tool and its integration with the InfoDrainage workflow. You’ll learn the fundamental steps for setting up catchments and importing data into InfoDrainage, as well as strategies to improve workflow efficiency. The presentation will cover the use of the time of concentration calculator within the catchment object for further analysis. Additionally, the session will demonstrate the process of importing catchments into InfoDrainage to start stormwater design seamlessly, highlighting tools and techniques that ensure accurate data transfer. By the end of the session, participants will have the skills to effectively apply these techniques to their own drainage modeling projects, empowering them to optimize design outcomes, streamline project timelines, and enhance overall project quality.

With the rollout of the Toposolid tool in Revit 2024 software, and the deprecation of the familiar Toposurface tool, site modeling workflows have shifted—and not always for the better. Revit users are facing practical challenges: unmergeable toposolids, fussy floor excavations, and visible boundaries of toposolids that cannot be turned off, to name a few. This session will unpack those pain points head-on and offer field-tested solutions. We'll walk through a hybrid, adaptive workflow that uses Civil 3D software for precision and transitions strategically to the Toposolid tool for documentation and collaboration. With accessible methods and work-arounds, this class will be packed with tactics you can apply immediately. You'll leave with real-world guidance and a clear sense of how to work with Revit software’s evolving terrain tools, instead of against them.

This session will provide hands-on instruction in the use of the Grading Optimization extension in Civil 3D software. We'll explore the product features and put the software to use on a commercial/retail development project. The instruction will use many of the included grading objects (i.e., building pads, curbs, drain lines, ponds, and more) to quickly develop a proposed surface, and import the results back to Civil 3D.