Are you an electrical engineer or contractor looking to grow or accelerate your VDC practice with AI and aren't sure where to start? Join us as we show you how you can do just that using an AI-powered design tool from Augmenta to supercharge your Revit modeling workflow. In this interactive session, you will learn the ropes of using the Augmenta Construction Platform's automated electrical modeling capability to amplify your VDC capabilities and walk through the entire process of developing design solutions automatically A to Z. Utilizing the Revit model data, we'll develop and analyze multiple designs in parallel, opening up a world of opportunities for trade-off exploration and data-driven decision making upstream in the design process. We will cover what is needed to get started, and dive into the ways AI will transform your Revit Modeling process. We believe that design activities will shift from output focused to outcome oriented. Are you ready to join the movement?

Participants will learn how to use Revit software as a powerful and rapid geometry creation tool. As energy analysts and mechanical engineers, we often require multiple energy analysis programs to produce energy performance models, compliance models for Title 24 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), load calculation models, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. We can save significant time and money by using Revit software to create a single analytical model that we can export to various programs, including Simulation CFD software, eQUEST, energyPRO software, Trane's TRACE software, Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd.'s Virtual Environment software, and California's new CBECC-Com software. This class will provide a detailed workflow for creating the geometry and exporting to the various programs, and you will discover tips and tricks to help troubleshoot and control the quality of your mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs.

In this session, members of the product team will present an overview of how the new electrical analytical workflow provides an on-ramp to electrical design based in building information modeling (BIM). Capturing engineering requirements using minimal model creation overhead provides capabilities historically disconnected and spread across multiple applications. We'll discuss what's next for these workflows, and explain our vision for connecting to downstream design. We'll also share some insights into how this functionality ties to the Advanced Electrical Design for Revit offering from Schneider Electric.

Modern substation control systems use many intelligent devices that often have multiple communications paths to be managed. Do your protection and control engineers design this or do you have a dedicated telecom team? What software is used for that design? How are your workflows coordinated? Join us and discuss these and more topics related to the use of telecommunications circuits within (and between) electrical substations.

In this session, we’ll showcase how electrical firms are using the Augmenta Construction Platform (ACP) to create a significant impact on their projects. Through a real-world case study, we’ll explore the remarkable results achieved by a first-time ACP user and discuss how their workflows will continue to evolve as the platform develops. Discover how ACP is enabling firms to streamline workflows by comparing multiple conduit routes simultaneously, making better, faster decisions, and ultimately reducing human error. We’ll also dive into how ACP enriches BIM data, leading to more-accurate and efficient fabrication. This session will highlight the tangible benefits of ACP, demonstrating that the right artificial intelligence (AI) platform can deliver big results—whether through time savings, enhanced accuracy, or improved decision making. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how the future of fabrication and BIM is unfolding with ACP!

In this class, we will create a mixed-material structure in Revit software, and explore a workflow that optimizes the collaboration between disciplines, and shares the project intelligently with engineers, designers, technical detailers, and fabricators. Using connected or Revit software-specific applications, we will round-trip the project to/from all disciplines, and—using multiple software applications and Revit software as the hub for the central Building Information Modeling (BIM) model—we will develop the detail at each stage, adding reinforcement to structural elements, and adapting to requirements for openings for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) services proposed late in the stage, and applying and checking steel connections before sending the model to Advance Steel software for detailing and then Graitec Advance Workshop software for production. We will also look at how you can keep track of production status as you link this data back into Advance Steel software, and we'll explore various Autodesk, Inc., cloud services for project visibility and collaboration. This session features Revit and Advance Steel.

Revit systems help us to define the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design in several ways, but the main purpose is to understand the relationships between system equipment, such as air terminals to air handling units, or from light fixtures to panels. This lab (which has won multiple Autodesk University awards) will teach you the key steps needed to control project system settings, then demonstrate how to capitalize on (or disable) sizing and analysis tools related to the system. We'll cover creating the target-source relationship between parts, and then we'll review using the systems to improve the quality of your documentation. On top of this, you'll get a project template that already defines everything in the class, so you can take advantage of these topics immediately. The class will cover HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), piping, and electrical items, so join us for this fast-paced, but thorough, lab-you'll be glad you did. This session will feature Revit MEP software and Revit software.

At Autodesk University 2015, we detailed how to squeeze additional value from Revit families. This session will show you more techniques for creating "smart families" that make your projects easier to deliver and improve the quality of your models. However, if that isn't enough, we'll also cover how Dynamo software can be used as a way of manipulating these data-rich families to multiply the value of them many times over. Do you want to be able to do calculations using formulas in your families and provide options for how these formulas are going to work? Do you want to use the data in your families to automate days' or weeks' worth of work into seconds? Do you want to know how to manage complex data requirements across multiple families and family types quickly and efficiently? This follow-up class to the Autodesk University 2015 session will show you how to do all of this so that you can get more value out of the time you spend building your Revit MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) families.

In the design world, it's not uncommon that key project data is stored in application silos and requires a great deal of manual coordination. Autodesk has taken the first steps for architecture, engineering, and construction projects to make data available to multiple applications at once-by introducing a connected workflow that shares data from schematic diagrams with a Revit project. The Revit P&ID Modeler breaks silos down by letting the user begin with P&ID schematics in AutoCAD Plant 3D software to create intelligent, data-rich diagrams. The schematic data is hosted in the A360 cloud-computing platform cloud and is referenced by Revit project models. The 3D model consisting of elements such as piping, equipment, and accessories is then developed using information defined in the schematic, such as pipe size, pipe type, valve type, and equipment IDs. As the model is developed and the schematic iterated, the user receives feedback to help ensure consistency and that design intent is maintained. Join us to see the next evolution of Autodesk design tools.

This class will highlight the use of Autodesk Quantity Takeoff software to streamline the preconstruction process for creating cost estimates based on building information models from multiple sources. We will use a recent case study to show off the ability of Quantity Takeoff to maximize the translation of information from the intelligent models into the contractor's estimate. The presentation will highlight the workflow changes inherent when moving from traditional 2D drawings, binders, and spreadsheets to a dynamic, integrated 5D model. This process enables efficient identification and resolution of potential issues. You will learn how to visually communicate the various cost impacts on the estimate to the building owner, designers, and other project stakeholders during and beyond the preconstruction phase. Another Quantity Takeoff benefit is early collaboration between architect and contractor that leads to greater efficiency and reduced risk for owners during construction, at project turnover, and throughout the life of the building.

Laboratory environments demand near-seamless collaboration across multiple disciplines to ensure optimal performance. This results in an architectural approach that highlights mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems—elements typically hidden in architectural documentation. Such extensive documentation necessitates a well-structured methodology within BIM, using a shared parameter workflow. This approach enables flexible assets that can be automatically scheduled, family types imported, and a data dashboard implemented to track key metrics such as utility connections, materiality, cost, linear footage, and unit counts. By using a template of assets, the design team can efficiently capture and coordinate the technical requirements while also streamlining the process. This efficiency frees up valuable time for creativity, allowing the design of laboratory spaces to inspire the next generation of discoveries.

Design options and project phases have been available in Revit for awhile, but many users find them difficult to understand, set up, and use. This class will begin by explaining how to set up these features for simple scenarios. Next, we will explore the intricacies of setting up and using these features in complicated workflows on workshared projects with multiple linked files.

While Management discussions often emphasize general/managing contractors, the true measure of successful digital adoption depends greatly on the buy-in and innovation of subcontractors. As Australia’s largest privately owned electrical subcontractor, with 14 branches nationwide, Stowe Australia recognized the critical need to digitally transform our entire business—not just isolated projects. By strategically deploying Autodesk Construction Cloud nationally, we've streamlined workflows, enhanced risk management, and empowered our teams to collaborate seamlessly across hundreds of projects. This session will share our journey, as well as practical insights for subcontractors, lessons learned from a large-scale implementation, and proven strategies to achieve measurable ROI and operational excellence. By the end of this session, you'll understand how subcontractors can successfully use Autodesk Construction Cloud to transform their business operations, gaining tangible benefits beyond a single project’s lifecycle.

This class will guide participants on how to plan for using large amounts of point cloud data across multiple offices quickly and efficiently. The key planning aspects we will cover will be how to handle all sizes of laser scanning projects and how to define an accurate scope when doing a scanning request for proposal (RFP). The project examples for this class will highlight how 500 GB-plus of point cloud data with staff members in 7 offices across the United States and an office in India was set up to decrease wide-area network latency and also improve workstation performance. Software workflows will show how laser scans were set up, including existing conditions model, demonstration drawings creation, and new design coordination with existing point clouds. The software discussed in this class will focus on ReCap 360 software, Navisworks software, and Revit software. There is also a lab that coincides with the concepts discussed in this lecture.

This class will show enhancements for Autodesk’s Structural Precast Extension for Revit software from the German-based company IDAT. You’ll see how easily you can tag the precast assemblies. Learn a new way to create parametric reinforcement definitions inside a Revit family. With the click of a button, create real Revit reinforcement out of this definition. Create and control custom fabric sheets easily. Automate and define connections for columns, beams, and foundations with own families. For each precast element, different shop drawings can be configured and automatically created. For example, a wall can have a shop drawing for the panel itself, one for the reinforcement, and one for the electrical system. With additional programs, define the stacks for the transportation of the elements and the layout of the production tables in the factory. You’ll see how these enhancements speed up the creation of precast elements with Revit.

This class will present attendees with a solid understanding from several customer experiences with Field Asset Management software and include a discussion on best practices. In collaboration with a number of customers in the utilities (electric, water, communications, and gas), wewe will discuss field asset issues and solutions for utilities including field inspections and data collection; image and content capture for ReCap 360 software models directly from the field; and integration and synchronization with enterprise databases, including geographic information system (GIS). For the panel we will have at least 2 customers attending and 1 or more available remotely by webcam to discuss important issues in 3 broad categories: training and human factors for field workers; best practices for InfraWorks 360 Field Asset software; and IT requirements, including integration standards and security.