Save time. Increase efficiency. Save money. Although AutoCAD software, especially AutoCAD Mechanical software, ships with over half a million standard parts and features, a specific item you require may not exist. For example, GOST steel shapes and piping parts. There are other cases where you need a variation of an existing standard part. For example, a steel shape with a hole in a specific place. In all such scenarios, AutoCAD Mechanical software provides the ability to build your own content and store it in custom content libraries, which you can share across different teams and co-workers. The class aims to show you how to use the Content Manager in AutoCAD Mechanical software to build custom content.

Autodesk cloud experts train Forge Certified Systems Integrators to provide reliable support to customers looking to digitally transform their businesses. Forge Certified System Integrators have proven track records building software integrations within existing systems, and deploying custom cloud-based solutions built with Forge. In this panel discussion, top Forge Certified System Integrators will share some of the innovative solutions they’ve built using Forge, as well as their experiences with becoming Forge Certified System Integrators, and they’ll also share advice for anyone looking to join the program. Join us live to learn how to capitalize on existing solutions from our partners, or how to become a Forge Certified Systems Integrator.

: Like all technology, the way Autodesk CAD professionals use print as a tool is always in evolution. For what used to be a routine office task of printing, the needs are changing for Autodesk Professionals and all business users to manage print costs, work remotely with teams across geography, and share information fast to colleagues at home, off-site, and across town in paper form in compliment to the digital files we share. With work from home and remote offices on the rise, being able to not just print, but also share and collaborate annotated hardcopy prints, is now a requirement to get work done at the speed of today without compromise.

Your bill of materials (BOM) is the DNA of your product—how are you managing it? It’s OK if you say Microsoft Excel—we can meet you where you are. In this session, you will learn about the proper care and feeding of your BOM, how to prevent using the wrong vendor to source your components, the evolution of the BOM, comparison and markup—what’s changed, and how to see the history. The past, present, and future of your product's bill of materials.

With project timelines and budgets always shrinking, it is imperative to use everything in your power to be successful. We all know data is the BIM (Building Information Modeling) experts’ superpower, but incomplete models and deadlines often get in the way of using data to create the insights we’d like. The combination of BIM and Assemble software provides greater insights into how to quantify, budget, track project progression, and more. In this session, you’ll learn how 3D models in Assemble and its data help builders improve their overall efficiency and coordination while successfully using the data for downstream activities to improve preconstruction and construction workflows.

AutoLISP® is an easy-to-learn programming language for the non-programmer. Programming is simply intelligently obtaining and using or reusing data. This hands-on lab shows you how to recognize the type of data that you need, get that data, and then use it. This “basics” class focuses on the terminology and syntax (the format and the functions that your programs need to follow) used in AutoLISP. You create a simple program or 2 using math and numeric data types. This course lays down all the groundwork you need to start using AutoLISP to streamline your working environment.

Are you working with AutoCAD software but wish you had more tools designed specifically for manufacturing? Are you using the Autodesk® Product Design Suite but wonder what this included thing called AutoCAD® Mechanical is for? Ever wished you could take experienced AutoCAD users and use their skills to detail your Inventor® software 3D models? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the class for you. In this fast-paced, rapid-fire class, we look at the things that make AutoCAD Mechanical software special. We explore why you should be using it for your mechanical and manufacturing design and detailing, including examining the built-in calculators, component library, detailing and annotation tools, defining structure, and the other nuts and bolts contained within.

Do you spend 10-20 minutes or more configuring settings every time you need to print or publish (PDF, DWF) a file? Are you familiar with AutoCAD software's Batch Plot command but it's just not working for you? In this session, we'll learn the best ways to manage the printing and publishing of our drawings.

For years Dynamo users have achieved productive gains in their project teams with visual scripting. But what if the whole team was using it? Now is the time to move this tool from the individual to the collective by enabling every user to use Dynamo systematically in the company. See how it’s possible to help organizations with hundreds of designers access shared Dynamo scripts and resources in a coordinated and effective way. This includes centralized script repository, templates for Dynamo scripts, how to vet content suitable for your company, version control of scripts, and managing third-party packages for everyone. By enabling everyone access to Dynamo and getting them to use it, the gains in productivity for your teams will be felt and digital transformation will get a boost. Learn how to make it happen with this class.

Maya is a popular 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual effects software in the media and entertainment industry. It provides a powerful API that lets users customize and extend Maya software’s functionalities in order to create efficient workflows and become even more productive. This class is an introduction to Maya customization for customers who would like to create automation and/or improve efficiency when using the product. Some programming experience will be helpful. You will learn about the benefits of customizing Maya and gain the confidence to create your first plug-in using the Python API. Note that you can easily reproduce all concepts in the C++ environment as well.

It takes more than vision when you are first on the ground and last to leave in today’s budget-tight, target-rich environment at the "silicon heart" of the world’s economy. Can the survey department of a large urban/suburban metropolitan area teach us about how to practically implement, learn, and employ AutoCAD Civil 3D software? The department's ecosystem is a political and complex technical network that includes every known form of municipal infrastructure—from the oldest state historic sites, high tech campuses, and a large international airport. Their historic and demanding customers work in a variety of CAD design and GIS software from AutoCAD® to Bentley® MicroStation® and beyond. They have gigabytes of historical data, multiple input data forms, and more output standards, reports, and changing job requirements than anyone ever wants to deal with. That’s the job. How do they and the Civil 3D survey features deliver the technical muscle, quality assurance methods, standards flexibility, and productivity to get it done?

What are the best practices and practical applications of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for water and wastewater? Do you work on transportation or land development projects? Do you work for a local government or a public utility that manages water systems? Join this Infrastructure Symposium session to discuss a better design for water systems. This is a breakout to the Infrastructure Symposium on Monday.

Dynamo for a long time has been the go-to tool of Revit users to quickly script solutions to time-consuming routine problems. However, there is much more that Dynamo can do beyond scripting. There is a whole world to explore with packages and integrations which you may not be aware of. See what is possible with AI, geometry manipulation, coding, generative design in Autodesk software, and document updates, as well as accessing web APIs with Dynamo. If you think you know Dynamo, then you’ve only scratched the surface. Check out this class to see the true potential of Dynamo and visual scripting.

Tired of clicking through the same paths several times a day just to get to default directories? Do you want to help yourself and others store files in the proper directories? Then this class is for you. We will discuss the WD.ENV and WD_M files used to initiate the AutoCAD Electrical software environment and provide default paths for various commands. We will also touch on templates and shared environments.

Many utilities today find themselves with legacy mapping systems that were installed 10 to 15 years ago or more. Those legacy systems have been beneficial in assisting utilities to organize their data and make improvements in their ability to visualize and understand their infrastructures. But strides in technology have helped the tools for managing the data in those legacy systems to become much more user friendly and “out of the box” than systems of the past. AutoCAD Map 3D Enterprise software now includes rich features that can model electric infrastructure with the power of AutoCAD software as the user interface. NV Energy has made the transition and uses AutoCAD Map 3D Enterprise software to map and manage its infrastructure assets more effectively. We will discover the value that you can gain from an enterprise geographic information system (GIS) and hear examples from other utility organizations in a roundtable setting.

As part of executing an enterprise licensing program with Autodesk, Inc., Arizona Public Service (APS) was looking for a better way to manage over 800 desktop installations of Autodesk products. APS's implementation project included: establishing a Citrix farm on 18 servers across 2 data centers and migrating all desktop users; reducing application support needs for 800 users on multiple product versions spanning 8 years by defining 30 Citrix publications to manage all users on a single version of Autodesk products; incorporating custom palettes and tools within the login process to get away from personally defined palettes; using Active Directory to manage application access for all users; and migrating engineering drawings from desktops, user directories, and unit shares to a redundant network file share. This session will address project challenges, system architecture, lessons learned, and successes.

A common workflow issue is managing drawings with CAD Standards issues - blocks on the wrong layer, text with the wrong style or size, etc. I could go on and on about all the issues we face with standards in our AutoCAD files. But taking the time to fix these issues can be a daunting process. In this lab, I will walk you through several tools that AutoCAD offers to speed up this process!

You will also learn techniques to make your drawings open faster, have smaller file sizes, and reduce crashing.  This is a crucial part of your day to day workflow!

Over the last several years, BIM (Building Information Modeling) and geographic information system (GIS) integration has seen tremendous growth on multiple fronts: extending GIS data to design applications, consuming BIM directly into GIS, and visualizing these data connections in new web experiences that can be shared with entire project teams or operations. While these have enabled some organizations to realize new business insights that support better decision making throughout an asset’s lifecycle, others have not yet unlocked these potential benefits. In this panel discussion, hear from several industry experts on how their organizations are strategically enhancing delivery using BIM with GIS and driving stakeholder engagement. Learn about the information management standards they implement to make meaningful connections between systems. Hear their views on the powerful intersection of detailed asset data with location for insights, and where they plan to head next to build and maintain a more sustainable world.

This class provides an overview of current initiatives in sustainability for infrastructure projects as well as specific features in AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD Map 3D software that can help you reach the specific goals of those initiatives. The class focuses on real civil infrastructure and environmental project scenarios and how to use tools in Civil 3D and Map 3D to infuse innovation into design to meet project sustainability requirements. A focal point will be GIS features that are integrated with design tools.

Organizations around the world have been tasked with reshaping facilities and operations to enable social distancing since the outbreak of COVID-19. To support the design team, building owners, and facilities managers, we are committed to developing new tools in Revit software and showing how they can be used in practice with other simulation tools. This session will combine demonstrations of the latest tools in Revit with good practices learned from collaboration with industrial partners to ensure that buildings will have the capacity to support social distancing and maximize life safety. Subjects that we’ll cover include design principles (core parameters, route planning, design pitfalls) and sample use cases (office, retail, school). We’ll lay out the core principles of design and demonstrate their application with Revit (and people-movement simulation software) in the context of real-world design challenges.