It’s time to Zero, how can university research help us transition to Net Zero? PrintCity, has 6 large research projects (€50M) that enhance Sustainability and the Circular Economy transition, to reduce our impact on the environment. Projects span a range of industries and grand challenges to make new materials, more sustainable products and extend the life of electronics. With a state-of-the-art digital manufacturing facility, PrintCity’s research is delivered by a multidisciplinary team who are passionate about sustainability and are proud to work for the UK’s #1 Greenest University, Manchester Metropolitan. Projects include producing 95-98% recycled FDM filaments from single use plastics, 3D printing concrete replacing virgin sand with recycled aggregates (demolition waste) and using 3D print for repair. Learn how Fusion 360 is being used to design new, more sustainable products. Learn more about how PrintCity’s sustainability research is helping us transition to Net Zero.

Learn how to start building custom bridge components using both Inventor and Revit for use in InfraWorks. We will briefly examine the InfraWorks centric bridge workflow and identify where custom components can be beneficial. We will work two specific examples using both of the available methods and understand the benefits of each. Then we will use those newly created components in InfraWorks and see how they can be manipulated to a final state within the bridge itself ready for the workflow to continue.

This industrial case study will cover a recent design and make collaboration between Autodesk and Impression Technologies, an industry leading Automotive hot forming solutions provider. Together we will present a comparison of several mold designs across a range of design approaches and manufacturing technologies. We will demonstrate how optimizing design for additive manufacturing can be leveraged to achieve; more efficient production times and material usage, improved part quality, and reduced part cost and energy consumption. During the project experts from Autodesk and ITL collaborated via Autodesk CFD and the Fusion 360 platform. We utilized simulation and several design methodologies, including conformal cooling and the application of lattice structures via Fusion 360’s Product Design extension. The project culminated in the tooling production using Autodesk’s Birmingham Technology Centre metal Additive Manufacturing systems, and testing and validation at ITL’s research facility.

Learn how to automate the exchange and augmentation of information with Autodesk Tandem using Safe Software's FME no-code data integration platform. Together we will construct automations to extract Tandem data to business intelligence tools like Power BI and Tableau, and update Tandem information with new data, ranging from Excel to I0T streams.

The consumer product industry is more competitive than ever before. In order to maintain an edge over the competition, it is important to differentiate your product from the pack. Fusion 360 is leading the industry with advanced tools to help you design lighter and more complex products with ease. In this class, you'll learn how to best utilize two tools from the the Fusion Product Design Extension. First, you will learn how to apply a volumetric lattice to your parts (to lightweight them and create visually distinct geometry). Next, you will learn how to apply 3D printable patterns/textures to the surface of your part (to provide grip and/or a visual "pop"). If you design consumer products and are interested in taking your products to the next level, this class is for you.

An Integrated Factory Model is a great tool for space planning, in literally any discipline - However success is not measured only by the ability to fit a process into a site, but also understand its capabilities. By employing Discrete Event Simulation, we can make sure that the changes planned or the new process being implemented will be able to handle current throughput needs and develop an ROI. In addition, we can model for the future - and make sure we can meet the peaks and valleys of production as required. We provide the ability to measure and predict throughput and manufacturing efficiency in your layout model - in AutoCAD. See how applying these methodologies and workflows can help your organization make better decisions faster in regards to literally any process. See how your process will perform based on your criteria - and get solid, actionable data to reduce risk and maximize profits.

Want to learn more about how to manage data with maintenance in mind? This class is exactly for you! We will go deep into the life of assets showing you some secrets when dealing with data that all over the place. Discover how to explore critical assets throughout the project lifecycle from design to maintenance when managing and coordinating multiple 3D models. This workflow starts by preparing models with assets in mind, while collaborating across the cloud. Then we leverage the assets database during the build phase following up on their installation statuses. Finally, we will describe how to maintain these assets after commissioning and handover. Overall, this workflow describes a lossless transition of asset data from design into construction, then to maintenance.

This session will present how automating the placement of steel connections is now much easier in Revit with the introduction of Library Based Connections Design Automation. By leveraging comprehensive content libraries stored in .rvt files and delivered out of the box, the “Associate Connections with Profile Sizes” rule-based automation can quickly place all common steel connections in any size models, by following the precise rules dictated by the standards while also providing enough flexibility to the engineer/detailer to take guided decisions in what connections are created, and where. This workflow is intended to cut down the detailing time and provide access to more detailed models earlier on in the design process.

In this session we demonstrate how Spacemaker can be leveraged to quickly kick-off a project and validate design decisions. Saving you time and effort, we’ll demonstrate the ideal workflow to combine the strengths of Spacemaker and Revit. From project setup and validating concept proposals using Spacemaker's user friendly analysis tools we'll give you a thorough beginners guide to get you started in the software. We'll wrap up the session with a demo of the Revit add in to easily migrate your proposals to Revit for further design development. Need to tweak your proposals - we'll show how to migrate your proposal back into Spacemaker for further analysis.

Developed by AEC professionals for AEC professionals, BIMrx and Naviate are exactly what your team needs to add to the functionality of Revit to accelerate project setup, data management, and documentation. These solutions are built to streamline and enhance the entire BIM project lifecycle. Join us as our technical experts show you workflows to set up projects with ease, manage data more efficiently, model faster, and accelerate documenting views. These products are available for multiple design disciplines to automate those tedious tasks that users spend countless hours on. See how to set up projects faster, improve and simplify workflows, and increase ROI by spending less time on low level tasks and more time focused on solving the challenges of urbanization, globalization, and sustainability.

Keeping your production floor productive is more important than ever before. After all, a CNC machine or worker that is sitting idle costs your business money. Prodsmart already helps manufacturers and fabricators to schedule, track and trace their production as well as quality processes in real-time. But what if you want to go further? In this live demonstration, you'll learn how you can leverage Fusion 360 and Fusion Team in addition to Prodsmart in order to further improve your production efficiency.

Whilst manufacturing departments come in all shapes and sizes, business owners and production managers will all face similar challenges, such as keeping up with design changes, the need to automate CNC machine usage, and improve part quality, all whilst addressing potential skills gaps in their workforce. This class will look at these challenges in detail, and then using an example manufacturing department, will illustrate how they can be addressed, with a series of scenarios where Fusion 360 can be used to provide possible solutions to the outlined challenges.

The Superb Team is back! Join me and my compadre, Nauman Mysorewala, in this much-awaited sequel to the AU2021 top-rated session where, during a fast paced, lively conversation (spiced with still more true war stories!), we will continue to answer the question - Can you maximize the capabilities of Revit software (versions forevermore, especially 2023) to the max? Our answer still is - of course you can! With the help of more of our favorite workflows, shortcuts, tips and tricks, plug-ins, and resources—you will gain the know how to enhance deliverables and dial up your productivity. What else will you gain from this session? You will hear answers to user questions from last year. You will gain the ability to pick and choose the best among the multiple ways Revit offers to achieve an objective. Above all, with our additional tricks for resolving curve balls in model, view, family, and annotation management and creation, you will learn to be fearless in the face of Revit.

When considering the "building life cycle" from the viewpoint of the process importance obtained through ISO19650 certification, to construct a Building database, using BIM360 as CDE and collaborating Information of BIM stored in Revit along with SpaceIQ is required. We will share our insights collected from real project. Also some of the insights on the evolution of data platforms by leveraging SpaceIQ solutions in the design phase, while it is commonly used in the construction to operation/maintenance phases. What is the digital value chain brought by the data collaboration? The effects and future projections will be presented

Facilities of all kinds and sizes get old and after years of operations and maintenance, old records that show the as-built conditions get destroyed or lost. In addition, several renovations and additions to the facility adds another layer of complexity if not documented properly. Any facility that was completed prior to the new millennium most likely involved paper-based as-built documentation. These documents are often stored away and seldom updated when changes to the facility occurred. This was the case with the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Stadium where the team is looking at a bright future that include new plans for expansions and major renovation. Such major projects require extensive design efforts that can take years, with the lack of proper and accurate as-built documentation. This massive 2,200-modeling-hours effort lead to an accurate and intricate as-built BIM model of the stadium that was created from over 575 scan-hours in just under 5 months.

Demain is a consortium of like-minded contractors and engineers that leverage data and manufacturing to unite the value stream and productize the delivery of construction. What began as collaboration between MEP engineers, contractors, and software engineers has uniquely evolved into its own commercially viable entity. Participants of this session will learn why Demain was founded, and how it's evolved over the years. The projects chronicled in this case study will provide the audience with real-life examples of how strategic partnerships can drive the industrialization of construction and how integration though data offers a compelling alternative to vertical integration.

With our post-pandemic industry immerging into a new normal, our designers and engineers are now looking to technology to enhance collaboration and improve efficiency. With Civil 3D we now have functionality to provide users with standards to drive consistency in workflows. We will review the process GHD developed to restructure Civil 3D templates, providing our teams with the necessary standardization and functionality. From small sites to large BIM mega-projects. We will show you how to rethink template deployment, and what content to distribute. Learn how to restructure your templates using the best practice uses for your templates. We will share some of our tricks to maximize the benefits templates can offer. Using Dynamo and reference templates, we will demonstrate how we leveraged property sets to automate the way GHD enriches the meta data in our BIM models. We will cover the initial challenges, solutions, and how we improved efficiency and realized more project cost savings.

Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) is a very important feature of a modern, international airport complex. Expansion of airport is aimed at design and construction of additional buildings and facilities to service growing international and domestic passenger traffic. Baggage reclaim hall on the arrival side and check-in hall on the departure side are large volume spaces in PTB, requiring proper distribution of conditioned air for adequate human comfort. In this class, how Autodesk CFD is used to evaluate air-conditioning design is presented. Importance of airflow and temperature distribution from CFD results is highlighted to ascertain indoor air quality and thermal environment. Strategies for modeling airflow and heat transfer are detailed out with best practices for flow and heat load characterization. Challenges of unacceptable thermal environment (hot spots) are addressed through design changes and optimization of supply flow rates and discharge angles, resulting in better designs.

When planning a factory, many trades, project participants and disciplines are involved. In this presentation, I have made it my task to show you an end-to-end digital process, which we call the Integrated Factory Model (IFM). The coordination of all project-relevant data is the basis of an end-to-end digital process and is largely responsible for the success of a project. A simple 3D construction space model gives each project participant his workspace. There, for example, the layout planner carries out his process simulation and line planning with the Factory Design Utilities. Due to the adjacent construction spaces, collisions with other layouts or the building equipment can be detected and eliminated at a very early stage. All data is continuously merged, checked and adjusted in an overall coordination model in BIM360.

Gilbane VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) utilizes many tools and tips throughout the entirety of a project to support project needs. This presentation will run though a case study from project start to finish showcasing our process and procedures to put together various deliverables, and the outcome of each deliverable. We will focus on certain lessons learned that we now apply to our standard process, and highlight issues or success stories that have emerged from them. Beginning in Preconstruction, we will look at our Design Model Coordination Reports, touch on 4D scheduling, move onto Coordination and Drawing Submissions, and end on Verification, with a few more points scattered between. This presentation will educate others on Gilbane VDC's tried and true processes and spark ideas for the future.