Learn how to use BIM 360 Docs software—including the latest set management and workflow capabilities—to manage, review, and approval all project drawings, documents, and models. In this class, we will review and demonstrate how to set up your project and efficiently manage your documents throughout the project lifecycle.

In this class we will cover the process of how our office went from having engineering and planning completely separated to merging the two departments into a shared workflow. It will cover a variety of lessons learned throughout this process. How we were able to utilize the power of filters and families to make our Revit Fabrication drawings look like a standard engineering drawing set. How we had to go back and completely rework our standard Revit templates and families. The class will really focus on how some upfront hassle and frustration of a few individuals has turned into a team that can still create engineering documents at the same pace but now these drawings are bring true value to our planning and preconstruction departments. Finally, we are streamlining our coordination process so when it comes time to start clash detection and shop drawings we are weeks if not months ahead of the team.

Learn about Inventor software's current and ongoing investments in Model-Based Definition (MBD) and join in conversations and exercises that contribute to Autodesk, Inc.'s, MBD vision as it pertains to our CAD solutions. This class requires an NDA, a fundamental understanding of MBD, a vision of your own incorporation of this technology, and a willingness to participate in a lively group discussion. We will explore concepts that include reduced need for traditional 2D drawings, how MBD and MBE (Model-Based Enterprise) supports automated manufacturing and inspection, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) annotation versus coordinate tolerancing, viewing and sharing solutions, and tolerance analyses.

This round-table discussion covers the business of being an independent business owner. Discover from the experiences of others that there's more to a successful business than just being good at what you do. We will discuss topics relating to the type of business you should form, as well as to marketing and advertising, financing, and paying yourself. Many freelance designers are very skilled engineers and artists; this course takes an approach that keeps that in mind. You will learn about community resources and online tools that make managing your business easier so you can focus on your clients.

Although most CAD/ Building Information Modeling (BIM) managers are responsible for creating and maintaining CAD/BIM standards, few have the authority to actually enforce those standards. Despite project teams insisting they could be more productive if the company had a standard, the imbalance between a CAD/BIM manager’s responsibilities and his/her authority almost always incubates a culture of noncompliance. This session will focus on ways to achieve the seemingly impossible dream of developing a CAD/BIM standard that’s willingly used throughout an organization without enforcement. By understanding the reasons standards are typically ignored, you will learn ways to overcome the most common behaviors that lead to noncompliance, and how to develop standards that are designed for compliance.

Innovators in architecture and engineering rose to the challenge of a turbulent year by embracing remote collaboration. This isn’t just a shift in technology, though: it’s a shift in how we understand the project lifecycle. As owners demand a more data-driven process, the push toward digitization enables us to better design, build, operate, and optimize. Join Nicolas Mangon and Leona Frank to learn how the Autodesk platform supports this approach and brings innovation and new possibilities to the AEC industry.

In this hands-on lab, a team of Autodesk experts who develop and support the product on a daily basis will walk you through getting the most out of Simulation for Fusion 360 software. From setup basics, to tips and tricks in the user interface, to solving complex nonlinear problems, this lab will have it all. Be sure to attend this lab if you are looking to learn more about using Simulation for Fusion 360.

When implementing Revit software, more and more organizations are choosing the counter-intuitive strategy of putting less rather than more data in company models. These organizations have discovered that leaving data where it normally lives and relying on integration to enable users to access the information needed when and where it is needed helps to see that decisions are based on fresh and accurate data. This presentation provides real-life examples to illustrate how traditional Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementations often fail to improve, and sometimes even degrade, an organization's ability to manage its information. The class uses business scenarios to explain in easy-to-understand terms how and where you can use data and system integration provide a more streamlined and collaborative work experience. The presentation also discusses what investments are required to achieve this and how those investments help prepare organizations to move data and processes to the cloud.

Discover how implementing building information modeling (BIM) innovative concepts in design and build projects can greatly improve project efficiency and accuracy. By using the latest construction technologies such as mixed reality, LiDAR scans, and parametric design, construction teams can better visualize and plan projects, reducing errors in the construction phase. This class will showcase practical examples through projects delivered by LEVIATAN and UBITECH, major engineering offices in Romania that use Autodesk and GRAITEC software. Additionally, the use of these technologies can increase safety on construction sites and reduce the amount of time required to complete projects. Ultimately, these benefits lead to improved quality, reduced costs, and better outcomes for both construction teams and clients.

This product briefing will showcase the latest advances in Dynamo visual scripting, Dynamo Player for workflow automation, and Generative Design in Revit software for automated design exploration. Come learn from Autodesk AEC Generative Design product managers about where they've been focusing their efforts and what’s on the road map for future releases. We’ll use real-world examples to showcase these tools and show how we’ve improved the authoring experience in Dynamo and the running experience in both Dynamo Player and Generative Design in Revit. This briefing will demonstrate the value that Dynamo and Generative Design in Revit bring to the design process. We’ll show how customers are using the tools to automate their workflows and design explorations in their projects in order to optimize sustainability and efficiency and produce less construction waste. We’ll cover the product principles that we use to prioritize new work and future direction. Finally, we’ll address the future of the product.

SimaPro, a sustainability partner, and ProtoTech, a technical consultant and reseller, are building a POC web app to demo at AU 2023, showing a web-based sustainability analysis workflow of an Autodesk Fusion 360 design. SimaPro requires mass, weight, and material to perform the sustainability analysis. Mass and weight are mass properties, meaning the company needs to extract and store mass properties for components in PIM so that SimaPro can access this data to perform its analysis in a web-based environment outside of Fremont. Currently, physical properties are extracted only inside the Fusion 360 canvas. PPE is a scalable solution that enables users to extract physical properties on-demand outside the Fusion 360 canvas using GraphQL APIs. Physical properties extraction trigger is also integrated with Fusion 360 workflows like on-milestone creation, as well as view physical properties in Fusion Team.

Location—where work happens—is critical for designing, constructing, and managing assets in the built world. This includes locating assets on the ground, defining logical locations for specific work, and locating the definitive digital record expressing the asset. Arcadis, Esri, and Autodesk have been collaborating on techniques to simplify and standardize these concepts, with practical results. This study will help building information modeling (BIM) professionals use shared coordinates between Civil 3D files and Revit software, use Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) 4x3 properties to define IFC locations, and share these locations with geographic information system (GIS) professionals and stakeholders. We’ll examine a practical example from a light rail BlueSky project that includes Civil 3D, Revit, and IFC files for ground, alignment, rail, and architectural elements.

In this class we will talk about the most-updated workflows to build a multi-version Dynamo package that includes: ZeroTouch nodes, explicit nodes, extensions, and view extensions. The class will be structured to explain step by step how to set up the Visual Studio solution, how to make sure there is a robust version control system, and how to deploy for Dynamo Core or Dynamo hosted. We’ll touch on how to use GitHub Actions to streamline the release pipeline and we will use NUKE Build to do it. NUKE is an extremely powerful framework that allows basically everything you can think of in terms of automated pipeline. There will be much more, including some bonus topics on adding Rhino Yak packages too. If you’re looking to build a company library of tools for computational design, there is no other stop in your journey except this class. We will provide access to a Notion workspace worth hundreds of pages, including future updates. Not selling, just saying :)

There are numerous advantages for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Design (AECD) field when seeking a dedicated cloud infrastructure. Purpose-built clouds empower firms with tailored solutions that prioritize security, compliance, performance, and flexibility to support unique application requirements. When working in these demanding applications (Enscape, Lumion, Twin Motion, etc.) the industry requires any BIM or rendering tasks in a cloud environment to provide an unparalleled virtual experience and specialized support available for the most demanding applications found in the AECD landscape. Experts from Henderson Engineering, Advance2000 and ATG will present their own experiences on migrating, working in a private cloud environment and how enhanced performance is achieved through a high-powered virtual workstation optimized for maximum productivity.

SSOE Group leadership panel is open to share their experiences regarding SSOE’s technology journey. They will discuss how we employed a flexible formula to balance technology pace with our annual planning needs. We’ll reflect on our current state, continuous improvement ideas, business drivers, and embracing new technologies. The panel will talk about the pace of change, the tools and partnerships, and how these bring both opportunities and obstacles to projects and staff. SSOE’s strategy for growth, emerging market presence, and efficiency demanded investments in enterprise platforms and people, enabling us to become a more digitally mature organization. We supported the early adoption of Autodesk Construction Cloud that unlocked vast amounts of automation potential and data collection. In less than three years, we autonomously created 3,000 projects just in time for teams to begin working. Our data goals continue to grow as we explore partnerships to build better ways to transform data to users.

This presentation will walk you through the workflow of utilizing Autodesk software from a perspective of the Plant industry. Witness the lifecycle from engineering through construction along with the key resource usage and efficiencies. Discuss lessons learned and key items utilized to make these tools successful additions to a Building Information Modeling (BIM) project lifecycle.

The future of the construction industry has never been brighter, in part due to the increased adoption of technology across all phases—design, plan, build, and operate. From streamlining specific processes to better collect, manage, and analyze data to embracing new business models, it’s no longer a question of whether to use technology, but how and why. During this keynote, Autodesk leaders will share Autodesk Construction Cloud updates and highlight industry innovators who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

With the global pandemic, manufacturing companies have been forced to rapidly adjust to new ways of working, disrupted supply chains, and dramatic shifts in consumer demand. In the Design & Manufacturing Keynote, industry leaders will share strategies for adaptation and driving digital transformation. Learn how evolving tools and technologies can help manufacturers build resilience, improve collaboration, and automate processes to overcome the challenges of today and prepare for the opportunities of tomorrow.

This session will examine the Levels of Development (LOD) section of the standards for Building Information Modeling (BIM) delivery in Doha, Qatar, used by both the Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) and the Public Works Authority of Quatar (Ashghal). The standards utilize a different arrangement in the often-confusing interpretation of BIM and LOD. The LOD standard is broken down into multiple catalogue types, which, when used in combination, create a fully flexible system that you can adapt to any project type and requirement. This LOD standard supports the infrastructure projects and building projects currently being developed by Qatar Rail and Ashghal, which include a wide range of different program types, project types, and scales of work.

Qatar Rail is in the process of constructing a state-of-the art railway system valued at more than USD$40 billion and comprising of a 37-station metro and a 38-station light rail transit to support Qatar's 2030 Vision. One of the key decisions made at the start of the project involved a comprehensive contractual Building Information Modeling (BIM) mandate. The BIM process is currently being used extensively by all contractors in the design and construction phases of the project, and will soon be used as the foundation for the maintenance management system and throughout the eventual operations and maintenance of the railway. This class will take the attendees through the journey of Qatar Rail's one-of-a-kind BIM implementation from design through to operations. You will receive a thorough account of the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the point of view of an owner/operator that has embarked on one of the most ambitious infrastructure BIM programs ever attempted. AIA Approved