How do you start from scratch when implementing a cloud solution capable of establishing a single source of truth for a global organization, bringing together thousands of users in a unified environment? What are the challenges for a company leader in elevators and escalators solutions for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry? How do you engage the people in the process, and how can you efficiently manage the change? Find out in this class. We'll chronicle the implementation process of Forma Data Management (on the Autodesk Forma platform) for KONE, in collaboration with Autodesk Consulting. The class will describe the approach taken, and explore the analysis of the main phases of an implementation process used to translate KONE's existing targeted workflows into operational instructions and platform settings. Discover the tangible benefits, with 30 minutes per user saved daily on data search, 30% reduction in document revisions, and reduced rework, thanks to the established framework. Learn how this solution can make an impact at the organizational level.

In this class, we'll demonstrate how to set up, configure, and drive design standardization for AutoCAD drawings in Autodesk Forma. AutoCAD and Forma Data Management have tighter integration through Desktop Connector. We'll explore best practices for enhanced collaboration while handling AutoCAD drawing relationships, including references and supported files in Forma Data Management. We'll share a quick walk-through on the Autodesk Bridge and explore its potential to help users unlock coordination during the design process and drive standardization in AutoCAD drawings. We'll demo AutoCAD cloud-based features like Activity Insights and DWG™ History showing how users can consult the changes made to their cloud-based drawings and templates anytime, anywhere. We'll wrap up the session with productivity enhancements in AutoCAD 2024 and Desktop Connector that help users achieve three Cs during their design process through AutoCAD drawings in Autodesk Forma projects.

Schueco—the German aluminum facade industry giant—is an Autodesk technology and product specific reseller. In this session, Schueco will show—along with customer examples—how the firm is using Autodesk technology in tandem with its own developments to give its franchise-like partners know how and access to Schueco technology. From AutoCAD to Inventor to Autodesk Forma, from desktop to the cloud: design, make, and collaboration.

CAD data is the most important intellectual property that a manufacturer has. Autodesk offers products that create, manage, and enrich this data. AutoCAD, Inventor, and Autodesk Fusion 360 software create this data while Vault, Fusion 360 Manage Extension, and Upchain help manage it. The cloud-based Fusion 360 and Autodesk Forma platforms facilitate collaboration within the field, while Prodsmart helps collaboration within production. Simultaneously, aspects of this data need to be shared with other enterprise systems like ERP. Ultimately, all these systems must be able to share aspects of this data throughout the lifecycle of a manufacturer's products. We'll demonstrate, via examples of Autodesk customer projects, how technologies such as Autodesk Platform Services and other third-party technologies make it possible to share this important data between these systems rather than leaving it siloed in different systems.

Have you encountered any challenges when creating a site context 3D model for a new project or proposal without sufficient survey data? This class will focus on workflows that will enable you to better create, evaluate, and communicate conceptual designs using InfraWorks software, Civil 3D software, and Revit software. We'll demonstrate how to build concept models from scratch by using the InfraWorks Model Builder tool, and we'll make modifications to the surface in InfraWorks by using imported 2D layout data from AutoCAD software and Civil 3D. Also, we will show the bidirectional workflow between Civil 3D and InfraWorks for grading design options and exporting out as IMX from InfraWorks to Civil 3D and converting them as toposurface in Revit for site work via publishing surfaces and linking topography to and from Autodesk Forma. Finally, we will cover the best practices to append the InfraWorks-exported FBX into Navisworks software for federated model with collaboration options like Autodesk Forma/BIM 360 and Shared View/web view links.

AutoCAD paves the way for collaboration across people, devices, and platforms that is designed to help decision-makers optimize their workflows. Learn about how you can further enhance and simplify this experience for your teams by leveraging a complete cloud-based document management and common data environment with Forma Data Management.

The Superb Team strikes again! Join us in this latest installment of the top-rated Superb Guide Series! Rina and Nauman return to AU 2023 with a new package of our Speaker Favorites, Timesaver Alerts, Superb Tips, and many other fun Revit things. During our fast-paced, lively conversation (spiced with still more pain, passion, and true war stories!), we will continue to answer these questions: - Can you maximize the capabilities of Revit (versions forevermore, especially 2024) to the max, on your server and especially in the cloud? - Are there any lesser-known Revit capabilities and workarounds that we can leverage? - Are there ways to leverage interoperability with helpful add-ins and other authoring software to enhance productivity? - What are the newest, most helpful features in Revit 2024 and Autodesk Forma? Our answer still is – YES to all! Join us for our wise (and fun!) pointers on how to be a fearlessly productive Revit warrior

During this presentation we'll explain how to set up assets based on design files. We'll explore how to determine which assets need to be defined and what data can be associated in order for successful commissioning during the construction phase. We'll start by looking at how we can extract data from Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD software, and how we can prepare for assets import using the model-based workflow. As assets get installed in rooms and spaces, it's also critical to find a way to tie them to an LBS (location breakdown structure). Once we've defined these assets within Autodesk Forma, we'll show a way of creating a bidirectional link between the object in the design file and the Autodesk Forma database. We'll finish up using asset color coding on the 3D model, and run some reports we can use to show the progress of commissioning these objects.

Take your drafting skills to the next level with the sixth installment of the multi-award-winning AutoCAD tips'n'tricks course that's supercharged the productivity of thousands of design professionals like you. Learn from Autodesk Expert Elite member and Official AutoCAD Blog author Donnie "The CAD Geek" Gladfelter as he entertains, informs, and inspires you with the most-dynamic drafting techniques acquired from nearly 20 years spent blogging, gaining millions of YouTube views, and acting as the senior technical staff development manager at Bowman, a national engineering firm with 2,000+ professionals. From simple to advanced, you'll learn how to apply today's most innovative AutoCAD tools and discover new ways to maximize existing tools. WARNING: Attending this class may result in increased productivity, which may lead to finishing work early and having to find new ways to kill time at the office.

Autodesk Fusion 360 software continues to evolve for design and manufacturing in a single package. Sheet metal components can be designed using Fusion 360 or imported for virtually any CAD package to have the cutting toolpaths created using the Fusion 360 Manufacture workspace. This class will demonstrate methods for creating nests using both the Arrange command as well as the Nesting using the Nesting and Fabrication Extension. This class will demonstrate how you can use both Advanced Arrange and Nesting to arrange components on a sheet that can be cut using the Fusion 360 Manufacture workspace. The presentation will cover creating or importing files to be nested, setting up nest materials, creating nests, and finally using the Manufacture workspace to add cutting toolpaths to cut out the nests.

With the visualization and 3D rendering software market projected to hit $7.43 billion by 2028, demand for 3D visualization artists continues to rise across various industries. Specialized education programs are critical for equipping artists with up-to-date knowledge, yet there are few such programs. CG Spectrum is addressing this with a new career-focused visualization pathway developed by industry, for industry. Starting with a foundation in visualization with later specializations in architecture, product, and industrial, students go from zero technical skills to becoming proficient visualization artists. To ensure graduates are job-ready, we're inviting industry leaders to join our Visualization Advisory Board. By doing so, you can network with other leaders, keep abreast of the latest trends, develop education solutions to address industry needs and challenges, and directly impact and inspire the next wave of 3D artists. Let's work together to shape 3D visualization education.

Transitioning from AutoCAD to Revit presents challenges and new learning curves. While it might seem that embracing Revit means leaving AutoCAD behind and disconnecting from industry peers who still use it, this perspective is not entirely proper. Both software tools can coexist, and Autodesk is at the forefront of industry evolution, ensuring smooth and conscious transitions. You can incorporate AutoCAD details into your Revit project using various methods, including long-term, mid-term, and temporary solutions. Some approaches are more effective than others and may even lead to issues. We will guide you through a step-by-step process to efficiently utilize existing AutoCAD details and convert them seamlessly into Revit. We will outline the most efficient approach to utilize AutoCAD architectural backgrounds for MEP modeling, harnessing the full potential of these two software tools working in tandem. Prior Revit knowledge is desired.

The session will cover a detailed case study of the projects and give insights into the Lean BIM principle enabling Lean Construction by establishing the perfect BIM ecosystem across the industry across different stakeholders. 6 Lean principles in BIM and their relation to existing Lean Construction approach: 1) Visualization & understanding the end goal of the project 2) Rapid generation of design alternatives 3) Automated generation of drawings & documents 4) Maintenance of information and design model integrity 5) Reuse of model data for predictive analysis 6) Collaboration in design and construction with these BIM principles will go hand-in-hand with Lean Construction principles.

An indoor geographic information system (indoor GIS) is a comprehensive geospatial system designed to create, manage, analyze, and map indoor data. It enables a shared understanding of your facility operations, leading to improved efficiency and engagement. Serving as a foundational digital twin, indoor GIS enables visualization, wayfinding, analysis, and management of interior spaces within buildings. This industry talk will focus on the consolidation of project-based CAD/building information modeling (BIM) floorplans into an indoor GIS, which can then function as an operational system of record. You'll gain insights into strategies for updating project and operational data as they change over time. And you'll discover various tools and techniques to support data synchronization workflows that align with your organization's specific strengths and requirements.

In our current global market, time saved is money saved. This class will focus on how a robust Content Management System can save you time and increase quality assurance in the design process with efficient BIM assets while also being ISO 19650 compliant. Utilizing a cloud-based BIM Asset Management system like UNIFI has helped triple our library content and saved $1000's, so join this class as we uncover the secrets of how UNIFI can be used in all phases of design across multiple disciplines, from concept through to handover. This class will also illustrate that by using cloud-based platforms to connect teams, data, and workflows, collaboration workflows with other offices around the globe in a 24-hour work environment are increasingly more productive. You cannot afford to miss the opportunity of discovering how to make UNIFI work for you.

Have you been working as your company's unofficial CAD Manager, and don't have any official authority with management? In this class, join other individuals who are in a similar situation or other full time CAD managers for this roundtable discussion. Learn tips from others on how to turn an unofficial position into an official position. Engage in a lively discussion where you can learn from others and share your experience on CAD support and CAD management.

In this class, you will be familiarized with the idea first introduced by Plex-Earth, that most of the complexities in CAD-GIS interoperability, from data availability to compatibility, can be eliminated if seen from the designer's perspective. Our extensive experience on real-life projects has shown that seamless access to essential GIS data like historical imagery, terrain elevation data, and immersive visualization tools like Google Earth, give a competitive advantage to CAD-based workflows. As such, if you are a CAD user, you can completely understand your project area without requiring GIS skills. As a CAD manager, you can boost your team's overall performance, reduce errors and make informed decisions by accessing geospatial data from top-notch providers like Airbus, Maxar, Nearmap, Hexagon, and Google Maps, all without costly subscriptions. Finally, as a software developer, you can leverage Plex-Earth to upgrade your product offering and augment your customers' capabilities.

In this session, we'll cover importing Revit systems, zones, and spaces from Revit System Analysis into HVAC Solution Pro software and creating intelligent HVAC system schematics. HVAC loads can also be imported from industry-leading load providers. This data is used to automatically build systems, calculate projects, and select HVAC equipment from equipment manufacturers. "What if" scenarios can be modeled using various equipment parameters and weather data. Various coordination files can be automatically created, including equipment schedule, schematic, electrical schedule, detailed report, and many more. With our Revit add-in, the schematics and schedules can easily be placed in a Revit drafting view. We use the Revit API to create custom schedules. A variety of systems can be created, including air, hydronic, steam, plumbing, refrigerant, VRF, and fuel gas and controls. See how what used to take days and weeks now takes minutes and hours.

If you're excited about AI and have ideas about how it might apply to AutoCAD, join us for a discussion on insights, automation, and machine learning (ML). We'll introduce AI technologies, learn how AutoCAD is currently using them to enhance your design workflows, and engage in an open discussion about how you would like to see AutoCAD leverage AI and machine learning. Come ready to share your ideas and what excites you most about AI in the CAD industry!

In this informative and engaging talk, we'll explore the powerful capabilities of the AutoCAD Architecture toolset in the context of schematic design development. AutoCAD Architecture, a leading software system for architectural design and documentation, offers an array of tools and features to aid the design process. We'll delve into the key aspects of using AutoCAD Architecture to develop schematic designs efficiently and effectively. We'll discuss how the software enables architects, designers, and drafters to create and refine initial design concepts, transforming them into comprehensive schematic representations.