Imagine walking a design site before it’s ever built, with grading, buildings, and utilities unfolding around you in full context. Immersive Digital Workplaces make that possible, turning project models into shared experiences that improve communication and bring teams into alignment before construction begins. In this fast-paced, high-level session, three voices from civil design, immersive technology, and construction will share insights from the field. Rather than a technical deep dive, this session offers a big-picture look at how immersive Digital Workplaces are bridging disciplines, reducing errors, and clarifying complex data throughout the project lifecycle. When stakeholders can visualize a design in its environment, they are empowered to make faster, more confident decisions. Join us to explore how immersive workflows support better outcomes from concept through construction.

Have questions about the product roadmap for Civil 3D or InfraWorks? Join Autodesk product managers at Autodesk University and get them answered live.

TBM Tunnels are made up of prefabricated concrete segments which form a ring to be repeated in series, the rings laid in succession follow the course of the alignment. Autodesk Civil 3D is a great tool for infrastructure works like roads, pipelines also for modeling linear structures (bridge, tunnel, retaining wall), and Autodesk Revit is good for parametrical modeling. This class covers the use of Autodesk Revit together with Dynamo and CivilConnection package to leverage the power of Civil 3D inside Revit to automate the process of placement of universal TBM ring along alignment while minimizing the deviation in the placement of TBM ring along the alignment. In this class, I will demonstrate the parametrical modeling of universal ring and placement and updating parameters (e.g. rotation of ring) of the ring along alignment using Dynamo.

Parking lot grading is one of the most daunting tasks for a commercial site design project. Knowing the right tricks and techniques is crucial if you want to build models quickly and accurately and be able to modify them easily. In this class we will explore industry-proven design techniques that will result in stunning designs that are accurate, dynamic, and extremely useful in many aspects of the project. Some experience with site-grading design is recommended for attendees of this class.

This class takes a focused look at a couple of workflows in AutoCAD Civil 3D software that use corridors to model surfaces with complex slope geometries. We present several examples from actual grading projects. One example demonstrates the creation of a slope that uses target alignments and profiles to control the placement and grade of a mid-slope bench and drainage channel. The second example shows how to use default and custom subassemblies to model variable height retaining walls.

This session will demonstrate how to easily and quickly incorporate high-resolution, frequently updated geospatial content into your engineering planning and design workflows – avoiding the need for costly bespoke flyovers or time-consuming trips to the field. In this session, we will show you how to integrate Nearmap vertical orthographic imagery, 3D terrain data, and AI-derived planimetric linework into Civil 3D and InfraWorks. Learn how to conduct fast and easy design workflows in Infraworks utilizing the full Nearmap geospatial content stack as well as how to generate high-quality contours for your engineering basemap.

This is a significant project being undertaken in Southeast Asia, and contains many road crossovers, 15 stations and stockyards, as well as a large number of bridges, viaducts, and tunnels. The development of this project will showcase the contractor’s investment in the ability to develop workflows that can be automated and scaled from various resources to generate the solutions for fast review for construction and auditing for the independent reviewer and the government body. This class will cover a quick review of the project and then dive into the consultants, support, and standards that provided automation workflows to deliver outcomes and deliverables. We will look at a Dynamo, Revit software, BIM 360 software, InfraWorks software, Civil 3D software, and Navisworks, in an ecosystem that was developed to meet the transport bodies’ requirements. This project is ongoing, and we will look at the works and milestones delivered to date.

BIM 360 software is not just for models! You can use the tools built into BIM 360 to manage many different tasks in a collaborative environment outside of traditional BIM industries. In this class, we’ll explore classic collaborative issues that hamper productivity and limit the ability to transition to a BIM environment. We’ll take a look at how to implement a Level 2 BIM system to enhance collaboration and efficiency while maintaining consistency while also utilizing Forge to automate time-consuming tasks.

This lab will walk students through an introduction to some advanced AutoLISP concepts and practices. Students will get a taste of reactors, VBA-style programming in AutoLISP, and advanced function and processes.

When it comes to consistent and precise corridor design, it’s all about knowing where you’re going before you even start, especially when it comes to generating accurate earthwork quantities and surfaces that could be handed over for construction purposes. We’ll go over many questions to think about before pushing that assembly through your entire project. We’ll dive into opinions on out-of-the-box subassemblies versus creating your own custom subassemblies, and review some key ones that we’ve created to help streamline the design process. We’ll then cover setting up codes set styles not only to help visualize surface creation but also materials that we can use for quantities. Next, we’ll look at different approaches to modeling unique design elements, and when to throw in the towel on others. We’ll also review surface creation of not only proposed ground but also areas for removal, to help with more-accurate quantities when utilizing tin subtraction and/or average end area.

Learn how to design and manage excavation shapes for building and infrastructure parts to evaluate volume calculation.

In this class, you will learn how to connect your Civil 3D models into the Dynamo environment using C# programming language and the Zero Touch interface. Learn how to connect to a running Civil 3D application using the Civil 3D COM API, and create customized nodes for common Civil 3D object types. We will then import the Zero Touch library into Dynamo Studio, where we will apply the new nodes into a Dynamo canvas and extract Civil 3D model data for analysis or construction. Finally, we will investigate how we can transfer data from within Dynamo back into our current Civil 3D model objects. This session is intended for those wishing to extend their Civil 3D customization skills, capitalizing on the power of the Dynamo interface.

What, why and how you can leverage the Autodesk App Store to find new customers, grow your sales internationally, and engage Autodesk customers across platforms and industries - AEC, Mfg, Infrastructure, Revit, Navisworks, BIM 360, Inventor, Fusion 360, AutoCAD, Civil 3D Max, Maya and more! (Joint AU/Forge DevCon class).

Major urban transport projects are an opportunity to develop BIM and PLM applied to railway systems and underground structures. This involves extending BIM processes to linear infrastructures, transport system operating equipment and their environment for design, and implementation and asset management. Methods based on the automation of model generation and model views (2D, 3D, GIS) from object databases and libraries make it easier to integrate information from designers, manufacturers and contractors. The construction of complete digital mock-up makes it easier to control railway projects, characterized by the high reliability, operability, and safety requirements, strong maintenance constraints, but also by the complexity of the interfaces, the geographic extent and the long infrastructure lifecycle. We will show you how Autodesk tools made it possible to take a step towards the open BIM on the Grand Paris Express automatic metro project and Lyon – Line E project. Our demonstration will deal with the topics of: 1) ensuring that the project data is of high quality through BIM model structuring, library of standard objects, standardization of property set; 2) saving time from design to shop-drawing and from construction to O&M by ensuring the digital continuity by using open format (IFC) and open data dictionary (bsDD = buildingSmart International) over the lifecycle of the project; 3) encouraging and improving collaboration among multidisciplinary teams by robust and smooth processes by using BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) Manager and GIS; 4) managing the infra-systems interface in linear infrastructure and station buildings; 5) automation of metro station modeling through Dynamo by a functional approach; 6) automation of linear infrastructures and systems modeling through Dynamo using object database; 7) extension of modeling to the geology.

This class will cover the workflow for using InfraWorks software, with Inventor software and Revit software, for bridge modeling. It will cover what you can do with the software today, as well as what will be available in the near future. We will use a data set from a pilot project that uses this workflow. We’ll discuss the steps your company can take to move out of a 2D world, and the lessons learned from the pilot project, and we’ll show how the project team can work together with an integrated model to manage change. Lastly, we’ll discuss the key differences between using this workflow and using Dynamo for Revit software to model bridges.

Mass grading requires detailed models, balanced sites, and forward-thinking engineers and contractors. This session will look at a couple of mass grading sites and some best practices in creating, editing, and managing your models. From our model, we’ll extract actionable data for projects at the bid and construction stages. We’ll also look at best practices for machine control models and discuss some pitfalls to avoid.

Take control of your project like never before! ProjectExplorer brings a whole new level of design to your projects. This session will take you through a live project and the benefits you'll gain by implementing ProjectExplorer. Even on the simplest of projects you will see a huge time and cost savings by being able to review and modify your design as well as utilize automated reports that will help you further understand your design at every step of the game. Get ready to start exploring like never before.

What an exciting time for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry as the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) will soon be experienced by engineers in the same way they’re enjoyed by architects. This course will look at Autodesk’s approach to “Collaboration for Infrastructure” by applying the same BIM process to civil engineering projects. The function of modeling in 3D is nothing new for civil engineering professionals; the difference is that we can now dynamically connect the data and workflows with other disciplines using BIM 360 software. In this class, we’ll explore how to access BIM 360 for Civil 3D software, whether utilizing the web-based interface or Autodesk Desktop Connector. We’ll also showcase the use of BIM 360 for design collaboration by translating a surface from Civil 3D into Revit software. Then you’ll take a look at how to take your markups to the next level within the BIM 360 environment and learn how to access and write Civil 3D data to BIM 360 directly from within the Civil 3D software.

Photogrammetry is a quick and easy way to produce visually stunning and relatively accurate 3D models of existing conditions. Many photogrammetry classes focus on models of small objects. This class will explain the basics of photogrammetry and some tips you can use to get the best results out of your photos, especially when trying to create large background models that encompass multiple buildings, streets, trees, and so on. We’ll discuss sources of imagery and their pros and cons. We’ll review image quality, lighting, camera angles, quantity, and other similar topics in order to capture all the little details. We’ll discuss the process of bringing these source images into ReCap Photo software, as well as processing, scaling, decimation, and so on. Finally we’ll discuss how to bring photogrammetry models into other programs such as Revit software, ReCap software, Civil 3D software, and InfraWorks software.

Intended for intermediate to advanced AutoCAD Civil 3D software users, this class is designed to show land development professionals techniques and nuances for creating renderings and movies of their proposed projects. Utilizing many of the programs provided in Infrastructure Design Suite software (AutoCAD Civil 3D software, InfraWorks software, Revit software, and 3ds Max software), this class will consist of a live demonstration showing how to create compelling and grade accurate visualizations of your site designs. By treating InfraWorks 360 software as a “level builder” we will explore how to composite existing and proposed ground surfaces, build and apply coverages for pavement and pavement markings, and prepare tree surveys for 3D placement. Finally, we will explore the use of InfraWorks software models in real-time game rendering engines. By capitalizing on real-time engines, we can shortcut long rendering times to create accurate visualizations quickly.