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Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Digitalization Isn't a Track Meet, It's a Marathon: The METL Digitalization Journey
Advanced nuclear is challenged to design and construct on short timelines, with smaller budgets and fewer workers. Digitalization can help companies overcome these constraints. Unfortunately, a digital twin (DT) is often presented as a monolith. This results in organizations abandoning DTs as having benefits that are minimal or unrealized in time. Many perceive DTs as too large an undertaking to even begin. However, digitalization isn't a track meet; it's a marathon of incremental milestones. And, like all races, it has a starting line. This session will summarize a journey that Argonne National Laboratory and Implexus Lab made to digitize the Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL), a test facility for advancing sodium fast reactors. Components were designed with Inventor software and assembled in Navisworks software, and AutoCAD software generated construction documents. Integrating with Revit provided a DT foundation. Ultimately, the suite of Autodesk tools enabled the creation of a DT boasting live data visualization within a virtual reality (VR) environment.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Fluid Data Exchange in the Digital Thread: How the Autodesk Manufacturing Community Benefits from MDES as a Common Language
With the ever-increasing demands in manufacturing, end users require best-in-class solutions from all their vendors, which ultimately make their businesses more profitable and successful. At the same time, manufacturing companies must currently invest resources in combating data silos and data translation tasks that do not bring business value. Strong partnerships between hardware and software solution providers can ensure the highest productivity and the smoothest processes for end users. MDES is an open specification that enables the Autodesk Manufacturing Community to benefit from a seamless experience when investing in the latest, cutting-edge manufacturing solutions. In this session, the audience will learn how MDES facilitates a smooth integration between Fusion 360 and other key manufacturing assets—from high-performance cutting tools to crash-proof CNC machines—and how MDES enables a seamless data workflow.
54p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Case Study on Vault Professional Integrated with Autodesk Fusion Manage
In this session, we'll present a study showing the process for implementing Vault Professional software with Autodesk Fusion Manage software with bidirectional integration. See what went well, and what didn't go well and why. Discover what lessons we learned. Explore how much can be implemented at one time for users to absorb, understand, and gain ROI from.
8p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Optimizing Factory Design Utilities After a Successful Deployment
If you joined us at last year's AU and attended "A Factory Design Utilities Discussion with Peers on a Successful Deployment," you know the group discussed best practices and what to avoid when implementing Factory Design Utilities software. The information we discussed helped people who'd already implemented it by validating the experiences of others, and helped the people who were planning on implementing it soon. In this session, we'll pick up where last year's ended and focus on best practices for maintaining a successful deployment. We'll especially focus on using simplification workflows to keep file sizes smaller, managing simplified models, and understanding how to update the simplified models automatically when changes happen to the main file. After this session, you'll be able to integrate smaller models into your designs and keep them updated as changes occur.
18p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
From Vision to Reality, The Hands OFF Configure to Order Experience
Imagine that you're manufacturing or construction company is operated through a completely automated, hands-off, Configure to Order digital end-to-end process. This empowers your employees to focus on their strengths, add value to specific projects where it is most needed, leading to a significant reduction in workload and time to market. Your most challenging projects and technical obstacles will see faster progress thanks to the time saved and the concentrated efforts of your skilled team. By standardizing processes, the service and spare-part business will experience an exponential growth. This session shows a fully automated end-to-end process build on solutions like CPQ, Inventor Design Automation, Vault, ERP and a Spare-Part Portal. A cloud-based Low-Code integration platform, with standardized application connectors, orchestrates the digital processes seamlessly. This will enable companies to eliminate application customization and regaining ownership on their business processes.
41p
69p
Panel / San Diego 2024
A Fireside Chat with the Inventor Product Team
Sit down with the Inventor product team and discuss your most pressing issues, concerns, and questions about Inventor. A number of Inventor team members will be available to answer your questions. What are the best practices for maximizing your Inventor usage? How are Inventor projects prioritized and chosen for each release? Where is Inventor going in the near future? Model States, building information modeling (BIM) workflows, Drawings, Sheet Metal, Autodesk Fusion vs. Inventor—all your favorite topics are open for discussion.
8p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
“Scan to Factory” with ReCap Local Meshing
Step into the future of design with our class on using point clouds to create segmented meshes, transforming them into powerful design elements that can be extracted using only the data you need. Leave behind the tedious method of 2D planning, and begin using more-immersive and clear 3D factory images, taking all the guesswork out of layout design. Imagine scanning facility backgrounds and production equipment without existing models, and effortlessly converting those scans into usable layout and design elements. Welcome to the world of ReCap 2026 software—where your scans become fully used assets. This revolutionary tool enables you to transform large point clouds into local segmented meshes, extracting only the design elements you need. With ReCap 2026 as your guide, you'll learn to how to conduct quick design reviews capturing existing conditions, create factory layouts, or transform your meshes in layout assets. Use these meshes to get quick clash-able results on your layout proposals.
Instructional Demo / Russia 2017
Раскрываем секреты сертификации Autodesk Inventor
Основные моменты сертификации. На какие моменты стоит обратить внимание при сдаче экзамена Autodesk Inventor certified Professional. Как подготовиться к сертификации.
Instructional Demo / Russia 2017
3D-принтеры и VR-технологии для сокращения сроков вывода продукции на рынок
Инновационные технологии для представления результата моделирования заказчику, исапользующиеся на ТВЗ
Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025
The Manufacturing Shortcut: A Hands-On Configurations Lab with Rivian’s Prototyping Secrets

Ready to slash setup times and boost Machinist efficiency? In this 90-minute hands-on lab, dive into Autodesk Fusion Configurations alongside experts from Rivian and Autodesk. Using a provided PC, you’ll learn to build a configurable work-holding setup—straight from Rivian’s playbook for prototyping and production. Discover how to minimize manual setup, reduce errors, and free up time for what matters: programming and perfecting your parts. Leave with practical skills to streamline your workflows and impress your team.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Automotive Parts Process and Fixture Design Automation, Integration, & Customization: Transforming Days into Minutes with Inventor!
In today’s digital world, the expectation of the automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is to launch new models in the shortest possible time. This demand has shortened the time available for new developments, with no compromise in desired quality. This has also percolated to the component development partners. As necessity drives innovation, we at Sansera had no option but to follow suit. Converting the traditional manual design processes into automated ones is the solution for this. Through Inventor iLogic software, we automated process and fixture design of precision automotive parts and delivered in MINUTES that which used to take DAYS. This helped to achieve zero-error designs and seamless integration of process and fixture design activities, leading to first time right and ON TIME. The solution delivers the right design—independent of the designer’s skill set—using embedded rule-based logic.
31p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Cloud Control: Integrating Point Scans into Packaging Line Design
Point cloud scanning is no longer just a validation tool—it’s a core part of how we design, install, and document automated manufacturing systems. In this session, we’ll walk through how our team uses the Leica BLK360 scanner to capture real-world context at every stage of a project. From scanning existing facilities for layout integration to scanning at FATs, construction sites, or even completed lines for record set drawings, 3D scanning has become key to identifying conflicts early, creating mesh-based equipment models, and aligning installations with design intent. Learn how portable scanning and tools like ReCap software and Cintoo help streamline communication, reduce risk, and improve accuracy across disciplines.
Panel / Nashville 2025
AI, Automation, Integration, & Customization, and Connected Data: Accelerating Innovation with Design and Manufacturing Partnerships
Manufacturing today is faced with new and evolving challenges. Complex supply chains, rising material costs, geopolitical tensions, and labor shortages all impact productivity and growth, creating delays and shortages. Meanwhile, companies need to design and make products that are more sustainable, customized, and affordable. Advanced technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), Automation, Integration, & Customization, and connected platforms are growing in popularity, giving manufacturers who adopt these solutions a competitive advantage. Innovation and Management are essential to keep up with technological advancements and market demands. Autodesk’s ever-evolving partner ecosystem delivers modern solutions, allowing customers to use the latest advancements in technology. Join this session to meet leading Design and Make partners, from hot start-ups to established industry leaders, and explore how together we’re accelerating innovation in manufacturing.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Automating Design Code Compliance Using Agentic AI and Autodesk Technology
Join us for an inside look at how Atlas Copco and CCTech co-developed an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) solution to automate design code compliance directly within Inventor software. Manual rule checks and interpretations of engineering standards led to inefficiencies and inconsistencies. By using Autodesk Platform Services, cloud workflows, and Inventor software’s API, we built an intelligent, learning-based assistant that evaluates designs in real time against complex rule sets. This session will explore how agentic AI can transform engineering workflows, with insights into data structuring, training, and integration. Results include reduced compliance errors, faster reviews, and enhanced design governance across teams.
Meetup / Nashville 2025
Industrialized construction, Pre-fabrication, and Modular Construction Community Meetup

The principle of Industrialized construction is to apply techniques learned from industries such as Automotive design to the design and construction of buildings. Moving to this new world has inherent challenges, from the complexity of mass customization to the supply chain pipeline.
You are not alone. Many great minds are focused on this complex problem and the challenges of getting there from where we are today.
If you are involved in the manufacture of building products or equipment, the pre-fabrication of building components and modular systems, or the challenges of implementing design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) in your Architectural practice, come and join your peers at Autodesk University for this informal networking session.
Take this opportunity to meet others at AU who are focused on the same problems as you and build your network of peers to help you meet this challenge long after AU is over.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
From Idea to Shop Floor: How Kratki Improved Its Product Manufacturing Process with Digital Data Flow from Inventor to ERP
Kratki, a leading Polish manufacturer of fireplaces and heating solutions, started Management of production workflows by integrating Inventor and Vault software with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Design models are enriched by data based on reference values from ERP and calculated properties from the Inventor 3D model. Customization of Vault Professional software also provides automatic generation of PDF, DXF™, and STP files, as well as quick updates of many projects after the change of a single part. With these tools, Kratki can efficiently respond to specific customer needs, through full digitalization at every stage of the process and data consistency in both systems. This optimizes the technology preparation process, eliminates tedious project update activities after changing single parts, and reduces errors related to outdated documentation. This session will explore how the synergy of CAD/PDM (product data management) and ERP systems has strengthened Kratki’s innovation capacity and market agility.
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Navigating AI: Balancing Visionary Potential with Real-World Practice

With groundbreaking innovation and a growing number of more advanced AI technologies around every corner of the AECO and MFG industries, it can sometimes be daunting to understand not only how, but where and more importantly when you should get started on tackling the onslaught of AI that can and likely will affect the workflow of many inside these industries. In this session, learn how the latest workstation technology from Lenovo, NVIDIA and Intel, industry trends and updates can transform the industry you work in, and get help demystifying buzz-word AI bingo vs. real-world workflows that your teams operate in every day

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Harnessing Hardware Efficiency: Optimizing Your Configuration and Software Design for Peak Performance

This presentation is centered on optimizing the performance of your desktop or laptop workstation for your design workflows. The concepts covered are relevant to AEC, industrial machinery, Revit, Inventor, and even AutoCAD—though some tweaks may be necessary based on the specific software, and I will give those. Given that many of us depend on AutoCAD for sharing designs and generating printouts, mastering these setup strategies can significantly save time, especially when handling large datasets/drawings. By thoughtfully configuring your system and software, we will consider how it interacts with other applications so you can improve overall performance across all your design tools.

44p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
From Chaos to Configurations, Be the RULER of them All

Ready to reduce engineering time and get sales quotes and drawings to production faster. Come along for an unexpected but advantageous journey. Ruler is a CAD-neutral sales and design Automation, Integration, & Customization platform designed to streamline and enhance your product configuration and design processes. As one fellowship, Ruler maps the plan to CAD such as Autodesk Inventor and Revit to deliver pristine models and documentation. It offers a suite of tools that can be tailored to meet the needs of various industries, including CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), CTO (Configure to Order), and ETO (Engineer to Order) business models. Embark on this quest with Ruler, and let it be the guiding light that leads your projects to triumph.

28p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Shaping the Future of Manufacturing: SmartRoughing, Open Standards, and Cross-Pollinating Innovation
How do we take innovation from one part of manufacturing and ignite transformation in another? In this session, we’ll continue the Autodesk–ModuleWorks journey around the Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification (MDES) and explore a bold new chapter: the emergence of third-party Autodesk Fusion plug-ins that bring advanced technology directly to the shop floor. We’ll spotlight SmartRoughing, the next-generation roughing toolpath initially launched in partnership with Kennametal. See a live example of how MDES and an open ecosystem allow deep tooling know-how to be deployed seamlessly inside workflows. But this session will go beyond just one toolpath—it’ll introduce "cross-pollination of manufacturing technology,” where ideas leap across disciplines to unlock new value. We’ll also preview how this approach is paving the way for technology in emerging areas, demonstrating how the same innovation model can extend manufacturing into the industrial mainstream.
46p
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