At Autodesk University 2015, the combined use of the Vault API and the Forge Viewer API was first demonstrated. This class continues on that path and showcases the use of the Vault API and Forge Design Automation for Inventor software to programmatically modify Inventor files that reside within Vault software. We will see how to check out a file from Vault and modify the file using Design Automation for Inventor, eliminating the need for a local install of Inventor and its dependent licenses. Post modification, we’ll check the updated file back into Vault, creating a new version and maintaining file history.

Fusion Lifecycle software can be deployed faster than any other PLM (product lifecycle management) tool on the market. This was tested for a company that wanted to take its ventilator project to production in the shortest time possible due to the COVID-19 ventilator shortage. A prototype of the ventilator was completed using Fusion 360 software. Now it is time to take it into mass production using Items and BOMs, ECO, and NPI Workspace of Fusion Lifecycle.

Are you investigating deploying your Vault Workgroup or Vault Professional Server software in a virtual cloud environment? Learn the tools necessary to spin up a hosted server instance to install the Vault Server software for your enterprise. Hear from an experienced customer about how they deployed their configuration in a hosted environment, and the lessons they learned along the way.

This class introduces you to the powerful tools that are available in Vault Workgroup and Vault Professional for revision management, approval workflows, and engineering change orders (ECO). Learn how categories are used to control the flow of your data and versions and revisions are intertwined. We also cover how to apply different revision schemes and how to initiate and track change via a change order.

This class will introduce you to the powerful tools that are available in Vault Workgroup software and Vault Professional software for revision management, approval workflows, and engineering change orders (ECO). Learn how categories are used to control the flow of your data and versions and revisions are intertwined. We will also cover how to apply different revision schemes and how to initiate and track change via a change order.

Connecting engineering (Vault software) with purchase (ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning) is a mandatory step. Nowadays, technology helps, as most ERP systems provide APIs or the like. This session will show you how Vault and ERP can be connected in a direct way, so operations are immediate, data is kept just once (no data redundancy), and users know right away whether the action was successful or not. You will see a live integration between Vault and Microsoft Dynamics NAV, and we will also talk about other ERP systems like SAP, and others.

Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of data management avengers from Autodesk. Be ready to discuss a number of subjects, and bring your questions for us to discuss and advise upon. This session will feature Vault Professional software, Vault Basic software, and Vault Workgroup. It is AIA approved.

Vault 2019 software includes an updated version of the Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime for its own reporting and data visualization. This class will show you how to take advantage of this very powerful capability for your own reports and visualizations. We will show you how to generate high-quality representations of your vaulted data inside either Vault Data Standard user interface or in your Vault Client as Explorer extensions. We will show how to query data from Vault software and pass it to the reporting engine. Then we will show how to present the reports interactively to the user and how to publish them as PDFs or images programmatically. Finally, we will have a brief look at cloud-based reporting tools that you can also use to show your Vault data in its best light.

In this class, we will introduce you to the different types of bills of materials (BOMs) and show you how you can use Autodesk PLM 360 to manage them. We will discuss the different types of BOMs, such as engineering, manufacturing, and product, and how the different types will influence your solution. The class will also cover how different types of products, such as engineered-to-order, configured-to-order, or volume manufacturing, affect the BOMs. Finally, we will discuss how to get BOM data into Autodesk PLM 360 and how you can use it once it is there.

Starting where the previous class (Vault Professional Meets Alice In Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole We Go) left off, this lecture covers the trials and tribulations of next year's implementation of Vault Professional 2015 software. We will begin with an overview of what Autodesk, Inc., accomplished with the software over the previous years, refreshing your Vault Professional foundation. This class will also cover tips and tricks for developing training guides for your users that will lessen user impact and improve productivity. Learn how to take advantage of Buzzsaw software for secure access to the latest versions of your files in the field, and discover how the software works with Vault Professional software for easy collaboration. This class will also detail the advanced customization of Vault Professional software to make your work faster and more efficient. This class mainly focuses on the use of Vault Professional software in an architecture, engineering, and construction environment.

In our diverse world of multiple products, software systems, plug-ins, apps, and other technologies, it is more important than ever to maintain good workflows and processes into what we do every day. At Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), we use AutoCAD Map 3D Enterprise software, Infrastructure Mapping Server software, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, and Vault Professional software in conjunction with a Custom-Built Oracle Customer Information System (CIS) to tie our AutoCAD Map 3D Enterprise software data together with Infrastructure Mapping Server software. This roundtable discussion is intended to get, give, and gain knowledge to create better workflows and become better prepared. There is no better place to discuss and learn than at Autodesk University where you are surrounded by your peers, technical gurus, expert consultants, and high-speed managers. We will discuss current Autodesk, Inc., products and how they can help cut through the labyrinth of information to get to that utopian goal of peace—through superior product, information, knowledge, and networking firepower.

A common engineering environment may consist of several different pieces of software that you need to transfer data between. We will present a workflow that we have developed for tracking member sizes and connection designs from our analysis software (Ansys) through AutoCAD software, Microsoft Excel, Inventor software, and Navisworks software. All of the data is stored in Vault software and actively monitored for the latest version. This presentation will show the process using Microsoft PowerPoint and demonstrate using live data.

Experience with VACCO Industries the effort of upgrading from PLM 360 software to Fusion Lifecycle software. This presentation will explore the planning and requirements used for the upgrade, as well as best practices and lessons learned. Working closely with Autodesk, this lecture can assist all existing Fusion Lifecycle customers and new potential customers as we discuss the pros and cons of each environment. We'll include a live demonstration and a peek into VACCO's workflows, integrated workspaces, and other system integrations with Vault data management software and ERP (enterprise resource planning).

Join a roundtable discussion on the challenges and solutions associated with managing CAD standards. Engage in a discussion about how we are, could, and should be managing block libraries, line styles, and templates-both internally and between organizations. We'll delve into technologies currently on offer, from AutoCAD software's standard functionalities to Vault data management software, Buzzsaw software, network shares, and third-party solutions. And we'll explore the options around custom development.

Mesa Associates, Inc., is a full-service engineering, procurement, and construction management firm specializing in power, defense, aerospace, industrial, commercial, and municipal entities. Learn how Mesa met its project- and data-management challenges with a discussion on the selection, implementation, and launch of Vault Professional software. Listen to an industry leader discuss the use of Vault Professional software as a single source of management for document preparation/development, distribution/receipt, and coordination within a multioffice, multidiscipline engineering environment.

In this class you will learn about enhancements to Items and Bill of Materials area in Vault Professional 2015 including the basics about creating items and editing BOM in Vault to support for Long-lead items, re-using items, editing Position Number, using Vault items in CAD BOM, etc. In this class you'll also learn about using more advanced Item & BOM capabilities such as Item Lifecycles, Multiple BOM Rows, BOM Row Properties, BOM Reports, etc. that are introduced in Vault Professional 2015 R2 release.

This class will present both techniques and actual working methods and workflows used by end-user companies utilizing Inventor software with customized toolsets. The creation of architectural content, furniture, cabinetry, millwork, doors, windows, trade show booths, stairs, store fixtures, and interiors for boats, planes, and tour buses are just a few of the industries utilizing the software today. This class will emphasize actual construction procedures using the latest version of Inventor software and several core development tools. The presentation of multiple approaches to shortening cycle time to manufacturing is the key in increasing accuracy as well as time to manufacturing. One-button CNC can be a reality. If 25% or more of your design is utilizing wood products, this class will assist you by presenting automated alternatives. The end goal is that designers have more time for creativity, enabling them to work more efficiently and accurately.

Do you find that you have too many templates to manage? Are you struggling with keeping drawings and models up to your latest company standards? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this class is for you. Inventor iLogic and the API are powerful tools that can be utilized in creating your Inventor templates, along with managing your Inventor files by keeping them up to the latest company standards. In this class, we’ll create one template for multiple drawing sheet sizes and a part template, driven by iLogic rules. We’ll design and create external iLogic rules to check model standards, switch drawing styles, sheet sizes, dimension schemes, and a few other useful tools. This class will demonstrate how the power of iLogic can help you minimize the number of templates you need to create and maintain, along with forcing the user to input standard company iProperties. These iLogic programs will make model and drawing setup a breeze.

This class is designed to assist you in building a new workflow to utilize Vault software for managing company standards within your organization. It will cover how to set up custom file categories, file lifecycles, user groups to support an innovative way of managing company standards within Vault, along with tracking any changes. We will discuss how to have AutoCAD software, Revit software, or Inventor software to look at the new working folders for updates to standards and content. Finally, we will learn how to automate deploying these changes to all users so they will always have the latest and greatest content and standards as soon as they become available.