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Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Design, Build, Experience: Immersive Digital Workplaces (REPEAT)
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.
23p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
From Design to Digital Twin: Building Indoor GIS with CAD and BIM Data

CAD and BIM have long served as the foundational design and construction documentation —but their utility often ends at project handoff. What if it didn’t? Indoor GIS is a floor-aware system of record for visualizing, analyzing, and managing facilities and collection of buildings. This session will demonstrate how to extend the life of CAD and BIM data into an indoor GIS, and empower CAD, BIM and GIS practitioners to build a Digital Workplace for building operations. Learn about the role of CAD and BIM integrations with GIS to fuel these workflows. See how to import design data into ArcGIS Indoors to map assets and manage spaces, enable real-time navigation with ArcGIS IPS, and equip facilities’ staff with mobile tools for asset inspections and maintenance. Whether new to GIS or looking to modernize facility operations workflows, this session provides you with guidance and examples to convert CAD and BIM data into Digital Workplaces that support asset and space management.

Industry Talk / Virtual 2021
BIM Collaborate: Bringing the Distributed Team Together
Autodesk’s cloud-based collaboration services—BIM Collaborate and Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software)—are empowering teams to work within an integrated document management and review solution, providing permission-enriched workflows, and enabling teams to execute projects with unprecedented access and control for team integration. This class will highlight the evolving possibilities of these Autodesk services, all of which can be managed through a web interface and mobile applications. Looking at the functionality of each service module, we will walk through common project workflows and discuss the best approach for migrating your next project to the cloud. We are one of the leading consumers of Autodesk’s Forma services, with more than 3,000 active projects. We will discuss our success and the challenges we encountered along the way.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
How Forma Design Collaboration Boosted Our Success During a Global Pandemic
Many ongoing projects were affected during the pandemic, requiring changes to our design teams’ traditional workflows. Keeping all teams connected and motivated while social distancing has been an enormous challenge for our industry. Autodesk Forma has evolved to provide the greatest efficiency for cloud collaboration and team integration. In this class, attendees will learn how to use Revit Cloud Worksharing applying a standardized workflow that’s easy to understand and effective for fast-track projects, including project creation, worksharing process, and publish settings. With this workflow, we’ve been able to reduce communication lags, avoid local server failures, and optimize the sync process of our models by up to 50% compared to the traditional local server workflow.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
Buildings and Infrastructure—Together at Last!—With Forma Design Collaboration

Are you interested in using Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software) for multidisciplinary projects? This class is for you! Following a quick product overview, we'll dive into a live project for a whirlwind tour. We’ll start in the authoring tools—working with files from Revit software, Civil 3D software, and AutoCAD Plant 3D software—and show you how to share those files to the cloud. Next, we'll jump into design collaboration, where each design team will create and share its work packages. We'll then move over to model coordination and review any 3D clashes that have popped up. From there, we’ll visit BIM 360 Docs software and see how all project stakeholders have roles to play in model viewing, sharing, markups, issues, and more. Finally, we'll wrap up our journey in Insight building performance analysis software, where we’ll track the health of our project at a glance. This fast-paced course will help you in your decision about whether to adopt Forma Design Collaboration within your own firm.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Smooth Collaboration: Automatic Synchronization of Projects in Forma Data Management with AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP 2025
Forma Data Management is a cloud-based common data environment on the Autodesk Forma platform, facilitating concurrent collaboration between multiple users. Does working together on the same project pose challenges for the team, particularly when multiple users are working on the same set of drawings? Are you experiencing any synchronization issues while collaborating on the same project drawings? Do you encounter issues when notifications about one user's edits are not sent to the other users? Collaboration becomes significantly more productive when the system operates as anticipated and delivers instant results. With Forma Data Management project synchronization enhancement in AutoCAD Architecture software and AutoCAD MEP toolset now resolves the challenges and alleviates our burdens. The projects hosted on Forma Data Management now support automatic synchronization of changes across multiple users. Now two or more users can collaborate on a project across offices and locations. Users can identify if a drawing is available for editing or locked by others.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2023
Workflow Upgrade: Transitioning to Model Coordination
This session will cover the "bare bones” setup of a Forma Data Management central file-sharing site with granular permissions for use by a construction team during building information modeling (BIM) coordination. A builder's construction technology manager will demonstrate how Autodesk Collaborate supported by Autodesk add-ins can be used as a shared on-demand syncing tool for teams that still favor Navisworks Manage to run clash detection between a diverse mix of trade partners working both in and out of the cloud. Autodesk technical experts will provide supplementary advice along the way to show how teams can make use of new features in the Autodesk Forma environment to take this strategy to the next level by removing roadblocks seen in previous versions of the product.
38p
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
Why the Cloud Is the Perfect Companion for Structural Steel Experts

This class will introduce a wide range of Autodesk cloud-based tools, from quick exchanges with the shared views feature for 3D models and 2D documentation to Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software) for multiteam collaboration. Learn about how connecting workflows, teams, and data can reduce risk, minimize rework, and maximize efficiency when designing and detailing a steel structure.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Site Grading with Corridors: Are We There Yet?

Grading parking lots incorporates complex design concepts and creative use of Civil 3D tools. Feature lines have always been the reliable standard, but recent additions to corridors make their inclusion a must. Through a combination of new features and solid workflows, we can now produce a faster, more dynamic process while still maintaining flexibility. We'll begin this class with a story of how Kimley-Horn and Autodesk collaborated to improve site design by improving how curbs are built using corridors. The ability to now create dozens of baselines and regions in a few clicks (along with other recent new features and conditional subassemblies) makes for a much faster workflow. We'll also give guidance on when to use corridors, feature lines, or both. We believe corridors for parking lot grading has finally arrived! Join John Armendariz and Brian Levendowski, along with Tim Yarris, Civil 3D product manager, to learn about these new tools, and how to apply them to your projects.

13p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
From Zero to Build-Ready: How We Automated Project Setup with Autodesk Forma Templates
One click of “Create Project” in Autodesk Forma, and, like magic, folders auto-populate, design workflows activate, and dashboards light up—all before you can even finish brewing your coffee. Join us to unpack how our virtual design and construction (VDC) and design teams built an Autodesk Forma template that cuts setup from weeks to hours. Learn how we preconfigured Modeling rules (clash detection on the cloud!), embedded structured folders, and auto-populated Assets settings. We’ll demo how designers now sync Revit models to Autodesk Forma sheets with one click, while on-site teams track steel installations via prebuilt Assets dashboards with no Python PhD required. “This way, teams can focus on the important aspects of designing,” says our lead design manager. Discover how Autodesk Forma templates auto-invite team members, assign permissions, and deploy build settings, not admin work. This is perfect for general contractors, VDC pros, and design managers expecting to leave with actionable steps to replicate our framework.
27p
38p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Building a BIM & GIS Foundation for Digital Prototypings in Enterprise-Scale Operations
How do you turn 20 years of fragmented, paper-based facility documentation into a powerful operational decision-making tool? Join The Kraft Group and Symetri as they unpack the strategy, technology, and value behind their development of a Digital Prototyping that spans BIM and GIS for Gillette Stadium and beyond. Leveraging Autodesk Revit, Civil 3D, and ACC for model development and project delivery, this program federates BIM and other data sources and integrates with an ArcGIS-powered environment to support everything from security planning to energy management. Attendees will learn how the Autodesk ecosystem is being used to enforce data standards, and drive coordination across departments. Discover how BIM content is repurposed as operational datasets, delivering value far beyond design and construction, and how spatial context was added using GIS integration for wayfinding, event planning, and more. You'll also hear how The Kraft Group made the business case for long-term investment in Autodesk and ESRI technologies by capturing value early and often. This session is perfect for facility owners, architects, and consultants looking to evolve their BIM workflows into Digital Prototypings with real-world operational impact.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Level Up Your Collaboration: A Multipractice Engineering Firm's Migration from BIM 360 to Forma
This session will dive into the real-world experience of Thornton Tomasetti, a multipractice engineering firm, as it migrates from BIM 360 software to Autodesk Forma. This session is ideal for consulting firms considering a move from BIM 360 to Autodesk Forma, construction professionals interested in optimizing project workflows through cloud-based collaboration tools, and anyone seeking practical guidance on navigating a successful BIM 360-to-Autodesk Forma migration. Walk away with actionable takeaways to help your firm achieve a smoother transition and unlock the full potential of Autodesk Forma for enhanced collaboration and project efficiency.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
GeoBIM in Action with Forma: A Common Data Environment for Integrating BIM and GIS in Infrastructure Projects
Explore the dynamic integration of ArcGIS GeoBIM with Autodesk Forma, a transformative approach enhancing construction workflows through geographic information system (GIS) and building information modeling (BIM). This session will explore how geographical data and the latest intelligent models are synchronized seamlessly, enabling TIN (triangulated irregular network) surface for elevation profiles, and precise long section analyses directly in GIS. Attendees will gain insights into using these integrations for improved project visualization, GIS data integrated with intelligent models, and site management. We'll share tips learned from creating as-built models with go-go points to be added in long section profiles, all managed through Civil 3D enhancements. This hands-on presentation will cover the technicalities of integrating GIS information with construction data, optimizing issue resolution, and facilitating smoother transitions between project stages. It's ideal for lineal construction technology and geographic information systems integration.
21p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
CIMIC brings your largest Forma AEC models into Unity and Esri ArcGIS
Using open source tools and open formats, CIMIC is federating their largest 3D architectural models, directly from ACC and into the Unity game engine. They show record loading times and record rendering speeds with the largest of federated scenes, while keeping ACC versioning, filtering and coloring, of single elements. This case study compares different pipelines that were explored before choosing the final result. Topics include ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity, IFC, I3S, OBJ, USD, FBX, 3D-Tiles and glTF. Learn how you can integrate ACC 3D models into your own game engine using APS, open source tools and open formats.
20p
50p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Change Won't Happen If We Wait For Someone Else, So Let's Make The Digital Twin Future A Reality, TOGETHER!
Hazen has a strong vision for digital twin technology in the Water industry and we have multiple projects and clients where we are pushing this narrative. From HRSD SWIFT Research Facility with Revit and GeoBIM integration, to Aurora Water BIM-based digital twin project using Autodesk Tandem, and several other large greenfield projects where Hazen is using ACC Design, Build, and Operate solutions. We focus heavily on asset management and operational user cases with high impact and credible visuals, client feedback, and clear values. This also includes our virtual digital twin in Tandem that uses Postman to stream SCADA-type data to Tandem Connect and Tandem Streams to show the future of Tandem, and Info360 Plant for process modeling and analysis for a new greenfield project integrated with Tandem and all things ACC. We will tell the story of why Hazen is putting our name out there for these Autodesk tools and demonstrate why we feel they are important to the future of protecting water.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Accelerating high-tech project start. Discover how a general contractor leverages cutting-edge tools for rapid mobilization.
Immerse yourself in the inspiring world of integrated high-tech factory planning at Exyte. Learn how groundbreaking Dynamo automation and advanced BIM technologies are revolutionizing the efficiency and quality of project setups. In this AU course, you'll learn how large project teams can use automated Dynamo scripts to quickly create Revit setups, configure detailed IFC file export and exchange, and meet even the most demanding customer requirements. All seamlessly integrated with collaboration on the Autodesk Forma (Forma) platform. This automation greatly simplifies and accelerates project mobilization and ensures seamless collaboration between the in-house engineering team and partners. Learn how Exyte leverages technology innovations to deliver Digital Twin-enabled models to their customers, empowering the entire project team of 60+ designers to efficiently and effectively engage in project execution from the first moment and redefine high-tech facility design.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Advanced Bridging in Autodesk Forma
As a virtual design and construction (VDC) manager for a general contractor (GC), one of the largest headaches is making sure your subcontractors get their models uploaded to your Autodesk Forma hub on time, and that they're named correctly and in the right format to make Model Coordination work seamlessly. What if it didn't have to be that way? If your subcontractors also happened to be working in Autodesk Forma, it doesn't have to be. What if they just published their own models internally and all the sharing happened automatically? This class will cover how to use the Bridge tool in Autodesk Forma to enable automatic sharing of models between Autodesk Forma hubs to streamline model coordination. Not only will we cover how to share models from the subcontractor's hub to the GC hub and then on into your coordination NWF, but we'll also show you how to share models from one subcontractor to another to enable direct coordination between subcontractor Revit models.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Autodesk Forma: BIM 360 Template Development to ISO 19650 Standards and More
See an innovative approach to designing an Autodesk Forma / BIM 360 template that aligns with ISO 19650 principles and is adaptable for U.S. non-ISO projects. Explore the key principles outlined in the standard and discuss the benefits of a managed data collaboration process. We will showcase the methodology for creating role-based permission groups, naming conventions, document control classification, data exchanges, workflow review processes, and more. Recognizing the need for adaptability, we will demonstrate how the ISO 19650-compliant template can easily be customized to suit unique requirements of U.S. architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms and meet industry regional state and local standards. Developed in BIM 360 and translated to Autodesk Forma, the template serves as the basis for project creation across a global firm and can accommodate large and small projects
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Automate and Connect Workflows Using Autodesk’s Integrations Ecosystem
At Autodesk, we build solutions that include everything from 3D design, to preconstruction, through build, and into project handover. Customers often use Forma in tandem with advanced construction software and hardware, as well as with everyday software tools such as Microsoft Office 365, Smartsheet, cloud-storage solutions, and data-analytics tools such as Microsoft Power BI. Automating the workflows and data passed through these disparate systems helps keep everyone working with the latest and greatest information, eliminating errors due to siloed data and making collaboration easier on a construction jobsite. This talk will focus on using Autodesk APIs and our integration platform-as-a-service—Forma Connect—to build custom workflows and to connect various technologies together to build a tech stack custom tailored to your needs.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Project Delivery at Scale: Leveraging Forma, APS and Smart Workflows for Megaproject Success

What does it take to successfully deliver a mega project with thousands of models, multiple stakeholders and complex coordination needs? Drawing from AtkinsRéalis’ extensive experience in delivering large-scale frameworks, this session offers proven strategies for managing Project Delivery at scale. Learn to develop a robust digital strategy for mega projects, from standardized project environment setup and information exchange frameworks to multidisciplinary coordination workflows. Explore how Autodesk Forma (ACC), Autodesk Platform Services (APS), ACC Connect, Data Exchange and the Autodesk Validation Tool (AVT) enable seamless collaboration, streamline design review and synchronize project-wide data for quality assurance, coordination, construction (4D), costing (5D) and carbon analytics (6D). Gain practical insights into managing multi-level collaboration and walk away with actionable strategies for implementing data driven solutions in complex, large-scale projects.

17p
48p
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