Cloud technology is everywhere we turn _ but what does it really mean to you? Join Autodesk Technical Specialist Scott D Davis and special guest Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen as they clear up any misconceptions you might have about the Cloud and how the latest A360 Cloud offerings are certain to improve your design experience. The Cloud opens the door to everything from real-time collaboration and reality capture to endless design iterations, energy analysis and speedy renderings _ you just need to walk through that door! Join us for this eye-opening session and experience the possibilities.

Join the A360 product team for an introduction to A360, Autodesk's new collaboration tool that enables design, engineering & project teams to efficiently work together in one central workspace. Anyone involved _ regardless of role _ can participate in a project, making it so much easier for teams to work together. In this session we'll show you how, with A360, you can: Centralize and organize your projects and teams so everyone and everything is in one place, making it easier for your design and engineering teams to communicate and work on projects together. Easily share large designs/data sets securely and privately across the complete project network, inside and outside your organization. Share and view even the most massive 2D and 3D models _ all through a browser _ so that everyone on the project has access to the design data (and without having to download any software or install any plugins). Iterate on ideas and concepts quickly and effectively. Provide project contributors easy access into project data, information and progress. Connect and collaborate with your teams easily, anytime, anywhere, on any device. Reduce the amount of time you spend looking for data by providing advanced search technology that quickly gets you to the information you need. We'll also help you get up and running by showing you how to navigate the A360 dashboard, create projects and invite contributors. There are also some tips and tricks we'll share to make sure you get the most out of A360.

This class we will demonstrate AECOM's approaches to rail design. Once the process is established the design is seamless & information transfer is so quick you can say it's a High speed rail by the end of the day!

The tools we use are Civil 3D and Revit. The class will demonstrate methods of achieving efficient collaboration between the technologies and align to project milestone. Attendees will gain knowledge on the lessons learn & decision making process for the correct outcome for the project. Attendees will also learn how the Autodesk's features compliment the design processes that help make this successful. The session will cover the following topics, the importance of model structures, roles and responsibilities among the design teams, projects setups and key steps. Real world coordinates and management for model coordination and future uses. Finally we will go through the key steps for effective technical workflows for Civil 3D datasets in Revit Projects.

In the latest release, Vault data management software introduced the capability to automatically publish and share 2D PDFs of drawings during the release process. In this class, we'll explore the different aspects of this new functionality. We'll take you through the steps to correctly set up this publishing process in Vault and show you the different publish options. The PDF format of a 2D design file is used in many firms to facilitate communications among engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and other departments. We'll also teach you how to let users outside your engineering department access the PDFs for printing and other workflows. This session will feature Vault Professional data management software and Vault Workgroup, including the use of the Vault Job Processor.

This follow-up round table will provide an opportunity for Autodesk University attendees to discuss the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) from an owner's perspective with the authors of The Ohio State University Buckeye BIM Initiative following their 'Defining a Holistic Owner-Driven BIM Project Delivery Standard' presentation. While a BIM standard that outlines a BIM-enabled project delivery process can be extremely valuable to an owner, it can become exponentially more worthwhile when that standard is able to outline the critical spatial and asset information that needs to be captured at turnover to better operate the facility throughout its lifecycle. This round table will provide an open forum to discuss which facility information can provide the greatest return on investment for owners. We'll also discuss how an owner can prescribe a methodology for project teams to collaborate through BIM-based technologies while developing a repository of relevant building data that grows throughout the design and construct phases of a project.

As a group, we'll share ideas, workflows, and techniques to help make for a smoother and less painful transition from AutoCAD software to Revit software so that others may benefit from our successes and failures. You may have heard that the only way to switch to using Revit is to just take the plunge, all in. Well, maybe there are options to this "sink or swim" approach. Can you afford to retrain your entire staff? Do you know who should learn (or, more important, who should not learn) Revit software? Maybe this discussion will help answer some of your questions and address some of your fears. We'll share how switching to Revit has affected our offices, workflows, staffing, and efficiency. We'll discuss our biggest successes and failures. We want to hear any unique idea or workflow that you've discovered to help make for a successful transition to Revit.

Advancements in architecture have been radical, rapid, and innovative; the way our profession delivers projects, educates, and shares information has transformed, driving the need for practices to think about whether their physical office spaces reflect current realities. Session participants will learn from partners at Turner Fleischer about the need to invest and adapt a studio to foster a culture of forward-thinking possibilities. Amid a complete renovation, we’ll openly share the thought process, requirements, and driving philosophy of re-imaging our firm’s space to reflect an unwavering commitment to continual learning and growth paired with client and staff experience. The aim is to challenge participants to consider whether their own studios best serve staff, clients, and the digitization of practices. Overhead investment is never taken lightly; but as firms accept betterment as a strategic priority, reality necessitates a space to support our evolving roles.

In this instruction demo, we’ll explore the built-in Fusion Lifecycle App Store. We’ll take an in-depth look at what apps are available, how to preview their contents, and what needs to be done to make them work in your tenant. Once you select install, the journey just begins, and we’ll walk through the steps of configuring the workspace(s) installed in your tenant. From setting the roles and permissions, to understanding the scripts, to reverse engineering the workflows, we’ll cover everything you need to know and do to make these out-of-the-cloud workspaces work in your tenant. We’ll also cover how to remove App Store workspaces, if you decide to not use one.

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.

This class will focus on how 3D laser scanning was implemented into everyday use in a six-person civil engineering office with the Leica® C10, Leica® Cyclone, Leica® CloudWorx, and AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software. We will explore the changes in workflows that were required due to the implementation as well as the benefits and challenges. Grady Consulting is a small civil engineering company based in New England with special expertise in designing septic systems, including septic modifications and repairs, mostly for residential clients. In 2010, we added a Leica® ScanStation C10 and Leica® HDS software to our toolkit, plugging these tools directly into our septic system engineering process. This presentation will describe our field and office workflows and the benefits of using laser scanning for these everyday projects. In addition, we will describe the activities to expand the company’s services to new applications and new clients as a result of adding this scanning capability as part of the company’s service offerings.

LAIKA is a stop-motion feature animation studio in Portland, Oregon. Autodesk’s Shotgun project management software has been used to organize and automate aspects of the production of all its feature films over the past 10 years, from Coraline to the forthcoming Missing Link. In this talk, we will present how LAIKA tackles the design and manufacturing of the assets that show up on the big screen, how we use Shotgun software to track our production data (from scheduling to final delivery and beyond), and how we have built an efficient production pipeline using Shotgun as a platform. LAIKA exists at an interesting junction between visual effects and manufacturing, producing physical assets for a digital final product. As we go through our workflows, we will also reflect on the commonalities we have seen in how to create both physical and digital assets efficiently.

All too often the sharing of product and project-related information from product/project development teams into manufacturing is a very manual and inefficient activity, typically driven by people creating, searching for, and chasing data and then relying on individuals to pass the right information to the right people at the right time. As we hear on many occasions from manufacturers, this can be fraught with delays and errors which ultimately impacts delivery time and cost. There is a better way. In a first of its kind, this class will bring together the worlds of product development and product execution to provide examples of how these two disciplines can actually take advantage of each other to reduce the risk of late delivery, increased costs, poor quality etc through poor information, data and processes. Whether it be 3D models, 2D drawings, Bill of Materials data, specifications, procurement, quality management, change management, project management etc we want to show you how you can share and re-use that information to downstream users.Adam Freeman from UK-based CRM & ERP vendor The Access Group has been working with manufacturers for more than 15 years on how they can streamline and remove waste within their make, buy and resource transactions. Autodesk Solutions Specialist Steve Bedder has been doing a similar thing with manufacturers but within the product/project development processes. Together Adam and Steve cover pretty much the complete value stream of how information, data and processes are created, managed and shared and in this class will share some of the best practices on how you can improve the way your business integrates from product development to product execution.

This class is a case study on the integration of Revit by a small to mid-sized engineering firm working in building construction. The class will explore the implementation of Revit by delving into a few BIM projects. The study will show that Revit is not restricted to large projects; rather it is well suited to the “everyday” buildings, such as housing, schools, offices, and more. The focus is on experiences the firm had along the way from CAD to BIM such as detailing, coordination, and standardization. Those experiences are lessons that will increase any firm’s proficiency using Revit without sacrificing production. The class will also show the collaboration between architectural and engineering companies on multi-disciplinary Revit projects. In the end, we hope to show architects and engineers of any sized company for any sized project how to integrate Revit into project delivery and how new technologies such as Autodesk A360 will further increase the efficiency of the BIM.

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.

Learn how to increase efficiency and traceability of your design review and approval processes. This class will show how Fusion Lifecycle software coupled with Vault software will address inefficiencies in existing processes at Dynamic Attractions. This includes a shift from project-based systems to product-based systems. We’ll show why a clean-slate approach is needed to align our CAD, Vault, and Fusion Lifecycle data with a new material requirements planning (MRP) system. We’ll explain why we plan to only migrate some cleansed library and product data. We’ll also cover how we have overcome the cultural hurdles and barriers to improvements; we’re excited to finally move forward with a product lifecycle management (PLM).

In this class, we will go beyond the basic rendering tools and dive deeper into what AutoCAD 2013 software has to offer. We will start by taking an expanded look at the settings that control how we establish and save a 3D view. Next, we'll discuss how to create and edit targeted light sources. The class will then focus on creating custom materials using special effects like bump maps and transparency maps. Finally, we'll talk about efficient ways to work with larger renderings and then pave the way for animated output. This class is a continuation of the class "Bringing Your Ideas to Life: Creating Photorealistic Renderings Using AutoCAD® 2013."

Learn how to create keystroke-saving functions, delete and redefine commands, load Customize User Interface (CUI) files, set workspaces, control system variables, call external programs, and more, using AutoLISP programming language via a proven sample environment. Next, learn how to call the AutoLISP functions from toolbars, ribbons, and palettes, and learn to control the AutoCAD software profile/environment variables to manage plot configurations, palettes, folder security, and support directories. Finally, we will discuss how you can use these tricks to control multiple workstations via your network. If you've ever wanted to know more about how AutoLISP programming language can help you manage your AutoCAD software tools, you don't want to miss this class. Note: This class assumes you have a working knowledge of CUI customization and tool palette usage. A basic knowledge of AutoLISP programming language is also helpful.

SAMSUNG C&T uses digital twins to optimize building operations. We have developed a digital twin with BIM and AI in an office building with a total floor area of 100,000 square meters, and we are utilizing it to operate the building. The basic functions are the Energy/Asset/Space Management, and Virtual Tours. In particular, the energy management function monitors building energy usage in real time. And we have developed 10 solutions for energy management that can save energy while maintaining the comfort of occupants in the building. These solutions are derived through AI-based machine learning models and optimization algorithms to provide real-time notifications to building operators for sustainable and optimized building energy management. Therefore, SAMSUNG C&T aims to provide efficient building operation and management services by simultaneously implementing digital spaces, going beyond the role of a construction company that constructs physical spaces.

Explore the forefront of MEP modeling efficiency with AI-driven automation techniques. This session provides a deep dive into the use of Avant Leaps tools within Revit software for sophisticated MEP design and conflict resolution. Attendees will learn how to harness automated pattern-based modeling to standardize and expedite the creation of MEP systems. The workshop will cover strategic applications of AI to detect and resolve clashes early in the design process, significantly enhancing coordination and reducing rework. By integrating these AI-nurtured solutions, participants will achieve more-streamlined project execution and improved team collaboration.