The Federal Reserve Board is renovating, preserving, and expanding a pair of large, adjacent historic buildings at the same time. The joint venture FORTUS assembled a 200-person, 23-consultant design team for this project. The team went on to develop 40+ Revit models totaling more than 15 GB with an additional 4,295 scans of point cloud data. To facilitate such a large endeavor, FORTUS employs common best practices for Revit and BIM 360 software. In this class, we’ll discuss the best practices that held up, expose the ones that struggled, and reveal newly discovered ones. The best practices we’ll cover focus on project setup, collaboration and communication standards, division of models and teams, alternate design options, point clouds, building orientation, BIM 360 Model Coordination, and QA\QC tools.

In industries like architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) that use numerous design applications and visualization tools, the thought of trying to collaborate across applications, especially when it comes to visualization, can be daunting. NVIDIA Omniverse can help simplify collaboration and workflows. This technical instruction session will bring you up to date on the latest in 1) USD (Universal Scene Description) workflows using Connectors from Revit to NVIDIA Omniverse, 2) how to choose the right Omniverse app for your visualization needs, and 3) how to improve your experience and capabilities using Omniverse Extensions.

A recent study designed by Autodesk and commissioned by an independent consultant showed that the AutoCAD Architecture toolset provided a 61% overall productivity gain throughout the time taken to accomplish specific tasks in basic AutoCAD software. If you’re an architect, drafter, or facility designer and you'd like to boost your productivity, improve your design output, and maximize your AutoCAD investment, this class is for you. In this session, we’ll explore how AutoCAD Architecture software’s end-to-end workflows—conceptual design, space planning, design, documentation, and cloud collaboration workflows using Autodesk Docs—can enable architects and drafters to transition from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Architecture by maximizing the software’s 3D capabilities to increase efficiency, reduce rework, improve collaboration, and achieve better design output.

Over the last few years, we've all experienced more than our fair share of disruption. And today, our industries are changing faster than ever, the expectations our customers have of us are bigger than ever, and data is more critical than ever. So how might we transform ourselves and continue to delight and deliver value to our stakeholders? Join Autodesk President and CEO Andrew Anagnost to learn how moving our collaboration - and our data to the cloud can help create solutions that are the right fit for these challenges.

Utilizing a simulation-based reliability physics analysis early in the design phase allows engineers to better understand how reliability changes with duty cycle. Reliability physics analysis makes possible the rapid identification and mitigation of certain failure risks with an overall goal of ensuring product safety, meeting warranty targets, and reducing physical test times. In this session, learn how Ansys SIwave, Ansys Icepak, Ansys Mechanical and Ansys Sherlock can be used as a comprehensive multi-physics solution to optimize PCB reliability. For the current ongoing plans with Autodesk, Jim Delap (Director of Product Management at Ansys) said, "Ansys is pleased to work with Autodesk to introduce their PCB users to the world of simulation using our Electronics Database (EDB) and ODB++ formats. With this collaboration, layout data can easily be transferred to electrical, thermal, and mechanical simulation environments within the Ansys ecosystem".

As an MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) engineer, we’ve used architectural/structural models for just visualizing 3D elements. The next step is to analyze Revit data and think about how to interface this model with another in the same geometries by Dynamo. In this class, we’ll explore two examples of Dynamo ideas among MEP services. The first Dynamo script will provide automated checks between plumbing fixtures and the structural ribs before modeling pipework. When receiving the architectural/structural models, we can run quick checks with Dynamo—and when input information changes, we just rerun Dynamo to quickly update results. Second, we can check the distances between two specified objects/ranges of similar objects with given conditions. Understanding this script will help Dynamo users write similar scripts to verify MEP designs in order to meet regulations and standards—for example, to verify relations between air intake and air exhaust, or exhaust and architectural doors and windows.

Join Adam Glass from Advance2000 and Michael McCaslin from Lanier and Associates, based in New Orleans, as they highlight the benefits, pitfalls and successes firms can experience when partnering with a cloud provider. As the workplace or “Cloud Space '' continues to grow and evolve; Architecture, Engineering, Design and Construction firms are experiencing real tangible benefits. Real-time collaboration, unlimited scalability, global mobility and increased security after migrating to a cloud infrastructure. These case studies will walk you through their migration, struggles, and overall successes with the cloud.

We are approaching the final year of the transition to named user trade-in offer, and this session will cover everything you need to know and what to expect before, during, and after your transition from multi-user to named user. We will review how to prepare, the exact steps to transition from multi-user to named user subscriptions, and how to begin taking advantage of benefits like 2-factor authentication, bulk import and group assignments, and product usage reporting. You will also hear helpful tips from your peers who have already completed the transition. Attendees will leave the session with confidence in their ability to execute a smooth transition and make the most of the constructive insights, relevant user experience, and efficient collaboration that comes with a named user subscription.

In the design industry collaboration is always at the forefront of our minds. How can we better coordinate data between multi-disciplinary teams? What is the data normally isolated by Civil 3D could be linked to a Revit site model? With the integration of Civil 3D and Revit, the gates between multi-disciplinary silos, become freer and more open. Gone are the days of having to import Civil backgrounds into you model and “clean” that data up for use, only to have repeat that process when drawings are revised. By linking Civil 3D directly to Revit, you gain the benefits or a “live” link to seamlessly update data. In this session we will gain an understanding of how to link Civil 3D to Revit, analyze the data from Civil 3D to create specific views, incorporate Revit Site models into existing workflows, recognize the collaboration benefits within multi-disciplinary environment, and how to export Revit data back to Civil 3D to form a complete integration loop.

When considering the "building life cycle" from the viewpoint of the process importance obtained through ISO19650 certification, to construct a Building database, using BIM360 as CDE and collaborating Information of BIM stored in Revit along with SpaceIQ is required. We will share our insights collected from real project. Also some of the insights on the evolution of data platforms by leveraging SpaceIQ solutions in the design phase, while it is commonly used in the construction to operation/maintenance phases. What is the digital value chain brought by the data collaboration? The effects and future projections will be presented

Advances in current technology are making new workflows possible in design, simulation, and visualization disciplines. Learn about the new paradigms to increase productivity, collaboration, and customer engagement. Application of next generation Dell Precision workstations in conjunction, NVIDIA GPUs and Omniverse, AMD Thread ripper and Intel Hybrid core CPU technologies will be discussed

We all realize that the world has changed incredibly since 2019. Industries where crowded conference room and noisy drafting bullpens were once the norm are now dealing with remote work as the norm. Even with the "return to the office" more and more staff wish to work from home. So how does a design firm survive when the new world is so very different. I will discuss my own experience as a IT manager and how we made the "overnight" change to remote work. More importantly I will share how our firm is not only surviving, but thriving, with remote work as the pandemic continues cycles. Join me for a specific recipe of tools, practices, and patience that has proven successful in the real world.

In the AU 2021, I am planning to present how BIM 360 can help for Design Collaboration, Review and Issues Management between multiple disciplines in the same company or different companies. In WME, how we make use of BIM 360 for various design process and stages like design collaboration, design review, transmittal creation and Issues management. These features are helping us to collaborate within our team and with external parties. We use various workflows for design collaboration, reviews and issues management for the effective collaboration. We use Desktop connector for Navisworks and CAD files. Now we are exploring model coordination and the new feature of Naming convention standard as per ISO standard. We are enjoying and exploring more on new features from Autodesk.

BIM (Building Information Modeling) and virtual design and construction (VDC) managers serve pivotal roles in empowering stakeholders across multiple disciplines and teams to fully maximize the BIM data stored in the model. Design models often lack construction data needed for downstream use, but adding customized information to a conditioned and structured model can result in a model that can be utilized from design to construction to handover. Currently, siloed solutions force teams to maintain multiple sources of truth for project documents at different project phases, resulting in heightened confusion. In this session, we will cover how project teams can incorporate integrated workflows with Assemble software, and get the full benefit of a common data environment (CDE) used by other Autodesk construction solutions, facilitating collaboration between project members to avoid duplication and mistakes.

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 BIM Collaborate Pro (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.

BIM 360 software, or the new Construction Cloud software system, is created to connect teams and data in real time, empowering project members to anticipate, optimize, and manage all aspects of project performance in a cloud-based platform. To provide even more flexibility and capability, the software is built on the Forge platform, which can assist anyone with customization or automation of certain tasks that are not built on the platform by default. In this class, we will demonstrate different tools and workflows that can automate some of the most tedious and repetitive manual tasks. You will also learn how to integrate the software with other platforms such as Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Dropbox—or with files on premises—and more.

In this class, we’ll explore the new Export Revit Project (RVT file) functionality in Inventor 2022 software. We'll explore why BIM (Building Information Modeling) is important to building product manufacturers, custom fabricators, and industrial facility owners, and level set on Inventor software's existing BIM interoperability tools. We'll then work our way through a five-part workflow example that includes 1) importing Revit data with AnyCAD for Inventor for Revit projects (RVT file); 2) simplifying the manufacturing design model in Inventor, “bottom up” (with simplify) and “top down” using Model States (also new in Inventor 2022); 3) exporting the Inventor model as a Revit project (RVT file); 4) linking the Inventor model into Revit for review and collaboration; and 5) updating the Inventor model, and updating the export to see the design update in Revit. We'll provide data set and written and video recorded instructions, and there’ll be a live session of questions and answers.

Throughout the last decade, Danville/Pittsylvania County has developed a world-class manufacturing training pipeline to address the skills gap and workforce shortage. More than $100 million invested in innovative training programs, robust K-12-through-university collaboration, and key strategic alignments have resulted in impact at the local, state, and national levels. Explore best practices and lessons learned from a tactical and strategic prospective, and get advice for setting up your workforce training pipeline.

Multidiscipline collaboration is key when using different tools for each discipline. Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro software helps different teams that are using different design tools from different locations to coordinate design and engineering work more easily and efficiently. We’ll solve the challenge of combining Revit software for architectural, structural and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) design and AutoCAD Plant 3D software for industrial piping design. We’ll share specific workflows using Autodesk Construction Cloud that address both simple sharing needs (for consultants and owners for example) as well as co-authoring controlled and coordinated design.

Project MOnACO (Manufacturing Of a large-scale AM Component) is a $1.1 million research collaboration with GE Aviation et al. funded by the Clean Sky 2 program. The focus is to cut noise and emissions from the civil aerospace market using disruptive technologies. The aim is to converge design and manufacturing using the A.T.L.A.S. machine that’s currently the largest metal powder additive manufacturing of its kind (build size >1m). Autodesk is leading the design of the turbine center frame assembly using multiphysics Generative Design in Autodesk Fusion 360, the new product design extension for lattices and manufacturing simulation (Netfabb et al.) workflows geared toward large-scale additive manufacturing. The latest design is 34% lighter than its predecessor, and the components have been consolidated from 150 parts to a single part. In this talk, we’ll discuss how we applied Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) workflows using Autodesk design and make tools to solve tomorrow's problems.