In partnership with Esri and Nearmap, Kimley-Horn is using high-resolution aerial imagery and deep-learning tools to transform workflows, gain unprecedented location insights, and make project delivery easier, faster, and more efficient. Attendees will learn how to address common firm challenges, improve design accuracy, and reduce rework using pretrained machine-learning models and up-to-date site intelligence. We'll discuss a wide variety of workflows and use cases, including how to automate image feature identification and extraction and seamlessly integrate those features into project drawings using the Autodesk Connector/ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-ins.

When managed correctly, geotechnical data holds present and future value. However, the interoperability and transferability of geotechnical data are not always straightforward, particularly when software solutions fail to offer data residency control and comparable structure. This leads to loads of unnecessary work for geotechnical engineers. Did you know that the average cost overrun for geotechnical projects is 28%? GeoDin geodata management solution is here to solve those headaches for geotechnical engineers, saving them precious time and resources. Let's discuss our latest innovations: interoperability with Autodesk Civil 3D software, which allows for access to contextual geodata, ingested from diverse sources, structured and stored on your data storage of choice, and funneled efficiently into your favorite design environment. We'll address major trends in geotechnical databases, as well as some practical insights into how this works.

On rail infrastructure projects, consultants provide tunnel ring models for entire alignment, created using a two-point adaptive family based on the track center point via Dynamo. But these models lack detailed tunnel features—segmentation and dimple holes. Coordination with stakeholders requires complete tunnel models with segmentation and dimple holes. We must develop this detailed model to accurately place services brackets along the tunnel. The ring comprises eight segments, including a key segment with a varying location. A family of these segments, with a rotation parameter set by the tunnel's center point, is essential. Our process involves deriving the tunnel's center from track center points using geometric translations. Dynamo makes placement points for adaptive components. The angle of rotation is recorded on the site for the key segment in XYZ, and we develop construction model using that data. This construction model aids subcontractor in accurate service modeling.

Arcadis is a global architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and infrastructure player with engineering teams working closely with visualization teams in Australia, Manila, Canada, and Romania. Since early 2019, Arcadis has provided traditional client-requested visualizations. As a leading AEC company and Autodesk Partner, Arcadis wanted to enhance its visualization capabilities through a new digital workflow integrating immersive worlds and mixed reality in its mobility business. The convergence of media and entertainment with the AEC industry through technology marks a transformative shift in both sectors. Traditionally distinct, these industries are increasingly finding common ground as they harness the power of advanced technologies to collaborate and innovate, and Autodesk is at the forefront of merging this technology to continue to deliver innovation to customers. This convergence continues to evolve and promise to redefine traditional boundaries and pave the way for innovation between these two industries.

When a large-scale infrastructure project gets started, you'll need to use tools in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection to work with your data efficiently. The information in this session will reduce the time it takes to process huge files, from processing LiDAR-based surface models in ReCap software to implementing Autodesk Construction Cloud workflows. Speed up open times, improve collaboration, and learn best practices you can use immediately. We'll dive into topics that include: determining when to break up files using Data Shortcuts, managing .mms files for large surface models, using Autodesk Docs software for data management, and adjusting AutoCAD settings for optimal performance.

As we focus on digital transformation in finding ways to automate repetitive tasks, this class is perfect for Civil 3D and AutoCAD users who would like to experience and learn how to maximize their use of Dynamo for Civil 3D. In this hands-on lab, we'll provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to create basic Dynamo routines. We'll start with the fundamental nodes and then proceed with understanding how to reuse and manipulate the Dynamo scripts. You'll learn how you can further enhance your skills by using the Dynamo primer samples as a starting point. This session is for beginners and is intended to inspire people who want to innovate a new workflow.

Join us for a dynamic exploration of digital-twin implementation across diverse industry verticals—including airports, hospitals, metros, and office buildings. In this session, our speakers will unveil the tailored workflows that have driven successful digital-twin projects worldwide. We'll delve into the critical first step of identifying major challenges that asset owners face, guided by the 80-20 rule to prioritize efforts that yield the most-significant impact. Discover how the nuances of each vertical shapes our approach, and learn why creating and maintaining digital twins is a progressive journey. While perfection in data collection may not be immediate, strategic planning, recognizing pivotal challenges, and setting clear milestones pave the way for long-term success. Whether you're starting out or scaling up, this talk will equip you with insights to navigate the complexities of digital twins effectively.

Operations and maintenance costs account for 80% of building expenses. To drive efficiency, operators must bolster their preventive maintenance strategies and optimize workflows—but siloed, incomplete, and inaccurate data can compromise these efforts. This panel presents a promising vision for building and asset operators using recent worktech innovations to ensure a seamless digital handoff from design and construction to operations. By weaving together asset details from the building design phase with real-time performance information, the integration between Autodesk Tandem software and Eptura Asset equips operators with valuable insights to reduce downtime, avoid costly repairs and replacements, and significantly increase productivity. Sharing real-world examples and concrete ways to gain access and visibility to asset data across the full building lifecycle, panelists will explore the tangible benefits of digital twins to ensure better planning, decision making, and cost savings.

The airports construction industry is undergoing a significant transformation, shifting from historically paper-based projects to fully integrated, cloud-based modeling and coordination. Vanderlande, a leader in future-proof logistics process automation for airports, is at the forefront of this change reshaping the future of airports! This case study of the Los Angeles (LAX) Tom Bradley International Terminal explores Vanderlande's transition to fully cloud-based projects showcasing our adoption journey with Autodesk Construction Cloud for project coordination and BIM management in this large-scale, multi-phase, brownfield design-build project. We will show how we are delivering this project with our AutoCAD/Navisworks based workflow, while transforming the way we, and our industry works by increasing coordination issue creation efficiency by up to 75%, reducing clash report generation by up to 90%, and increasing coordination efficiency by up to 50% using Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Curious about the road ahead for AutoCAD software? Join Autodesk product managers and leaders for AutoCAD to learn about new features and functionality supporting the capabilities and workflows you need to drive more-efficient and more-collaborative projects. Discover how Autodesk is incorporating Autodesk AI into AutoCAD to elevate your design and drafting capabilities. Learn about the strategic insights and decisions driving development directions. Peer into the future of the product you use every day, and engage with Autodesk to help shape that product to better meet your needs and the needs of your company, project teams, and clients.

Energy efficiency, safety, and technology integration are fundamental aspects in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) design and analysis. Explore how Autodesk and Ansys are advancing innovation in AEC through highly effective tools that streamline the application of powerful modeling and simulation technologies. By integrating AutoCAD and Revit with Ansys's simulation offerings, complex simulations are accelerated and simplified. Advancements in numerical simulation—like graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration and new computational codes—boost computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and electromagnetic (EM) analyses, enabling more-detailed simulations and full-field EM solutions. We'll look at how these integrated solutions improve domain-specific applications, including HVAC system optimization, atmospheric modeling, indoor air-quality assessments, and 5G/6G channel predictions, showcasing the benefits of the Autodesk and Ansys collaboration for accuracy and interoperability in AEC and health and safety.

This session will delve deep into BIG's workflow with D5 Render, discovering how BIG harnesses this AI-powered tool to enhance architectural design processes. You will also gain exclusive insights into AI integration and visualization trends from Jens Majdal Kaarsholm, director of design technology at BIG. Come to learn firsthand how these advancements drive design progress, streamline workflows, and ignite fresh creative possibilities. Whether you're an experienced industry professional or an enthusiastic newcomer, this session promises to deliver invaluable insights into powerful architectural methodologies at the forefront of innovation.

DLR Group anticipates that more than 80% of its workforce will need upskilling in the next two years. Sound familiar? During this session, DLR Group will present its approach to learning and development, featuring a comprehensive skills matrix that aligns skill levels—both technical and other critical ones—with specific tasks and functions performed. DLR Group will illustrate its journey that began four years ago with new-hire skill assessments and evolved into a program that ensures all employees, regardless of their roles or departments, possess essential skills and customized career paths. Learn how DLR Group used Power BI, along with learning management tools such as Pinnacle Series and KnowledgeSmart by Eagle Point Software, to build a program that supports its key focus areas and future business needs. Leave with ways you can help your firm facilitate mentorship opportunities, identify potential software cost savings, improve talent recruitment, and impact overall employee satisfaction.

AutoCAD web and mobile apps redefine the design experience by providing an integrated, connected ecosystem for design and collaboration. The main objective of this session is to demonstrate how AutoCAD web and mobile apps can revolutionize the way we work on DWG files, making the process more efficient and collaborative. In this class, we will explore the collaborative features of AutoCAD web and mobile apps, and demonstrate them through real-world workflows.

Join us on an enlightening journey as Khatib & Alami explore the boundless potential of integrating building information modeling (BIM) with geographic information system (GIS). The collaboration between Autodesk and Esri has streamlined the integration process, and delivered tailored solutions to meet the evolving needs of global enterprises. Throughout this engaging session, participants will gain invaluable insights into optimizing workflows and the numerous use cases that open up once the floodgates of data interoperability are open. We'll equip you with the best strategies to use the combined power of BIM for buildings and infrastructures and GIS for districts and cities. Our focus on seamless integration of BIM and GIS data has yielded substantial benefits, facilitating effective communication and innovative applications for stakeholders throughout the spectrum of operations and asset management, and ensuring designs alignment with site conditions.

In this class, a panel of Autodesk experts will share productivity tips and tricks, and answer audience questions about real-time challenges. Attend this class for expert AutoCAD advice. The class will start with a brief presentation to introduce the support organization, the speakers, and the current customer support options. This is a real-time question-and-answer session, so please come prepared with questions about AutoCAD software. A computer will be in the class running AutoCAD 2025 software for attendees who need to demonstrate their issues. Panel experts will include members of the Technical Support, Quality Assurance, and Licensing teams.

Join us to learn about AutoCAD software's AI features that make your drafting more efficient than ever: Smart Blocks, Markup Import, and Markup Assist. We'll start by covering Markup Import and Markup Assist, the workflow that uses AI to interpret and apply feedback from marked-up PDFs directly into your AutoCAD drawings. You'll learn how Markup Import and Markup Assist can enhance collaboration, drastically reduce the time it takes to incorporate feedback, and reduce errors in your design workflow. Then we'll review Smart Blocks, a suite of AI tools designed to streamline your drafting and drawing cleanup processes. We'll cover Block Placement, Block Replacement, Block Search and Convert, and Object Detection—all of which use AI to help you find, create, and use your blocks. We'll end the session with an opportunity to share ideas on how else AutoCAD might use AI to increase productivity, enhance collaboration, and improve your drafting and documentation workflows.

Jacobs, one of the world's leading design and consulting services firms, will share how a global design firm is using simulation technology to maximize the profitability by increasing throughput while decreasing operating expenses. Learn about the latest lean operating principles and techniques as well as innovative design and analysis tools to design an optimized solution customized for any specific process. Solutions include traditional design deliverables such as site plans and specs, as well as details about how the process needs to function, such as staffing plans and production schedules. Simulation of the operation or process provides a platform to show the recommended solution in action with a full set of metrics to prove the value of the entire solution quantitatively. These techniques can be applied to any industry or process where materials or people move through time and space. Join us to learn how to extract significant value through work process optimization.

AutoCAD users spend most of their time drafting based on markups and incorporating revision changes. This session will show you how to automate workflows and decrease the time spent on design changes using Trace, Markup Import, and Markup Assist in AutoCAD. Whether design changes are made in the field, at the office, or remotely, these tools will increase your efficiency and improve collaboration on markups and revisions.

Shaun Bryant (CADjedi) is the LinkedIn Learning [in]structor whose AutoCAD Tips and Tricks are seen worldwide on the LinkedIn Learning website. Come and join him as he takes you through some of the AutoCAD tools you were never told about. You'll discover workflows and methodologies you never knew would enhance your AutoCAD skill set! He'll also show you some of the new cool stuff in AutoCAD 2025 software, and demonstrate how the new 2025 features can boost your productivity, especially when meeting those ever-important deadlines. Become the "cool kid" in the CAD office by learning new techniques to dazzle your colleagues and elevate you to AutoCAD Jedi status! Who knows? You might even become your office AutoCAD guru in the process!