Cloud-based Revit software and AutoCAD software collaboration can mean many things to many people. For some people it means running these applications completely in the cloud. For others, it means running the applications in offices and using the cloud to share the files. Then there’s the ability to have both of these models together. This session will show how users running Revit software or AutoCAD software in the cloud can collaborate on the same Revit models or CAD files at the same time with users in the office. Users in both locations have the same fast performance with sync with central, element borrowing, and Worksharing Monitor with no change in workflow. This session will show a demonstration of users in an office environment collaborating with users in a partner office environment where the applications are running in the cloud.

This class will cover the struggles our CAD/BIM department faced in managing Autodesk products, and how we used batch files to streamline the process. We'll explore batch files that update, configure, and manage AutoCAD software, Revit software, and Dynamo software. Topics include distributing the Revit.ini, resetting the AutoCAD profile, distributing Dynamo to the masses, and much more. By the end of the class, attendees will learn how to create, execute, and apply batch files to everyday CAD/BIM management tasks.

Learn to extend the power of Autodesk, Inc.'s, fully integrated CAM Solution for Inventor software by complementing it with Vault software. You will learn about the workflows used to create machine code for the CNC (computer numerical control) machining of your parts, and you will also learn the benefits of using an integrated CAM system. Data management is often a nightmare for companies that maintain design separately from files containing manufacturing information such as toolpaths. In this class you will see just how easily you can maintain both in a single file, using Inventor HSM software and Vault software.

To maintain a competitive advantage, more and more structural engineers are trying to find a way to capitalize on their Building Information Modeling (BIM) data for steel detailing and fabrication. This class will focus on showing how Advance Steel detailing software is proving to be the missing link that enables structural engineers to capitalize on their Revit Structure software models for steel detailing and fabrication. You will also learn how to use Connection Vault in Advance Steel to create automated steel connections on the structural members imported from Revit software. You will then learn how to create the automated fabrication and erection drawings and NC files. This class will also show how the bidirectional Sync between Revit and Advance Steel enables you to bring any Revit changes into Advance Steel software or validate Advance Steel models in Revit software. This session features Advance Steel, Navisworks Manage, and Revit Structure. AIA Approved

This class is for the AutoCAD software C# developer who wants to improve code quality and maintainability. Learn how to apply good software design patterns to your AutoCAD software code and maximize on the advanced features of the Microsoft C# language. We will cover topics such as the single responsibility principle, duplicate code reduction, abstraction, and dependency injection. We will touch on Microsoft WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and the Model-View-ViewModel pattern. We will also explore Microsoft C# features such as LINQ and delegates, and we will see where we can best apply them to the AutoCAD software API. My hope is that you will walk away with some basic techniques that will make your code more testable, extensible, maintainable, scalable, and reusable.

Knowing how to write AutoCAD software add-ins enables us to create new AutoCAD software commands that automate routine tasks, perform complex calculations, or integrate multiple systems to help us be more productive, more precise, and more effective. The use of Microsoft's free community edition of Visual Studio, together with the information presented in this class, will help anyone begin creating AutoCAD software add-ins with C# programming language immediately. This session features AutoCAD. AIA Approved

Have you ever had that user who modified a plotter setting and saved that setting globally for all—and now all of your users can’t plot correctly? This can happen with any customized file you deploy to a network shared location. In this class, we will learn how to take your global settings and customizations and deploy them locally to your users’ computers. We will discuss how to create a hidden network share to act as a master folder to house all of your custom settings. We will review using login scripts so each time a user logs on to their computer, a local copy of the master folder is synchronized per the master folder contents. From there, we will path our AutoCAD software options to our local folder locations and create a master profile for AutoCAD products. Finally, we will review how easy it can be to reset your CAD profile to your original deployed state. If you have users who like to change settings and then ask you why things aren’t working, this class is for you.

Learn how to best adopt Autodesk's Point Layout plug-in for Revit software, AutoCAD software, and BIM 360 software. Hear about a general contractor's lessons learned from using the software and difficulties that arise out in the field-from working with civil engineer's files to working with several different robotic total stations on one site. Attendees will learn how to create a proper workflow using naming and numbering standards set forth by the field, and how to ensure a streamlined approach for importing and exporting points to their robotic total stations. We'll explore how to work with real-world coordinates as well as create our own, and we'll look at the best way to track the coordinate system across a project's lifecycle. We'll also learn how to approach difficult projects that encompass large sites, and how to maintain vertical control on high-rise projects.

Rob Maskey presents a large BiM Level 2 infrastructure project located in Doha, Qatar including dealing with Change Management and Client BiM adoption during delivery. International Project Team collaboration and Design Model Management will be discussed to provide an overview of options for a large multidisciplinary projects. Rob will also explain similarities with Client requirements (for BiM) for the Doha Expressway Project and recent RMS briefs. In closing Rob presents a live demo of the Navisworks model for the project.

In this class we will look at various examples of using AnyCAD software and the workflows associated with using this feature in Inventor 2016 software.

Join a roundtable discussion on the challenges and solutions for managing CAD standards. Engage in a discussion on how we are, how we could, and how we should be managing block libraries, line styles, and templates—both internally and between organizations. We will delve into technologies currently on offer, from AutoCAD software standard functionalities to Vault software, Buzzsaw software, Network shares, and third-party technology, and we’ll explore the options around custom development. This session features AutoCAD and Vault Professional.

Accept the challenge! Are you ready? Explore the workflows and methodologies for passing the AutoCAD 2014 Professional Certification Exam. This class offers tips and techniques to new and veteran AutoCAD® software users, giving them a chance to explore the time-saving strategies for passing the exam. We work through the exam objectives, highlighting time-saving tips and techniques for methods of study and preparation. You will be able to develop a strategy for working through each question and understand what to study and what not to study. We look at resources that are available to you as study guides. If you are up for a challenge, need to enhance your resume, or want to achieve your personal or professional goals, attend this class and get ready to be surprised.

This class will address the challenges many businesses face when deciding to make the transition from a traditional 2D AutoCAD software environment to a 3D modeling platform, such as Inventor software or Revit software. We will examine the factors that go into making decisions regarding when to begin and planning on how to make a smooth transition that minimizes disruptions in business activity, while maximizing the productivity advantages 3D modeling and documentation provide. We will also review some of the difficulties (specifically related to personnel) that await transitioning companies. The presentation will bring real-world insight from the presenter’s experience in a 2D/3D implementation of Inventor software in an electric utility manufacturing and supply company. The class will conclude with a question and answer session.

Are you familiar with Autodesk products, but you’re new to programming? If so, this course can help you get up to speed with the basics of .NET programming, and how these concepts can be applied to AutoCAD software. We will look at how to work with the AutoCAD .NET API and the C# .NET programming language to create a plug-in—a module that loads into AutoCAD to extend its functionality.

Many Autodesk products give users the ability to share design data for collaboration with multiple stakeholders. AutoCAD software's Simple Share and Inventor software's Connected Design Share are two examples of similar functionality done differently between products. Wouldn't it be nice if the same functionality and workflows existed across multiple Autodesk products? This session will explore a common way to share your Autodesk designs though the Autodesk Viewer across Autodesk products. You will have the ability to see design concepts and provide your feedback and requirements to the AutoCAD, Inventor, Vault and Autodesk Cloud Platform Product Teams.

In this class, attendees will learn about Autodesk StudioWall and learn how to use it to manage design data

In this class you will learn about the facets of AutoCAD Plant 3D software in Vault software. We will cover the features that Vault software has to offer an AutoCAD Plant 3D project or an AutoCAD P&ID project. Specifically, we will look at lifecycles, categories, and attribute mapping. We will cover the process of creating a new AutoCAD Plant 3D project or an AutoCAD P&ID project and migrating it to Vault software. Then we will look at the migration of an existing AutoCAD Plant 3D project or an AutoCAD P&ID project to Vault software. We will also examine in detail how to manage Data Manager outputs in Vault software. We will also cover the specific rules around utilizing Vault software for your project. An AutoCAD Plant 3D project or an AutoCAD P&ID project in Vault software should be an exciting and positive experience for the extended Design Team. This course is the first step in determining that sort of experience.

Learn from David and co-presenter Willie Thomas—business manager of the BIM for utilities implementation at San Diego Gas & Electric—about the transition from vision of BIM for utilities to the reality of adopting BIM technology within an organization. This class will offer Autodesk, Inc., perspective on adopting BIM for utilities, and key success criteria and risk factors. We will also cover the voice of the customer, and we’ll look at what has worked, what are the challenges, how you can execute better on the vision and plan going forward, and other elements involved in transitioning from vision to implementation. BIM for utility products discussed will be InfraWorks software, Inventor software, AutoCAD Electrical software, Vault software, Navisworks software, and BIM 360 Field software. The focus of the class is not on products but on interoperability between products, processes, and organizational adoption.

Why should you be using dynamic blocks? Quite simply, dynamic blocks can greatly reduce the number of blocks in your library, improving your efficiency. While it does take a little more time up front to create a dynamic block, the time savings on the back end are well worth the effort! Even better news: If you’re a proficient user of AutoCAD software, you should have no problem converting those boring static blocks into shiny new dynamic blocks.

Why should you be using dynamic blocks? Quite simply, dynamic blocks can greatly reduce the number of blocks in your library, improving your efficiency. While it does take a little more time up front to create a dynamic block, the time savings on the back end are well worth the effort! Even better news: If you’re a proficient user of AutoCAD software, you should have no problem converting those boring static blocks into shiny new dynamic blocks.