In this session, we'll cover importing Revit systems, zones, and spaces from Revit System Analysis into HVAC Solution Pro software and creating intelligent HVAC system schematics. HVAC loads can also be imported from industry-leading load providers. This data is used to automatically build systems, calculate projects, and select HVAC equipment from equipment manufacturers. "What if" scenarios can be modeled using various equipment parameters and weather data. Various coordination files can be automatically created, including equipment schedule, schematic, electrical schedule, detailed report, and many more. With our Revit add-in, the schematics and schedules can easily be placed in a Revit drafting view. We use the Revit API to create custom schedules. A variety of systems can be created, including air, hydronic, steam, plumbing, refrigerant, VRF, and fuel gas and controls. See how what used to take days and weeks now takes minutes and hours.

Have you ever dreamed about getting from your Revit software model all the electrical information to submit it to advanced calculation; to size and design the panels; to calculate all wire sizes, voltage drop, and selectivity; to automatically create all schematics corresponding to the electrical circuits designed with Revit; and to then get back all the results, including the schematics, in your Revit model? It is all possible now, thanks to the Caneco BT Revit plug-in. In this class, we will show you how to organize your Revit model and electrical installation to effectively use the workflow between Caneco BT, Revit, and AutoCAD® MEP software. We will also discuss additional features, such as cable tray sizing, that can be accomplished with the workflow. Finally, we will share how some big customers, such as Oger International, SPIE, and Cegelac, are using this combination to generate profits. Note: The presentation will use calculations and schematics based on European standards. NEC support is in progress and won’t be available at the time of the presentation at AU 2012.

In this informative and engaging talk, we'll explore the powerful capabilities of the AutoCAD Architecture toolset in the context of schematic design development. AutoCAD Architecture, a leading software system for architectural design and documentation, offers an array of tools and features to aid the design process. We'll delve into the key aspects of using AutoCAD Architecture to develop schematic designs efficiently and effectively. We'll discuss how the software enables architects, designers, and drafters to create and refine initial design concepts, transforming them into comprehensive schematic representations.

This class will describe how BuroHappold is using Dynamo with Revit to revolutionize their concept and schematic design phases. Visual programming has allowed us to use iterative design to show the influence of minute architectural changes to our MEP design. This allows us to communicate quickly, effectively, and visually with the entire project team. Automated zoning diagrams for heating, cooling, ventilation, electrical loads, and fire rating were generated iteratively. Additionally, Dynamo-powered automated calculations were utilized for plumbing pipe sizing, storm riser sizing, roof drain placement, and pressurization. We have also used the schematic level Revit model to accomplish space planning for risers and MERs. The utilization of Dynamo for Revit in early design has allowed us to deliver a faster, smarter, more creative, and better communicated building. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the limitless possibilities for Dynamo in early phases of design.

HVAC Solution is a schematic simulation tool that you can use to determine and size many of the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning components that you will use in your Revit software projects. The tool can also serve as a guide to help you connect your Revit software objects in the right order. You can start off your project by choosing our windows-based drag-and-drop technology to lay out your project, or you can begin by using one of our numerous wizards. Answer your questions and build your air, hydronic hot and chilled water, steam, controls, and plumbing systems. Our intelligent systems enable you to run 'what if' scenarios and perform all the necessary HVAC system calculations. Once systems are created and calculated, you then automatically select equipment from many of the equipment manufacturers in the HVAC industry. Once you have determined all the equipment capacities, you can import the schedules and schematics into Revit software using the new Revit 2015 software add-in feature, or you can import data into the corresponding Revit software families.

HVAC Solution is a schematic simulation tool used to determine and size HVAC components used in your Revit software projects. It also serves has a guide to help you connect your Revit software objects in the right order. Start off your project by choosing our Microsoft® Windows®-based drag-and-drop technology to lay out your project or begin by using one of our numerous wizards. Answer questions and build your air, hydronic hot and chilled water, steam, and control systems. Our intelligent objects and systems allow you to run what If scenarios and perform all the necessary HVAC system calculations. Once systems are created and calculated, you automatically select equipment from many of the equipment manufacturers in the HVAC industry. After all the equipment capacities have been determined, the schedules and schematics can be imported into Revit using the new Revit Add-in feature or you can map and transfer the data into the corresponding Revit families and automatically get your schedules created in Revit.

AutoCAD Electrical software is more than just an electrical schematic design tool. It also includes symbol libraries and functionality for panel layouts, one-line, hydraulic, pneumatic, and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) drawings. Within AutoCAD Electrical, all types of drawings and the included components are linked and update each other automatically. Attend this class to learn the simple requirements for creating the links between drawings and how you can capitalize on this capability to improve your efficiency and the quality of your design package.

Mechanical designers face challenges in a project's early stages. They need precise answers with limited information while navigating numerous changes. Revit software offers comprehensive tools for effective massing and systems analysis. This interactive lab will enhance Revit proficiency, focusing on agile workflows for shell and core geometry aligned with EnergyPlus requirements. Attendees will learn to create massing models using the Revit drafting tools, and incorporate details like curtain walls and windows. They'll explore the systems analysis UI, integrate EnergyPlus for insights, and navigate analytical energy model data. This course will teach mechanical designers and engineers how to use Revit effectively in schematic design phases. Attendees will learn to adapt to digital transformation, address stakeholder inquiries, and collaborate effectively. By the end of the course, participants will bridge the gap between early project uncertainty and efficient design strategies.

Would you like to take hours, or even days, out of your typical schematic design process on every new project? Maximize the power of AutoCAD Electrical software in your organization by implementing a streamlined workflow using selected standard tools. In this class, we show you how to use the intelligence of a completed AutoCAD Electrical project and some subtle, yet powerful tools integral to AutoCAD Electrical, to take a new project from 0 to 90% complete in a matter of minutes. By using the power of several project-wide editing tools, we transform a completed project into a unique new project where you can cruise through the mundane changes and direct your focus to what is substantially different.

So you’ve heard about InfraWorks 360 software and all of the cool things it can do with roads and buildings. But what about using it to lay out preliminary utility routes and create multiple options? This class is designed for beginners with little or no experience with InfraWorks 360 software who want to get up to speed fast and create awesome schematic utility designs and presentations. We’ll show you how to create a model using InfraWorks’ software Model Builder and generate utility routings using lines or alignments from AutoCAD Civil 3D software. We’ll also offer a few tips and tricks to help put the focus on your project area to make your presentations pop! To finish it off, we'll show you how you can create a video of your schematic project design quickly and easily with just a few clicks of the mouse.

This session will explore a practical, classroom-tested workflow for integrating advanced electronics and mechanical design using Autodesk Fusion software. Using a mechatronics case study—a Raspberry Pi Pico-controlled NERF turret—you'll learn to streamline multidisciplinary design, enhance collaboration, and prevent integration challenges. See how Fusion can simplify electronics PCB and mechanical design integration, optimize prototyping, and support real-world educational outcomes. Gain practical methods for improving your electronics-mechanical workflow efficiency.

With products becoming smarter and more connected, the need for an integrated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is paramount. This class will introduce the first-ever cloud connected ECAD to MCAD workflow. We will discuss how EAGLE and Fusion 360 can work side by side to create schematics and generate board layouts from 3D CAD geometry and accurate 3D representations of PCBs to create enclosures within Fusion 360.

A practicing consulting engineer will take a project from the schematic concept phase to the construction completion phase using HVAC Solution Software and Revit MEP software. See how the intelligent air, hydronic, steam, control, and plumbing system schematic models are used to convey and coordinate critical mechanical and electrical information with the design team. Both of these software systems used in concert enable your projects to be successful and profitable by providing precise and efficient mechanical designs and information to clients. HVAC Solution also accelerates project completion by automating mechanical system calculations and equipment selection through the phases of your projects. Because schedules and other reports are generated on the fly, the software enables firms to include information, diagrams, and reports on all phases of a project, thus providing clients with a high level of service.

The speaker’s vision of providing a client with a complete, live, and sustainable facilities management (FM) solution was realized. Happy FM team, happy owners. Then the unthinkable happened: Autodesk changed the Document Management software. Chaos reigned! Cats and dogs living together! The speaker was in rebuild mode, and it had to be done fast. The new BIM 360 Document Management is often perceived in one of a couple of ways: complex and clumsy or more controllable and manageable. At first, the speaker saw it the first way, and was tired and worn out. Then the speaker went into rebuild mode for a weekend and came up with a leaner solution that capitalized on the new BIM 360 Docs system and BIM 360 Ops software. Come on a journey and learn to capitalize on this technology, bending the software systems to your needs—then layer in some cool new tech to make even stronger environments. We’ll look at BIM 360 Document Management, BIM 360 Ops, and the Matterport scanning system, and we’ll dip into a little Forge programming along the way.

What do you do when a building owner comes to you with a list of 100,000 space-occupying things they want you to organize in three dimensions, and then revises the list every month until it’s done? This case study explains how SSOE worked through a complex series of relationships between objects involving multiple overlapping regulatory standards and environmental requirements. Computation and generative design worked together to help keep us sane, operate more efficiently, and improve customer satisfaction. This process is repeatable and we think design optimization is real. Join us to discover whether our story inspires you to explore automation techniques. Learn from our experience with Dynamo and Generative Design.

If you are using AutoCAD Electrical software and love it, but you’ve been dreaming of getting your entire electrical project done in seconds—dream no more. This is the class for you. We are going to take a deep dive into the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O Utility and show you how to manipulate it to automate the creation of all of your schematic drawings, not just the PLC drawings! Join this class and take your AutoCAD Electrical skills to the next level! This session features AutoCAD Electrical.

Within the industrial water market, it can be a real challenge to bridge the gap between tools that are great for designing buildings and tools that are great for designing process plants. Achieving design synchronization between spatial and schematic designs with a high level of confidence is the ultimate goal. However, producing process schematics and spatial drawings and managing the equipment data becomes complex when dealing with traditional data silos in current project execution processes. True data-driven workflows will require innovation and disruption to achieve next-level results. This is one story of how Revit software, Dynamo, and Forge have helped us look at this traditional problem from a new perspective. We’ve solved some longstanding challenges, and we still have some unanswered questions, but we’re excited and optimistic about the possibilities for the future.

This is a class for people who are unfamiliar with AutoCAD Electrical software. We will give an overview of the functionality and the efficiency AutoCAD Electrical software provides for electrical controls design. We will lightly cover the Project Manager, basic schematic creation, panel layouts, and reporting tools. If you are new to AutoCAD Electrical software, or just getting started, this class will be a good place to start! This session features AutoCAD Electrical.

This session showcases how Podium is transforming early-stage building design workflows by enabling outcome-based decisions from day one. Attendees will see a demonstration of the Podium platform and it’s integration with Autodesk Forma and Revit. Using the new Podium extension we enable property developers to accelerate pre-concept to schematic design workflows. By embedding supplier-defined product data, cost information, and buildability constraints into the pre-concept and schematic design phases, Podium empowers developers to make faster, more informed decisions—balancing commercial constraints, design, time, Sustainable Design, and constructability. We'll show how Podium's engine enables Industrialized Construction by aligning design intent with DfMA, supplier data, and performance goals for better outcomes. Real-world case studies will illustrate the improvements in speed, cost, Sustainable Design, and standardization.

In the design world, it's not uncommon that key project data is stored in application silos and requires a great deal of manual coordination. Autodesk has taken the first steps for architecture, engineering, and construction projects to make data available to multiple applications at once-by introducing a connected workflow that shares data from schematic diagrams with a Revit project. The Revit P&ID Modeler breaks silos down by letting the user begin with P&ID schematics in AutoCAD Plant 3D software to create intelligent, data-rich diagrams. The schematic data is hosted in the A360 cloud-computing platform cloud and is referenced by Revit project models. The 3D model consisting of elements such as piping, equipment, and accessories is then developed using information defined in the schematic, such as pipe size, pipe type, valve type, and equipment IDs. As the model is developed and the schematic iterated, the user receives feedback to help ensure consistency and that design intent is maintained. Join us to see the next evolution of Autodesk design tools.