Railway systems have complex rules to follow during the design phase, and their automation is highly required due to the massive and systematic work that needs to be done, and the very detailed list of materials necessary. The catenary system is one of the most complex systems in railway. Using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo software, we can automate the design process and create the best workflow—which we'll demonstrate in this session, including complex parametric families, and automatic section views for each mast with dimensions. We'll also demonstrate some other systems' design automation, like CCTV and the automatic creation of camera field-of-vision 3D views for the train driver and metro station platform cameras to achieve the best installation criteria and avoid rework during construction phase. Plus, we'll explore how to convert all of these scripts to plug-in buttons with pyRevit.

Railway projects have a lot of regulations, diverse technical fields, and project members coming from many different backgrounds. These factors and many more all come together during the design process and need to be managed to make the project a success. This class will show how connecting and using design data in Civil 3D software, AutoCAD software, and Dynamo can help us meet this challenge. Attendees will see examples of how to make regulations interactive and more easily accessible, and how to transform design data depending on the required technical field or output. We’ll also demonstrate tools to assist the designers so they can better analyze their creations, and in doing so, motivate them to start interacting and designing in a new way.

Do you spend days or weeks determining a corridor path for your roads and highways projects? Do you spend hours refining your roadway profiles to minimize costs and satisfy sophisticated constraints? Do you spend tons of money on software to help you design your roadways? No more. This class reveals the easy-to-use and cost-saving Corridor Optimization and Profile Optimization features available with Roadway Design for InfraWorks 360 software. We will present the enhancements included in our latest release and explain how to use them to achieve the most effective results for your roads and highways design projects. We'll also teach you tricks for configuring the services to work for mining, roadways, and railway design projects.

Contemporary rail projects are vastly complex due to an intersection of several key factors. The deliverables and support that agencies and contractors ask for are scaling with new technology. These technologies are relatively new to the rail design space, and there are currently no precedents for implementing them. On two similar rail projects, tailored workflows and custom automation tools were developed in order to deliver the required standard documentation, visualization, clash detection, and asset management deliverables. The synergy between automation, connected BIM, and creative project workflow were essential to the execution of these projects. In this session, we’ll examine the project needs, collaboration between BIM 360 software and ProjectWise, and automation with the Subassembly Composer, Dynamo, Forge, and LISP.

Arcadis was able to reduce the risk and improve productivity in the processing of hundreds of change orders for the California High-Speed Rail project. The team struggled using Microsoft SharePoint in the management of the volumes of information, and had no automated way for quantity verification. Introducing Autodesk Build software into this large infrastructure project provided a better platform in the organization of the information and data. Adding Autodesk Takeoff software to the team’s workflow improved the productivity of verifying quantities of the submitted change orders, boosting estimate productivity by 50%.

Join us as we explore the heart of rail alignment design. Turnouts are not just critical components of heavy rail; they also form the backbone of all rail projects, including light rail, metro, and high-speed rail systems. Our session is designed to empower you with the necessary skills to create your configuration file for turnout creation in Civil 3D software. Moreover, we'll guide you through the process of translating your geometrical requirements into a comprehensive turnout catalog. This presentation is your ticket to mastering the dynamics of rail alignment design, challenging conventions, and setting new standards in railway infrastructure.

The needãand the abilityãto innovate is greater than ever. New ways of working are needed to create our evolving society. Every system you design, from the electrical grid that lights and heats our homes, to water system that supports life, to the railroads on which we travel, to the refineries that provide the gasoline for our carsãunderwrites a US$53 trillion demand for new or replacement infrastructure. Hear about the future of how infrastructure will be made, and the trends in technology that will radically transform the way you, as industry professionals, plan, design, deliver, and operate tomorrowês infrastructures by moving infrastructure delivery into a new era.

Dynamo уже завоевал прочные позиции среди пользователей Revit, с его помощью решается масса нетривиальных задач в архитектурном проектировании. Для Civil 3D Dynamo был адаптирован только в этом году и пока не получил такого широкого распространения. За эти 60 минут мы разберёмся, что из себя представляет среда визуального программирования, как работать с нодами Dynamo и нужны ли какие-то специальные знания, чтобы написать алгоритм. Мы рассмотрим несколько практических примеров, чтобы понять, какие именно задачи можно автоматизировать, и с какими типами объектов работает Dynamo для Civil 3D.

Сегодня цифровизация и построение цифровых двойников представляют интерес для компаний, стремящихся быть в авангарде технологий и ищущих возможности для расширения бизнеса. В данном обсуждении будет рассмотрен подход компании ТМХ к формированию цифровой стратегии и реализации цифровых двойников подвижного состава. Будучи одним из самых крупных машиностроительных холдингов России и СНГ, особенностью компании является работа на всех этапах жизненного цикла продукции, поэтому необходимо определить границы ЦД для всех участников процесса. Является ли ЦД необходимостью для бизнеса? Что необходимо предпринять компании для успешной реализации ЦД? Что такое цифровой макет изделия, цифровая тень, цифровой завод? В чем их отличия? Следует ли цифровизовать бизнес-процессы компании или сосредоточиться на инженерных данных? Эти и другие вопросы мы обсудим на примере реализации цифровой стратегии ТМХ и построения единой платформы управления разработкой, производством и обслуживанием.

Новый инструмент ProjectExplorer позволяет получить максимально полную информацию о геометрии моделей в Civil 3D. С его помощью вы можете добраться до самых мелких элементов и вывести данные по ним в табличный вид для дальнейшей обработки. Такого уровня контроля над содержимым моделей Civil 3D можно было добиться разве что с помощью API, теперь же эта возможность есть у любого пользователя. На нескольких примерах разберёмся с основным функционалом ProjectExplorer, посмотрим, с какими типами объектов он работает, какие именно данные может достать. Также научимся создавать шаблоны для извлекаемых данных, чтобы автоматизировать выдачу отчётов по дорогам, инженерным сетям, участкам, точкам и другим объектам.

The model is ready—now the future of making infrastructure requires setting our design on planet Earth. Knowing how to accurately transfer and prepare surface, corridor, structure, utility, and cadastral data for use by survey and machine control equipment is essential.

Management in infrastructure is no longer optional, but implementing cloud-based workflows mid-project—especially in complex rail infrastructure delivery—comes with unique challenges. In this session, we’ll explore SYSTRA’s behind-the-scenes journey of adopting Autodesk Construction Cloud during an active rail infrastructure project. From stakeholder pushback and data silos to integration hurdles, we faced the real-world challenges of shifting to a connected, cloud-first delivery model without stopping the train. This session will focus on strategic decisions, lessons learned, and best practices for rolling out Autodesk Construction Cloud and connected digital workflows mid-project, and integrating SYSTRA’s in-house tools—without compromising productivity or trust. Whether you’re leading a digital strategy for civil infrastructure or are mid-rollout on a large-scale rail project, you’ll leave with a clearer view of how to lead change and deliver value through cloud-connected collaboration.

This class will present the first SNCF rail project that implemented a BIM approach. The project consists of transforming the existing Saint-Cloud Station in order to interconnect to the future metro station and fit the increase of passenger traveler flow. As part of this presentation, we'll address the following topics: BIM for rail issues and expectations; SNCF challenges and expected BIM outcomes; overview of the Saint-Cloud project; reasons for using BIM on this project and expected outcomes; approach taken in partnership with Autodesk Consulting; outlook.

Since 2015, engineering companies have been developing their abilities to use Autodesk technologies in the automation of the modeling of linear civil infrastructures such as bridges and tunnels. But what about all the other railway linear infrastructures disciplines—such as fencing, hydraulic structures, track, catenary, and tunnel MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) elements—that need to be fully integrated in the design? In this class, we’ll review how we can enhance intelligent modeling automation workflows in Revit software and Civil 3D software for these disciplines. We’ll use the example of the Etihad Rail project where SYSTRA has developed a large-scale automation strategy using the in-house solution BIMinOneClick. This class is subject to our customer agreement, “Etihad Rail.”

How can 120 diverse stakeholders shape the design of a complex infrastructure project and gain community consent and agency approval—all in record time? Using InfraWorks 360 software as a collaboration tool, the owners, engineers, environmentalists, historians, regulators, news agencies, and local townspeople all worked together to affect design changes in a democratized and efficient working relationship. Using InfraWorks 360 software, we overcame the obstacles that typically plague rail projects, such as connecting villages and towns, crossing bridges and tunnels, using and repurposing existing corridors, and establishing new alignments. This was done using the ability to rapidly view, navigate, query, and create design alternatives in a real-world context. The project model provided a single source of truth for both technical and nontechnical review, assessment, and “what if” proposals. See the amazing results of this stakeholder-designed and stakeholder-approved project through their eyes. This session features InfraWorks 360, 3ds Max, and AutoCAD Civil 3D. AIA Approved

This panel will discuss the achievements and challenges of the successful Intercity rail project in Norway. The panel will include Building Information Modeling (BIM) experts from the fields of design, construction, and government who will all share their perspectives on this highly collaborative, fast-paced project. Intercity is a 250-plus km rail project with both new and existing right of ways passing through dozens of municipalities and multiple other jurisdictions. In each jurisdiction, there are different stakeholders and variable legal considerations for cultural, historic, environmental, social, and esthetic standards, all of which were addressed via InfraWorks 360 software representations. The project has been split into sections, each being designed by a different company or partnership, so collaboration between sections and the Rail administration has been key to their success. This session features InfraWorks 360. AIA Approved

This classic children's riddle holds the key to using any program for detailed building design, including AutoCAD Architecture software. No software provides every tool that is needed to model a building completely, so it is necessary to discover creative uses for the tools that are provided. This session will present several ways in which AutoCAD Architecture software customers are adapting standard objects to non-standard purposes. For example, a door is not a door, at least not one that you want to include in a door schedule, when it is part of a cabinet created as a door and window assembly. We can use the railing object to create, modify, and schedule seating layouts. Railings can also create railroad tracks, telephone posts, and cables. Windows can be skylights or manhole covers. Structural members can form parking lines. The class will describe these adaptations and others, as well as the steps needed to employ them effectively.

InfraWorks software is a perfect tool when it comes to optioneering, and Civil 3D software is the right tool to create design drawings. But how do we exchange data between the two of them when InfraWorks doesn’t have a proper "rail" setup? This class will guide you through the creation of the right environment that will enable you to send data between the two platforms and use component road to mimic rails in InfraWorks while still maintaining a proper rail alignment in Civil 3D to calculate cant and use the drawing production tools. It is all about the proper use of Data Shortcuts and some tips and trick. What happens when you’ve made some changes to the option already exported? What happens to the drawings already produced? Come and find out!

Managing traditional architecture projects is a breeze compared to a horizontal transportation project with more than 15 disciplines and 52 project files. You can apply the principles learned on this project to any project type and size. This session will cover many of the obstacles we encountered while working with Revit software, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, and Navisworks software—and how we overcame them. We will walk you through our challenges (large number of files, AutoCAD Civil 3D software imports, exporting to Navisworks software, working with other CAD software) and, most importantly, how we overcame them. This session features Revit, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Navisworks Manage. AIA Approved

See how Parsons Infrastructure’s team is implementing BIM 360 Document Management on the Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension project. Hear about our challenges in managing and collaborating through multiple software platforms, discover our lessons learned while using BIM 360, and learn how to manage Civil 3D models while using BIM 360. Best of all, walk away with the knowledge you need to set up your own BIM 360 project, capitalizing on Autodesk 2020 tools and products such as Revit software, Civil 3D software, Navisworks software, and more.