The new AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 software has many new features. Some are obvious, others are a bit hidden, but still very important, improving your daily work. Do you want to get information about these new features? Come to this session!

With each release of AutoCAD software, Autodesk adds new features and enhances existing features. In this session, we'll take a look at the compelling new and enhanced features included in AutoCAD 2024 software. See the enhancements made to importing markups into your drawings! Discover how machine learning improves productivity with Smart Blocks, and learn how you can better track the changes made to your drawing files with Activity Insights!

In this session, we'll take a look at Alias 2024 software—a new modern Alias for a new world showing innovative modeling and discoverability for a new age.

The next generation of Autodesk Insight software provides a simple collaborative workspace for project teams to target, trade off, and track total carbon throughout the design process and building lifecycle using open and extensible data and analysis. In this session, you'll join leaders from Autodesk Product Development and Impact (Sustainability) teams, as well as customers and partners, to learn about new capabilities available today in next-generation Autodesk Insight——and where it's going in the future. This will build upon the product vision and strategy shared in previous AU classes of the same title, and now we'll provide real-world examples to learn from, reuse, and adapt to meet your needs.

Are you looking for some powerful Revit tips that *don't* take an hour to understand? Then you've come to the right place! Join Kate on a whirlwind tour of Revit tools, features, and shortcuts that will boost your productivity, expand your skill set, and impress your colleagues. From navigating views to manipulating model elements, this tip-a-minute session covers the essentials of Revit for users at all levels.

This year—2024—was a significant year for VRED software, marked by numerous enhancements and new features. We started with a comprehensive UI redesign, reflecting Autodesk's guidelines for a modern, intuitive experience. And we introduced improvements, such as multiselection property editing and searchable preferences, boosting speed and efficiency. We launched many new features, balancing technical precision and artistic freedom, providing a platform for visually compelling and accurate designs. In line with industry advancements, VRED integrated open standards, including IFC, USD for data exchange, and MaterialX and MDL for seamless material exchange across applications. VRED also introduced OpenVDB for volumetric data processing from simulation applications, and OpenXR for a wider range of hardware support, including hand and marker tracking capabilities. In this presentation, we'll guide you through the changes from 2024 to 2025, providing an overview of the key updates shaping VRED 2025.

This session will provide a general understanding of how to use and work with AutoLISP in AutoCAD LT software. Users will start by learning what AutoLISP is and which file formats are associated with it. Following an introduction of AutoLISP, users will learn to load and use AutoLISP programs, and discover some best practices for managing these files. After learning how to load, use, and manage AutoLISP program files, users will learn the basics of writing and modifying AutoLISP programs. These basics will focus on understanding the syntax of AutoLISP statements and five core functions: setvar, getvar, command, setq, and defun. As part of learning the basics, users will enter AutoLISP statements directly at the Command prompt to get immediate feedback before learning to store AutoLISP statements in an LSP file.

Every year, we add new features to the Vault product. This class is to not only introduce those features but also discuss how to use them. After learning about the new features, we will discuss the Vault roadmap and how you can help drive the future of Vault.

Vault software is a tool that engineers often use to manage their files. As time goes by, the number of files and entries in the database can make the Vault grow quite large. Dealing with such sizes can become challenging when using traditional methods for backup and database management. This class is here to help you out. It will focus on the latest features in Vault Professional 2024 software that can make the backup and restoration process faster and more efficient. We'll explore various tools that can simplify these tasks and ensure smooth operations with Vault.

In this session, we'll take an in-depth look at the new Boolean and Array modifiers within 3ds Max 2024 software, and we'll explore how their non-destructive workflows can improve the flexibility of your project pipeline. We'll discuss both modifiers in detail, compare them with the existing tools, and provide practical examples. Would you like to improve your process—or not?

Bridge construction in Norway in 2024 is a different ballgame than it was in 2015. We've transitioned to full digital design and construction without drawings. This would have been impossible without a rich Revit API. We've created our own add-in, scaling from 10 users in 2019 to 1,300 users in 2024. What a success! But the challenge has not been object-oriented coding in C#, but rather scaling the knowledge. How can we scale technology efficiently and fast? What are the obstacles? Do all bridge engineers need to understand back end, front end, and UX? We'll show you how to ensure a transition from 2D to building information modeling (BIM) by combining piloting in Dynamo, coding in C#, and teaching. Our clients now receive top-quality models with consistent data. How does this help them? Finally, we'll round off with reflections on how AI is transforming our design process and concerns for a sustainable future. Can we use AI to assist in scaling technology? Let's explore together.

As more and more structural engineers connect to and embrace BIM workflows, analytical collaboration in BIM has been an important category of the industry demands which translates to users' requirements around desired analytical modeling productivity and model coordination practices. In this hands-on lab class, you will learn how to make the most of the structural analytical modeling tools available in Revit 2024 software. You will gain valuable insights into various structural analytical modeling techniques, including tips and tricks for modeling automation, as well as how to effectively apply structural loads to your analytical model. Additionally, you will practice bidirectional workflows between Revit and analysis software, with particular focus on tips and best practices for collaboration with Robot Structural Analysis Professional.

In this session, we'll demonstrate how Egnyte integrates with and complements Autodesk Construction Cloud to support your teams, projects, and business operations. We'll hear from two mutual customers as they share their integration use cases and the real-world value they've gained. As a special bonus for AU 2024, the Egnyte product team will be on hand to showcase next-generation integration enhancements. We look forward to seeing you there!

In recent years, the move from CAD to Building Information Modeling (BIM) has accelerated as BIM workflows have proven to deliver many benefits over CAD. With the rise of BIM, many new capabilities for reinforced concrete design and rebar detailing have been introduced in BIM authoring tools. In this hands-on lab class, you'll learn how to make the most of the reinforcement modeling and detailing tools available in Revit. We'll explore practical examples, ranging from typical building structures to complex structural elements. You'll gain valuable insights into various rebar modeling techniques, including tips and tricks for free-form and shape-driven rebar, as well as area and path reinforcement. Additionally, you'll learn methods for effectively presenting rebar in construction drawings and extracting fabrication data using schedules and tags, leveraging the latest features of Revit 2024.

Tired of the monotony of opening and digging through models to find a single piece of data? Avixi is using the AEC Data Model API to help a large U.S. tech company streamline data extraction from Revit models. Using the AEC Data Model API to extract data and send it to a database bypasses restrictions of hardware, custom plug-ins, and opening models. Discover the power of accessing data without opening a Revit file. Using Autodesk Construction Cloud and Revit 2024, we'll present our use case in this class and explore using the AEC Data Model API to extract Revit elements and their properties.

In this session, we'll showcase the workflows we use with the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform on large health projects, including a full end-to-end example of how data is used from Model Checker for Revit, Navisworks 2024 with no file management clash runs, and Autodesk Construction Cloud issue creation, as well as tracking scope changes in models using Autodesk Takeoff. As teams work in Revit, data updates are automatically passed to a central database, combined with Autodesk Construction Cloud data, and then sent back to Autodesk Construction Cloud as additional Insight Dashboards integrated with existing data to simplify and highlight trends in clashes, and scope changes during the tendering and construction phase. We will also present some additional tools we've been using to close resolved clash issues automatically. And we'll show our additional Revit building information modeling (BIM) file which contains zones, levels, and rooms to support tracked changes to scope in takeoff with data trending. Finally, we will present a simple way to extract all parameters using Autodesk Construction Cloud asset model extraction for handover.

2024 is a pivotal year for BBI Autosport as we transition to being a small-volume, boutique vehicle development and manufacturing firm. With the evolving landscape and changing caliber of modern vehicles—and the market demand for "soulful," nostalgic but refined machines—we've found the right market for us. We're infusing our experience, creativity, and agility into this, along with a massive tech-forward approach. We're employing collaborative development, lean manufacturing, and industry 4.0 methodologies to improve margin and efficiency, and deliver a product that will (by this time) be redefining the specific market segment we're entering. We want to redefine how to make low-production vehicles, and how to have a sustainable business model while reaching near OEM levels of integration, quality, and reliability.

Join us for a dynamic and interactive AU 2024 panel discussion, where leading infrastructure experts in geospatial information systems (GIS) will converge to explore the transformative impact that GIS has on built-world projects. This session aims to foster a deep dialogue between our panel of seasoned professionals and the audience. Together, we will navigate the evolving landscape of infrastructure development, focusing on how GIS technologies drive efficiency, sustainability, and innovation in this critical sector. Expect a lively exchange of ideas, experiences, and insights as we collectively tackle the most-pressing topics and challenges facing infrastructure professionals today. Whether you're a project manager, engineer, planner, or GIS specialist, this panel will provide valuable perspectives on using geospatial intelligence for infrastructure excellence.

In the spring of 2024, the legendary Jeff Smith connected Associate Professor Bush from Auburn University with an OEM partner to explore what it would look like to team a group of graduate industrial design students with a seasoned digital vehicle designer. Through this interaction emerged a five-week section in Alias AutoStudio software and a five-week section in VRED software, using the Auburn instructor's background in surface modeling with the OEM partner's background in SubD and mesh modeling. This proposal compares the CAD instruction methodology that has been implemented at Auburn University for the past three years with the experimental, collaborative approach with the OEM. We will highlight the changes in student outcomes, as well as the implications of knowing SubD/hybrid modeling moving into the design profession.

Blocks are important in AutoCAD software. Working with blocks is not always fun, and can be tedious. There are missed opportunities when objects should be blocks, but are missed or the effort does not justify the reward. And if you always insert a block a certain way, shouldn't AutoCAD just know this? AutoCAD 2024 software introduced machine learning to help productivity. The block-related features got even smarter in AutoCAD 2025. Let's take a deep dive into this. Like what? Finding the blocks to replace is no longer a tedious exercise. AutoCAD now offers assistance by suggesting blocks that are similar to what you've picked or recently placed. AutoCAD can place blocks in a manner similar to a recently placed block. Discover a workflow to convert multiple instances of selected objects into blocks. Or use the AI-driven Object Detection feature to scan your drawing and find objects to be converted into blocks.