Now, now, children, let's all play nice together. Remind you of your childhood? Yeah, mine too. But what we're talking about is architects and civil engineers playing together, specifically when it comes to coordinating Revit and AutoCAD Civil 3D data on the same project. This class is directed at both Revit and Civil 3D software users. That's right, architects and civil engineers in the same room. We work in both Revit and Civil 3D, showing you proper importing and exporting of data, so it lands in the correct place automatically. We teach you how to ask for the correct data, as well as a good understanding of one another's software. We cover how to create good topo in Revit, and how that compares to topos in Civil 3D. The tools for smooth collaboration exist in both Revit and Civil 3D, and there's just a communication breakdown preventing truly streamlined BIM workflow between the 2 disciplines. So join us and take your projects to the next level.

Civil infrastructure industry professionals, product developers, and technology evangelists are invited to join a roundtable discussion on how we might reimagine the way Building Information Modeling (BIM) for civil engineer is implemented. In this session we will focus on how underground utility piping has evolved in Autodesk, Inc., software, beginning from Land Desktop software, continuing through AutoCAD Civil 3D software, and now into InfraWorks 360 software. We will talk about what worked well through the years, what failed miserably, and what Autodesk can do in the future to improve what we call BIM for the world of civil infrastructure.

Are you tired of using the out-of-the-box cylinders to represent your local stormwater structures? Does your locality have a stormwater structure that is just a bit different than that which Autodesk provides? If so, this class is for you! During this session we’ll dig into the tools and explore tips and techniques that will let you successfully use Inventor software to create custom stormwater structures for use in Civil 3D software and InfraWorks software. We’ll pay special attention to basic part modeling and the required variables so that the parts will export into both products. This class is designed for CAD managers and civil engineers who want to author their own infrastructure content.

Automation in Civil Engineering, especially in the BIM space, is becoming a major revolutionary step in the new digital era. What was a job of core software developers is getting mainstream every day with easier programming languages (Visual & Text) and more and more engineers finding ways to achieve complex results using automation. Automation thinking for Civil Engineers is a basic level discussion on how to think in Automation terms. This topic covers how we can spot opportunities, how we, designers can ideate and what it takes to become an Automator. It talks about the questions designers should ask themselves, how to structure your automations, how to validate its scalability among other topics.

AutoCAD Civil 3D software gives us many great features out-of-the-box for our day-to-day hydraulics and hydrology (H&H) modeling needs, but it's not until you dig deeper that you find it can truly bring out the I in BIM for civil engineers. Stop limiting your H&H workflow inside of the AutoCAD® software environment to simple area takeoffs. Don't limit the pipe network functionality to what comes out-of-the-box. Learn to use Civil 3D pipe networks, parcels, and catchment objects to greatly improve H&H productivity and drainage map plan production. Empower your team with the tools needed for advanced H&H workflows in Civil 3D as the data is prepared for seamless exporting into the Hydraflow Storm Sewers Extension for Civil 3D or for Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis software. This class focuses on setting up your drawing templates and shared part catalogs for enhanced H&H modeling. We do discuss workflows, but this class focuses mainly on setting up the tools that are needed to perform the workflows.

The presentation will provide an in-depth discussion of effective practices regarding how to combine foundation designs in Revit Structure Suite software with civil-site designers in AutoCAD Civil 3D software to ultimately collaborate with architects in Revit Architecture software. The discussion will give guidelines on where utility modeling for building should transition from Revit MEP software above grade to AutoCAD Civil 3D software below grade and how to use Navisworks project review software in this review process. Key concept to review will be the difference between local coordinate systems that building designers work in as compared to the state plane coordinate system that civil engineers typically use. The discussion will then consider the new American Institute of Architects' BIM Protocol Exhibit E202 that defines the Level Of Detail (LOD) in models on a scale of 100 to 500. The presenter will demonstrate these LOD concepts with case studies from projects in 3 different project phases: design, construction, and facilities management.

For Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, multi-disciplinary firms, and many others, the question of primary authoring software can be a complicated one. Should it be Civil 3D? Should it be Revit? Or is there a need for it to be both? This industry talk will discuss and evaluate the criteria for how to decide the most appropriate software for a range of project types. We will also consider what sort of project may be best served by utilizing both software platforms. For projects that might utilize both platforms, we will discuss the challenges and some suggestions of best practices for executing such a project. Join us as we share what we have learned while navigating this intersection of these two platforms.

In this class, we’ll demonstrate how to use automation for transportation, land development, and pipe networks workflows in Civil 3D software through Dynamo and Python. The class will introduce Dynamo for Civil 3D capabilities, focusing on the implementation of computational design for infrastructures. We will cover how to expand the possible workflows through Python scripting to use the AutoCAD and Civil 3D APIs.

AutoCAD Civil 3D software gives civil engineers some great tools out of the box to perform hydraulics and hydrology studies; but if you dig a little deeper, you can truly bring out the "I" in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for civil engineers. This is a lab session in which we will utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D software parcels for an integrated solution for watershed area delineation, hydrologic analysis calculations, and drainage map production. We will work in a highly customized hydrology workflows template that includes parcel object and label styles setup, specifically to produce drainage maps with dynamic hydrology calculations updating as the watersheds are edited. We will finish by exporting our drainage map out for more complex analyses in Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA).

Can you handle the pressure of inventing for civil? This is a down-and-dirty course in Inventor software and Inventor LT software for civil engineers, civil designers, and civil CAD managers. We'll cover the skills needed in Inventor software to create parts and assemblies specifically for infrastructure projects. We'll then add those parts to Parts Editor and export them to gravity or pressure networks in both AutoCAD Civil 3D software and InfraWorks software. During the class, we'll design a curb inlet in 3 parts, import it into Parts Editor, and place it into an assembly. From the assemblies and families in Parts Editor, we'll create an AutoCAD Civil 3D Parts catalog. Lastly, we'll import the new catalog into AutoCAD Civil 3D and apply the new part to a storm drainage system. As a bonus, we'll repeat all these steps and show you how to import the new part into InfraWorks and apply it to a storm drainage system there. If the gravity of your infrastructure designs is serious enough that you need to reinvent parts, this class is for you!

For civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, multidisciplinary firms, and many others, the question of primary authoring software can be a complicated one. Should you choose Civil 3D software? Should you choose Revit software? Or is there a need for both? This industry talk will discuss and evaluate the criteria to use for deciding the most appropriate software for a range of project types. We will also consider which sort of project may be best served by utilizing both software systems—and we’ll discuss the challenges and some suggestions of best practices for executing such a project. Join us as we share what we have learned while navigating this intersection of these two platforms.

In this session we will explore Entwine Point Tiles (over 40 Trillion points), and how to consume them inside of Civil 3D as a surface (via point cloud) in mere minutes. As large point cloud datasets become ubiquitous in the AEC community, open-source libraries and software dedicated to manipulating these datasets are valuable tools for those in the geospatial community and civil engineers. Entwine is a free online cloud repository that anyone can access, and with this technical instruction go from zero (knowledge) to office hero in mere minutes!

This course details some commonly used workflows that will help the typical AutoCAD Civil 3D software user adopt InfraWorks 360 software for daily uses. You will impress your project managers, partners, and clients with these easy-to-implement workflows that demonstrate the power of InfraWorks 360 software combined with the dynamic AutoCAD Civil 3D software design model. InfraWorks 360 software is a great starting point for civil engineers who are looking to visualize and analyze not only detailed design, but also conceptual proposals—all in the same environment. From geographic information system (GIS) data management to Trimble's SketchUp modeling program, this course is a great introduction for CAD designers looking to expand their skill sets beyond 2D documentation.

The lab will provide a hands-on approach of best practices for how to combine civil site designs in AutoCAD Civil 3D software with foundation designs in Revit software to ultimately collaborate with architects. The discussion will give guidelines for where utility modeling for building should transition from Revit MEP software above grade to AutoCAD Civil 3D software below grade, and how to use Navisworks software in this review process. A key concept to review will be the difference between local coordinate systems that building designers work in and the state plane coordinate system that civil engineers typically use. The discussion will consider civil/structure interaction and the new BIM Forum Level of Development (LOD) specification, and how it relates to setting up projects in AutoCAD Civil 3D software and Revit software. This session features Revit and AutoCAD Civil 3D. AIA Approved

If you took part 1 of this class (today or a previous year at AU) and are ready to learn even more, this class takes the next step as we look at the GIS capability in Civil 3D and how it can benefit Civil Engineers and Surveyors.  GIS data can be created directly in Civil 3D or imported from other programs. Now that you have access to that data the real fun begins.  This class will explore ways to analyze, display and leverage this information to answer questions and automate common tasks.  The request to provide design data to GIS departments is becoming more common every day. This class will explore the details of why just sending them a drawing is often not an adequate way to satisfy that request.  You will learn ways to export Civil 3D objects to GIS formats that can be used easily and consistently by your GIS department.

Architects want to move the world, and the civil engineers want to move buildings, but neither can ever seem to agree on anything except for on the fact that they disagree. With little more than a clear path to nowhere, just how does one begin to put a project in its place? This session will focus on achieving the seemingly impossible dream of project data coming together to create a complete model—where it belongs. After discussing the expectations of each platform, we'll achieve this by configuring shared coordinates within Revit software and then matching everything up with the real-world coordinates used by AutoCAD Civil 3D software. With coordinated model locations in place, we will define effective practices for exchanging data between Revit software and AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Harnessing the models created by Revit software and AutoCAD Civil 3D software, we'll develop an existing conditions model and assemble the entire project in the context of its surroundings using InfraWorks software.

Learn about the amazing new feature set and workflow Autodesk unveiled in the 2019.1 update for both AutoCAD Civil 3D and Revit. See how a user, who first saw this feature/workflow at an Inside the Factory - Live in Shanghai, China in 2016, and then implemented this on many large complex projects, including a nearly $1 billion hospital project located on a complex site. This session will cover the feature, workflow and challenges encountered. This presentation will also discuss working with in-house survey for existing conditions, as well as in-house civil engineers on proposed conditions.