Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of Autodesk Data Management Avengers. Discuss a number of subjects. Bring your questions for us to discuss and advise.

This session will focus on how Egis benefits from easy and efficient infrastructure project data management with the Standardized Data Tool for Civil 3D extension. With the new IFC 4.3 format, already operational in Civil 3D, and the building information modeling (BIM) methodologies requirements growth, data management has never been more important. In a very competitive context, a high level of performance for property and data management is essential to maintain a position as a leader, win more projects, and increase ROI. We’ll demonstrate how automation brought by Standardized Data Tool can power Civil 3D to the data management upper level and help implement efficient data management workflows. We will showcase how to implement an efficient infrastructure data management process. We’ll illustrate how to manage property sets and synchronize extended data for several Civil 3D files, part of a unique project, and we’ll perform customized checks and validation reports.

As client and project requirements become more and more complex, the need to manage information in Autodesk Revit software and data connected to Revit becomes exceedingly important. This class will survey the landscape of tools available to aid in this task, including tools for family and parameter management as well as specific tools for program management. Autodesk® Vault software, dRofus, Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft® Excel® tools and others will be covered. During the class, we will touch on project experience with many of these tools and provide guidance on how to approach many data management challenges in Revit.

You’re in a small shop of 10 people, or you’re working in a company with hundreds of users who break into teams to deliver a project. What you share in common is the need to effectively collaborate and manage the data. You’ve had a look at Data Management and it looks like it will solve some significant business needs, but you don’t know how to present it to your manager, or who to ask for more information. Join us in this class where we’ll talk about use cases for Data Management, from small customer needs to those solving the needs of the enterprise. We’ll talk about Data Management for those who have needs in manufacturing to those who may want to use it to help them manage civil or architectural data. We’ll also discuss ways you can go back to your office, understand and assess your requirements, choose the appropriate product, and have an understanding of what software, hardware and training requirements will be necessary to present a business case to your manager.

Join us as we explore improvements that we’ve made in research and development in the area of data management for Autodesk Fusion 360, from Fusion 360 software’s canvas, to Fusion Team, to the Manage Extension.

This wildly successful franchise is back for a third time at Autodesk University. Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of Autodesk Data Management Avengers. Discuss a number of subjects. Bring your questions for us to discuss and advise.

This wildly successful franchise is back for a third time at Autodesk University. Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of data management avengers from Autodesk, Inc. Be ready to discuss a number of subjects, and bring your questions for us to discuss and advise. This session features Vault Professional, Vault Basic, and Vault Workgroup. AIA Approved

Learn how to unleash data hosted on Autodesk, Inc., with the Forge Data Management API. We will cover how to access, create, and share using Node.js sample coding on web-based apps. You’ll also learn how to integrate with other data providers, from both Autodesk and third parties. This session features Forge.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is a state agency responsible for more than 550 miles of highway. As design and construction projects increase in complexity, the Commission faces multiple challenges with data management and variations in project deliverables. With advancing technology, their final goal is to implement digital models as a requirement for project bidding. In congruence with current challenges and goals, they partnered with Microdesk to integrate organization standards and initiate the process of building intelligent 3D model designs using Civil 3D software. The solutions included creating master files of all 550+ miles of highway, CAD/BIM standards for project deliverables, and development of intelligent modeling workflows for Corridors, Drainage, and ROW, all with intelligence that is used to feed geographic information systems (GIS) and asset management systems. These solutions provided a reduction in rework, easier access to data, and an integrated system between departments.

In 2015, IMI Precision launched a 5-year mission, FIX8, to fix, focus, and grow. It comprised 8 strategic enablers, including investing in group-wide IT and infrastructure, and working together as a single simplified organization. To support the FIX8 mission, there was a need to standardise our workflows globally to remove waste and increase productivity, to meet the aggressive innovation targets we had set. To achieve our goals, we partnered with Autodesk to implement Vault Professional globally, replacing our disparate systems, to create a backbone for effective data management and collaboration. This industry talk will explore the steps taken and lessons learned, through managing and implementing a global data migration program comprising of 31 sites, across 20 countries, involving a dedicated IMI Global Engineering Applications Team, Autodesk Consultancy, and 5 Autodesk Partners.

Data is the nucleus of your business; it’s the most important asset you have, which means you should take the utmost precaution with its integrity and security. Implementing data management processes early on can help manufacturers with speed and reliability in the design process. Evaluating the workflows for your design data is especially crucial to the success of startups in today’s fast-paced environment. This class will review a case study of how innovative startup companies can implement data management using Vault software and plan for the future with change management processes. We’ll also discuss how Content Center can help companies rapidly redesign to keep up with the pace of new product design.

GitHub has revolutionized collaboration among programmers, enabling efficient project development through collaborative contributions. Imagine applying this ideology to the design and construction industry, where all project data can be collected, integrated, and used collaboratively. We can use digital twins as the GitHub of project data by eliminating the traditional turnover process and validating data during construction. This presentation will explore the transformative potential of the digital twin as a collaborative environment for gathering, validating, analyzing, and delivering project data. By embracing this innovative approach, we can enhance project efficiency, streamline data management, and drive successful project outcomes. Join us to discover how digital twins can revolutionize project data collaboration and propel the construction industry forward.

Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of data management avengers from Autodesk. Be ready to discuss a number of subjects, and bring your questions for us to discuss and advise upon. This session will feature Vault Professional software, Vault Basic software, and Vault Workgroup. It is AIA approved.

Airport design necessitates collaboration between numerous teams with a wide range of skill sets generally coming from various locations. This requires well-established strategies and methodical use of tools and technologies for a successful delivery of a large-scale project. This session will present strategies for utilizing cloud collaboration tools such as Collaboration for Revit, BIM 360 Team and Fusion Team (formerly A360 Team), BIM 360 Glue software, and BIM 360 Docs software in order to help teams communicate and collaborate effectively in delivering a complex project. We will showcase San Francisco's $2.4 billion International Airport project as an example of utilizing these strategies to enable effective collaboration between more than 200 architects, engineers, and builders from Woods Bagot, HKS Architects, Gensler, and numerous core trades and consultants on this design-build project. This session will present Building Information Modeling (BIM) strategies for cloud collaboration and data management on airport projects.

Using the Forge platform and data for your project’s intelligent models is all about information. With web tools, you can gain quick access to that information. Forge gives you a convenient way to gather data from your project and quickly get model-based insights. The Forge Data Management API provides comprehensive data reporting for any web app. Learn how HMC Architects has integrated Forge to help understand its own data usage in intelligent models and enterprise business applications.

Data is spread over different providers, so you often need to around to take advantage of each web service. Using the Forge Data Management API you can access the storage structure, download and upload files from A360 Team, BIM 360 Docs and Fusion Team. And this allows integration with other providers using apps and programming. This class will cover the basics to create your own storage provider integration and show samples with Box, Google Drive and Dropbox.

In this hands-on lab, we will walk you through our cloud data management solution, teach you how to automatically upload and update your data from the familiar work space on your desktop, and allow you to explore the wide range of functionality provided to you by the Autodesk cloud services. Come to this course to grab the wheel and take a spin through our cloud data management experience.

The design and engineering world is about to go through a major disruption from single user focused, file based "monolithic", hard to learn, desktop CAD to deeply collaborative, highly tailored, and simple to use "database on the cloud" CAD experiences. These workflows will be enabled by the Forge High Frequency Data Management (HFDM) SDK and Forge App Framework - the tools Autodesk is using to build next generation products such as Quantum and Fusion Web.

In this class, the architects building this next generation platform will explain the goals and architect for the Forge High Frequency Data Management and App Framework platform. Not only will you get a sneak peek at the technology that will power the future of the Forge platform; but you will also gain a clear understanding of the workflows and business challenges this platform is intended to address, and how the platformed is architected to do so. The presentation will include demonstrations of prototype applications.

(Joint AU/Forge DevCon class)

In this presentation, Skanska USA Building will share one of its approaches to preconstruction workflows on model-based estimating and the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) data management. We will present case studies on the tools and workflows for data management utilizing Dynamo, Revit software, and Microsoft Excel. This presentation will focus on describing the workflows at conceptual and schematic design, and will also present on the process of validating 3D models, along with the understanding of how the available data can be capitalized on. We will present how this approach has increased collaboration between design and construction, and we’ll share best practices for setting up teams and processes for success. We will present proven practices from Skanska that include common workflow standards, and we’ll show examples of how to use Revit, Dynamo, and Excel to vet models for appropriateness of use, extract quantities from models, validate quantity and assembly assumptions, and then incorporate these into construction estimates.