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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This class will take a case-study approach to demonstrate a real-life example of harnessing BIM data throughout the facility management lifecycle of a corporate office.  IBI Group has developed a sound workflow to harness modeled data sourced in either Revit or Civil 3D within a custom-built asset management solution.  The service provided includes "gluing" asset-specific data together in a virtual environment including the BIM representation and offering the output as a managed solution for our clients / stakeholders.  This process involves strong definition of a project's BIM goal, stated BIM Uses to achieve the goal, and diligent Project BIM Leadership to accomplish the mission.  The solution provides web-based, or mobile access to asset information coupled with the ability to virtually interact with the asset as well as achieve real-world visual information, financial data, warranty timelines, and other pertinent information.  All this enhances the ability to plan OPEX / CAPEX.

Explore the ins and outs of cloud-based data management with Upchain. Upchain provides cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) software that lets you make better products in less time. Learn how Upchain connects teams and stakeholders to their product data as it moves from idea to production, managing all the changes along the way. Upchain keeps your CAD data organized, controlled, and available to any product stakeholder anywhere in the world. Create a controlled version of your existing business process in seconds. Out-of-the-box configurations map to how you get work done, creating order out of chaos. Meanwhile, stage gates and permissions give you the structure that fast-moving product teams need. This is an introductory class for the new user to learn the ins and outs of Upchain.

In this hands-on lab, we will teach you how to effortlessly upload and access your data in the Autodesk cloud. But getting data into the cloud is only part of the story; you’re going to want to do something with it. Being a Fusion Lifecycle software user, you will use that data to work through Fusion Lifecycle workflows. We will do all of this through a brand-new cohesive and fluid experience that you have to see! Come to this lab to take a spin through the new Fusion Lifecycle software and cloud product data management (PDM) experience. This session features PLM 360 (now Fusion Lifecycle) and Fusion Lifecycle.

This class presents solutions developed for a typical Florida transportation reconstruction project. We will cover how to effectively apply data management principles to an AutoCAD Civil 3D corridor project based on a real project. We will review common questions and concerns expressed by a team that is initiating a Civil 3D software project and step through how to divide a model for multiple users and plan production. Our focus will be in managing data references and multiple corridors.