In this session we will share insights in how to review, evaluate and showcase digital prototypes in context, holistically. Using the example of a kitchen, we are showing how Fusion and Revit Data can be used in Autodesk VRED to influence and inform the design and layout process. You will learn on how to import and setup the data, prepare it for real-time and XR review and collaborate with colleagues remotely to take a educated decision. Join us and understand the value of advanced visualization and digital prototyping with Autodesk VRED for your product development process. Learn how to involve all stakeholders by delivering the same high quality visualization on any device from anywhere at any time.

This course will focus on the Digital Prototype,this is the critical stage after concept modeling is complete and you are refining a design prior to making a physical model.

We'll explore the entire process- everything from ; Initial curve layout, the main body work , matching exiting geometry- all the way to making revisions after a design review.

Join me in this course and you'll learn how to make high quality digital prototypes and make better faster design and development decisions.

Get ready to Design, Develop & Deploy!

Before attending this class, we recommend visiting and participating in the Autodesk Factory Experience on the exhibition floor. Prototyping while developing a new product design is critical to ensure delivery of higher-quality parts to market. This step in the product design cycle is, however, typically time-consuming and costly through iterating and purchasing/making individual parts. This is why many product designers have already turned primarily to digital prototyping rather than physical prototyping, so they can ensure on-time product delivery that doesn’t break the bank. This class will focus on how you can utilize Fusion 360 and its extensions for digital prototyping, focusing on an Autodesk Factory assembly product. Consumer electronics is a fast-moving segment, where time and collaboration is critical to be ahead of the competition. We’ll demonstrate how to effectively experiment with product design alternatives, collaborate with key project stakeholders, test layouts for PCB, simulate structural and manufacturing aspects, and render final product previews, all within Fusion 360.

In this hands-on lab, you learn how to move legacy 2D drawings made in AutoCAD® software into 3D digital prototype models in Inventor® 3D CAD software. This lab also covers how to use the 3D data in Inventor to digitally design, visualize, and simulate, enabling you to easily visualize your products virtually, thus reducing time and money for physical prototypes. We also discuss how to easily share the 3D model across multidisciplinary teams of designers and engineers.

3D printed organs made from your own cells? It sounds like science fiction, but the biotech industry is headed in that direction thanks in part to recent advancements in 3D printing by Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, LLC, a subsidiary of Autodesk Platinum Partner, Advanced Solutions, Inc. During this class, hear firsthand from Michael Golway, President & CEO of Advanced Solutions. He will tell the story of bringing the BioAssemblyBot™ and TSIM™ Lab Quest tabletop workstation to market using Autodesk Digital Prototyping processes. This integrated 3D printing workstation empowers physicians, researchers, engineers, and scientists to design, visualize, simulate, and analyze 3D models of complex tissue structures.

In this class, we will take you on a tour of Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2013. We will show you what you can do with this flexible set of tools that are specialized in 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling, electrical design, visualization, documentation, and collaboration. Using the design suite tools, you can evaluate and optimize machines while exchanging information with others throughout the design workflow. You will learn what you can accomplish by combining the Digital Prototyping capabilities of Autodesk® Inventor® software with enhanced design, visualization, and cloud services tools to reduce development costs and get machine designs to your clients faster and with less rework.

Every design and analysis project contains a unique set of challenges that often necessitate a clever workflow utilizing many different pieces of software. In this class we will discuss how Autodesk, Inc., products were used in the design and analysis of a composite swingarm for an electric motorcycle. In particular, you will learn how the Fusion 360 app, Simulation Composite Analysis software, Autodesk 360 cloud-computing platform, and a labs project called Arro are enabling the Design and Analysis Team to digitally prototype this advanced swingarm.

Inventor 3D CAD software has been the Autodesk flagship product for Digital Prototyping. Industries across the globe have been using Inventor to create their designs and produce new digital prototypes. Over the recent years, productivity has been the key factor for any industry to get their designs or products to market faster. The emphasis on productivity often requires engineers and designers to work under great pressure. Come to this class to learn Inventor tips and tricks to enhance your productivity and work with ease.

In this roundtable session, we discuss how electrical designs are transitioning into the Digital Prototyping world. What is required for a smooth transition? What functionality is required? What makes 2D to 3D workflows valuable? What types are simulation are available? How valuable is simulation? Come and discuss these topics with your peers.

With the advent of ways to visualize ideas, develop design solutions, and rapidly prototype using digital software technologies, traditional ways of teaching industrial design in the classroom environment are lately being questioned by educators, employers, and students. The intent of this class is to present a curriculum model for teaching industrial design using digital software technologies as and where applicable. We will cover courses demonstrating the incorporation of digital software technologies for ideation, modeling, project management, drafting, prototyping, analysis, and injection mold design. Successful integration of this curricular effort into the discipline of industrial design is important for bridging the gap between education and industry expectations. Select academics and industry professionals will join us in a panel format to share their reactions to the curriculum model as well as to provide insights, experiences, and validations.

In this industry talk on visual collaboration and communication in design and manufacturing using VRED software, you will gain valuable insights that can enhance your product development process. The course will explore the importance of visual collaboration and communication, capitalizing on innovative technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and high-end rendering. You will learn how VRED integrates with these technologies to facilitate digital prototyping, remote collaboration, and streaming of design data. Additionally, the course will emphasize the advantages of cloud-based solutions for seamless access to project data and the use of high-end rendering capabilities. Real-world use-case examples will demonstrate the transformative impact these technologies have on communication, commitment, and sales.

Sales prototypes are often different than engineering prototypes. They are quicker to make, are less sensitive to cost, and need to be exciting. In this class, you’ll learn to create sales prototypes that will help sell your ideas. You’ll learn how to recognize which features your prototype needs, how to create three-second demos, and how to close licensing deals or sales. Using Fusion 360 software, EAGLE, and off-the-shelf components, you can quickly make cheap influential prototypes that close deals. Prototypes enable you to amp up your presentations. Close more deals, sell more ideas, and discover which products are winners.

This class shows you how the 123D® family of apps can help to design new products—at home. You learn the basics of the 123D family of apps and how to take full advantage of them for rapid troubleshooting and creating prototypes of different complexities. You also learn ways to go from digital to physical, shortening the design process exponentially.

Fiat is one of the top car manufacturers in the world and is using the power of simulation extensively in their product development. In this class, we will show how simulation technology can be used to validate design and quantify defects that can show up during manufacturing and final assembly. We will visualize production defects in plastic parts using Autodesk® Moldflow® and Autodesk Showcase®.

The Fusion 360 3D CAD design app is the new metaphor for designing differently and efficiently. From design to engineering in a product design and development workflow, hear from your academic peers on their successful integrations of the Fusion 360 app into their curricular offerings. Find out how you can accelerate learning and inspire students to use Digital Prototyping easily and collaboratively.

Dynamic modeling and generative designs paved the way for sophisticated digital prototyping. While software got better and better, stakeholders and clients are often struggling to grant the use of the latest tools accepting new solutions. New simulation methods will only path their way when their results are being communicated and well received. The presentation entitled "CFD Meets VR" addresses a well-designed workflow where critical facility data can be communicated to stakeholders to make the right decisions about comfort-supporting equipment and costs influencing the success of the architecture. The workflow describes the export of a Revit model to Autodesk CFD simulation software, making use of an Autodesk CFD data translation within 3ds Max software preparing it for its final destination: the Stingray gaming engine. The result offers a full immersion and experiencing of Autodesk CFD data, which can be presented on virtual reality (VR) rigs and mobiles. Autodesk CFD data is 3D data, which is often difficult to communicate through 2D gates such as screens or paper.

Learn how to transform your architectural designs or digital prototypes into immersive presentations for effective design reviews or convincing sales presentations. This class will cover tips and tricks to help you add realism, creativity, and dynamism to your presentations.

In this roundtable session we will discuss how electrical designs are transitioning into the Digital Prototyping world using AutoCAD Electrical software and Inventor software. What is required for a smooth transition? What functionality is required? What makes 2D-to-3D workflows valuable? What types are simulation are available? How valuable is simulation? Come and discuss these topics and how Product Design Suite software can help you and your peers.

There are a couple of trends in today’s world. One of them is that machines are becoming more complex and software is becoming an important part of every machine. Think about self-driving cars and attempts to land a rocket vertically. Now, there's a big gap between the software design for the machine and the CAD design. With a self-balancing robot as a goal, the speaker tried to bridge this gap and tried to validate the software design within Inventor software. With this approach we could extend the Digital Prototyping philosophy and make a true full-digital prototype. To get an idea of the project, take a look at the fusion gallery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaE5-zlq8g

This is an introductory class into the advanced topic of finite element analysis (FEA). This class will be application-oriented rather than theory oriented, and it is intended for those of us who can gain design value from some basic FEA techniques without having to have a PhD in mathematics. The goal is to bring the accessibility of advanced Digital Prototyping tools to the casual user. Each year the "expert systems" software development brings practical accessibility to more and more users. You should jump in here and start learning these tools—now is the time. You can leave your calculator at home.