In this session, we’ll look at ideal workflows for using Revit software, and how to avoid key time-wasting traps, as discovered the hard way by an experienced Revit software-using mechanical engineer. We’ll examine opportunities for fundamental changes to overall workflow, as well as how to improve current methods. Emerging features such as Insight 360 software are shown as a great opportunity for engineers and architects to collaborate during initial design stages and to calculate heating and cooling loads. You’ll receive advice about how to control level of detail and coordination, particularly at early design stages. We’ll also give some specific technical tips and tricks to help engineers get the most out of their Revit software systems and spaces. This is a follow-up to the 2013 class on improving efficiency by using Revit MEP software for mechanical calculations. This session features Revit MEP. AIA Approved

Much of a mechanical engineer's time can be spent doing calculations by hand, checking schedules against layouts and schematics, and manually sizing pipes and ducts; this can be very boring, and is likely to lead to inconsistencies in your deliverables. Revit software has the capability to link your 3D model, drawings, schedules, and calculations all together in one place, saving you precious time that should be spent on designing rather than adding up. This class will use live demos and presentation material to showcase new features like analytical pipe connectors, and old ones like pipe sizing, treatment plans, and calculations in families. You will also see some examples of Dynamo scripts and add-ins that we have developed to speed up our design processes and add intelligence to our models. Real project examples are used to show automation from concept design right through to detailed design, including space data, thermal loads, system connection, and sizing.

In this session, we’ll look at ideal workflows for using Revit software, and how to avoid key time-wasting traps, as discovered the hard way by an experienced Revit software-using mechanical engineer. Using a simple heating system design process as an example, the class will show live use of core Revit features, Dynamo, and bespoke add-ins. Emerging features such as Insight 360 software are shown as a great opportunity for engineers and architects to collaborate during initial design stages, and options for calculating heating and cooling loads are discussed. I’ll also give some specific technical tips and tricks to help engineers get the most out of their Revit software systems and spaces.

Many of the products we design and finally use are developed in mechanical CAD software. However, in almost all products, you’ll also find an electronic part. Without them, most products would be pointless. With the two Autodesk programs Fusion 360 software and EAGLE software, these two worlds grow together. This class will provide insight into the world of electronics. We intend to explain very basic things: What is a printed circuit board (PCB) and how is it manufactured? Which electronic components are used? How is an electronic layout created in EAGLE and how can a mechanical engineer use, change, and create a layout in Fusion 360? These basic questions will be explained using some illustrative examples.

From air handlers to air diffusers, mechanical engineers make a lot of calculations regarding equipment when designing a building. This class aims to reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to complete them, while improving consistency. We’ll dive into each calculation for a variety of airside and waterside pieces of equipment, and cover how to complete hundreds of them in milliseconds using Dynamo, and how to transfer that data to Revit software. We’ll also look at placement in the model and automatic scheduling in Revit.

From air handlers to air diffusers, mechanical engineers make a lot of calculations regarding equipment when designing a building. This class is designed to help you reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to complete them, while improving consistency. We’ll dive into each calculation for a variety of air-side and water-side equipment, and we’ll look at how to complete hundreds of them in a few minutes using Dynamo, and then transfer that data to Revit software. We’ll also look at placement in the model and automatic scheduling in Revit.

Looking for an easy way to add wireless communications to a project? Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee? Wireless electronics is considered by many to be a dark art, even electrical engineers! However, today’s modular hardware and simplified software resources has made it possible for even nonelectrical engineers to successfully add wireless communications to their designs. This course is for mechanical engineers, industrial designers, architects, and software engineers looking to control objects wirelessly or gather data from devices or systems remotely. Spend time with us learning to add Wi-Fi to your next project! Using Eagle, we will build a small sensor-based system that posts data to the cloud and responds to commands from your browser. Some familiarity with embedded software platforms, including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or similar will be helpful but is not required. Familiarity with breadboarding concepts will also be helpful.

Are you working with AutoCAD software but wish you had more tools designed specifically for manufacturing? Are you using one of the suites or collections but wondering what this included thing called AutoCAD Mechanical software is for? In this fast-paced, rapid-fire class, we will look at the things that make AutoCAD Mechanical software special. We will explore why you should be using it for your mechanical and manufacturing design and detailing, including examining the built-in calculators, component library, detailing and annotation tools, defining structure—everything, and the nuts and bolts of it!

Frustrated with getting Revit data to a third-party load software for load calculations? Tired of fumbling with engineering schematics and the lack of connectivity to 3D Revit software’s elements? By combining Dynamo software with Revit software’s new Systems Analysis, your project can get off and running quickly while establishing a solid foundation for project health throughout the life of the project. See how reliable energy models can quickly be set up and ran using EnergyPlus directly in the Revit environment. Then witness how computational design can document the systems with 2D schematics, place 3D Revit elements, and build connections to build a true integrated intelligent model. This class will get you inspired to explore new workflows, and it will provide a basic introduction to the Revit Systems Analysis features, and show the potential for powerful computational workflows for mechanical engineers.

Learn methods and best practices for setting up and rigging mechanical rigs of all types. Rigging systems are not just for characters but also for handling complex systems with mechanical parts. Multi-jointed systems and systems that need to operate within constrained parameters are explored along with many of the typical problems that are faced when dealing with mechanical setups.

Hear from ASME experts as they share the in-depth research results and insights that predict how new workflows will shape the Future of Work in manufacturing over the next 5-10 years. A panel of industry and technology experts will discuss the overarching industry implications and business outcomes driving the advancement of manufacturing, how the Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, and Machinists roles will evolve, and identify the new set of hard and soft skills required to succeed. Learn how new workflows are taking hold in the industry and the workforce training, technology, and operations infrastructure that is required to achieve fundamental improvements in productivity, quality, and profitability. Finally, understand how industry, academia, and government can support the development of the skills and knowledge among students and professionals.

How can we design greater equity into the world we build around us? Join Rita Giacalone, VP of Diversity & Belonging at Autodesk, along with Autodesk employees and customers, to explore how diverse viewpoints can be a design tool to create a more equitable world, and learn how you can engage the diversity within your company through workshops, employee resource groups, and other innovative practices. Meet the Panelists: Anne Pauley, Mechanical Engineer at Culture Biosciences Brandon Cramer, Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk Danny Ryan, Director of Technical Training and Development at Autodesk Marti Deans, Fusion 360 Product Manager at Autodesk Mikako Harada, Senior AEC Manager at Autodesk Omari Brandt, Senior Principal Experience Designer at Autodesk Rana Hamed, BIM Manger, GICS

Do you design things that move? If so, read on. Design cycles get shorter and shorter. To compensate, mechanical engineers and designers must engage with related disciplines earlier in the design process. In many cases, understanding the performance of the design at these early stages is crucial to facilitate such collaboration. The Inventor Team is investigating tools and technologies that will enable mechanical engineers to characterize and understand the performance of a design much earlier in the design cycle; encapsulate such "Performance Models" in such a way that other design disciplines can capitalize on them; use these models to ensure that the mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and even controls-engineering designs meet machine requirements; use the outcome of these "Performance Models" to size both purchased and fabricated components. This roundtable will enable you to influence this exciting technology, and it will help us understand your workflows and needs.

What is MBD/PMI? Is this something you can or will receive from customers? Are you a mechanical engineer who thinks your company is behind and should adopt. MBD/PMI processes in your organization?

Through our embedment in a team of 700-plus structural and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) engineers and technicians in our London office, within a worldwide company pool of over 10 times that, we have digested the core components of what a Structural Team needs to know to push the Building Information Modeling (BIM) boundaries to the next level, from embedding data to linking analysis and design models; from quantification to sustainability dashboards; from 3D rebar to Advance Steel software implementation; from Revit software templates to enhanced Revit software content; and from IFC output to model reviewing and verification. And with interoperability at the heart of it all. Arup Group Limited is one of the world's premier engineering design consultancies with over 12,000 staff in 90 countries worldwide, and this class will demonstrate our structural workflows across the globe. We will share what we’ve learned on our BIM journey, and how it is benefitting our daily creative process.

Participants will learn how to use Revit software as a powerful and rapid geometry creation tool. As energy analysts and mechanical engineers, we often require multiple energy analysis programs to produce energy performance models, compliance models for Title 24 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), load calculation models, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. We can save significant time and money by using Revit software to create a single analytical model that we can export to various programs, including Simulation CFD software, eQUEST, energyPRO software, Trane's TRACE software, Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd.'s Virtual Environment software, and California's new CBECC-Com software. This class will provide a detailed workflow for creating the geometry and exporting to the various programs, and you will discover tips and tricks to help troubleshoot and control the quality of your mechanical, electrical, and plumbing designs.

It seems like architects jumped on board with Revit®-based software from the beginning because it helps them produce more detailed designs and really doesn't add a lot of additional work. However, engineers have traditionally avoided the switch from AutoCAD® to Revit. In this roundtable, we will discuss the benefits of using Revit from both the architectural and engineering point of view. Architects can explain why engineers need to use Revit and engineers can defend sticking with AutoCAD. Construction managers can also weigh in on why it helps when the engineer produces a 3D model.

Inventor software is Autodesk's top tool for mechanical design. Fusion 360 software provides the electronics designer with a great tool for printed circuit board (PCB) design. In agile product development, it is important that these two very different engineering disciplines work closely together, especially because more and more products are made up of PCBs in addition to mechanical components. In this session, you will learn how to set up an effective workflow for mechanical and electrical design.

This class will cover the use of filters and view template to create trade-specific views in regards to the display of pipe and duct work in Revit software. Once the basic workflow is established, we'll see how we can automate this very tedious process with Dynamo software, and, finally, how we can use Microsoft Excel to create a dashboard to control the creation and view settings of trade-specific drawings. This is very useful in large projects with a very high number of mechanical systems and trades. We need a central way to handle this information. Also, as projects are ever changing, this method needs to enable changes as the project progresses.

Revit families were created to communicate with each other; we can push or gather data via their connectors, which lets us create some very powerful families and schedules. Using this data, we can coordinate across disciplines and decrease errors and design time. Mechanical can input values and provide electrical with the necessary information to properly design their systems with minimum effort. Parameters can be viewed as discreet bits of information you plug in to your equipment to populate your schedule-an arduous, tedious task. But if you look at how all those bits of data can affect all the other bits of data, and you can get them talking to each other, you'll have a useful design tool. Since engineering is chock-full of formulas, we'll look at how we can use these formulas to drive our parameters and streamline the design process. We'll look at how mechanical elements push data upstream to help calculate electrical loads.