This class will take a close look at how the immersive planetarium show Signs of Life was produced. We'll discuss how art and science are merged to create extraordinary content through a public private partnership. You'll learn how it was possible through the building of a new animation production studio inside the existing science institution, Griffith Observatory. We'll look at how a producer works from concept to completion, from development to final delivery and everything in-between. The class will show how Autodesk's Shotgun software was implemented at the center of the production studio pipeline and how that enabled the team to create, track, review and render the show.

New Orleans is on the front lines of climate change and extreme weather events—and local engineers, civil planners, and architecture innovators are rising to the challenge to create resilient infrastructure systems and roll them out across the community. This session will feature a documentary premiere and a panel with Academy Award-winning producers Andrea and Sean Fines with Z Smith (EDR), Dan Grandal (Stantec), and Meagan Williams (City of New Orleans).

Today, there’s a boom in content as audiences consume media and entertainment in new ways at home, on mobile, and in AR and VR. Creators and producers are working to deliver more of what people want but are struggling because traditional production processes can’t scale. Production needs to become more collaborative, innovative, and open. Join Autodesk leaders and customers to learn how our latest technology helps coordinate and customize processes and forge scalable connections between teams, studios, and ecosystems. By moving production to the cloud, we empower innovators to craft more meaningful stories and bolder visions.

During this panel discussion, we will explore some of the challenges facing today’s women in construction trades, and discover what can be done to better support them. To inspire this dialogue, the session will begin with a preview of the much-anticipated documentary film, Hard Hatted Woman, and a brief introduction from the film’s director and producer, Lorien Barlow. After the screening, we’ll dive into a lively panel discussion with Lorien and several of the tradeswomen featured in the film. Attendees will walk away from the panel: Inspired by these women’s stories More keenly aware of the aspirations they have, and the challenges they face Armed with ideas about how to advocate for these women, helping them gain the recognition they deserve so that they can achieve their full desired potential.  To learn more about Lorien and her work on the documentary, Hard Hatted Woman, go to the film’s homepage here.

You've no doubt seen great training videos and course guides that made learning seem easy. Well it's time for you to create these types of resources yourself—but where do you start? What kind of hardware, software, sound equipment, scripts, and cameras do you need to become your own video/training producer? In this class we will answer these questions while passing along effective practices for using Camtasia software as our editing tool of choice. We will show you how to set up a video capture environment and produce output for computers, Apple iPads, and television. We will cover story boarding, audio/video capturing, using voice recognition, captioning, and basic voice-over editing. We will also discuss some techniques you can use to refine your training using video drafting to evaluate your technique, voice, and pacing. If you have wanted to start making your own training videos but weren't sure how to do it, this class will give you everything you need to get started.

You’ve no doubt seen great training videos and course guides that made learning seem easy. Well it’s time for you to create these types of resources yourself—but where do you start? What kind of hardware, software, sound equipment, scripts, and cameras do you need to become your own video/training producer? In this class, we will answer these questions while passing along effective practices for using Camtasia software as our editing tool of choice. We will show you how to set up a video-capture environment and produce output for computers, Apple iPads, and television. We will cover storyboarding, audio/video capturing, using voice recognition, captioning, and basic voice-over editing. We will also discuss some techniques you can use to refine your training using video drafting to evaluate your technique, voice, and pacing. If you’ve wanted to start making your own training videos but weren't sure how to do it, this class will give you everything you need to get started.

No doubt you've used YouTube to figure out technical problems before, right? So why not use YouTube-style videos to deliver your standards training? But how do you create your own videos and how do you get started? What kind of hardware, software, sound equipment, scripts, and cameras do you need to become your own video/training producer? In this class, we'll answer these questions while passing along effective practices for using Camtasia software as our editing tool of choice. From lesson planning to video capture through editing and creating output for various media environments, you'll learn some great tips and tricks. We'll also discuss some techniques you can use to refine your video presentations to evaluate your technique, voice, segment length, and pacing. If you've wanted to start making your own standards, project, or CAD training videos but weren't sure how to do it, this class will give you everything you need to get started.

Increased renewable energy in power grids has reduced the load factor of coal-based power plants. Independent thermal power producers face regulations to shut plants or operate at reduced load. However, there are grid stability and availability issues with solar and wind power. To address both, existing thermal power plants need to operate flexibly. In this mode, a plant quickly ramps down from 100% load to as low as 30% and ramps back up, based on renewable surplus or deficit, respectively. This deviation from actual design parameters leads to thermal mechanical stresses in equipment, impacting equipment life and site personnel safety. Material residual life is studied under such adverse operating conditions. Challenge is handled by modeling and simulating wide variations in steam process conditions on thick-walled piping. Autodesk Fusion 360 and Autodesk CFD software help us understand transient thermal behavior. This talk will focus on new business prospects, and how to predict equipment life and ensure grid stability.

In this class, we will look at EDGE and how this tool can be used to detail precast concrete, from conceptual design and estimating to final design and production. From providing real-time estimates to maintaining rebar naming conventions, and anywhere in between, EDGE is the platform that lets Revit users work at the fine level of detail required by the precast concrete industry.

Production in the cloud continues to be a growing trend in the media and entertainment industry. Accelerated by the pandemic and ever-growing demand for content, the need for cloud-connected workflows to deliver more, faster has never been greater. As a result, studios are seeking modern solutions to improve pipeline scalability, collaboration, and data management. In this panel, representatives from Autodesk Media and Entertainment product, strategy, and sales, will join our customers to discuss how studios are investing in existing desktop and cloud products to help them achieve desired outcomes today, and how the media and entertainment industry cloud-based software Autodesk Flow will add new value to our customers’ digital transformation journey by connecting workflows, data, and teams across the entire production lifecycle—from initial concept to final delivery.

High Efficiency Roughing or HER is arguably one of the most talked about and exciting technologies (and machining techniques) to hit the machining world in the last decade. However, as vendors rush to define terms like high speed machining (HSM) and high efficiency machining (HEM), business owners and CNC programmers are left struggling to make sense of it all. This presentation is designed to educate attendees about high efficiency roughing and how this powerful machining strategy can reduce cycle time and help mold makers increase profits.

In this class, we’ll discuss how cloud-based collaboration tools such as Moxion and other third-party tools and Autodesk Flame software can help simplify and optimize remote collaboration such as live review sessions, and feedback processes in VFX Pipeline / Post-Production. This workflow focuses on Flame—a leading software system for compositing, color grading, and visual effects— and Moxion, a cloud-based platform designed for remote media review and collaboration.

In this class you will learn how to create the shop drawings necessary for the precast/prestressed concrete industry in an effective and well-presented manner. These shop drawings will have all of the information necessary for production, including piece weights, lengths, volumes, and counts, as well as the necessary reinforcement and embedded elements within each element. This class will walk you through the unique process of utilizing assemblies and schedules within Revit software to achieve a desirable shop ticket that any precast manufacturer can use. Finally, this class will show you how to use view templates to maintain the drafting integrity required for precast shop drawings.

In this class, you'll learn how to create the shop drawings necessary for the precast/prestressed concrete industry in an effective and well-presented manner. These shop drawings will have all of the information necessary for production, including piece weights, lengths, volumes, and counts, as well as the necessary reinforcement and embedded elements within each element. This class will walk you through the unique process of utilizing assemblies and schedules within Revit software to achieve a desirable shop ticket that any precast manufacturer can use. Finally, this class will show you how to use view templates to maintain the drafting integrity required for precast shop drawings.

With nearly everything you need to make an animated film, Maya Entertainment Creation Suite software enables animators and directors to do some real guerrilla filmmaking. This class will walk you through some of the techniques we are employing to bring the feature film Dog Eat Dog to life on a budget of less than $1 million. From timesaving rigging techniques to at-your-desk facial motion capture, we are bringing our entire bag of tricks to bear in our quest to release quality animation on a grassroots budget.

The class will discuss the process of creating aerial cinematography and integrating computer-generated elements, including shoot preproduction and planning, helicopters and drones, FAA and aircraft limitations, cameras, high-frequency and low-frequency vibrations, rolling shutter, stabilization systems, footage selects, post-shoot stabilization, 3D tracking, 3D lighting, 3D rendering, compositing, color, and finishing. The course will be illustrated by videos of actual shoots, behind-the-scenes photos, and screen captures of post-production processes. The class will also review timelines and costs.