We've seen the progression of InfraWorks software throughout the recent years. Design roads have improved immensely, but they're still limited when it comes to turn lanes at intersections. Join this class and see how to harness the power of the component road to build roads that are more accurate to design, especially within the intersection. This class will walk you through the process of creating a component road from scratch. From there, we'll look at what is required to add a turn lane and remove the grass median at the intersection of our road. This process will be completed by the steps of adding additional components and replace components to our road. We'll finish up our road by adjusting the roadside grading with 2 different daylight slopes, and then we'll transition between them both. Now that we have a completed road, we'll end the class by diving into what types of quantities we can collect, and how we can limit the areas of interest for a more accurate quantity.

During the session we will cover the entire process of a road rehabilitation project. The very first step will define the construction regions to minimize the impact of road closure. The design will start with processing laser scan data in ReCap software and InfraWorks software to create objects like terrain, horizontal feature lines, and vertical features. You will learn the best practices to bring the results to Civil 3D software. Next, we will create a road rehabilitation project in Civil 3D, which will include best-fit alignment and rehab corridor. You will also learn best practices for how to smooth the vertical profile to meet design criteria. After finishing corridor, we will analyze the design and use dynamic model to iterate the design to satisfy the requirements like minimum cross slope and so on.

With 80% of road construction budgets going toward road rehabilitation, is "mill 2/overlay 2" the best that can be done? This class will explore the new road rehab tools in Civil 3D software, and show how you can use them to reduce milling, reduce material costs, and produce a smoother final road surface. We'll explore the new tools as well as how to incorporate mobile LIDAR (light detecting and ranging) into your design process to identify potential problems in design instead of in the field. We'll also look at how the techniques in these new tools are being used at a United States Department of Transportation.

With 80% of road construction budgets going toward road rehabilitation, is "mill 2/overlay 2" the best that can be done? This class will explore the new road rehab tools in Civil 3D software, and show how you can use them to reduce milling, cut materials costs, and produce a smoother final road surface. We’ll explore the new tools, as well as how to incorporate mobile LiDAR (light detecting and ranging) into your design process to identify potential problems during design instead of in the field. We’ll also look at how the techniques in these new tools are being used at the United States Department of Transportation.

This class takes you through an example workflow for a road and highway design project using Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2014 software. We start with InfraWorks™ software for the conceptual and preliminary design phases. InfraWorks 360™ is used to perform vertical optimization of the road design. Then it is moved into AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software for the detailed design and construction documentation phases. Next, we take the design into Navisworks® Manage software to perform clash detections and validate the design components coming from Revit® Structure software and Civil 3D. Finally, the design goes back into InfraWorks and into 3ds Max® Design software to perform visual communication about the design to key stakeholders. Various types of analysis is performed along the way to validate the design and ensure design parameters are being met.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Design Collaboration module and share priorities for the product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you publish, manage, review, and approve all project drawings, documents, and models across the project lifecycle.

Road infrastructure consists of many simple elements—road signs, traffic barriers, traffic lights, and so on. Creating and placing them separately in large infrastructure projects can be very labor intensive. In this technical presentation, we’ll demonstrate how to automate the creation of an intelligent model for road infrastructure using Dynamo scripts and universal Revit families. This class will teach you how to organize a geographic information system (GIS) system of a traffic management plan in Civil 3D software and effectively transfer it to an InfraWorks model. Learn how to set up an effective link between a 2D plan and the consolidated intelligent model in accordance with the information embedded in the vector objects. We’ll also cover the creation of parametric barriers in Inventor software for InfraWorks, and how to apply parametric barriers for component roads in InfraWorks. See a demonstration of the Dynamo script that places barriers on the appropriate position in the consolidated model in accordance with the attributes of the barrier’s points from the 2D plan.

This session will present an integrated digital workflow that creates alternatives by automatically reviewing the risk of traffic accidents, earthwork volume, and design standards using a digital design model of roads when performing linear improvement on roads with high volumes of traffic accidents. This technology implemented the digital design procedure of the road with Dynamo and Python, based on Civil 3D software. In addition, the traffic accident risk index of the road section was reflected in the algorithm. In particular, the road design standards were digitized based on XML and reflected as evaluation models in creating alternatives. Through this process, the digital alignment of the road that minimizes the occurrence of traffic accidents is optimized within Civil 3D, and a digital road model is created that presents multiple alternatives by collectively reviewing the calculation of earthworks and whether the road design standards are satisfied.

Join product managers Al Whatmough and Tom McCollough as they share the road map for Autodesk's range of CAM software.

With new technologies emerging, we're always on the road to explore the digital factory. In this class, we'll share the best practices and approaches regarding the digital factory. First, drive increased efficiency of the factory design and optimization based on CAD workflow and FlexSim process simulation, which is essential for the digital factory. Next, ensure the objects can be tracked throughout the whole lifecycle; we built a "Factory Object TAG Rules" system for digital delivery. Finally, connected IoT devices help realize digital twins to streamline, automate, and predict tasks. And we explore AI to reinforce human intelligence so that it can achieve more.

The Autodesk Platform Services Autodesk Viewer is a platform component designed to facilitate the visualization of your model data in web and cloud environments. It is widely used by both third-party developers and Autodesk's internal product teams. In this session, we'll provide a live demonstration of the Viewer, showcasing the significant improvements we've made for large-model performance and capacity. Also, we'll provide insight into our strategic road map, giving you a glimpse of our journey thus far and the direction in which the Viewer is evolving. This session offers an opportunity to understand how the Viewer could play a role in realizing your business objectives, and to give us your feedback on our performance journey and our road map.

Join this session as the product management team shares the development road map and product strategy for Inventor software. The presentation will cover recent and planned functionality that will add value to everyday workflow needs. Attendees are encouraged to engage the Inventor product management and engineering team members with questions and feedback during and after the session.

If you're interested in faster and more effective project validation, this class will help you discover how Anas has improved its performance by adopting building information modeling (BIM) design and checking/validation processes for the case study of the new road "SS 340 Tremezzina” in the north-west of Italy's Lake Como. We'll explore the main challenges and benefits obtained by implementing digital processes to manage the design and validation phases within the Italian public contracting authority (Anas), using Revit, Civil 3D, and InfraWorks software for design and Navisworks software for checking/validation via the interoperable Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) format. Finally, we will present the potential applications planned for the construction stage, with the aim of speeding up the contractor's inspection and payment activities, and for the operations and maintenance stage, with the aim of improving the quality of operations using the digital twin.

Find out how to use Autodesk 3ds Max Design software with the Civil View plug-in to create better and safer road designs. See some real-world examples of how design visualization is implemented as part of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process during the first preliminary design. Learn not only how to create nice pictures, but also to see the impact of minor design changes to get a safer road design, including alignment characteristics, placement and visibility of road signs, sunlight analysis, reflections on sound screens, and so forth.

Roads and highways are responsible for more than a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, with 7.3% of global emissions coming from their construction materials (Architecture 2030). Global regulations and incentives to cut these upfront carbon emissions are growing, including the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, and the EU Green Public Procurement. This panel discussion will feature international practitioners and data platform providers who are working to decarbonize roads and highways. Civil 3D software can be a critical piece of this effort, if integrated with sustainability tools. The discussion will cover the opportunities and hurdles faced by engineering companies and technology providers as the infrastructure industry aims to improve its impact on climate change.

This class will cover how to apply automation and generative design principles to optimize the design of a road network. The design starts from geographic information system (GIS) inputs, describing the site and its features, such as the boundary, existing buildings, and streams of water. Using InfraWorks software and Civil 3D software, it’s possible to create a model to start the definition of the design. Dynamo is used to apply a computational design approach and define modeling strategies to enable optimization. With generative design, it’s possible to explore multiple scenarios and find the best solutions to the problem balancing multiple objectives. Finally, with Dynamo for Civil 3D it’s possible to create complex objects like alignments, profile, and corridors to curate the selected solutions and refine the modeling as needed.

Learn the key practical components involved in successfully moving to Road Design for AutoCAD Civil 3D software. This class will look at the key components to ensuring a smooth and successful transition from any road design application to AutoCAD Civil 3D software across an enterprise and in the context of a broader Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation. We will base the class on the real-world example of Egis Group transitioning to AutoCAD Civil 3D software for use on all of the company's road-design projects globally. We will focus on the 3 pillars sustaining this type of transition, including technology, with an overview of an 'AutoCAD Civil 3D corporate kit' (similar to a country kit) and its worldwide deployment; process, with a summary of the challenges, opportunities, and improvements that we met during the transition to new processes and workflows; and people, with a presentation of the global adoption-phase roadmap.

Join this session as Dan shares the development road map and product strategy for Inventor Professional software. The presentation will cover recent and planned functionality that will add value to your everyday workflow needs. We encourage you to engage with Dan and members of the Inventor Engineering team with questions and feedback during and after the session.

Show your employer and clients that you are proficient in the full line of Autodesk Infrastructure tools needed for your job. Certifying on Autodesk software helps you improve productivity, enhance your credibility, and accelerate your professional development. This class helps you prepare for the Autodesk Certified BIM Specialist: Road and Highway Solution exam. Learn about exam objectives and how to use the software to answer exam questions quickly and correctly as you sit to take your exam.