Step into the construction innovation lab and experience Autodesk Build software like never before! Join us for a hands-on journey through key features and functions as we navigate the innovative capabilities of this powerful construction management platform. Get ready to build your expertise and revolutionize your project workflows in this immersive session.

AECOM’s Dale Sinclair will join a variety of speakers from Autodesk’s industry strategy and product teams to explore what the opportunity of better means for the AEC and Manufacturing industries, and what we have to gain as these industries converge.

Whether you're an architect, engineer, or contractor, join us to learn how Autodesk and leaders across AEC are using today’s tools to design and build better, smarter, and with more project insight.

Learn how to take your design from within Fusion 360 software and apply 2D and 3D toolpaths. This class will open up the door and let you create G-code for your computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Simply start at the beginning, create toolpaths, simulate and verify, post G-code, and see how easy it is to handle design changes.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) began using AutoCAD Civil 3D software with the 2010 release. Since that time, more of the department's internal users have switched over and WDOT has switched platforms to 2012 and, more recently, to 2014. As WDOT's use and user base have grown, the department has learned many lessons that have effected how it has moved forward. We will explore these lessons, specifically those that come from the development of standard concepts for use of AutoCAD Civil 3D software and the ways in which those concepts are put into practice in project workflows.

AnyCAD lets you associatively update designs from any CAD tool, letting you connect design across disciplines and teams. This class will cover how AnyCAD can automatically update toolpaths, increasing the productivity in your company or shop. Even in-house design teams can often span multiple products and use many design formats. Instead of creating 2D drawings and putting your CAM programmers back at square one, or forcing them to use a CAD-specific CAM product, use AnyCAD to connect your CAD—including SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX, PTC Creo, IGES, and STEP—to your favorite CAM tool. If you get various parts from contractors or customers, and you don’t want to purchase a costly license of their design software when small changes are needed during the manufacturing process, AnyCAD can bring the designs into Inventor software or Fusion 360 software, while maintaining associativity to the original design. This class will show you how to unlock the connectivity and flexibility of AnyCAD and apply it to your manufacturing process.

Learn techniques for rigging mechanical objects, vehicles, machines, and other inanimate objects in 3ds Max software. Many people normally use 3ds Max software's rigging tools for characters, but you can also use them to rig things such as vehicles, motors, pistons, assemblies, conveyor belts, and more. This course will demonstrate practical applications of 3ds Max software's extensive rigging tools to automate the animation of a variety of mechanical objects and systems.

Make manual site coordination a thing of the past. In this class, you’ll learn how to transfer information between Revit software and Civil 3D software consistently and accurately. Using the Shared Reference Point tool, we’ll walk through the setup so that your Revit model comes in accurately into Civil 3D. If you’re looking to send information the other way, BIM 360 software and the Desktop Connector are your friends. By the end of this class, you’ll understand why these tools work the way they do, and know how to send information back and forth between Revit and Civil 3D.

With the global pandemic, manufacturing companies have been forced to rapidly adjust to new ways of working remotely, disrupted supply chains, and dramatic shifts in consumer demand. In the Design & Manufacturing Keynote, industry leaders will share strategies for adaptation and driving digital transformation. Autodesk experts will showcase how evolving tools and technologies can help manufacturers build resilience, improve collaboration, and automate processes to overcome the critical challenges they face today and prepare for the opportunities of tomorrow.

This class will take a focused look at several workflows in AutoCAD Civil 3D software that utilize corridors to model surfaces with complex slope geometries. We will present examples from actual grading projects. The first will demonstrate the creation of a slope that uses target alignments and profiles to control the placement and grade of a mid-slope bench and drainage channel. The second example will show how to use default and custom subassemblies to model variable-height retaining walls.

This class will cover advanced modeling techniques in Autodesk Revit software by using unconventional modeling elements to "guide" the creation of complex geometry. This is done by using everyday commands and elements within the project environment to create complex walls, floors, roofs, and beams that support and follow the contours of complex forms from curved undulating roofs and site topography to extremely complex organic animal shapes. At the end of the class, attendees will have the knowledge to model any extremely complex wall, floor, roof, and beam.

In part 2 of this 2-part class (part 1 taught by Joe Gunn) you will see the production pipeline from start to finish on a commercial spec spot for the HBO show Boardwalk Empire. This class will pick up where part 1 left off, showing how the latest tools and techniques were used to bring this piece to life. The animation and visual effects are complete; now it's time for some lighting. Who knows, the client may even have some changes that need to be quickly addressed before render passes are set up and composited. Throughout both classes you will learn real-world production-proven techniques and timesaving tips that will help artists from any background who use 3ds Max software.

The speaker has taught classes at Autodesk University since 2012, and has presented more than 25 classes at AU. It’s time for him to summarize each class for all attendees who weren’t able to attend every one of them. He will present a summary of each class in a high-speed format that’s guaranteed to be fun, fast, and entertaining—from modeling a cow in Revit software to modeling complex structure to using Dynamo. So sit back and enjoy the ride of eight years’ worth of classes. You’ll be energized by his infectious, passionate style of presenting complex topics and making them easy to understand. No matter your discipline or how you use Revit, you’ll learn something of value and see the different ways to use Revit. This class will cover more than 25 classes and it’s going to be fast and fun!

This class will cover the fundamental concepts of programming in HSMWorks, Inventor HSM, and Fusion 360. Attendees should expect to learn core concepts necessary for programming any part as well as general best practices from seasoned machinists and product experts.

Computational design is the “new black” for design practices, but how can an organization take a specialized skill set and turn it into a core practical capability? Matt Goldsberry and Nathan Miller will present strategies for developing a computational design network in architectural practice that addresses skill-set growth, tool creation, and content management. Using HDR Architecture as a case study, this class will explore tactics for growing this specialized skill set to be a core capability within a design practice. We will discuss computational strategies that have contributed to the ability to win work, create design efficiencies, and improve building performance. This session features Dynamo Studio and Revit. AIA Approved

GEA is one of the largest suppliers of process technology for the food industry and a wide range of other industries. The international technology group focuses on process technology and components for sophisticated production processes in various end-user markets. In 2016, GEA generated consolidated revenues of about EUR 4.5 billion. The food and beverages sector, which is a long-term growth industry, accounted for around 70 percent. GEA's vision is to provide the world with innovative solutions for smart food processing and for a more efficient use of energy resources. Which means �We want to be known by our customers for providing innovative solutions that help them be even more successful�. The cornerstones of GEA strategy include: Market leadership and focus (concentrate on core competencies and technologies), Technology leadership through innovation (differentiation based on technological advantage), Strong focus on the bottom line (decentralized global structure, rigorous cost management), Calculated risks (diversification and project risk management) Dr Christian Hirschen, team manager for GEA's Digital Twin project, is looking together with his team for innovative solutions which are effective against information silos, increase automation and customer satisfaction. The program has the following key objectives: Link Design & Build data with Operations (maintenance), Connect past, present and future to improve performance, Establish a single access point for information for all types of users, Remove silos, Add customer value through innovation. The target personas for the solution are the GEA project manager, customer project manager and GEA services technicians. Two main scenarios where addressed in this first project: the first aimed at delivering an overview of the plant design to the GEA and customer project managers, giving them access to the relevant data. The second scenario was for services technicians, to receive live information from sensors placed over key components of the plant and instant notifications of predicted or occurring failures of components. Authorised maintenance staff would get an alert and immediately gain access to the right information to request targeted inspections and send requests for new parts. The solution delivered by Autodesk Consulting leveraged the reusable �Forge Toolkit for Information Hubs� to enable: the display of service alerts, the correlation between 2D with 3D views, document browsing (filtered

The emerging IoT space holds enormous potential for positive social, environmental, and financial impact if it is built with the most important node at its center: people. In order for the next wave of innovation around connected devices to happen, people must be able to understand the technology, relate it to their lives, and envision and prototype solutions to real-world problems, even when these problems are relevant only for the few. This, in turn, will only happen when the Internet becomes a material that is accessible to non-engineers and non-experts who can grasp and deploy interactions with the Internet in the physical world as easily as they can with physical materials.

Coordination techniques using Autodesk® Revit® 2013 software as the Building Information Modeling (BIM) authoring platform truly enable a changing of the game. Modeling and project execution capabilities are becoming so comprehensive that we need equally comprehensive processes for collaboration and coordination. This class will deliver all of that: software, processes, paperwork, and more. Every BIM project and frankly, every architectural project, is multidiscipline and has multiple teams. The best teams and projects have the most coordinated teams, best information flow, and most efficient communication. Learn how to coordinate BIM projects with proven techniques and technologies from an architectural, structural, mechanical/electrical/plumbing, and contractor point of view presented by Revit and BIM leaders working in each discipline. Participate in a live coordination session that will blow you away. We will teach you hard and fast concepts that will help you develop your own coordination techniques and expertise to even greater levels.

As a result of population growth in developing countries, informal housing has increased significantly. This affects a series of large-scale issues, such as access to water, electricity, and especially a safe environment. In addition, materials and construction practices used in the construction of informal settlements are not always adequate, leading to unsafe structures that are extremely vulnerable to disasters. Among the possible solutions to this global issue, the more sustainable one is the retrofitting of existing buildings to increase disaster resistance. However, considering the magnitude of potentially dangerous houses, the only cost- and time-efficient method to retrofit would be automation. With this in mind, Build Change has designed a workflow based on BIM (Building Information Modeling) tools that reduces data-collection and design time from days to hours. In this class, we’ll describe the strategies used to automate structural designs using Dynamo in a BIM-oriented environment.

Many building or construction projects use some form of document library. Whether it’s used in the design, build, or operate phase, it’s probably a document management tool that isn’t designed as a common data environment, but rather as a document repository. A lot of the time it sits on a private server and requires IT departments to perform miracles to assign rights and privileges. What building and construction projects require is something that’s easy to use, easy to access, and easy to maintain. This is what BIM 360 Docs software delivers—a tool that can be set up on a per-project basis that all stakeholders have access to and where the latest documents reside. Let’s investigate this rookie addition to the BIM 360 portfolio and consider how to use it with other BIM 360 tools, such as BIM 360 Field software, to enhance workflows. Let’s examine how to use markups and issues for effective collaboration, and put the right information in the hands of the people who need it. This session features BIM 360 Docs and BIM 360 Field. AIA Approved