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- Sasha CrottySasha Crotty leads Autodesk’s AEC Platform Data team, focused on building an open and extensible data platform connecting AECO teams in their tools of choice. Since joining Autodesk in 2005 has taken on multiple roles from writing code for Revit Structure to product management for the Revit platform and services. Sasha holds a BA in Architecture and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an MBA from Boston University.
- MBMarta BouchardMarta leads the sustainability strategy for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) within Autodesk's ESG & Impact team. Within this role, Marta seeks to position and extend Autodesk and Autodesk's technology to transform the AEC industry to realize more sustainable outcomes. Prior to joining Autodesk, Marta practiced over 15 years in the Architectural Design and Planning industry, providing sustainability consulting and design analysis for the built environment.
- Shelby SmithShelby L. Smith, an Autodesk Expert Elite and Civil 3D Certified Professional, brings over 20 years of passion and expertise in Autodesk software to her role as a CIM Manager at JMT. With a background in Civil Engineering from Penn State University, Shelby's journey has taken her from teaching first-year engineering students to leading the implementation of design standards for her company. Her love for grading design and exploring new modeling methods drives her to continuously innovate in her field. As an active member of both the Autodesk Customer Advisory Board for Infrastructure Design and the AUGI Advisory Board, Shelby enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through her contributions to the Autodesk Community Blog, AutoCAD Community Tips, and AUGI.
- Nicolas MangonNicolas Mangon is a twenty-five year leader of the global development of 3D visualization and the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries. An accomplished structural engineer educated at the world-renowned Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Public’s Institution for Civil and Structural Engineering, Nicolas infuses his industry expertise in the continued development of innovative solutions for architects, engineers and contractors to optimize the life-cycle management of their projects.
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PRESENTER: Welcome vice president, AutoCAD and AEC Industry Strategy, Nicolas Mangon [MUSIC PLAYING]
NICOLAS MANGON: Welcome. Good afternoon, everyone. Come on, good afternoon. So let's talk about what's on everyone's mind. And no it's not the happy hour later today, sorry.
It's something much more exciting. Data. I confess I'm a data enthusiast. Any other data enthusiast in the room?
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OK. To help us think about data, I'd like to introduce you to a very special guest. A data enthusiast. Everyone meet Dasher. Dasher, this is everyone, say, hi Dasher.
AUDIENCE: Hi Dasher
NICOLAS MANGON: Dasher is a mobile data hungry data rockstar. She's made by deconstruct robotics, and she works alongside the backpack device on construction sites. As robot goes, she's not as intimidating as RoboCop and not quite as chatty as C-3PO. But she can do some pretty amazing things.
As you can see, she's autonomous and she scans real world assets, capturing information and sharing the data in real time. Imagine a future where a robot on the ground or in the sky can scan the built environment or job sites and capture data, and then connect it to a common data environment where it is secure. It's your valuable IP, so security has to come first. Useful to gain insights, to make critical decisions earlier and to train AI. And finally accessible from anywhere by any project stakeholder using any tool at any time.
This is our data vision for AEC and O where data is granular at the object level, and in one place. And guess what? That vision is on the road to reality today with Autodesk Docs. In fact, Dasher not only performs real time scanning to capture data, she connects the data to Autodesk Docs, our common data environment for architects, engineers, contractors, and of course, owners.
Through Docs, Dasher can compare the physical model and the digital model for multiple use cases like scan to BIM for project renovations and scan to twin for digital twins. And she can even write up the results into a report, which is synced to Autodesk Docs for access by all project members near and far. So it's going to keep everyone on the same page, or even better, on the same cloud. By the way Dasher is a little bit shy sometimes with so many people and projectors, so we ask her to scan the entire room privately earlier today.
Sometimes you may notice she even blushes. So she captures geolocated points and high res images.
Et voila! Here's the scanning Docs. I know I could finally, practice my French, so I speak a little bit of French. So thank you Dasher, that was awesome. Everybody say, bye Dasher.
AUDIENCE: Bye Dasher. [CLAPPING]
NICOLAS MANGON: This way Dasher. OK, Docs is where the magic happens. It's at the center of a very broad and deep portfolio of products. The design and magic portfolio, it brings together all kinds of data from all kinds of users and all kinds of tools. Dasher connects to Docs, AutoCAD connects to Docs, Revit, 3D, Autodesk Tandem connects to Docs and workshop XR.
Inventor and informed design for Revit connects to Docs. And they are small in construction ACC build, Takeoff, BIM Collaborate, third party software like ArcGIS from Aptera and ArcGIS from Esri sorry. And Arquebus from eptura connect to Docs. And of course Forma will connect to Docs.
Over the coming years, we will continue to connect Docs to the tools that you love, such as Dynamo. So why are we so focused on docs? Because you are sitting on a goldmine of data. In fact, our industry generates more data than any other.
Did you know that today all of you generate four times as much data as you just did a few years ago? But more than 95% of that data goes unused, and that's where the greatest opportunity lies. Now you can start to see how connected granular data is the catalyst for solving some pretty big challenges all face, like the growing demand for sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Is anyone here experiencing that demand?
Anyone, really? Yes. With ACO professionals retiring and not enough talent that entered the workforce to fill the gap, we simply don't have enough people to support the demand. By unlocking your data, you can create automation that helps fill the talent gap by automating repetitive processes. Your data is underutilized because it locked in files. In the hands of disconnected teams, stuck between project phases and in tools and programs that are not talking to each other.
Having data that isn't utilized to its full potential. It's like having a Ferrari and keeping it locked in your garage. Come on. If you open it up, liberate it. It can take you further and faster than you've ever gone before. That's a pretty good visual for the vision of the ACO industry, right, I like it.
Data taking us all further and faster than ever before to a bright, resilient, sustainable future. To help you make that future a reality, we start by improving your day to day experience with our core products. In a few minutes, Sasha Crotty, who leads the product charge around AEC Data at Autodesk, will share more about our new investments and product announcements. We continue to make our core products better and better because they are the heart of your productivity and creativity today.
And they will also power the connected workflows of tomorrow. Making your data from our existing products available to the former industry cloud will create a rich data model that powers an AI driven approach centered on project outcomes. So you can optimize decisions about sustainability, cost, construction time, and even asset performance at the forefront of the project. This is the process that we are calling outcome based BIM.
Many of you have accumulated years of data in Revit and Civil 3D, with embedded intelligence from your experience and past projects stored in Docs. This wealth of data encapsulates patterns that you have modeled into your BIM projects. In this research project, we train an AI model using samples of buildings designed with panelized wood systems, and we leverage knowledge graphs to build a data set of patterns of relationship between compatible building components.
Which we then use to develop an autocomplete system that predicts new component configurations based on what it learned from past projects. The system suggests multiple options to complete your model, driven by outcomes such as construction costs, fabrication time, and carbon footprint. Ensuring that when the system proposes the best options, the results are not only constructible, but also align with your sustainability, time and cost targets. If you saw Andrew's keynote yesterday, what you just saw is like our project Bernini for eco.
Now, like Bernini, this is deep research. It demonstrates how important outcome based beam is becoming to the future of ACO workflows, and the gigantic progress we made since last year with such a greater level of details of AI generated components. It shows how data is the catalyst for how we address the problems of demand, a changing workforce, and an untapped potential. When data is connected, it can be used to harness AI, automate tasks, and gain insights to improve efficiency and productivity.
So how do you connect your data even if you don't have a robot. You need to start with Autodesk Docs. Digital twins from Autodesk Tandem are created from data in Docs, and customers are connecting IoT sensors from their buildings into Tandem to visualize operational data. Features like heat maps and charts, help building operators visualize data as conditions change over time.
With Tandem connect, it's simple to bring all your building management systems together to empower owners and operators with actionable insights. It will help them improve efficiency, reduce utility costs and achieve net zero performance. Earlier this year, we acquired PointFuse and we are integrating its capabilities into ReCap Pro. With this solution, you will be able to capture real world data, maybe with Dasher and connect it to Revit via docks in a scan to BIM workflows using machine learning to automatically extract features from the point clouds.
And Autodesk, Autodesk workshop XR, the collaborative design review software that connect Docs is immersively connecting data and workflows with workshop XR. Teams can review 3D models and associated data from Autodesk Construction Cloud via Docs together in a real time VR workspace. We are excited to announce that workshop XR is generally available to all users today. Yeah.
So now you need to put on your Meta Quest headsets and experience the power of immersive collaboration. We cannot talk about connected data without talking about the AEC data model and how customers are using API to leverage data for better outcomes. Data models are powerful pieces of technology that establish a common data language between different software. In time, the AEC Data Model will be able to organize and provide access to all types of industry data from the Autodesk portfolio and also third parties.
This data will be made available in Docs and can be used by API, enabling anyone to work in New ways, even non-technical users that need to access the project data. A great example is Suffolk construction. I met Suffolk's CTO Jit Kee Chin recently. I think she's here in the audience, Jit Kee. Yes. Hi Jit Kee. And she shared how Suffolk construction is accessing granular data from Revit models to automate the production of construction drawings.
And in the future, they plan to go further. They will connect that spatial data with historical construction management data, with the goal of improving construction outcomes like schedule productivity and safety. There are so many examples of how customers you are using data that unlock the power. The future becoming reality today is all about how we connect data and use them. So here's the good news.
You don't need a robot to make your data more accessible, useful, and secure. It starts by connecting your data with docks to embark on your journey, a journey that will take you to new workflows, new business outcomes, and new ways of thinking about the future. Now that we've set the stage with talking about data, let's see how it impacts the real world. And one city in particular Charleston, South Carolina, where engineering firm JMT tackled the challenge of a crumbling 100-year-old seawall. We all know from recent events that water can cause big problems.
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JIM O'CONNOR: Charleston's always been a waterfront town. Water's a big part of the history and the culture of Charleston, but it's also a big problem. When it rains, certain areas flood. It's a problem that's time has come to really try to conquer it in a meaningful way.
ANDREW CARRIER: When people settled the Peninsula, they wanted more land. So they filled in the Marsh. They filled it in the creeks. Well, nature has a way of wanting the land back.
RYAN MATTIE: The low battery wall is one of the first defenses for the city of Charleston. It protects against storm surge, high tides. It also is extremely important in that it's a linear park that allows both residents and tourists to come down and enjoy the history of the city and the amazing views of the Charleston Harbor.
FRANK NEWHAM: It's a concrete wall built on wood pilings and a wood support. That support system has pretty much been dismantled by the environment. I've been at the low battery before the work started during the hurricane, and water was coming over the top of the low battery. The top of the Ashley River was the same level that is in the interior of Charleston. Pretty frightening.
JIM O'CONNOR: JMT is an infrastructure firm, whether it be flat horizontal projects, vertical projects, anything adjacent to the waterfront transportation, kind of an all encompassing engineering firm.
SHELBY L.SMITH: The low battery project is a very exciting project for the city of Charleston. It's the lowlands. There's hardly any grade to work with. Everything is very flat. So we were attempting to make grade where there was none.
What we're doing is raising the wall up about a foot and a half to match the high battery wall, which will help significantly with flood protection, both in high tide and in hurricane events. One of the other things that we added is all new drainage throughout each of the intersections. The pipes in the ground existing were very old. All of them were undersized, and most of them were full of sediment and didn't even function to begin with.
We leveraged Civil 3D for the entirety of the project for all of the grading. I had gone to our storm water designer and asked him if he'd be willing to pilot InfoDrainage and test it out on this project.
ANDREW CARRIER: How do we explain to the residents and homeowners that their car tires are going to have standing water under them with infill drainage, using the drainage profiles, using the HDL tools and the HG22 tools to really measure a spread out away from the curb and essentially flood the surface and really display how that affects these residents. We can definitively say that it's going to be this deep for this length of time.
SHELBY L.SMITH: I was able to export my design with my custom South Carolina storm parts and export that into InfoDrainage for my designer to analyze. And he was able to see my models, my surface, my line work and the site design and leverage that. By utilizing modeling design, we're able to put something in front of the client where they can more accurately visualize it. When you're using 2D plans, the general public doesn't usually know how to read those, but if you can give them essentially a picture and something you can move around and see, we're able to see that design come to life.
ANDREW CARRIER: Embracing new technologies such as InfoDrainage helps increase our efficiency, and it also produces a better product, ultimately, than a spreadsheet and a hand-drawn profile. We can provide our customers with solutions that not only impact them in today's world, but we can also extrapolate that out to 20, 30, or 100 years.
WILLIAM S. COGSWELL,JR: When I look at the battery, it really is something that defines Charleston. And what I love about this initiative is how it brought a community together. And it wasn't just JMT and the engineering teams, but really residents and businesses alike that came together collaborated on this effort. And the end result is something that I think we can all be very proud of.
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NICOLAS MANGON: Thank you. So to learn more, let's hear from Autodesk, Marta Bouchard and Shelby L. Smith from JMT. Thank you.
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MARTA BOUCHARD: Welcome, welcome everyone and welcome, Shelby. It is such a pleasure to be up here with you. We've been talking virtually. And how nice is it to be in person.
SHELBY L. SMITH: It's absolutely wonderful to be here with you today.
MARTA BOUCHARD: Yeah Thanks. So tell us in the audience a little bit about you.
SHELBY L. SMITH: Well, I'm Shelby, I am the Autodesk Sim manager for my company JMT. We're a multi-discipline engineering firm with over 50 offices throughout the United States. And last year, I was recognized by Autodesk and inducted into their Autodesk expert elite program.
MARTA BOUCHARD: So what is the expert elite program?
SHELBY L. SMITH: The Autodesk expert elite are community members who volunteer their knowledge and expertise and share it through kindness. But Marta, you also play a significant role with Autodesk. Can you please tell us how you contribute.
MARTA BOUCHARD: So I work to enable our development teams to deliver more data and insights through sustainability solutions. So our customers like you can realize more sustainable projects. And we're here today to talk about a great story and infrastructure. It's on a coastal city. And as we know climate change is here and that can be a real challenge. So tell us a little bit about the project and how you were able to address sea level rise in the design process.
SHELBY L. SMITH: Yeah so the low battery seawall is there to protect the city from flooding events and the rising sea levels. So the main objective was to raise the wall. And as part of that project, initially we were raising it by a foot and a half from 8 foot to 9.5 feet But during that design process, there was an independent study by the US Army Corps of Engineers that stated we needed to reach a level of 13 feet. We were able, during that initial design process, to analyze the structure and realize we had the capacity to raise it up to the feet required by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
MARTA BOUCHARD: That's great that we can adapt. So these civic projects have so many disciplines that come together to make these projects happen. Tell us about some of the other ways you were able to innovate.
SHELBY L.SMITH: This project was very unique in the approach to the design. We were able to fortify the existing structural wall that was there and add additional structural capacity with micro piling. Those micro piles allow us to further reinforce that structure with keeping that original wall in place. And we added storm water filtration systems as part of the project for storm water to ensure that we're cleaning the water before it's getting into the harbor and the Ashley River.
However, Marta, you had the chance to speak with many of our project members as part of this project. What resonated with you?
MARTA BOUCHARD: Yeah, it was great to talk to your extended team. I learned so much more than we could ever capture in a short video. But what I love the most about this project is what you don't see under the water and under the grade. So there are actually great principles of circularity at play.
That original wall, those old wood pilings, that oyster shell concrete that makes up that original concrete that was left in situ, which meant less disruption to the Aquatic ecosystem under the water and also less material use. No, like fewer demand for new materials, which is a lower carbon footprint. And those things collectively have more of a sustainable story that you just don't see when you walk by.
So that was really exciting to learn about. So OK, we talked about some sustainable outcomes. And as you're hearing a lot at Autodesk University, we really want to drive towards an outcome based approach in our design. What are some of the other outcomes that you are working towards with your team?
SHELBY L. SMITH: Beyond needing to meet the sea level rise and raising the wall. We also wanted to provide a space for the community to gather to really enjoy it, not just as a functional wall, but a place to also go. And our regional manager said it wonderfully that these parklets that were at the intersections, they were the front porches for the city residents, that if they don't live along the wall, they can still go and enjoy that space. And it's just it's wonderful.
RYAN MATTIE: Again, another community aspect that's really special to hear about. So talk a little bit about some of the best practices you've used for collaboration.
SHELBY L. SMITH: Well, this project, I was in Pennsylvania and we had a lot of the design team in Charleston. And as JMT, we have this motto of one JMT we do work sharing across our offices and by leveraging cloud based systems such as Autodesk Docs, Model Coordination, BIM, Collaborate Pro, we're able to better communicate those designs between those offices, no matter what the distance is between them.
MARTA BOUCHARD: And whether any surprises that you found in some of the technology, you had to work across these different teams. Was there time saving? I feel like there might have been something you've told me about with some of the sinking.
SHELBY L. SMITH: Yes. When we were working off of server, sometimes there was such a lag in the time it took between saving, but using the cloud based systems, it's almost instantaneous that when you're working with those, you see those results and are able to better communicate with one another.
MARTA BOUCHARD: That's great. It's nice to see that come alive. So this story is not just a wall. There's so much more that can go into these complex infrastructure projects. And we talk about sustainability. It's really exciting to celebrate the values that can come through in our infrastructure work and through civic projects. And so the community can really see the outcomes of this. What else would you want folks here in the audience to learn from this project?
SHELBY L. SMITH: Well, the city of Charleston provides a website where you can go and read about all four phases of the project. And that's a really great thing.
MARTA BOUCHARD: That's great. And anything else we can learn here at Autodesk?
SHELBY L. SMITH: Absolutely, I will be presenting tomorrow at 9:00 AM in the Expo Hall on stage 3, whichever English about digital transformation and water infrastructure. And we'll be speaking about this project in particular at the end.
MARTA BOUCHARD: Great so hopefully you can all go learn some more. It'll be recorded as well. It has been an absolute pleasure to celebrate such an important piece of work that JMT has brought, and Thank you for sharing your story with us today. And with everyone here. It's been a pleasure. Thank you.
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PRESENTER: Welcome XR director, AEC design data, Sasha Crotty.
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SASHA CROTTY: Hello, everyone! I am so excited to continue our conversation today around data. And to help paint a picture of where we are headed, I'd like to take you on a brief excursion to one of our planet's most biodiverse ecosystems. Welcome to the coral triangle. Breathtaking, isn't it? The coral triangle spans six countries and covers 6,000,000 million square kilometers in the Western Pacific Ocean, an area almost as big as Australia.
It's home to more than 600 species of coral, or roughly 75% of all coral species worldwide. It's also home to the world's largest mangrove Forest, which functions as a nursery, a storm buffer and a source of nutrients for the more than 2000 different reef fish making their home in this underwater garden. This dazzling array of plants and creatures plays a vital role in one of the most exquisite ecosystems on Earth. Now you may be wondering, what does all this have to do with data?
Nicolas spoke earlier about data being the transformative force shaping the future of AECO You can think of data as a nutrient, like the nutrient flows that make the coral triangle such a rich ecosystem. Data feeds the AECO industry. At Autodesk, we've been building an ecosystem to support the growth of your businesses and the impact of your projects for decades. The ecosystem we are building will support the ACO industry's evolution through open data flows, key partnerships and integrations, and the power of APIs.
AECO leaders have told us that they need to their data to do three things. First to accelerate productivity. Second, to tap into the AI and automation. And third, to make more informed decisions that contribute to a better built environment. And we can see that the firms that put their data to use are already reaping the benefits. The 2023 state of data and construction report shows that eco firms, harnessing the opportunity of data, are growing their profits 56% faster than their competitors.
That's why we want to help you on this journey by making your data more accessible, more useful and more connected. So that you can trust it more to nurture your businesses and prepare your teams for the future. And if you're looking for proof, look, no further than the value that's already been driven by the release of the AEC Data Model API and the expanding capabilities of Autodesk Docs.
With the first release of the AEC Data Model API, you can glimpse into the future where data is not just an output, but a resource. This is not just a technical upgrade, it is a paradigm shift. We are taking the information embedded in your Revit models and making it more accessible and empowering you to extract precisely the data you need without having to dive back into the model each time you need it. For example, Avixi works with real estate developers to manage BIM quality control protocols across huge facilities portfolios.
One big pain point in this process is having to source data from Revit models a process that can take hours. Using the AEC Data Model API Avixi can now extract Revit data not by opening each and every file, but by creating dashboards through a data connection to Power BI. This means that our customers can access information five times faster, meaning less time watching a spinning cursor and more frequent and more time for more frequent quality control to deliver more accurate construction data.
Consider the impact when applied across an entire portfolio of construction projects. Imagine building bespoke workflows into firm wide best practices that can be shared and scaled across your business, or gleaning powerful insights through seamless integrations with tools like Power BI and Power Automate. Or sharing just the information needed with project collaborators, without the limitations of file size or the risk of divulging important intellectual property. All these capabilities, once the domain of custom software development, are increasingly at your fingertips in Autodesk Docs.
Docs provides consistent user and permissions management that puts you in control of your data to support the collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of your work. Since last year's EU, there have been more than 100 new features released into Docs, from automated workflows to mobile upload, all designed to keep your project teams aligned and your design deliverables coordinated. We're evolving Docs to be the bedrock of our data ecosystem. The coral reef that gives structure to the diversity of your projects and helps everything thrive.
Our investment in Autodesk Docs is pivotal for driving digital project delivery. A cloud based collaboration process that seamlessly connects people, data and workflows across the entire project life cycle. Being the industry's common data environment means holding ourselves to the best standards of trust and reliability. And we've made some incredible progress this year. In August, we released the first version of Autodesk Content Catalog, now available to all Doc subscribers.
Content catalog centralizes BIM content like Revit families and AutoCAD blocks in one cloud based location. Making it easier to find the most up to date content, information and force BIM standards and to stick to design best practices. Another way we're providing secure, always on access to your data is through data regionalization. This year, we added an Australian server to our growing portfolio, and we now cover three continents. And we're actively working to add more regions and countries to meet you where you operate.
We security and trust are non-negotiables. For proof of our dedication to secure collaboration, look, no further than our recent FedRAMP authorization. Autodesk for government and cloud offerings achieved FedRAMP authorization at the moderate impact level. Meeting this stringent governance and compliance standard is a huge milestone. It means that if you're working on US government or public sector projects, you will soon be able to modernize your workflows using Autodesk Docs for government and BIM Collaborate Pro for government.
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And in June, we added Datum 360 to our growing portfolio of data management and engineering intelligence capabilities. For major utilities and complex development and construction projects, Datum 360 is trusted for integrating systems and teams, making it easier to find the asset data and engineering information needed to deliver our roads, hospitals, water systems and infrastructure we rely on. If we can support your people with powerful, trusted tools for accessing project data, we know the result will be better informed decisions that deliver value for your clients.
So maybe at this point you're thinking data is great Sasha. What's Autodesk doing to improve Revit? Believe me, having spent 16 years of my career in the Revit team, I want to make sure Revit works the way you work with your feedback, Revit is getting better, more modern, more performant, and more personalized, nourished by the opportunities of a more data centric world. And it's not just Revit, combined, recent releases of Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D have delivered more than 500 features and enhancements.
Let's talk about them through the lens of the three I's that are vital to any holistic data ecosystem intelligence, integrations, and interoperability. Let's start with intelligence in the latest release of AutoCAD, new smart blocks capabilities include automated object search, detection and conversion. These features improve design efficiency, encourage re-use of the content you already have, and trust and save you time in cleaning up drawings. For design to fabrication workflows in Revit and the fabrication suite, MEP Content Editor provides a smarter way of working.
It's a modern, cloud connected experience for creating and sharing detailed model data for pipe fabrication. Now out of tech preview and into production. MEP Content Editor curates the data libraries you trust for your system's design and fabrication projects. Similarly, informed design for Revit and Inventor brings architects and fabricators collect, manage, and productize design data into manufacture ready parts. By connecting design and fabrication workflows through better exchange of data, we're making it easier for you to design with a certainty that the parts and components you specify can be made in the factory and installed on site.
Forma saw a whole suite of intelligence tools added this year, including AI powered embodied carbon analysis, now in beta, developed with C scale, a team that came out of the Innovation Labs of EHDD architecture. Rapid, site specific environmental design insights are now at your fingertips at the earliest stage of a project. We also know that you need to evaluate carbon impacts throughout design. Which is why we're supporting a granular understanding of embodied and operational carbon with Autodesk insight.
With insight, detailed analysis can be derived directly from your Revit data and extended through dynamic, customizable dashboards to address the carbon factors most important to your project. In September, we released a direct Data Exchange workflow from insight to support more automated reporting for your AIA 2030 commitments. Next, let's talk about integrations. In July, we released a new substitution feature in Twinmotion for Revit.
This makes it easier to assign and sync content from your Revit families to the photoreal assets in Twinmotion. Making visualization less manual, and more automated, and bringing more of a wow factor to your design presentations. For Civil 3D, we're pleased to announce the development of a new integration with GeoDin, a Fugro company. Civil engineers working in increasingly urbanized environments need a clear picture of ground and subsurface conditions. so that they can mitigate risk at a project's early stages.
Fugro and Autodesk are bridging this gap by making rich, contextual and timely ground data available with a new plugin called GeoDin Ground for Civil 3D now in private beta. For facility operators and owners, we're improving end to end asset management. Our partnership with eptura integrates BIM and facility management workflows to create more insightful digital twins with Autodesk Tandem. And as we prepare for an eco future defined by the flow of data, we know that partnership and integration will be foundational.
With Autodesk Forma, we're building integrations that offer you more capability and insights in early stage design and supporting extensibility across the AECO ecosystem. We've connected Forma to Revit and Dynamo, and just this week launched a new Dynamo cloud service in beta so that you can be more productive from concept to design development. Last year, we established integrations with McNeel Rhino and TestFit to round out our site design workflows, modeling and analysis. And now, with the recent FenestraPro extension for Forma, you have more analysis capability for facade design.
This is what the future of eco software looks like. Novel capabilities evolving from the integration of tools. Data moving fluidly between applications to grow better project insights. And a thriving technology ecosystem nurtured on the opportunity of data. An open, interoperable ecosystem drives excellence and innovation.
That's why we're investing in Docs based data exchange connectors for our own solutions like Revit, Inventor, Civil 3D, Dynamo, Navisworks, and now ACC bridge. And because we know all your project information doesn't live in Autodesk solutions, we're also connecting to third party solutions like Rhino, Grasshopper, Power BI, Power Automate and SolidWorks. Soon we'll add a connector for Tekla Structures and we're also working on a software development kit. So you can build your own pipelines. Further, we're continuing to work with buildingSMART to ensure file based interoperability across our portfolio of products.
Today, Revit, Civil 3D and Navisworks handle IFC formats with greater fidelity and speed than ever before. And in case, I haven't mentioned something that makes you sit up in your seat today, there's more where these enhancements came from. All of these products are nurtured by Autodesk growing data ecosystem, an ecosystem that powers your people, your projects, your businesses, helping you make better decisions about the places you choose to build, the materials you choose to build with, and the systems that power our built environment. The work you do, affects how we will all live in the future.
Where Autodesk can contribute, the part we can play is helping you get more from the data that you design, your design and construction data you produce, protect, and manage. And in the future in places threatened by climate change in critical ecosystems like the coral triangle. And just around the corner from your own home, there will be better insights, more artful solutions, better outcomes in our built environment. At Autodesk, we are on a journey to support you in realizing the opportunity of data for better balance, better business, and to design and make a better world for all. Thank you.
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