Description
As a design-to-fabrication subject matter expert (SME), I get requests twice a week on average from around the world, asking if and how Revit-based software and Inventor software work together, with the most challenging workflow being curtain wall design, fabrication, and installation. In the 2014 release of these products, Autodesk has added technology that vastly improves that workflow. We look at how to use Revit and Inventor together, regardless of which product the design starts in, and we cover all the ways that you can fabricate from either of these products while sharing data back and forth along the way to validate and/or change design intent. We use real-life situations in class as examples, including curtain wall design and concrete formwork, and I encourage participants to bring their own challenges to class for us to tackle together.
Key Learnings
- Use Revit for fabrication and Inventor for translating Inventor files for Revit consumption
- Repurpose Revit for direct CNC fabrication, and use Inventor to consume Revit files
- Master all the ways Revit and Inventor can work together to share and translate design data for validation
- Design and/or fabricate directly in and/or from either Revit or Inventor
Speaker
William SpierI am the BIM and Design to Fabrication SME for Graybar Services, Inc. I started in the industry as a plumbing designer with Hargis Engineers - a consulting engineering firm in Seattle where I project managed plumbing design on Nordstrom Store new construction and remodels. In the 25 years since, I’ve worked in several AEC industries, including O&M design work with Merck, Inc., a major pharmaceutical account with Johnson Controls, Inc., as well as managing the plumbing and piping virtual design coordination team for Midwest Mechanical Contractors in Kansas City. From 2007 - 2015 I was an Autodesk MEP TS and then Design to Fabrication SME for them during which time I consulted with countless MEP design and construction firms - both those who were leading and even bleeding edge, and those who had fallen behind and desperately needed to be relevant again. I'm experienced in everything form power and lighting design, HVAC, architectural & energy design, manufacturing, CFD (computational fluid dynamics), to design to fabrication and modular prefab solutions across numerous disciplines, and for the past three years have been foraying into AI and deep learning. I have spoken at AU several times over the past decade, as well as BIMForum, ASPE, AIA, Geenbuild Expo and countless Autodesk and client sponsored events. I currently reside in Blue Springs, MO with my wife Wendy, our five children and six grandchildren.
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