Step into the future of design with our class on using point clouds to create segmented meshes, transforming them into powerful design elements that can be extracted using only the data you need. Leave behind the tedious method of 2D planning, and begin using more-immersive and clear 3D factory images, taking all the guesswork out of layout design. Imagine scanning facility backgrounds and production equipment without existing models, and effortlessly converting those scans into usable layout and design elements. Welcome to the world of ReCap 2026 software—where your scans become fully used assets. This revolutionary tool enables you to transform large point clouds into local segmented meshes, extracting only the design elements you need. With ReCap 2026 as your guide, you'll learn to how to conduct quick design reviews capturing existing conditions, create factory layouts, or transform your meshes in layout assets. Use these meshes to get quick clash-able results on your layout proposals.

In today’s fast-paced construction industry, bridging the gap between real-world conditions and digital-project environments is key to achieving accuracy, minimizing errors, and streamlining project delivery. Reality capture technologies, such as laser scanning, allow teams to document site conditions with precision. However, turning that raw data into actionable models and coordinating them across disciplines can be a challenge without the right tools and workflow. This lab will help you to set up a practical workflow that integrates ReCap Pro 2026, Revit, and the Modeling module in Autodesk Construction Cloud to enable efficient scan-to-BIM and Modeling processes. It will demonstrate how point cloud data can be used not just for modeling, but also for coordination and clash detection, using mesh representations and cloud collaboration.

Imagine a construction site where robotic dogs autonomously capture every detail overnight, and when your team arrives in the morning, the data is providing real-time insights. In this session, Exyte, a leader in the delivery of high-tech facilities, will share their experiences of how they used robotics, reality capture and computer vision AI to transform progress tracking on a mega-project into a seamless, automated workflow. Integrated with Faro, Leica, Boston Dynamics, Field AI, CupixWorx, Autodesk Construction Cloud, they created a live Digital Prototyping accessible to all stakeholders. This approach reduced risk, boosted quality, and allowed field teams to focus on skilled tasks. They will show how smart data drives smart construction. The result: a live Digital Prototyping with accurate, timestamped visuals that made schedule adherence easily visible. We didn’t just track progress; we made the timeline actionable, reliable, and truly data-driven.

How do the world’s newest mega-stadiums achieve a seamless hand-off from design to day-to-day operations—without a single roll of paper? Join owners and contractors of Qatar’s Lusail Stadium, the Jeddah Central Development Company (JCDC) waterfront arena, and other landmark venues as they reveal hard-won lessons from projects where BIM was embedded from day one. Moderated by Pinnacle Infotech—the prime BIM consultant on each build—this panel dissects model-centric collaboration, laser-scanning quality control, supplier integration, and the creation of live Digital Prototypings that facility teams actually use. Walk away ready to replicate the workflows, contracts, and tech stack that kept these billion-dollar facilities on spec and future-proof.

The top-rated Superb Team returns with expanded insights into “Revit and its friends,” especially Autodesk Construction Cloud, and a curated collection of smart practices. Our lively conversation spiced with weird, wild, witty, and wonderful war stories is designed to energize you about exciting trend-setting software and fresh developments in familiar topics, including the latest and greatest tools and techniques in Revit 2026 software and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Discover wild and wonderful things to do with Revit (versions forevermore, especially 2026) using native tools or third-party software for reality capture, visualization, and AR/XR. Learn about innovative use cases and tools for artificial intelligence (AI) to automate repetitive tasks in Revit. Use interoperability with add-ins and other authoring and visualization software. And discover more Revit features, work-arounds, and add-ins to enhance productivity. We’ll offer input on all of these! Join us for wise and fun pointers on how to be a fearlessly productive Revit Warrior.

Elevating the digital maturity of our clients' factories, we aim to transform traditional manufacturing practices by transitioning from outdated paper-based drawings to the powerful concept of the Digital Prototyping. We start by scanning the facility to generate a 3D point cloud, which forms the base for architectural and MEP models in Revit software. These are imported into Inventor software, where we design and optimize the production line with machinery, conveyors, and robots. Factory Design Utilities software allows us to quickly build detailed layouts. With Navisworks software, we perform clash detection and offer virtual reality (VR) walk-throughs. FlexSim simulates the workflow to ensure efficiency. For data management, we use Vault Pro software and Autodesk Construction Cloud, while Autodesk Tandem software improves operations. This journey helps clients move beyond outdated systems and embrace the Digital Prototyping and Digital Prototyping.

This case study will explore the transformative impact of integrating Autodesk products into water infrastructure projects. We’ll highlight how operational efficiency is enhanced, collaboration is streamlined, quality control is maintained, and Project Delivery is facilitated throughout the project lifecycle. By using Autodesk Construction Cloud (Autodesk Docs, Autodesk Build, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Revit, Navisworks, and ReCap software), the case study will demonstrate practical applications in three pivotal phases: design, construction, and operations and maintenance (O&M). Through two real-world examples, you’ll gain insights into how these tools work together to optimize project outcomes and ensure seamless integration across different stages.

Have you ever taken a photo of something critical during a site visit only to forget where it was or find it lacking context when reviewing it later? The increasing accessibility of advanced reality capture devices—such as photogrammetry and SLAM LiDAR technology—offers an unprecedented opportunity for AECO professionals to accurately capture detailed and extensive site details. Integrating these technologies into your workflows can dramatically enhance documentation at various construction stages, improve coordination among stakeholders, and provide timely and transparent as-built information. This case study will demonstrate how to effectively use these advanced technologies (SLAM point clouds and 3D gaussian splatting) to enrich civil Infrastructure Management with Autodesk tools like Civil 3D, ReCap, InfraWorks, Revit, and Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO and Co-founder of OpenSpace, and Michael Fleischman, CTO and Co-founder of OpenSpace, join the Digital Builder Podcast to discuss the evolution of reality capture and spatial AI in the AEC industry.

Renovation projects are on the rise, with digital methods like reality capture, model-based collaboration, and Digital Prototypings proving essential. AFRY Switzerland's “AFRY Bellinzona regional hub” is a prime example. Located in a historic Swiss town of Bellinzona, the 2,000 m² space was transformed from an unused commercial site into flexible, modern offices. Autodesk tools were used throughout: Recap for reality capture, Revit for model authoring, ACC for clash detection and coordination, AR visualisation, site reporting, and a Digital Prototyping prototype with Tandem. Sustainable Design was a top priority—repurposing the existing space helped meet initial goals, with recycled materials and 90% reused furniture from previous offices.

In this session, we'll walk through an end-to-end cloud-centered workflow on using large point-cloud data for detailed design using ReCap Pro software and the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform. We will share simple tools to prepare surfaces, intelligently decimate large point-cloud data, publish to Autodesk Construction Cloud, and collaboratively extract design elements (like curbs, gutters, median, walls, ADA ramps, driveways, and drainage breaklines) and assets via browser and take them into detailed design technology like Civil 3D software to generate highly accurate surface models. Users can also publish the extracted features and assets to ArcGIS to use the information across the organization. This is a workflow the point cloud industry has been wanting for decades!

El Corte Inglés, Spain's largest department store chain and one of the biggest real estate owners in Europe, has digitized 3,7M+ sqm of their portfolio. Point clouds, Revit and ACC were the main tools used. This session will show the process and learnings of this experience and the improvements made after two years of continued efforts. They include a content library on Unifi to manage 21.000+ families widely used across 100+ assets' models, establishing a BIM office that uses Docs, Design Collaboration and Model Coordination to review and validate models, and devising strategies to bring models from previous stages up to the latest standards. Beyond digitization efforts, the session will also present how the models are being put to use for many purposes and their applications for even more: store renovation projects, quantities extraction and cost control, fittings capacity control studies, area related applications, construction stage… as well as the technologies for each of them.

This session will look at how Boustead Projects implements processes for monitoring and tracking prefabricated elements. It involves overseeing design approval before fabrication, as well as the real-time tracking of asset location and status with the use of QR codes. This real-time tracking facilitates the generation of accurate status reports for project stakeholders. For mechanical and electrical equipment required for testing and commissioning (T&C), each named asset is tagged with its T&C status, which is then documented in the intelligent model data. This data includes parameter values like equipment site label, site location, and system description, which are used for the respective unit on-site. Internally, Boustead Projects uses Assets to track the lidar scanning statuses based on rooms per level, keeping management informed about the progress of lidar scanning activities.

How can existing 2D data be reused, verified against the reality, and combined with 3D data in a holistic factory design or integration? With Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk offers the possibility to realize this not just for buildings and infrastructure models, but also for new and existing factories, whereby the integration of machines and equipment as well as the use of reality data (point clouds) plays an important role. The objective is to increase the quality of plannings and integrations to a very high level to reduce or completely avoid unforeseen costs, delays or planning errors.

We will cover the workflow used to scan an object with a LiDAR scanner on your mobile device, and introduce it to Revit software using ReCap software. This point cloud will be used as the base of your model. During the session, we will do a live preview of how the process is done, going step by step until we generate a file that we can import and use in Revit.

Andrew Cameron, project manager with Hensel Phelps, will share his insights from pioneering 360-degree reality capture on his project, the $1.2 billion Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at the San Francisco International Airport, since 2016. He and his team of 16 field engineers have worked closely with HoloBuilder over the last three years to invent and build out many of the workflows and features that are essential on tens of thousands of construction sites around the world today, including 360-degree markups and the JobWalk app itself. He will discuss how to use 360-degree documentation to drive value on a billion-dollar project for the client, stakeholders, and his project team. He will also share his experiences of how to successfully partner with construction technology providers to build the technologies you always wanted. To highlight the team’s successful innovation partnership, he will reveal the latest co-developed solutions to speed up and even automate reality capture on projects.

Ever wish you could visualize real-world data without leaving the comfort of your own office? Sound too wonderful to be true? Well, it isn't. Sending crews into the field to measure and collect information about assets is time consuming and costly. But when you have street-level spherical imagery and colorized LIDAR (light detection and ranging) data at hand, you have the freedom to quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively create photorealistic 3D models for planning, design, emergency and disaster management, regulatory compliance, and asset management. We'll explore the collection process and business implications for street-level reality capture and examine 2 alternatives, such as Google Street View and CycloMedia. We'll also discuss practical workflows for municipal governments using this data, including design and visualization, with a focus on water asset management and pavement surface markings. Finally, we'll describe how to effectively integrate these data sources with AutoCAD Civil 3D software and InfraWorks software.

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Point cloud scanning is no longer just a validation tool—it’s a core part of how we design, install, and document automated manufacturing systems. In this session, we’ll walk through how our team uses the Leica BLK360 scanner to capture real-world context at every stage of a project. From scanning existing facilities for layout integration to scanning at FATs, construction sites, or even completed lines for record set drawings, 3D scanning has become key to identifying conflicts early, creating mesh-based equipment models, and aligning installations with design intent. Learn how portable scanning and tools like ReCap software and Cintoo help streamline communication, reduce risk, and improve accuracy across disciplines.

This case study will follow the creation of the attraction Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment for the new theme park Universal Epic Universe. It will illustrate how Universal Creative, as both designer and owner, is using the full range of Autodesk software and construction cloud suite to collaborate between teams and bring to life groundbreaking attractions. Creating innovative theme park attractions necessitates the blending of disciplines. Attraction designers incorporate mechanical system animation with digital media, lighting, and visual effects using 3ds Max software—while architects and engineers design and document facility systems in Revit software to meet operational needs. During ride and show manufacturing and general construction, teams constantly monitor installation quality with reality capture methods like LiDAR using ReCap and Navisworks software, validating real-world conditions against the creative intent models and federated BIM, thereby completing the project lifecycle.