Generative Design in Fusion 360 software is extremely powerful for creating designs optimized for performance, manufacturing, and cost. However, some may argue that it’s "too much tool" for everyday modeling and simple design work. As we continue to evolve our solution and pursue new innovations, we remain focused on our vision of making generative design more approachable and applicable for a broader range of design tasks and users. In this session, we’ll be talking about the work we’re doing to bring this vision to life, and help you understand how to make the most of Generative Design in Fusion 360.

The assessment of Generative Design in Fusion 360 software is based on the capability assessment model related to the key capability areas of generative design for general applicability and their associated criteria outlined in the intrinSIM Market Report entitled “A Vision for Generative Design,” which explores the potential of a shift enabled by generative design and what is required to enable that design shift. intrinSIM has developed a process with a quantified assessment for each key capability area in the capability assessment model and criteria outlined in “A Vision for Generative Design.” The same capability assessment model can be used for determining requirements for specific generative design applications, and the suitability of generative design workflows for specific applications.

Itês clear that we're living a world that's volatile, uncertain, chaotic, and ambiguous. And within every industry, we're seeing dizzying examples of new ways to make things. But what's less clear is how organizations can systematically learn to understand, align with, and act on the broad forces of disruption. Join the MindSet Innovation Forum, which highlights essential skills to take advantage of new technologies applicable to every industry.

Creating custom bridge parts ready for modeling transportation projects in InfraWorks software can be challenging for the uninitiated. This class will provide the chance to learn how to create these parts using both the Revit and Inventor methodologies from scratch in a hands-on environment. We will look at the benefits of each method and how each can be incorporated into a transportation project and progressed through the workflow from modeling in InfraWorks to the documentation phase in Revit. These techniques will be worked through in the context of bridge engineering, but they will also be applicable to tunneling.

The class will aim to share relevant and transferable stories about cost-saving Fusion LifeCycle use cases as they relate to product management and internal operations.The class will focus on three areas: (1)Recognizing the overlooked losses in an organization - time; (2)How to transition from analog to digital management systems - the short term adversities and the long term payoff; and, (3)Using Fusion LifeCycle to promote positive culture change within your organization.

This class will be a presentation of tips, tricks, and workarounds for the Inventor software Tube & Pipe add-in. A powerful design tool built into the Inventor software landscape, Tube & Pipe is the bread-and-butter tool for many designers. We will explore some basics of getting started, and we'll look at some secrets and workarounds for successfully routing and populating pipe runs in this environment. The class will focus on rigid piping, but tips will be applicable to flexible hose and tubing design as well.

This class will cover the combination of AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Revit software, AutoCAD Plant 3D software, and reality computing. Years of practice with 3D scanning and 3D modeling in the oil and gas industry have yielded applicable workflows and submittal products for building. The challenges of working in the petrochemical field have helped identify pitfalls that we can now avoid in today's reality capture and Building Information Modeling (BIM) construction tasks. This class will show that the capture of the data is not what's important; the Reality Solutions that are created from the data are what provide the most value.

Technological advancements in hardware and software tools have made reality capture more prominent in many industry workflows. Designers, engineers, and artists are continuously exposed to news about new laser scanning or photo-based acquisition workflows and success stories. However, they aren't sure when to apply each of these methods or don't understand their advantages or limitations. In this class, we will use a variety of successfully captured objects from different corners of the world to reveal the base principles, strengths, limitations, and best practices for using each of the reality capture methods and devices. We will also offer insider tips to help you understand which method is most applicable for your workflows.

This session will detail how to efficiently create and manage projects in Revit software using one model with multiple projects. Factory design is often ongoing and requires change to accommodate new and upgraded products, increase safety, and provide work spaces for people in an ever-changing environment. While Revit has traditionally been used in a way that is one site, one project—this presentation will share how Revit can be used to accommodate many projects in one model. In regards to manufacturing and innovation, speed is key when it comes to new factory designs. Software should enable us to quickly build off what we've already created, and create permit packages that can get sent out to local authorities having jurisdiction. This type of building information modeling (BIM) management isn't only applicable to factories and manufacturing spaces; it can also be applied to any building that continues to require permit packages.

With the advent of ways to visualize ideas, develop design solutions, and rapidly prototype using digital software technologies, traditional ways of teaching industrial design in the classroom environment are lately being questioned by educators, employers, and students. The intent of this class is to present a curriculum model for teaching industrial design using digital software technologies as and where applicable. We will cover courses demonstrating the incorporation of digital software technologies for ideation, modeling, project management, drafting, prototyping, analysis, and injection mold design. Successful integration of this curricular effort into the discipline of industrial design is important for bridging the gap between education and industry expectations. Select academics and industry professionals will join us in a panel format to share their reactions to the curriculum model as well as to provide insights, experiences, and validations.

Transformation of engineering education has been a recent concern in the education and industry communities, with a call to integrate "science" and "application" through design. With health topping today’s issues, design of medical devices has become a major candidate for design applications to be taught to engineering undergraduates. This class describes the preparation and the delivery of an education module where rigorous subjects such as kinematics and strength of materials are taught in the context of designing medical devices. Autodesk® ForceEffect™ and Autodesk® ForceEffect™ Motion software are used to introduce concepts such as force and moment, and Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software is used to develop, simulate, and manufacture the devices designed by the students. This class covers a general design concept, followed by a case study that details design of a tissue microarrayer. This approach, due to its contextual nature, is also applicable to industry training centers.

Come and learn about a real-client-focused common data ecosystem. Our vision is that we can give our clients seamless access to their project data at any given time. By adding a secure yet open integration layer that continuously integrates between our and the client’s common data environments, the data is centralized yet supported on the best applicable platform. Our clients can work in their own environments, which integrate into our platform. From this presentation, you’ll learn from our journey, integrating the internal BAM systems into one so our employees can quickly access, use, and reuse the information. Whether it's referenced information in data archives, open data sources outside, or otherwise, our employees should be able to easily find and reuse it. With Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect and Autodesk Forge, we created the ecosystem so clients can always have access to the right data at the right time in their own systems. It’s an ISO 19650-compliant solution that enhances quality for our clients.

In this class, you will learn how to customize substation design using a utility company standard philosophy with AutoCAD® Electrical and Autodesk® Inventor® software. We will cover in depth standard techniques to configure each module (Structural, Electrical, and Site Development) as a utility platform. You will improve your drawing efficiency, accuracy, coordination, and overall productivity. The use of consistent utility standards will give you the ability to validate data very quickly. Use this utility standard philosophy to create a fully integrated utility library that is applicable for new and existing projects. With minimal manual data input, you will be able to generate and retrieve documentation such as bills of materials, single line, three line, elementary/schematic, wiring diagram, panel, cable lists, structural analysis, station layout, grading plans, and asset information. Attendees should have general Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical knowledge.

Soon after the successful launch of PokEmon GO, Royal HaskoningDHV started exploring the applicability of Augmented Reality in engineering consultancy. Early 2017 we presented our first HoloLens Showcase of Heerlen Railway Station in the Netherlands. Initially intended as a new way to present our deliverables to customers, our showcase drew curiosity from a much wider audience: ranging from residents living nearby the railway station to customers new to our business. HoloLens Experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSd1eLvxrU Virtual Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQjUW24Qz0I&t=16s Further inspired by the gaming industry, we identified various promising and valuable AR applications for the AEC industry. This led to a development agenda to allow for more integrated design and engineering as well as virtually-guided construction and maintenance. Moreover, we believe that AR will allow us to fully engage both clients and users in a truly co-creative design process. In short, interactive design and engineering with Augmented Reality. Together with various launching customers and in partnership with Cadac Group, we are now developing a suite of applications to allow both engineering consultants and relevant stakeholders to truly interact with holograms including shared view solutions to work from different locations, holographic libraries to select objects and solutions from, and synchronisation solutions to push designs back to Revit. These and similar developments and closely tied to the emergence of Digital Twins for the Built Environment in which Royal HaskoningDHV is seeking to take a leading role. At Royal HaskoningDHV, we believe Augmented Reality will disrupt the AEC industry and will play a pivotal role in realising Digital Twins. We are eagerly looking forward to share our AR development endeavour and deliverables at Autodesk University to a broad audience.

Join Jay Ure, Customer Success Manager at NavVis for a live demo of NavVis technology and learn how it's supercharging BIM and VDC workflows across the AEC Industry. Austin will dive into operating NavVis VLX, processing the data, and show you how to work with the data in 3rd party software such as Autodesk Revit. You won't want to miss it!

Start your Autodesk University week off right! For the first time ever at Autodesk University, we’ll have our own construction mainstage (well, a baby one). And the all-star lineup just keeps getting better. Hosted by Stacy Scopano, this 90-minute session will offer a fresh look at the issues dominating construction, and the future trends that will transform the industry, including Building Information Modeling (BIM), lean construction, collaboration, mobility, and more. Additionally, hear directly from your peers as they highlight the ways they have made their Autodesk Solutions work best for them. Finally, start the week pointed in the right direction with a quick overview of key construction-related events, classes, and ad-hoc sessions to help you get the most out of this year’s AU. Speakers include: Jim Lynch, Vice President of the AEC product group; Ryan Colker, Presidential Advisor at the National Institute of Building Sciences; Andrew Pryke, Managing Director of BAM Design; Brian Mullins, CEO, DAQRI; Joe Barr, CEO, Hansen Yuncken; and Nicolas Fonta, Product Manager, Design Animation Solutions Group.

The Brazilian city of Curitiba was declared the smartest city in the world, according to the World Smart City Awards, a prize awarded by Fira Barcelona in Spain. This is considered one of the major honors in the areas of innovation and smart cities. This session will show participants the evolution of the building information modeling (BIM) process in Curitiba. We will especially look at BIM within the scope of the city's urban planning agency (IPPUC) and its executing body for structural works programs (UTAG)—with the implementation of the BIM laboratory (LaBIM PMC), the use of 3D models to present works to city residents, the interactions developed in conjunction with CIM (city information modeling), and the application of the models for the execution process of the works, mainly in relation to quality management, scope, and schedule.

French engineering firm Artelia faced a challenge in generating secondary supports assembly drawings from AutoCAD Plant 3D software. The default AutoCAD Plant 3D settings were time consuming, and the competitor's solution was costly. Autodesk Consulting developed a new AutoCAD Plant 3D plug-in, leading to a 75% time reduction across Artelia projects, potentially saving approximately 208 days in the first year alone. The plug-in offers a variety of features. It automatically generates orientations and position views in a drawing, which streamlines the design process. It includes auto-annotation of views, making documentation more efficient. The addition of a bill of materials (BOM) and a new graphical user interface further improves user friendliness and functionality. The solution currently works with secondary supports and is beneficial for all AutoCAD Plant 3D users who use orthographic drawings. It can potentially be scaled up to include support for all objects and drawings, and for drawings with auto-dimensioning capabilities.

Virtual Reality and Artificial Reality are revolutionizing the development process. Learn how major VR/AR innovation platforms currently available from Autodesk, WorldViz, Nvidia and Lenovo can help you solve major design/development problems and bring real value to your business.  Architecture Engineering & Construction, Manufacturing, and Automotive are just some of the industries experiencing the most exciting shift in the design process in over a decade.  Listen to our experts from all 4 companies talk about Autodesk applications and implementations, AR/VR solutions from WorldViz, visualization technology from Nvidia, and hardware innovation from Lenovo in an engaging question and answer session.   Excellent opportunity to learn more about this rapidly changing technology and what you need to do to stay competitive.

Pressure for improved top line and bottom line results is relentless. Manufacturers must reduce time to market and improve product capabilities for generating revenue growth, while manufacturing efficiency, material cost optimization, and warranty improvement are key factors that impact profitability. Successful manufacturers are increasingly adopting simulation to simultaneously spur revenue growth and reduce costs. Learn how simulation can improve your business results by making it an integral part of your development process.