This presentation walks through various examples illustrating the benefit of augmenting 3D models with construction data. At the convergence of Laing O’Rourke’s Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach and its investment in BIM, component tracking has proven an efficient aid to the delivery of projects. The data visualisations enabled by linking planning and manufacturing data—both from our suppliers and our own off-site manufacturing facilities—with models provide a clear overview of the construction, for various disciplines. This allows us to detect issues earlier, plan further ahead, and reduce user errors. At the heart of it are agreed processes for ordering and tracking progress and flexible tools which can be configured easily to suit. Expanding on this, we’ve increasingly linked up new sources of data to models to visualise different sorts of information: non-conformity reports, fire safety checks, operation and maintenance documents, etc. The flexibility of the tools developed in-house for Autodesk Navisworks allow us to work with a wide range of data sources: spreadsheet, SQL based databases, planning programmes.

Technology has changed markedly over the last 15 years. We’ve had a convergence of media forms and delivery platforms and simultaneously media content creation has become increasingly available to all. As the virtualised environments have become more streamlined, it has become easier to sell or depict products from remote locations, yet content in the architectural sector for the most part remains generated locally. Is the content and culture it comes from therefore the dominant paradigm? Is the delivery system the element that then just allows a different method of presentation of the same core issues? What are these core requirements for design visualisation and how do we harness the next generation of delivery methods? Through the progressive work of FloodSlicer’s 15 years, this talk will investigate the changes that have been made and what we can learn from this as we move forward into the platforms of VR, AR and more.

Our demonstration will focus on 3ds Max and its powerful extendability through scripts and plugins. Many 3D artists use both for bespoke workflows. With Maxscript knowledge, an artist has the ability to write useful tools to help with simple tasks. Writing bespoke C++ plugins, SiNi employs the full power of multi-threaded CPU processing, meaning our tools are many times more efficient and powerful that Maxscript. We will demonstrate how SiNi Software's suite of tools assist artists at every stage of production in all industries and types of work. As an independent Authorised Autodesk developer, we support many leading third-party renderers, plugins and file formats in 3ds Max, simplifying time-consuming tasks to a few clicks. Finally, we will discuss issues with multi-software workflows, (Revit, AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Maya, Unreal), and software ideas to simplify the pipeline.

This class will cover creating custom environments for VRED using 360 HDRI photograpghs, and custom scenes using photoediting software to make your scenes unqiue and tailored to your needs. Specific topics include custom 360 photographic environments (set up and processing) plus how to use them in VRED; quick and easy custom environments for simple lighting in VRED; setting up an environment with models and custom environment quickly and easily in VRED; making it believable and small details that have a big outcome (depth of field, etc.); and tips and tricks for creating and setting up environments in VRED.

Dynamic shifts have emerged in the digital realm of building design and physical methods of off-site fabrication. Buildings are increasingly manufactured/assembled rather than constructed/crafted. This class will present these digital procedures for modelling buildings in Revit whilst simultaneously assembling and managing your building components through Dynamo and into Inventor for fabrication. This entails navigating a hierarchy of linked/nested Revit models, families, and formulas; aligning the design BIM with detailed fabrication models in Inventor. Dynamo will be applied as a tool to automate, annotate, and design the building layout with assembled components. Orchestrate the building model, drawing sets, and work instructions in Revit alongside Dynamo to lay out building components, visualise building data, component relationships, and simultaneously assemble Revit components for building site context, component assembly in factory layout, and final modules in transportation.

This class will expand your learning with VRED Design and introduce you to preparing a scene to use in virtual reality. We will cover scene considerations, data optimisation, and workflows to utilise VR for design review with animation, interactions, and collaboration. We will show how to utilise VRED presenter as a platform to share your visual rich interactive designs.

This session will show you how we use InfraWorks 360 throughout the whole lifecycle of our projects (predominantly Smart Motorways) using a range of various products we have at our disposal to create a full Infrastructure visualisation model, by including everything from the white lining, to 3D traffic signs, to moving cars in a quick and efficient manner. The workflows have been developed over a number of years using various Autodesk and non-Autodesk software applications. The initial workflows show how we take drawings consisting of just 3D polylines and turn them into glorious visualisation models. We will then investigate the workflows for bringing in our completed AutoCAD Civil 3D corridors into InfraWorks 360, including schemes designed at local grid. The class will round off by investigating the programs and workflows used to add the white lining, the roadside features, landscaping, and the vehicles, using scripts to achieve this.

Learn how Autodesk Shotgun can help you supercharge your pipeline with tools for production management, review and asset management. Shotgun will improve communication and collaboration to assist in managing increasingly complex projects - even when production resources are remote. Shotgun integrates directly with the tools you are using today and is scalable from small to large studios. See why Shotgun will be a key tool in the future of making content

Manufacturing companies have a headache about visualising their designs. They need to revise their printed catalogues as their designs get changed. What if there is an automated way to overcome this obstacle? In this class, we will be presenting you solution to have a fully automated 3d catalogue using Autodesk Vault, Inventor and Forge. Learn how to leverage Robotic Process Automation to create dynamic data on your own website.

Autodesk VRED 3D visualisation software supports design exploration, communication, virtual prototyping, photography, and sales configurator solutions. The software enables users to quickly transform digital design data into compelling, high-fidelity images, animations, and real-time presentations, which can be consumed on desktop or through full-scale presentation environments or web/mobile displays. It's useful for efficiently exploring and validating digital designs for informed decision making and the creation of compelling design imagery for enterprise-wide presentations, alongside marketing communications. This instructional demo introduces VRED software to new users within automotive, industrial/product design, engineering, visualisation, and digital marketing. Starting from the initial data import, we will guide you through the process of achieving a detailed design review and configurator for presentations. Along the way, we will discuss materials, camera, lights, shadows, configuring variants, and more.

The aim of this class is to demonstrate how teams within a construction company can use Autodesk Revit Live and what benefit such use can bring to their daily activities. Autodesk Revit is a software package most commonly used by design consultancies and architectural practices across the UK. It allows the creation and coordination of BIM models delivered by multiple members of the design team. Within the CAPEX phase, the model is passed to the contractor for clash detection, quantity take-off, and scheduling purposes, further to populate BIM models with information necessary for the Operational & Maintenance phase. Contractors can also use BIM models to provide the client with various design options, adjusting project cost, duration, and quality. Through the use of Autodesk Revit Live, contractors can provide clients with the ability to experience immersive VR visualisation of their project; however, VR usage is not limited to clients? benefits. Various teams within the construction company can benefit from visualising BIM models in a virtual reality environment.

Construction site layout plans are integral to Construction management and involve placing and sizing site equipment and temporary structures.

While Infraworks supports 3D objects, there is no support for generic parametric 3D objects. This meant NCC had to model separate objects for each variation of size which is impractical. NCC worked with Autodesk on a solution that provides parametric objects, modelled in Inventor and resizable in Infraworks.

The new workflow reduces NCC process times by about 15%, but more importantly, it offers several new tools to create 3D models using a variety of 2D/3D data and to visualise, simulate, communicate and gather comments.It shows existing conditions to visualise complexity during site layout planning.It also provides a simple interface and easy access to predefined objects, which is crucial for implementing this solution across NCC.

In this class, NCC will share their experience of creating construction site layout plans using Infraworks.

This session details developing a digital twin for the healthcare market, specifically for operating theatres where we try to combine the medical and technical world to improve patient safety and reduce surgical site infection which leads to mortality. Creating this digital twin is a sum of data analytics, CFD simulations, and the use of visualisation tools such as VR and AR. In practise, this leads to a better design process and lifecycle of the OR that guarantees the optimal safety for the patient. We are still in a development phase and using the following Autodesk products: Revit, Fusion 360, CFD, 3ds Max and Interactive.

Augmented reality (AR) is fast becoming an appealing addition to the digital construction toolbox. Adding digital elements to a live view, the user can experience the digital environment in real time, as opposed to the shut-out physical world VR offers.This session will give insight into how GRAHAM use AR to produce 3D models of buildings both conceptualised and built, to current and potential clients, offering a differentiating factor and unique selling point in the way we interact with clients. Including a live demonstration, the audience will see the transformation from a point cloud survey through to augmented reality, alongside the step-by-step process from development to exporting of 3D models into Unity using Autodesk Revit. To capture the point cloud, the Leica BLK360 Laser Scanner is used to scan an environment. Producing a high accuracy image, the portable and easy-to-use dome then transfers the scan to ReCap Pro, an Autodesk software package accessible from both a desktop or iPad. A compatible file format is created with an augmented reality app creation software. Discussing the developments of AR within GRAHAM, the audience will be shown the converted laser scan as it is uploaded to software tools such as Unity, alongside the associated model target that the AR camera will recognise. Linking the model and model target, the pair are exported into app development software where once tested and reviewed, the AR ready model can be deployed. With the transformation complete, users can visualise their finished project integrated with their live environment. We will show each step in our process of developing these models, exporting them to a mobile device for easy, on-the-go interaction, and how these models can then be manipulated in real-time in augmented reality. Using drawings created in Revit, we can convert these into 3D models to be used in Unity where they can be separated into their architectural, M&E, and structural models. Custom C# code is applied to each of the separated sections of the model so each of them can be toggled on or off by the end-user, allowing a more detailed view of the building at hand. Using the same method, a building’s plans can be converted into Unity and displayed in different stages of its development. By adding or removing aspects of the build, one can display the pre-construction, mid-construction, and post-construction of any building. This is a useful tool in spotting any inaccuracies in the build ahead of time

Realistic light simulation is increasingly becoming more important to the design process, whether it is to support the design of a car's head and tail lamp clusters, or assessing how lights can is distributed around the interior of a railway carriage to support brand identity or how a room in a building is lit. This class with shed light (!) onto these topics describing how the various features of Autodesk VRED can be used to achieve different lighting effects. Attendees will learn amongst other topics how to differentiate between the various ray trace modes, how to use light simulation data and how the realistic modelling of materials is important to the overall scene visualisation

This will be the first opportunity to see the all new Autodesk Stingray technology. Learn why this technology will change the way content is created and consumed across all industries Autodesk serves, from media & entertainment to architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing. See how Stingray integrates tightly with other Autodesk tools to offer an incredibly efficient, data-driven, iterative process to create next generation content. See first-hand how Project Expo leverages Stingray technology to deliver a powerful new tool to visualise your creative vision. Learn why Autodesk Stingray technology will be a key technology in the future of making content.

Civil3D training teaches us how to model simple corridors but what happens on real life projects? Those corridors are rarely simple. The aim of this class is to demonstrate some techniques to overcome issues such as irregular curve widening, urban SUDS features such as mini swales and rain gardens and footways/cycleways that vary multiple times throughout the length of the corridor. The class will also demonstrate how large urban piazzas, where there are no corridors, can be modelled while maintaining the surface layer construction. Finally we will look at the workflow for large projects where data must be split up to minimise regions to speed up rebuild times and the use of Navisworks to aggregate the data so that the complexities are visualised and validated and relation to surrounding buildings.

Buying habits have changed due to the global pandemic, with the Retail industry experiencing a reduction of in person shopping. The great return (post lockdown) meant people flocked to bars and restaurants but in person shopping has never recovered with retailers experiencing a 5.7% decrease in sales. Retailers have to reimagine themselves having seen the reality of layoffs and store closures around them The effect of this has accelerated adoption and requirements to provide immersive experiences to allow customers to shop in familiar environments whilst visualizing products they want to buy. It is a pivotal time right now to support this industry as there is a possibility of a sink or swim phenomenon of retailers with varying levels of technology maturity. In this Convergence session we’ll discuss how Autodesk technology can support physicalizing digital retail experiences and enable product buying decisions

The presentation will show a live demonstration of the workflows used for creating an animation in 3ds Max software and in Maya software, including how to prepare them and export the data in order to import them into VRED software for doing a real-time visualization. The live demonstration will show examples of classic keyframe animations, cloth-like vertex animation, and character animation from 3ds Max software and Maya software to VRED software.

As a Computational Design Specialist, Oliver spends much of his time handling Revit data. However, this data needs to be represented visually and contextualised in a report to have the maximum impact on key decision makers. Using Dynamo, Oliver has automated the production of a full range of reports: room data sheets, model analysis dashboards, clash detection visuals and visual coordination reports. Packed with engaging graphics, this talk will demonstrate quick and effective workflows for generating high-impact reports using Dynamo, Excel and InDesign. Subjects covered include:An in-depth case study of AHMM's Revit model warnings template and Dynamo definition.How to build a template file to receive data and auto-generate graphics.How to build a database resource and cross-check this in your Dynamo definitions.Using in-built Python libraries to enhance your analytics; automatically carry-out file operations, analyse files, and apply timestamps to your generated data. How to achieve beautifully-formatted reports in Excel.An overview of InDesign's Datamerge tool and benefits of database publishing. Oliver will cover best practice on visual report design and an overview of different approaches to data visualisation. The talk will conclude with an overview of helpful resources.