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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Exploring Autodesk Forma for Early-Stage Transportation Design

This session will investigate how Autodesk Forma software can support transportation-focused projects through its out-of-the-box capabilities, including site analysis, massing, and analysis. The session will explore the integration potential of Forma with geographic information system (GIS) and Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data. We’ll test interoperability with tools like Dynamo and Grasshopper, and also evaluate the possibility of extending Forma software’s functionality through custom extensions.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Democratizing Machine-Learning Catchment Modeling: From Simulation to Surrogates

Explore how you can use artificial intelligence (AI) to extend the reach and accessibility of catchment-specific machine learning (ML) in InfoWorks ICM software without sacrificing hydraulic fidelity. This session will introduce the concept of training surrogate ML models on local InfoWorks ICM simulations to predict flows at key locations across a catchment. You’ll learn how Autodesk is generating and deploying these surrogates to quickly forecast system performance without computationally expensive simulations. The approach offers a new way to support rapid scenario testing, stakeholder engagement, and real-time operational insight without hurting a hydraulic equation. The session will present a practical framework for integrating AI in a way that empowers more users and accelerates insights.

15p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

InfoAsset Manager—Multitasking Chameleon for Utility Digital Prototypings: A City of Baltimore DPW Case Study

Under a consent decree since 2002 that was modified in 2017 (MCD), the City of Baltimore’s Department of Public Works (DPW) manages the operation and maintenance (O&M) and capital improvement (CIP) activities required by the MCD, in addition to a broader mission to implement sound asset management principles across the organization. This presentation will feature a deep dive into the evolution of DPW’s sewer data management and asset management programs—facilitated in part by the implementation of InfoAsset Manager, which led to the optimization of their O&M and CIP plans. You’ll learn the processes within the software and strategies employed to select assets for condition assessment; import; manage and evaluate the inspection data; develop O&M programs for cyclical cleaning, root, and grease control; and develop CIP projects using condition assessment data. We’ll also describe the multiple savings to DPW following the software implementation over the past five years.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Connected Infrastructure: Integrating Datum360 with InfoAsset Manager, InfoWorks ICM, and InfoWorks WS Pro for Live Asset Synchronization

In this technical instruction session, we’ll explore how integrating Datum360 with InfoAsset Manager and hydraulic modeling tools like InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro software can establish a single source of truth for utility asset data. This session will walk through the architecture of a live integration pipeline—connecting BIM updates to hydraulic models in near real time. When a designer updates a pipe diameter in an intelligent model, the change is registered in Datum360 using a unique asset ID. From there, data flows to InfoAsset Manager using the Ruby Exchange API. It is finally synchronized with InfoWorks ICM or InfoWorks WS Pro. The result is a continuously accurate, up-to-date hydraulic model that utility owners can rely on—without time-consuming manual data entry. This connected workflow enables faster updates, better decision making, and significant operational savings.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Empowering OC San's Sewer Asset Management with Info360 Asset

Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) is a public agency responsible for collecting, treating, and safely disposing of wastewater and its residuals for 2.6 million residents and businesses in Orange County, California. OC San operates and maintains two large treatment plants, 15 pumping stations, and about 390 miles of sewer with 4,500 manholes. OC San faces the challenge of fixing aging infrastructure with increasingly limited resources. In 2023, OC San contracted Autodesk to help them implement Info360 Asset software with the goals of standardizing CCTV inspection data collection and management, and enabling the development of risk models for sewer assets in the collections system. In this presentation, OC San will showcase the use of Info360 Asset to manage and analyze the volumes of geographic information system (GIS) and CCTV inspection data to best prioritize the riskiest assets.

29p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Rethinking Wet Weather Modeling: Applying GIM Hydrology to Sanitary Sewer Systems for Long-Term Infiltration

The groundwater infiltration model (GIM) has traditionally been reserved for combined sewer systems—but prolonged wet weather response in separated sanitary systems demands a new approach. This presentation will explore how the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) and its consultants redefined modeling practices by applying GIM to better simulate multi-week infiltration events. Historically considered unsuitable for sanitary systems, GIM proved essential for capturing peak flows and volumes critical to treatment-plant sizing, storage planning, and operational strategy. As the design support needs of engineers and managers evolve, TRA’s hydraulic modeling practices have adapted, expanding run durations and improving calibration methodologies. This case study challenges the status quo and sets a new standard for how InfoWorks ICM software’s hydrology can be used to meet real-world operational demands.

45p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Generative Design Made Easy: Practical Generative Design Workflows for Civil 3D Users

Generative design isn’t just a buzzword - it’s a powerful tool that can reshape how we approach projects in Civil 3D. Yet many users are unsure where to begin to implement generative design into their daily workflows. This class will explore how you can implement generative design into various Civil 3D workflows to create smarter, clash-free models, streamline tasks, and unlock better project outcomes. This session will demonstrate various real-world examples of where generative design can be applied, including route optimization & asset placement. You’ll learn how to prepare Dynamo graphs for use in generative design before creating generative design studies, evaluating outcomes and generating geometry in Civil 3D – all with practical real-world examples. Whether you’re looking to reduce risk, lower costs, improve Sustainable Design or simply work smarter, this class will give you the confidence and tools to put generative design to work on your Civil 3D projects.

43p

56p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Help Shape a Smarter AutoCAD

Have you ever been doing the same thing repeatedly in AutoCAD software and thought, “Shouldn’t it know what I’m doing by now?” Or maybe you spend too much time drafting and not enough time designing. AutoCAD is the gold standard—but maybe in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) it could be smarter. This is where you come in. The focus of this class is making AutoCAD more powerful. Not more buttons—smarter software. Think of the recent smart blocks, but go beyond that. There’s similar geometry we all draw whether you’re in civil, manufacturing, and so on. We’re forever drawing things parallel, perpendicular, tangent, or concentric. What if AutoCAD picked up on this and started to draw for us? Join us for a discussion with AutoCAD product managers Peter Qian and Can Anbarlilar. We’ll touch on the current progress on this initiative and then move to discussion, with Brian Levendowski mediating. Be a part of shaping the future of AutoCAD!

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

2D Or Not 2D: That Is the Question

This case study demonstrates the benefit of implementing a small 2D domain within an existing 1D InfoWorks ICM model to optimize the size and location of a planned storage facility and reduce overland flooding in a dense suburban neighborhood in the City of Toronto. Recent flooding imagery captured in 2018 and 2020 showed significant flooding in Woodborough Park and visible damage to facilities. The project team planned and designed drainage and storage mitigations by building a small-scale 2D surface model of the park and surrounding catchment area (39 hectares) within the larger 1D InfoWorks ICM model being used to plan and design the Fairbank Storm Trunk Sewer System Project. This approach enabled the designers to optimize the size of the storage facility and realize a 35% reduction in construction costs. We’ll present the approach used to develop the model, and there will be a discussion on what considerations should be given before adopting this approach to ensure the maximum benefit to the project.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Automate, Balance, Iterate: Mastering Grading Optimization in Civil 3D

As land development and civil engineering projects continue to demand greater efficiency and precision, the Civil 3D Grading Optimization tool has emerged as a promising solution for automating and streamlining the grading process. This presentation will offer a practical, hands-on perspective from a daily Civil 3D user actively engaged in site design projects. Drawing from real-world experience, we will explore how the tool integrates into typical design workflows, discuss its strengths in accelerating conceptual grading and balancing earthwork, cover the key benefits it brings in terms of design iteration and visualization, and examine a few limitations. This session aims to provide an honest, experience-based evaluation of Grading Optimization, offering insights for professionals considering its adoption and those looking to enhance their current use of the tool.

31p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Avoid Death by a Thousand Cuts: Quantifying and Reducing Background Leakage Using InfoWater Pro

Huge volumes of drinking water are lost to background leakage during distribution. This entails large financial and environmental footprints from extraction, transport, treatment, storage, and pumping. While water models usually simplify leakage to behave as fixed demands, InfoWater Pro software’s new modeling capabilities explicitly incorporate the sensitivity of losses to pressure changes. In this session, we will demonstrate how to easily convert a regular distribution model into one with realistic leakage using a new allocation tool. Both hydraulic and asset pipe information (such as age, number of connections, and material) is used to determine realistic allocations of known leakage amounts per zone to individual elements. Moreover, we will explore how a leakage-aware model can lead to detailed spatiotemporal estimates of water loss under different operating scenarios, and lead to precise quantifications of the economic and hydraulic effects of asset replacement and pressure-control programs.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Learn How to Unlock Insights from 3D Ground Data in Civil 3D with GeoDin Ground for Informed Infrastructure Design Choices

Ground data is key to constructing safe, cost-effective, sustainable infrastructure. As an Autodesk strategic partner, Fugro developed GeoDin Ground app for Civil 3D software to transform infrastructure design by providing designers and civil engineers with contextual and comprehensive ground data through an integration with GeoDin, a leading geotechnical data management, analysis, and reporting software. The GeoDin Ground app allows designers to see into the ground. How does this work exactly? We’ll show and teach you all the major insights in this session. We’ll import geotechnical data directly into Civil 3D, visualize boreholes, and create surfaces and volumes with GeoDin Ground. Finally, we’ll analyze geotechnical data between surfaces and create volume reports. And we’ll demonstrate the benefits of visualizing and analyzing infrastructure in combination with ground layers. You’ll leave the session with a bigger picture of the impact of GeoDin Ground and a practical understanding of the app.

25p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Ramp It Up: Civil 3D Tactics for Accessible Design

Accessibility is more than a checkbox—it’s an ethical design priority that starts with your site layout decisions, which drive your entire grading design. As civil engineers and designers, we shape how people interact with and experience the built environment. Prioritizing accessibility ensures spaces are inclusive, functional, and welcoming for all. This session will focus on using feature lines and grading objects in Civil 3D software to design accessible areas such as ramps, landings, and walkways. We’ll explore key accessibility considerations—like slope, cross-slope, and elevation transitions—while maintaining flexibility and precision in your grading model. You’ll learn how to apply Civil 3D tools and surface styles to create accurate, construction-ready designs that meet technical and regulatory standards. Whether working on a small site or large development, this session will equip you with strategies to confidently integrate accessibility into your grading design.

14p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Building Catchment Models in InfoWorks ICM with Speed

Kimley-Horn has exemplified efficiency in model building by using tools such as Ruby scripts and SQL queries, particularly for larger-scale, system-wide, sanitary sewer models. The Ruby scripts introduced modifications to the inference tool, enabling the adjustment of pipe slopes between two defined points. This innovative feature was developed by partnering with Autodesk to set minimum slopes based on pipe diameter, offering precision and streamlined workflows for complex engineering tasks. By using these customized scripts, Kimley-Horn significantly improved the speed and accuracy of its modeling process. Additionally, SQL queries enhanced the ability to quickly assess pump performance. This involved summarizing results and pinpointing capacity limitations with respect to specific level-of-service parameters. By automating the identification of pump outcomes, the SQL tool helped optimize data analysis and project execution.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Mastering Catchment Creation in Civil 3D for Powerful Hydrology Simulations in InfoDrainage (New Game-Changing Features)

This session will walk through how catchments or watersheds can be automatically generated using a surface model and assigned to drainage networks as part of a concept design in Civil 3D software. Ultimately, with the InfoDrainage/Civil 3D integration tool, we’ll see how we can bring all the data across to InfoDrainage and use its more extensive runoff routing methods and rainfall generation tools to set up and simulate hydrology and accurately size up the drainage network.

12p

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

ACC Roadmap Workshop: Preconstruction

Join us to learn about our product strategy and all upcoming initiatives across our preconstruction solutions: BuildingConnected Pro, Bid Board Pro, TradeTapp, Autodesk Takeoff, and ProEst. This is a unique opportunity to influence the product roadmap and explore new ideas about the future of preconstruction with our R&D teams.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012

Real-World Problems: Taming the Mighty Red River of the North with AutoCAD® Civil 3D®

The cities of Fargo, ND, and Moorhead, MN, are divided by the Red River of the North because of major yearly flooding. To address this, a new six-mile earthen levee system that includes five separate interior drainage systems, five 100-year regional storm water retention basins, and five 5,000 GPM storm water pumping stations was designed. Due to the large scale of project and the issues that arose, Ulteig Engineers asked for the assistance of their current reseller, Managed Design. The issues pertaining to this project were file size, slow drawings, and issues around being able to have more team members help with the project. Managed Design was hired to come in during the project to help identify bottlenecks in the process. What will be shown and discussed are the results and the final product of implementing both composite surfaces and data shortcuts into their design process. You will be able to ask your questions to both the prime civil tech designer on the project and the corresponding application engineer from Managed Design.

Panel / San Diego 2024

Beam Me Up: Stellar Journeys to the Autodesk Construction Cloud

Join us for an exciting panel discussion and hear firsthand accounts from our diverse panelists who have successfully transitioned to Autodesk Construction Cloud. This session offers a unique opportunity to understand the real-world benefits. Our panelists, hailing from various industries, will share their experiences, the obstacles they overcame, and the efficiencies they gained through this transition. They will explore how Autodesk Construction Cloud has reshaped their daily operations, streamlined workflows, and improved collaboration across their teams. You'll also hear about the challenges, including change management, training needs, and initial setup requirements. You'll gain a well-rounded understanding of what transitioning to Autodesk Construction Cloud entails, and leave equipped with practical knowledge, valuable tips, and strategies that can guide your own journey to the cloud. Whether you're considering a transition or already on the path, this panel discussion is an invaluable opportunity to learn from those who've walked in your shoes.

44p

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024

Checkmate Your Checkpoints with Digital Work Plans

In a rapidly shifting reality, enhanced control and collaboration are critical to fostering efficient progress. Proficient schedule management helps meet the rigorous demands of project timelines. The integration of digital work plans propels your projects into the realm of new possibilities, providing a clear path toward set milestones and checkpoints. This session will cover how Skanska Sweden, in collaboration with Autodesk, evaluated and embraced the new work-planning features within Autodesk Build software. We'll focus on how users can ensure answers with just a few clicks by using the Autodesk Construction Cloud interoperable environment in conjunction with schedule and production plans. Learn how to exit the maze of phone calls, emails, and complex spreadsheets by joining us to gain valuable insights into our experience with Autodesk's connected schedule capabilities. Shift from siloed work plans to a more streamlined and efficient digital solution.

20p

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

Futures Briefing: Autodesk Informed Design

Join Ryan McMahon, general manager of Autodesk Informed Design to gain insights on how this platform tool enables Industrialized Construction. Roadmap and feature highlights as well as industry imact will be covered in this talk.

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