This session will present the many changes we've made to our Vault and Inventor systems in order to accommodate the different requirements of a product-based design and manufacturing environment as opposed to a project-based one. Making this change has seen a reduction in the engineering support the manufacturing team requires, which in turn allows the engineering team to come up with new ideas for more products. Increased reuse of assemblies and reconfiguration of systems have led to new opportunities for sales while building on the established experience base. The ways in which we have moved to simplify procedures, reuse models, manage our data, and track OEM use are definitely scalable both up and down, therefore allowing everyone to take advantage of the changes we've made. This was a long process for us, and we'd like to share our experience and potentially help you prevent some of the headaches we encountered along the way.

This real-life case study will explore the transformative power of integrating Autodesk's software systems: AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor Cable and Harness, Vault Professional, and Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage Extension. Through live examples, we'll showcase productivity, accuracy, and operational efficiency gains across multiple platforms. Join Alstom and Autodesk's senior consultant as they share first-hand challenges with manual processes and discuss how this solution drives transformative change. This integrated approach minimizes errors, enhances collaboration, and improves project efficiency, avoiding costly delays and rework. Learn benefits and best practices for automating connected 2D to 3D Cable and Harness design within a common data environment and MBOM/EBOM synchronization, emphasizing the importance of a connected workflow throughout a project lifecycle.

Are you using AutoCAD software or some other program to represent your electrical controls designs? The problem is that they are individual drawings with text and lines but no intelligence. It is up to you to make sure the drawings are accurate, and there's no way to get information from them. Attend this session to learn why AutoCAD Electrical software is a better solution for documenting electrical controls. Even without fully implementing AutoCAD Electrical, you can save 25% more time than when using standard AutoCAD. Additionally, you'll be able to run audits to verify your design, and extract information from the drawings like BOMs and wire reports.

As our world becomes increasingly digital, interoperability is becoming more and more important. In many industries, including health care, manufacturing, and construction, interoperability is seen as a key factor in improving efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing innovation. It is also important for the development of new technologies and innovations and for enabling different systems to work together. Interoperability can help foster collaboration and accelerate the pace of technological progress. That said, two powerful products—AutoCAD toolsets and Inventor software—make one powerful pair that will maximize the capabilities of your CAD software with 2D and 3D workflows that work together. This class will show you how to use AutoCAD toolsets with Inventor to design faster, get more from your models, and save time on manual tasks that enable us to work together seamlessly.

Learn how to bring your AutoCAD .NET Framework applications to work with AutoCAD 2025 and newer by refactoring them for .NET 8. This class will walk through key refactoring strategies, framework updates, and compatibility considerations to modernize your projects.

Join us for an insightful session designed to introduce and then dive deep into Vault Connector, showcasing its features, functionality, and how it bridges the gap between engineering and enterprise systems. We will start from the overall context of Vault PLM and its value proposition while touching topic of Items & BOMs that will feed into the detailed exploration of Vault Connector. We will wrap up with general Q & A session towards to end. 

Join us to unlock the power of AI in AutoCAD Toolsets, revolutionizing CAD by enhancing efficiency, precision, and innovation. Autodesk's AI empowers users to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and augment design intelligence. Features such as intelligent object recognition and predictive analytics accelerate the design process, reduce errors, and foster creative exploration. These tools not only automate dimensioning and optimize material usage but also can help preventing design issues, significantly speeding up the design cycle from concept to completion. AI-driven analysis tools evaluate performance, simulate real-world scenarios, and facilitate data-driven decisions for optimal outcomes. Enhanced interoperability with other Autodesk products and third-party applications promotes seamless collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, marking a transformative step for intelligent CAD design.

In this session, we’ll learn how to make the most of Inventor software and toolsets like AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Mechanical, and AutoCAD Plant 3D software by seamlessly connecting them. We’ll also learn about using tools like Electromechanical Link and Inventor Link to keep 2D and 3D models in sync, ensuring your designs stay updated across all platforms. And we’ll learn how Navisworks software can bring together AutoCAD Plant 3D and Inventor for smoother coordination and collaboration. Whether you’re working on electrical systems, piping layouts, or mechanical components, this session will provide you with practical tips and tricks to keep everything in sync and running smoothly across the team. Additionally, we'll learn how to generate 3D representations of 2D factory layouts using Factory Design Utilities software.

Why should you be using dynamic blocks? Quite simply, dynamic blocks can greatly reduce the number of blocks in your library, improving your efficiency. While it does take a little more time up front to create a dynamic block, the time saved on the back end makes it well worth the effort! Even better news: If you’re a proficient user of AutoCAD software, you should have no problem converting those boring static blocks into shiny new dynamic blocks.

Explore a practical journey with Autodesk Construction Cloud through an immersive hands-on training session. This 90-minute interactive technical workshop will immerse you in the world of CAD drawings within Autodesk Construction Cloud. You'll master the "closed-loop" system, seamlessly adding and receiving markups through the cloud. Discover advanced integration techniques, including incorporating markups as traces into your AutoCAD drawings. From fundamental concepts to advanced features, this session equips you with critical skills to optimize your CAD workflow, enhance communication, and accelerate project success within the Autodesk Construction Cloud ecosystem.

Curious about the road ahead for AutoCAD software? Join Autodesk product managers and leaders for AutoCAD to learn about new features and functionality supporting the capabilities and workflows you need to drive more-efficient and more-collaborative projects. Discover how Autodesk is incorporating Autodesk AI into AutoCAD to elevate your design and drafting capabilities. Learn about the strategic insights and decisions driving development directions. Peer into the future of the product you use every day, and engage with Autodesk to help shape that product to better meet your needs and the needs of your company, project teams, and clients.

Ensuring accuracy in a large set of construction documents can be complicated. Spelling errors, missed annotation, and multiple users on a project can still waste a project's budget time when they don't need to. Automating the keynote creating and editing process can help eliminate these time wasters, saving considerable time and money for some of our most basic needs. This lesson will cover a feature in AutoCAD software that will use an Excel file as one source of truth for keynotes on construction documents. We'll create a table that will be dynamically populated with keynotes as they are used in a drawing, allowing for concise tables that, along with the Excel file, can be updated together to match for the duration of project design. Any engineering discipline using AutoCAD will be able to use this workflow.

This session will cover the adventure of electromechanical designs with lifecycles that started with AutoCAD Electrical software and Inventor synchronization and extended to architectural projects. The data synchronized with AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor software can be managed with Vault software and Autodesk Construction Cloud. It can be defined as 3D BIM content—electrical connector in Inventor and transferred to Revit. Through the collaboration of Autodesk Construction Cloud and Vault, we can share both Revit and Inventor data with colleagues in different departments, edit them, and publish the final versions.

This session will show you how to use Autodesk products for the complete electromechanical design workflow of a maker project. You'll learn how to use Autodesk Fusion 360 software for the structural and mechanical design, AutoCAD Electrical software for the electrical design, and Inventor software to combine the two into a full electromechanical workflow and wiring harness design.

Vault software offers many different add-ins to let you interface with many of the Autodesk offerings. So how does Vault work with some of the different CAD products? What do you need to know to utilize Vault with these products? How do they differ from each other? Learn how to configure and manage multiple CAD products with Vault. Get the tools you need to expand your Vault functionality. This class will discuss general best practices for Vault add-ins, and dive more deeply into AutoCAD Electrical software, AutoCAD Plant 3D software, and Revit software. We’ll also touch on some basics to interface with BIM 360 software and Fusion Team. Get tips and tricks, and learn some possible pitfalls and limitations. We’ll cover what’s different, what’s the same, what you need to know for each of the covered products, and what does or doesn’t function as expected in Vault software.

Learn from David and co-presenter Willie Thomas—business manager of the BIM for utilities implementation at San Diego Gas & Electric—about the transition from vision of BIM for utilities to the reality of adopting BIM technology within an organization. This class will offer Autodesk, Inc., perspective on adopting BIM for utilities, and key success criteria and risk factors. We will also cover the voice of the customer, and we’ll look at what has worked, what are the challenges, how you can execute better on the vision and plan going forward, and other elements involved in transitioning from vision to implementation. BIM for utility products discussed will be InfraWorks software, Inventor software, AutoCAD Electrical software, Vault software, Navisworks software, and BIM 360 Field software. The focus of the class is not on products but on interoperability between products, processes, and organizational adoption.

A major gas utility client recognized the benefits of 3D design and engaged Autodesk consulting to develop a strategy and solution to replace their existing 2D CAD tools. The project introduces Building Information Modeling (BIM) for pipeline engineering design with an agile implementation plan to accelerate adoption. The recommended solution used Plant Design Suite, including AutoCAD® P&ID software and AutoCAD® Structural Detailing software, in combination with AutoCAD® Electrical software, AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software, and Vault software to completely replace the existing systems and provide significant productivity improvements. In this class, we discuss the process that was conducted to develop the system solution business and functional requirements, the solution design, and the business justification for 2D to 3D design adoption. We also discuss the implementation strategy based on best practices and agile methods to completely train and upgrade the design and engineering data management environment.

It can be difficult to develop a sound business case and secure funding to implement new technology. This class will discuss an Autodesk Consulting engagement by a major electric and gas utility to develop a strategic implementation plan and business case for the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for both the transmission workflow and the substation design engineering and construction workflow. The Solution will alter the current design and construction management processes, and it includes InfraWorks software, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Inventor software, Inventor Publisher software, Substation Design Solution software, Vault software, and BIM 360 software. In this class we will discuss the process followed to analyze the business requirements, develop a Solution, and formulate an implementation plan and cost estimate. The class will highlight an approach to benefit quantification, which includes preparing a net cash-flow analysis and calculating the financial metrics required to present and win funding approval from senior management.

This class will discuss the methodologies of learning in a CAD environment, regardless of discipline, product, or specialization. Shaun Bryant will take you through methods of learning, from traditional classroom, office, and home environments to the mobile world of laptops, tablets, and smartphones. He will discuss various methods of how to retain what you have learned, and how to reuse that knowledge to work toward Autodesk Certification and other professional qualifications in your discipline. So, as Shaun will ask you in this class: How do YOU learn?

Building Information Modeling (BIM) delivers value by providing an underpinning for the creation, aggregation, and exchange of models and corresponding intelligent structured data. The availability of powerful solutions in the BIM standard, both on-premise and in the cloud, creates a challenge and, hence, opportunity to implement a scalable integration architecture in the enterprise. While BIM Tools has largely focused on design and construction phases of assets, it also has important applications across entire lifecycles of assets, and is therefore a key enabler of improving asset management. This class will attempt to showcase technology best practices in TOGAF Enterprise architecture to help customers realize the vision of the business stakeholders to connect BIM data with other asset information and also make it available to the entire enterprise and beyond, including their suppliers and end customers. This session features AutoCAD Electrical and BIM 360 Field. AIA Approved