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.

Specialized applications for structure, analysis, detailing, and more are now included when you subscribe to the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection. How is the new, unified AEC Collection changing how you work? In this 60-minute session, you’ll learn about the seamless Revit software, Robot Structural Analysis software, Advance Steel software, and Dynamo software. You’ll learn how to link a Revit structural model to Robot Structural Analysis for structural steel code check and optimization. You’ll also learn how to control all models using Dynamo and Autodesk Generative Design software. This class will also cover how to set up and use BIM 360 Design software for sharing Revit, Robot Structural Analysis, and Advance Steel models, and to curate, coordinate, and manage deliverables throughout the project lifecycle. When design project teams have the right information at the right time, work happens faster.

"Dashboards with “monster models”, Digital Twins (IoT), BIM creation from a web page, AR/VR integrated with BIM 360, and more... Join Forge connoisseurs Jim Quanci and Cyrille Fauvel on their latest lightning tour of Forge Cutting Edge solutions that were developed in the last year. We'll feature a range of applications - from internal company tools to SaaS applications - and in a range of industries. We'll fly through a series of demos with their authors to understand how Forge helped in their solutions. You will also have a chance to get insights from these people about how they are solving challenging industry issues."

Recognize ways to enhance workflows through the application of algorithmic design, structural optimization, BIM, and virtual reality using Revit, Dynamo, Rhino and Grasshopper. This class will demonstrate methods to optimize and explore designs to preserve design visions, using Dynamo and Grasshopper. I will talk about how you can optimize your workflow and increase efficiency by creating custom tools for these software. I will also show how Virtual reality can be used for design collaboration with any existing Revit model, to save time and reduce uncertainty. Through small, medium and large scale case studies, we will see how a project of any size could benefit from the use of these methods, and help you identify where your workflow could be further streamlined.

Many building site projects live in 2 worlds: everything inside the building, and everything outside the building. The 2 worlds only come together after an excessive amount of swearing and hours of unnecessary time spent. But does it have to be that way? Absolutely not. Coordinating Revit software and AutoCAD Civil 3D software doesn't have to require a degree in nuclear physics, and this session will show you how. Co-presented by a Revit and an AutoCAD Civil 3D specialist, you will gain an understanding of the expectations for each platform, and learn how to configure them. With coordinated model locations in place, we'll define effective practices for exchanging data between Revit software and AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Using the full potential of each coordinated design model, you will learn how to assemble your project in the context of its surroundings using InfraWorks software, and you'll learn how to generate a virtual reality scene.

Visualizing BIM and CAD projects in real-time 3D offers many advantages, but the workflow for creating these interactive, immersive experiences needs streamlining. That’s where Unity Reflect comes in; a new product that creates interactive real-time 3D experiences for any device (mobile/desktop/AR/VR) from Revit in one click. It helps every project stakeholder, from ownership to design and construction teams, make the right design decisions in real-time. During this session, we’ll showcase how Unity Reflect can be used out of the box or customized (developed on top of) to give designers, architects and engineers the ability to seamlessly federate their Revit models for real-time 3D. Learn how to enable real-time decision making, reduce time between revisions and meetings, and ultimately improve design review and construction planning processes.

We work in an industry where change is rapid and, in many cases, it is accelerating. CAD managers need to be able to adapt not only to technical challenges but also to changes in the economy. This award-winning panel is back to share important lessons they've learned from decades of experience. Learn from this panel of diverse CAD managers who are widely respected as leaders in their field. Hear their unique perspectives and solutions to challenges faced by CAD managers from organizations of all sizes and backgrounds. Topics will include keeping up with rapidly changing technology, budgeting, efficiency in economic uncertainty, communicating with management and other non-technical team members, managing users, standards, and more. Join us for a panel discussion that has become an anticipated Autodesk University tradition. Take this opportunity to learn from four CAD managers who have been there and done that.

With Manufacturing Data APIs, you can read, write, and extend your design model through cloud-based workflows. All this without the need for desktop authoring applications like Autodesk Fusion 360. You can access granular, transparent data via GraphQL APIs, and programmatically access manufacturing information to achieve a variety of cloud-based automations and workflows more efficiently than REST APIs.

Digital twins can serve as a shadow representation of your assets—be it a building information modeling (BIM) corpus, CAD models of a facility, the equipment instruction manuals, or the interconnect between the systems. Adding sensors to these shadow representations allows for real-time tracking, evaluation, and prediction of facility and asset performance. In this presentation, we will introduce you to our digital twin platform called Autodesk Tandem and its new API. Following that, we will guide you through the process of developing your first digital twin, using the Autodesk Tandem APIs. By the end of the session, you'll know how to make your own digital twin and integrate the Autodesk Tandem API with your own systems and data. We'll wrap up with examples of more-advanced real-world use-cases that involve IoT sensors and time-series databases.

Municipalities frequently face issues with tight budgets, inefficient processes, legal requirements, and outdated technology that hamper their missions to be good stewards of public resources. The City of Madison Engineering Division was faced with the sunset of legacy software vital to its operations. This class will tell the story of how we improved change orders to construction projects (our most complicated process) through the use of cloud software. Autodesk Construction Cloud was our primary tool, but we quickly realized the benefits of automations through Autodesk Platform Services and Workato. City staff, Autodesk, and our consultant Team D3 provided valuable support and insights throughout this team effort. This class will specifically demonstrate how you can import form data to Cost Management, how document templates save tedious data entry, how review and communications stay in the platform, and how change orders to the contract are digitally approved.

Autodesk Data Exchange is a new service that facilitates interoperability between Autodesk and non-Autodesk products, helping you to unlock your data and share the right data with the right stakeholders at the right time. The powerful API allows you to access the granular data in exchanges and integrate the Autodesk Data Exchange service into your pipeline and use it as a data exchange stack. In this class, we will briefly look at the client-side workflow of Autodesk Data Exchange, and then we'll look at the tools made available to developers to help them tap into that workflow. The tools made available by the Autodesk Data Exchange team vary based on complexity, allowing you to either just access the granular data in exchanges, or go beyond that and build your own connectors that will allow custom workflows to read and write data into exchange context.

See an innovative approach to designing an Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360 template that aligns with ISO 19650 principles and is adaptable for U.S. non-ISO projects. Explore the key principles outlined in the standard and discuss the benefits of a managed data collaboration process. We will showcase the methodology for creating role-based permission groups, naming conventions, document control classification, data exchanges, workflow review processes, and more. Recognizing the need for adaptability, we will demonstrate how the ISO 19650-compliant template can easily be customized to suit unique requirements of U.S. architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms and meet industry regional state and local standards. Developed in BIM 360 and translated to Autodesk Construction Cloud, the template serves as the basis for project creation across a global firm and can accommodate large and small projects

This class will provide a comprehensive overview of building information modeling (BIM) implementation in Qatar. We will cover the road map and strategy of the Public Works Authority aligned with the Corporate Strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030. We'll discuss modern methodologies for design and construction delivery across the country, along with the development and publication of the Ashghal BIM Standards (ABIMS) based on ISO 19650. We will also examine the establishment of a BIM policy that mandates BIM use on all building and infrastructure projects, and we'll cover the challenges associated with BIM implementation. Furthermore, you will learn how BIM can be an enabler for digital construction, as well as how it's used for the operation and maintenance of Ashghal assets. The course will cover BIM technology implementation within IT infrastructure and showcase success stories from Ashghal BIM projects.

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, workstations stand as pivotal tools that catalyze innovation and drive efficiency across a spectrum of industries. This presentation sheds light on recent innovations in workstations impacting the building design/construction, product manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Driven by the rapid implementation of new Autodesk tools and integrated add-ins, these industries are continually pushing the limits of computational requirements. In other words, the software "monster" that we have created (and love) needs to be properly fed. In this session we will discuss innovation in CPU, GPU, I/O, and workstation engineering that can benefit the complex 3D, VR, AI, and Reality Capture workflows.

Join us to see how GOLDBECK used the new AEC Data Model and Data Exchanges offered by Autodesk Platform Services to democratize data access across departments and different applications. Our session will highlight how we access data from native software tools using Data Exchange, reducing the need for manual data drops and empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions based on a single-source-of-truth AEC Data Model. With AI-based prompts powered by ChatGPT, we will illustrate dynamic ad hoc queries, enabling users to find, access, and consume model data in a new, intuitive way (for example, "Show me the CO2 footprint of all windows”). Our real-world examples showcase interactive data visualization and collaborative platform services that allow you to provide relevant data to different project stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Learn how to harness innovative technology with the AEC Data Model API and Data Exchange API to streamline workflows, break down data silos, and make data available everywhere.

This class will explore the capabilities of the Fusion Data API and its potential for enabling data-driven workflows and collaboration in Autodesk Fusion 360 software. You'll gain insights into the key features and functionalities of the Fusion Data API, and learn how to use it to access, retrieve, modify, and analyze design data within Fusion 360 projects. The session will cover essential aspects such as authentication, data retrieval, filtering, and manipulation techniques. Furthermore, we'll showcase real-world examples of Fusion Data API implementations to demonstrate its practical applications in enhancing productivity, facilitating cross-team collaboration, and unlocking valuable design insights.

Autodesk Platform Services is the industry-leading design-and-make platform as a service, making available to external developers and businesses the same technology used by Autodesk's SaaS solutions. This class will focus on industry trends, technology insights, and business strategies maximizing Autodesk Platform Services to accelerate the success of your product. This class will help developers, customers, and business partners maximize all the tools and resources that Autodesk provides to make sure that your products that are built on top of Autodesk Platform Services are as successful as possible. These include tools and resources to help you learn and use Autodesk Platform Services. And we'll cover how to improve product awareness, marketing, sales, and more. We'll also include information about industry trends that we are seeing, and we'll look at several case studies to help you see how products in multiple industries have become successful using Autodesk Platform Services.

Are you building apps on the Autodesk Platform Services, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or BIM 360 platforms? Are you using Autodesk Platform Services as part of your digital transformation strategy—or helping your customers transform their businesses? Do you want to learn more about what the Autodesk Platform Services team has been working on throughout the past year? Join us to learn about the improved APIs, the new Autodesk Construction Cloud APIs, the next generation of APIs to work with data, and more. See what's new with Autodesk Platform Services APIs and what's coming in the next generation of the Autodesk Platform Services platform. Get the insights you need to confidently create your application development plans.

In the post-pandemic era, we still find that supporting distributed teams of employees, project partners and customers located in offices, on the road, and working at home is still a challenge – especially when it comes to ensuring high performance access to project files and their security. This is further exasperated by systems we rushed to implement during the pandemic, mergers and acquisitions taking place in the industry, and a desire to continue leveraging a best-of-breed global workforce. Session attendees will be introduced to real world situational analysis along with best practices that organizations can utilize to help deliver a positive experience to their user constituents and value to the overall organization.

Introducing the digital transformation journey of Samsung Electronics DS to build secured construction platform thru public cloud-based Autodesk Construction Cloud and private cloud-based VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure). In this journey, we established secured remote work infrastructure, centralized cloud-based design tools & data. As the owner of the construction project, we made a significant decision to adopt a CDE (Common Data Environment) to create, manage and operate secured construction project. Through Autodesk Construction Cloud, we successfully achieved flexibility of workforce management, accessibility of centralized data and cost reduction of IT security & operation. From the perspective of the owner, digital transformation of semiconductor Fab construction through cloud adoption provides big value to our business with a variety of web-based work environments that cannot be applied in traditional closed on-premise environment.