In this class you will learn how to create a detailed bridge model using mainly Revit software, a little bit of Dynamo software, and AutoCAD Civil 3D software as a data source for alignments and profiles. This class won’t touch the Bridge Modeling Revit software extensions—we’ll be showing tips and tricks for modeling from scratch to fulfill the required accuracy. Furthermore, we’ll be giving insight to a developed workflow that has been created for customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Upfront there will be a brief introduction about challenges that planners and engineers have to face when creating those very complex shaped projects. The bridge itself will be a real project that was designed by a German planning office the "old" 2D way and was built in the past.

This class will help you to explore preliminary bridge design options by using Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 software to visualize realistic civil structures in the context of the surrounding proposed site. Then Structural Bridge Design software is used to analyze the bridge in the cloud. We run a line girder analysis to verify the structural strength of the bridge girders and ensure they meet design standard requirements. Next, we take the design into Navisworks software to uncover design problems and constructability issues more effectively and plan the construction sequencing. The InfraWorks 360 model is taken into AutoCAD Civil 3D software for precise grading. Then we round-trip the model back into InfraWorks 360 for better design communication. This session features InfraWorks 360, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Navisworks Manage.

This class will help you to explore preliminary bridge design options by using Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 to visualize realistic civil structures in the context of the surrounding proposed site. Then Structural Bridge Design software is used to analyze the bridge in the cloud. We run a line girder analysis to verify the structural strength of the bridge girders and ensure they meet design standard requirements. Next we take the design into Navisworks software to uncover design problems and constructability issues more effectively and plan the construction sequencing. The InfraWorks software model is taken into AutoCAD Civil 3D software for precise grading. Then we round trip the model back into InfraWorks for better design communication.

Learn how to start building custom bridge components using both Inventor software and Revit software for use in InfraWorks software. We’ll briefly examine the InfraWorks-centered bridge workflow and identify where custom components can be beneficial. We’ll work up two specific examples using both of the available methods and covering the benefits of each. Then we’ll use those newly created components in InfraWorks and see how they can be manipulated to a final state within the bridge itself ready for the workflow to continue.

If you haven't really seen Bridge Design for InfraWorks 360 software at work, then you need to attend this class. This program magically creates engineering-sensible bridges in your InfraWorks 360 software models. Not only is it amazingly cool, it is also amazingly practical and useful in the way that it provides a representation of a bridge (complete with structural members such as a deck, girders, bearings, abutments, piers, foundations, and piles) along with real numbers to assess its cost. In this class you'll learn how to create these bridges, understand what you're seeing, assess cost, and even tweak the design. You'll be surprised at what you can do, and after class you'll be chomping at the bit to get back to work to apply what you've learned.

Don't have plans or any design details for a given bridge? Join us for an insightful discussion on how Parsons and Autodesk have teamed up to use high-resolution photogrammetry coupled with Autodesk’s newest Reality Capture capabilities to streamline the creation of existing-condition intelligent models for downstream bridge design and analysis. This session will showcase the innovative collaboration between industry leaders and the transformative impact that advanced technology is having on bridge engineering.

In this class, we’ll learn how differing bridge analysis methods produce different results affecting the overall design and ultimately cost. We’ll then prove this by modeling a bridge structure in InfraWorks software, and then we’ll analyze the structure and design the girders using the internal analytical tools. We’ll then connect to Structural Bridge Design software to create and use a refined analysis model to show the differences, efficiencies, and savings that are possible.

The Future of Making Bridges is not so much about the destination, but the journey. This roundtable discussion focuses on that journey in the pursuit of a total end to end Autodesk® solution for design and implementation of atypical bridges. Attendees can learn and share their own experiences on their bridge journeys. Discover the best practices and limitations experienced on each other’s journeys. Learn about the key to this solution is the ability for all software including Infraworks, Revit, Project Kameleon and Structural Bridge Design to exchange and communicate data seamlessly with the goal of reducing production cost, compressing project timeline, mitigating risk and improving the overall quality of the end product.

Joining us in this exciting roundtable discussion will be Ara Ashikian—Bridges Product Manager. This session features InfraWorks 360. The roundtable discussion will be facilitated by Drew Olsen the Senior Industry Strategy Manager for Transportation, ISM-AEC & Cross-Industry Strategy and Marketing.

This class will cover concrete bridge modeling in the context of a wider transportation project. The class will explore fast conceptual bridge modeling in InfraWorks software, and workflows to Structural Bridge Design software, Inventor software, and Revit software. You will learn how to rapidly model concrete bridges in InfraWorks and use the “built-in” analysis tools to assess the suitability of the chosen girder system against recognized design standards. You will learn how to use Structural Bridge Design to examine and refine the design and to carry out more-detailed analysis and design checks. You will learn how to use Inventor to refine the InfraWorks bridge model by creating custom parametric bridge components for use in InfraWorks, and you’ll see how to configure them to act as native parts. You will also learn how to transfer the refined bridge model to Revit, where you will add 3D reinforcement using new rebar tools and finally produce drawings and rebar scheduling ready for fabrication.

This class will cover the use of InfraWorks 360 software as a bridge modeling and design tool in the context of a wider transportation project, and we’ll explore a number of solid workflows to other bridge design and modeling products. You will learn not only how to model concrete bridges in InfraWorks 360 software, but also how to make use of the Line Girder Analysis cloud service to quickly validate the girders against different design standards and to establish the required prestressing. You will learn how to simply open up the corresponding analytical model directly in Structural Bridge Design software for further refinement and to carry out more-detailed analysis and design checks. You will learn how to open up the InfraWorks 360 model in AutoCAD Civil 3D software to carry out further refinements to the site and create alignment drawings that include the bridges. You will also learn how to create a Revit software model with a single click from the InfraWorks 360 model in order to add rebar and create structural drawings. This session features InfraWorks 360, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Revit.

This class will cover the topic of bridge modeling, detailing, and analysis in Revit software. Designers can create a bridge using axis alignment parameters and assign a parameterized cross section. Substructure components, such as piers and abutments, are constructed as Revit families and placed in the project with reference to the axis. The user has direct access to the bridge’s and axis’s information. Modifications of the structure parameters are immediately implemented in the project. With the data already defined, an analytical model can be generated, and detailed analysis and design of the structure can be performed. Reinforcement and prestressing cables are modeled according to the bridge axis and adjusted in anchorage zones. Detailers can automatically create section views and place dimensions, as well as annotations.

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.

This class will cover the use of InfraWorks 360 software as a bridge modeling and design tool in the context of a wider transportation project, and we’ll explore a workflow to AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Revit software, and Structural Bridge Design software. You will learn how to create concrete bridges in InfraWorks 360 software and use the Line Girder Analysis cloud service to quickly validate the girders against different design standards and establish the required prestressing. You will learn how you can then simply open up the corresponding analytical model directly in Structural Bridge Design software for further refinement, as well as carry out more-detailed analysis and design checks. You will learn how to open up the InfraWorks 360 model in AutoCAD Civil 3D software to carry out further refinements to the site and create alignment drawings that include the bridges. You will also learn how you can create a Revit software model with a single click from the InfraWorks 360 model in order to add rebar and create structural drawings. This session features InfraWorks 360, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Revit.

This class will cover the workflow of how to use Civil 3D software, Dynamo, Python, and Revit software to model a steel arch bridge with a double-curved superstructure. We will examine the various steps in the process, such as getting the highways model ready in Civil 3D, using Dynamo and Python to generate a bridge in Revit connected to this highways model, and updating the design. We will show how this workflow was used to design a 300-meter steel arch bridge in the Netherlands. Finally, with our Autodesk colleagues, we will show how the InfraWorks software-led bridge workflow will greatly simplify the process of tackling such complex projects by capitalizing on a fully parametric approach, from concept to detailed design.

Do you want to learn how to deliver bridge projects using an intelligent model-based approach? Then this class is for you! The transition from 2D design through to 3D parametric model-based delivery for bridges remains a challenge for many consultants, where moving from traditional approaches is considered either too challenging or the benefits for building information modeling (BIM) delivery will not be realized. This class will show the key steps our team has taken throughout the last five years using Autodesk software to model, design, analyze, and document various types of bridges and viaducts. These steps demonstrate our evolution toward intelligent, model-based delivery. We’ll share the many challenges, pitfalls, and lessons learned we have encountered and gained along our journey working in various countries and stages of delivery. Attendees will gain valuable guidance needed to prepare their team, project disciplines, and clients to pilot new approaches for bridge design and documentation—and beyond to full BIM-based delivery.

Learn hands-on the creation of basic bridge components in Inventor software. InfraWorks software can accept custom piers, girders, abutments, decks, and foundations created as IPT files in Inventor. In this class, you will model a parametric pier in Inventor and use Shape Modeler to prepare it for use in InfraWorks. Once in InfraWorks, we will export the bridge to Revit software.

This roundtable session focuses on the Autodesk® solution for design and implementation of typical overpass bridges. We also evaluate approaches for working with tunnels, retaining walls, and other structural elements that are common to road, rail, and highway projects. Attendees can learn how these structures can be initially located by the roadway engineer in the context of the road or rail model, further designed and detailed by the structural engineer, and finally used by the contractor for construction planning. Key to this workflow is the ability for all project participants including civil, structural, contractors, and owners to work in a coordinated way with the goal of reducing production cost, compressing project timeline, mitigating risk and improving the overall quality of the end product. This session has a live walk-through of the process, primarily using a combination of AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, the Civil 3D Bridge Module, and Revit® Structure software.

Ever felt like you’ve modeled a bridge too many times trying to catch up with road design changes? Civil 3D software and this class can make it easier! The class will cover the ways to use Civil 3D for modeling bridges. Civil 3D not only links bridge design with ever-changing road design geometry on the earliest stages of design, but also builds up the information model of a bridge to be carried through the following design stages.

In this class, you'll learn from a bridge engineer who successfully designed almost 40 bridges using the InfraWorks-centered bridge modeling workflow. You'll see an overview of the workflow and get advice on how to implement it efficiently for a real-world project. Following an overview of the workflow that includes road modeling in Civil 3D software, bridge setup in InfraWorks software, preparation of parametric bridge parts in Inventor software, and production of drawings via Revit software, this class will teach you how to prepare a virtual environment in InfraWorks for ease of workability and sharing of data sources via Autodesk Docs. You'll learn how to exchange the road models between InfraWorks and Civil 3D, including modification of road assemblies for bridge modeling in InfraWorks. This class will demonstrate modeling of individual bridge parts, such as abutments in Inventor or Revit. You'll see the preparation of drawings in Revit and related fine-tuning of the bridge model in InfraWorks.

As infrastructure projects become increasingly complex, the adoption of BIM for bridge design and construction has become essential. This session will provide a deep dive into our organization’s BIM journey, showcasing how we transitioned from traditional design workflows to an integrated digital approach. We’ll discuss the challenges we faced, the solutions we implemented, and the innovations we developed to optimize collaboration, accuracy, and efficiency in bridge modeling. Demonstrating the evolution of our methodology, we’ll highlight our progression from manual modeling to parametric workflows using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo—and ultimately to advanced modeling with Revit, including in-house developed add-ins, Dynamo, and SOFiSTiK Bridge and Infrastructure Modeler. You’ll gain valuable insights into best practices, software interoperability, and the future of BIM on infrastructure projects.