BIM 360 Docs software helps us store and collaborate on construction documents with our stakeholders. With Desktop Connector, we can manage files in Document Management through a connected drive, so users can benefit from easy syncing of files and folders and offline working. This class will teach you how to set up and use Desktop Connector with BIM 360 Document Management, and how to troubleshoot the most common issues.

BIM 360 Docs software and BIM 360 Document Management help us store and collaborate on construction documents with our stakeholders. With Desktop Connector, we can manage files in Document Management through a connected drive, letting users benefit from easy syncing of files and folders and offline working. This class will teach you how to set up and use Desktop Connector with BIM 360 Document Management, and how to troubleshoot most common issues.

With the redesign of the start tab in AutoCAD 2022 software, users can easily access project data in the cloud using Autodesk Docs and Desktop Connector for Autodesk Docs. However, not everyone knows where to start. This session will cover the essentials of how to get started and be comfortable when collaborating with AutoCAD. You'll learn how to work efficiently, maximize project performance, and navigate issues when they occur.

Your Building Information Modeling (BIM) data increases significantly in value the more you make use of it. Cloud-based technologies make this extremely easy. We explore how to connect the desktop and the cloud to make any BIM data you choose available to anyone you choose, including optional round-trip real-time editing of selected properties and features. This class discusses extracting information from your Revit Models, enhancing Collaboration for Revit workflows, new additions to the growing suite of The Building Coder desktop-BIM-cloud samples, AEC related Forge APIs such as the Viewer and the Model Derivative API. The latter enables easy translation of design files to different formats and extracting data from them to use almost anywhere. Using demonstrations and dissections of sample applications, we show how these programming tools can easily and vastly enhance your BIM workflows. This is an advanced class for experienced programmers. This session features Revit and Forge. AIA Approved

Do you want to use the Autodesk cloud tools, but also need to continue to use your existing desktop tools? Finally there's a cloud solution that acknowledges your need to bridge your current tools with new solutions in the cloud. Come and learn how to bridge your desktop world with the cloud, using a tool that's so simple, you'll think it's magic. Introducing Autodesk Drive software, the virtual file system that connects to the Autodesk cloud.

Design is rarely a perfectly linear and straightforward process. Often a single tool cannot accommodate all the workflows—and even when it does, it’s rarely the right fit. By maximizing the different tools within the Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection (Inventor software, Autodesk Fusion 360, Desktop Connector), designers and engineers can now design, make, and collaborate on products to reduce the lead time faced in today's manufacturing. This course will cover the complete workflow involved in designing parts for formative manufacturing—injection molding. From making a mold in Inventor to validating your part for injection molding in Autodesk Fusion 360, the Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection helps you connect these workflows right on your desktop using Autodesk Fusion 360 Desktop Connector.

Last year we did a class (“How to Use Fusion 360 and Inventor for Effective Designs”) where we linked Fusion 360 files with Inventor using Desktop Connector. The most requested addition to that was to link those files into Vault software, so this year we’ll go through some of the different configurations for how we can load and manage these Fusion 360 files in Vault. Some of the things we will look at include creating the connection and adding the files, as well as managing the files; and we’ll also discuss version and revisions of the files in Vault.

In this class, we’ll introduce you to connected workflows between AutoCAD software and Autodesk Construction Cloud. You’ll see a detailed walk-through on reference drawings and their relationships within Autodesk Docs. Learn how users can maximize the full potential of Desktop Connector to validate reference files, maintain associativity, and establish versioning of drawing files in Autodesk Docs. Then, we’ll introduce the integration of the file-locking feature into AutoCAD and see its benefits while sharing drawings through projects in Autodesk Construction Cloud. We’ll share some best practices in terms of handling drawing file operations within AutoCAD for cloud-based storage. Finally, we’ll wrap up with some key tools that will enable you to collaborate efficiently and increase productivity through Autodesk Cloud Services.

Make manual site coordination a thing of the past. In this class, you’ll learn how to transfer information between Revit software and Civil 3D software consistently and accurately. Using the Shared Reference Point tool, we’ll walk through the setup so that your Revit model comes in accurately into Civil 3D. If you’re looking to send information the other way, BIM 360 software and the Desktop Connector are your friends. By the end of this class, you’ll understand why these tools work the way they do, and know how to send information back and forth between Revit and Civil 3D.

In this class, we'll demonstrate how to set up, configure, and drive design standardization for AutoCAD drawings in Autodesk Construction Cloud. AutoCAD and Autodesk Docs have tighter integration through Desktop Connector. We'll explore best practices for enhanced collaboration while handling AutoCAD drawing relationships, including references and supported files in Autodesk Docs. We'll share a quick walk-through on the Autodesk Bridge and explore its potential to help users unlock coordination during the design process and drive standardization in AutoCAD drawings. We'll demo AutoCAD cloud-based features like Activity Insights and DWG™ History showing how users can consult the changes made to their cloud-based drawings and templates anytime, anywhere. We'll wrap up the session with productivity enhancements in AutoCAD 2024 and Desktop Connector that help users achieve three Cs during their design process through AutoCAD drawings in Autodesk Construction Cloud projects.

We will describe the nitty-gritty programming details to implement a cloud-based system to analyze, visualize, and report on universal component usage. The components can be Revit software families used in Building Information Modeling (BIM) or any other kind of assets in any other kind of system. The focus is on the cloud-based database used to manage the component occurrences, either in global or project-based coordinate systems. You can make searches based on both keywords and geographical location. Models are visualized using pure WebGL, Three.js, and the Autodesk View and Data API, providing support for online viewing and model navigation. You can use the web app in any browser and on any mobile device with no need to install any additional software whatsoever. This is an advanced class for experienced programmers.

In the AU 2021, I am planning to present how BIM 360 can help for Design Collaboration, Review and Issues Management between multiple disciplines in the same company or different companies. In WME, how we make use of BIM 360 for various design process and stages like design collaboration, design review, transmittal creation and Issues management. These features are helping us to collaborate within our team and with external parties. We use various workflows for design collaboration, reviews and issues management for the effective collaboration. We use Desktop connector for Navisworks and CAD files. Now we are exploring model coordination and the new feature of Naming convention standard as per ISO standard. We are enjoying and exploring more on new features from Autodesk.

The Autodesk Forge platform delivers brilliant technologies that enhances the daily work also in the desktop world. This session will explain and show how to benefit from the forge APIs within your desktop environment with practical, real examples. See how to use the Forge Viewer within Vault, or how to leverage the Design Automation API with your local files, how to use the Data Management and Derivative API. This session will explain how Cloud and Desktop can work together today, with practical examples and so give you new ideas for your business. (Joint AU/Forge DevCon class).

Understand requirements for setting up a Civil 3D project in Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro, including entitlements, software required, and recommendations for success. We’ll cover project setup and administration, as well as migrating Civil 3D projects to the cloud, checking, and resolving your file dependencies. Lastly, we’ll explore the role of Desktop Connector and the importance of data hygiene.

Civil 3D Pressure Pipe is not a topic covered in many books or online tutorials. It assumes a basic understanding of piping, but in order to fully utilize all the intricacies of the software, you need to dive in and explore. This class will help novice users avoid pitfalls the speaker experienced when first using the program. We’ll also highlight many shortcuts you can use to help speed your model creation. We’ll then explain how our group was able to coordinate other outside sources’ piping, electrical, and/or public utility models with our pressure pipe models within BIM 360 software utilizing the Desktop Connector to find clashes and quickly deliver a final design to a client within very short deadlines. We were able to quickly create a site design for electrical conduits, storm, sanitary, and chilled water, within two months.

What an exciting time for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry as the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) will soon be experienced by engineers in the same way they’re enjoyed by architects. This course will look at Autodesk’s approach to “Collaboration for Infrastructure” by applying the same BIM process to civil engineering projects. The function of modeling in 3D is nothing new for civil engineering professionals; the difference is that we can now dynamically connect the data and workflows with other disciplines using BIM 360 software. In this class, we’ll explore how to access BIM 360 for Civil 3D software, whether utilizing the web-based interface or Autodesk Desktop Connector. We’ll also showcase the use of BIM 360 for design collaboration by translating a surface from Civil 3D into Revit software. Then you’ll take a look at how to take your markups to the next level within the BIM 360 environment and learn how to access and write Civil 3D data to BIM 360 directly from within the Civil 3D software.

Make manual site coordination a thing of the past. In this class you'll learn how to consistently and accurately transfer information between Revit software and Civil 3D software. Using the Shared Reference Point tool, we'll walk through the setup so that your Revit model comes accurately into Civil 3D. If you're looking to send information the other way, BIM 360 software and the Desktop Connector are your friend. By the end of this class, you'll understand why these tools work the way they do, and how to send information back and forth between Revit and Civil 3D.

In today's hyperconnected world, convenience is the ultimate currency. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange API's genesis is the goal of creating connected platforms with the convenience to end-data consumers. It helps break the barriers of data siloes developed within the organization. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange provides instantaneous access to data for anyone, anywhere, in any app. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange liberates data from proprietary data formats, allowing seamless integration of cross-platform apps that can be desktop apps, web apps, mobiles apps, and apps from different domains and even those used from diverse geographical locations. This class will demonstrate how to use Autodesk Forge to create various types of Autodesk Forge Data Exchange Connectors. We’ll walk through the process of identifying the need and opportunity for building a connection between different apps. We’ll show the steps of creating an Autodesk Forge Data Exchange Connector within a desktop or a web app with sample codes. You’ll learn best practices to build connectors from a security, performance, and future needs perspective.

Join Autodesk product managers responsible for the various components that make up Collaboration for Civil 3D software, including Civil 3D, Desktop Connector, AutoCAD software, and Autodesk Docs. We'll review the workflow fundamentals, as well as things to consider when adopting this new solution. Collaboration for Civil 3D is built on rapidly evolving technology, so we'll also provide some insight into future plans with the goal of helping users prepare for the future.

This course will cover the best practices and lessons learned throughout the past year of BIM 360 Document Management software and Civil 3D software together. We will cover tips and tricks for project setup, working with Desktop Connector, and turbo-boosting the users' experiences using Civil 3D files in the cloud.