Construction has a labor problem, a skills gap, an image issue, and diversity issues. The adoption of technology in construction presents new opportunities to reinvent our image, and our presence, into one that is much less caveman-esque: One that embraces diversity and technology and values its people. This tech adoption also presents us with new challenges as we navigate how to do this without alienating our current workforce who holds much of the knowledge about how we build. The industry cannot afford to push past the existing workforce, nor can it afford to give in and let the industry operate at status quo. Construction needs to adopt new paradigms that encourage the buy-in and support of the current workforce while attracting new talent from labor pools that are traditionally not attracted to the industry, including women and young workers who are just entering the workforce. There are issues in the industry that need to be explored and addressed in order to achieve these goals.

More than six years ago, Soumil Goyal was first introduced to Autodesk products, and it sparked a passion for engineering, design, and manufacturing. Goyal is now a high school senior and has learned to use many Autodesk products, including TinkerCAD, Fusion 360, Inventor, and AutoCAD. In this session, Goyal will share a unique perspective as a young and enthusiastic learner and how we need to teach for the future of engineering. This modern engineering student's perspective will provide an insightful outlook into the best ways to continue advancing education to build the next engineers. Goyal will also share the best ways to teach engineering in the new technology revolutions, how Autodesk products can boost engineering, and why businesses and organizations should invest more in engineering education.

Currently, there is a nationwide career and technical educator (CTE) shortage, and the reasons for it are multifaceted and numerous. The shortage of quality CTE teachers contributes to the growing skills gap that affects our food and fiber and manufacturing industries. With data from the Missouri Department of Secondary Education to support the research, Allan Sharrock will share a new white paper outlining the various reasons why there are CTE teacher shortages and how CTE teachers earn their certifications. Sharrock will also discuss case studies detailing how manufacturing knowledge impacts the food and fiber industries. With these insights and recommendations, Sharrock hopes to deliver new inspiration for changes in how CTE teachers are trained and credentialed nationwide.

Your drawings contain a potential gold mine of information. But are you getting the most out of them? In this class, you'll learn to dig deep into your drawings using the powerful Data Extraction tool. You'll learn how to easily extract golden nuggets of data, and then easily reuse that data in a variety of ways. Together, we'll build automated Index to Drawings sheets and coordinate tables. We'll even combine AutoCAD data and Microsoft Excel data to unleash the power of your AutoCAD DWG™ files.

Your drawings contain a potential gold mine of information. But are you getting the most out of them? In this class, you'll learn to dig deep into your drawings using the powerful Data Extraction tool. You'll learn how to easily extract golden nuggets of data, and then easily reuse that data in a variety of ways. Together, we'll build automated Index to Drawings sheets and coordinate tables. We'll even combine AutoCAD data and Microsoft Excel data to unleash the power of your AutoCAD DWG™ files.

This case study explores how two educators have created girl-focused STEM events to support and empower our next generation. In order to help close the gender gap in their engineering classes, they created programs that pairs young students with high school students and professionals in industry. Maker Girl Mania, a STEM event created in 2015, uses a variety of hands-on activities at over 25 stations for students K-7th grade to explore, problem-solve, build, and tinker with different facets of engineering. Over 100 high school volunteers and industry partners help the young makers at each of the 25 stations to be successful in their explorations. Tech Girls, an annual event that pairs middle school girls with high school girls, introduces young students to the classes and careers available in STEM including Engineering, Design, Architecture, and Automotive.

3D car modeling is quite a complex process and difficult to learn. This class will be a great opportunity for you to study the theory of 3D car modeling technique from Giichi Endo, a real car designer from Nichinan Corporation. Through this class, you'll be able to see and learn secret sculpt modeling techniques that Giichi has developed throughout his carrier. Giichi is a former Nissan car design director and his sculpt modeling technique is quite superb. He has more than 4 years of experience in sculpt modeling, plus more than 20 years of experience in Alias software.

If you are currently using core AutoCAD functionality to develop controls drawings and you’re interested in the AutoCAD Electrical toolset, this is the class for you. Learn the key functionality of the AutoCAD Electrical toolset, and see the new hot features. This class will be electrifying and have you feeling that spark of love for AutoCAD Electrical.

This intermediate-to-advanced hands-on lab offers AutoCAD 3D software veterans a chance to explore the 2D model documentation of 3D models from AutoCAD 2018 software. After creating base views and projected views from 3D solid or surface models, we'll explore sectional views. Using 3D models, we'll create full, half, offset, and aligned sectional drawing views. We'll also create circular and rectangular detail views. We will apply editing techniques of the 3D models to then update the derived drawing views. We will also explore Undocumented Auxiliary View features from 3D models. Exporting the 2D sectional drawing views into model space using the EXPORTLAYOUT command will give us true size and shape geometry to edit and annotate as needed. If you've used AutoCAD 3D software in the past to create 2D multiview drawings from 3D models, attend this class and get ready to be surprised.

Technology is transforming every aspect of our lives. 79% of companies say their future growth depends on digital tools but 2 in 3 are struggling to find the skilled workers they need. All of this is placing considerable pressure on educators to adapt their education programs to meet these needs. In this panel session, a group of educators leading the charge will share how they are reimagining their education programs to meet the needs of the future workforce. From secondary schools to vocational training programs to higher education, this session will showcase best practices and success stories from those who are breaking boundaries and transforming design, engineering and manufacturing education with Fusion 360. This session is a must-attend for educators who want to learn how to prepare their students for the future of work along with an unmissable opportunity for industry attendees to see how the leading minds in education are rising to the challenge.

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.

Autodesk offers an industry-recognized certification portfolio that is built with high integrity following industry standards. Attendees can expect to learn about the details of each certification and how it can impact the progression of their career by validating and showcasing their knowledge, skills, and abilities in AEC or Fusion 360. Additionally, expect to learn about our distribution channels, voucher programs, and education offering that supports the secondary, vocational, and higher education markets. Attendees will receive access to a promotional code that could be used after AU on any certification exam.

The A360 environments provide the platform for a knowledge and team repository that can support the needs of a broad organization. Autodesk Consulting has transitioned to this platform for core data management and sharing activities. There are many advantages this platform has provided to our worldwide team-in particular, the ability to collaborate with multiple customers and partners in a secure environment. In this presentation, you will learn how to position the platform for success, how process management can be a key to improved activity, and how the environment can become an integral part of organizational success-as well as strategies for rollout and adoption,

A week after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, Norwegian architects Snøhetta were announced as the winners of the competition to design the new Le Monde headquarters in the French capital. The winning proposal aligned with the wish of both the client and the French society to counter the terrorist attack with transparency and openness-a wish recently reinforced by the election of Emmanuel Macron as the country's new president. In this presentation, Håvard Vasshaug will show you how the Snøhetta design team used Dynamo software and Revit software to create a glass façade that will communicate transparency in a monumental way-by automating the combination of multiple layers of variations in materials, orientation, placement, size, transparency, and reflectivity, while containing both complexity and cost. The project will be a landmark in Paris. Learn how Dynamo was used at the center of the design.

As the challenges we face become more complex, visual thinking is emerging as an effective strategy to help us solve them. Visual notes, or sketchnotes, help us make better decisions faster, help us communicate our decisions more effectively, and help our teams better execute those decisions. At this workshop, learn what sketchnotes are and how to use them. Using the process of sketchnotes, you will learn how to combine imagery and words together to make information more interesting and create a compelling piece to help drive innovation forward. You will also leave this class with practicing tips to further develop the sketchnotes technique independently.

Custom Tutorials can help you retain tribal knowledge of the tricks your company's developed over years, and then pass that knowledge on to new hires or outsourced resources to ensure your data is built and behaves as expected. This class will show you how to use your very own CAD tools and practices to create written and video tutorials covering those tricks-from everyday basics to those needed once every 6 months. You will learn how to post publicly and privately to the A360 cloud-based collaboration service, and how to share with others.

Last year we used Fusion 360 software to design and build a large set for the Hollywood film Ant-Man and the Wasp. From design to final product, learn how we managed large assemblies and what we do differently now.

We've been dimensioning in AutoCAD software for what seems like a century. You will learn how the multipurpose AMPOWERDIM command automatically recognizes objects and defaults to the appropriate dimension type. Discover how to create multiple dimensions with minimal input, resulting in instant groups of appropriately spaced ordinate, parallel, or symmetrical dimensions. You will also learn how to automatically force overlapping dimensions to automatically space themselves appropriately. You can use the same command to place linear, angular, radial, diameter, baseline, and chain dimensions. Learn how to integrate tolerance and fit list information into the drawing. In a layout or scale area, power dimensions automatically adjust their linear scale based on the points or geometry selected.

India annually produces 01 million tech graduates, but many are considered unemployable due to a lack of skills in comparison to their academic knowledge. Integration of design and making skills can solve this problem with tools like Fusion 360, which is freely available to schools. Fusion 360 synergizes design and manufacturing, enabling students to bring their creative ideas to fruition. However, a heavy content-based curriculum in graduation limits this integration. Established in 2014 at MNIT Jaipur, Autodesk CAM Society is a student-driven club dedicated to teaching and learning manufacturing technology beyond the scope of the curriculum. Their goal is to enhance design & manufacturing skills at an early stage. In one decade, the Society has helped thousands of graduates not only with placement in core companies but also with startups, patent filing, publishing research papers, and winning student competitions. In this session learn more about the tactics and accomplishments to help graduates to enhance their skills and be more employable.