At Southern California Edison (SCE), we have standardized and obtained efficiencies in our design and engineering processes by using AutoCAD Utility Design software as our transmission and distribution graphical design tool. This class will present the approach used to unify our design process using AutoCAD Utility Design, beginning with external work management through the workflow and ending with the validation of the design and bills of materials that are being sent to an external work management system. Along the way, we will discuss accessing external mapping/GIS and SAP® asset information within AutoCAD Utility Design and as well as the tool's ability to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements throughout the design process. With an emphasis on realizing the benefits of an IPSEC-based (Initiate, Plan, Schedule, Execute, Close) work order lifecycle, we will also discuss SCE’s solution to transmission and distribution design interactivity through our estimating and material ordering phases and our approach to eliminating the need for manual entry directly into our SAP enterprise resource planning systems (ERP).

In this session, we'll discuss how Woodway converts its engineering bill of materials (eBOM) into its manufacturing BOM (mBOM) using the mBOM Editor in Autodesk Fusion Manage software. We'll then show how we partnered with coolOrange to develop a workflow, and which tools we used, to send these BOMs to our enterprise resource planning (ERP).

This is an update to last year's class, Choosing Autodesk PLM 360. This class provides a customer perspective regarding the ease of enhancing and maintaining a Autodesk PLM 360 software tenant. After go-live, Greenpoint Technologies, Inc., has continually developed and enhanced its tenant reporting capabilities, Vault software integration, and enterprise resource planning integration. In this class we will discuss what was easy, what was difficult, and what you should look out for.

This session will explain how to streamline a qualification process, building on TradeTapp's functionality by extracting qualification data via API and connecting automated workflows. The session will cover how to use custom connectors in Power Automate to extract data and use Power Automate flows to automatically move, create, and update records in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) or database. By doing so, teams can reduce the amount of time spent on internal recordkeeping management related to qualified vendors—such as AP profiles.

Autodesk Construction Cloud or Fusion Team is used to store product data created with Revit, Autodesk Fusion, Inventor, and other Autodesk CAD authoring tools. The data stored in these cloud systems is often the most important intellectual property, and it's also critical for users who do not have access to Autodesk cloud-based systems. Learn how you can use Autodesk's AEC Data Model API and Manufacturing Data Model API to extract bills of materials (BOMs), product quantities, and other critical metadata, and publish it to enterprise resource planning (ERP)—or other enterprise systems. Accurate, reliable, and free from manual data entry.

This is a description of the journey that Unverferth Mfg. Co., Inc., took when the company went from drawings boards and paper to a virtual digital world using Vault Professional software. We will talk about how the firm merged 3 independent and separately located Engineering departments into a single department. We will demonstrate our procedures—including file management, items use, and establishment of a 100%-digital Change Order and Approval process—and we'll talk about how we did them. Then we'll show how we are integrating with our enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

In this session, we'll discuss the journey of implementing Autodesk Fusion Manage software. We'll cover all the challenges we faced implementing product lifecycle management (PLM) for a global group at the same time the enterprise resource planning (ERP) was implemented. Discover what strategies we tried and used—which was a success, and which was a failure. We'll also touch upon cultural differences and lessons learned when it comes to having more than 150 users adopt the system at once. We'll also showcase all the value Fusion Manage has provided to Vow ASA over a four-year period.

Learn how Southern California Edison uses AutoCAD software-based drafting tools to produce designs in a rapidly changing industry. This class discusses how the Transmission and Distribution groups produce work order packages using the AutoCAD Utility Design tool, resulting in greater consistency, accuracy, standardization, and ability to feed downstream processes in the enterprise. We also discuss how designs are initiated and how engineering tools feed into the final design within a tightly integrated network. All of these processes occur within the context of enterprise-level resource planning, and the downstream systems such as mapping, GIS, and SAP® that consume design data, including design validations, material ordering, scheduling, and construction. This class also examines future design elements in the industry, such as cloud-based computing, 3D renderings, and data point clouds.

This class covers the challenges and victories of a 100-year-old company that has transitioned from drawing on a drafting board to AutoCAD® software for 2D and 3D CAD, then to AutoCAD® Mechanical design software, and finally to Inventor® 3D CAD software. We describe how the company has adapted its own standards over the years to expedite the release of drawings to manufacturing in a very time-critical environment. Finally, we discuss how the company has decided to take technology by the horns with both 3D prototype/model design and a business enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

GraphQL is used to expose the rich, granular data of the Autodesk Platform Services Manufacturing Data Model. This class will cover the GraphQL introduction and syntax, and explore how to get the data you want. It will also show examples of automating workflows with this rich data. The data itself is authored by Autodesk Fusion software, but the data model is available to anyone you wish to share with. This manufacturing data can easily be used for analysis, processing, and sharing—without needing desktop authoring tools. You can use cloud functionality through GraphQL to seamlessly browse through hubs, projects, folders, files, and component properties—and use customized queries to fetch valuable data, integrate with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, automate project administrative tasks, and more.

Manufacturing organizations often struggle with disconnected systems across sales, engineering, and production. This class will show how Vault PLM software forms the backbone of a connected digital thread spanning customer relationship management (CRM), CAD, product data management (PDM), product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Starting from a CRM order, we'll demonstrate rule-based CAD automation, engineering data management in Vault, and seamless Item and BOM synchronization into Autodesk Fusion Manage driven by the built-in connector. Design reviews are handled through a web interface powered by the Vault Data API, manufacturing execution runs in Autodesk Fusion Operations, and business data flows into ERP event-driven and AI-assisted. See how Vault PLM bridges engineering and enterprise to streamline the journey, from order to delivery.

Discover our successful transition from a heavily customized, end-of-life forms automation system processing more than 600 engineering change orders (ECOs) annually to Autodesk Fusion Manage integrated with Vault Professional software. Learn how we mitigated critical system-failure risks that could have doubled annual change-process costs from ~$130,000 to more than $250,000 and disrupted on-time shipments of multimillion-dollar orders worldwide. Explore the enhanced change-management capabilities we now benefit from, including task and milestone assignments, approval tracking, and metric dashboards. We'll also share our road map and planned next steps for expanding into quality processes linked to product data as well as future enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration.

Whether you're exploring Cost Management in Autodesk Forma Build, actively using it, or pushing the limits as a power user, this session is for you! Join this 30-minute ask-the-experts session to connect directly with the Autodesk Forma Cost Management implementation experts. Get answers to your toughest questions, learn proven best practices, and hear how leading teams are optimizing cost workflows and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations to drive better outcomes. Discover practical tips and real-world strategies, and see how AI can help solve complex cost challenges. Plus, bring your scenarios to the table during an open Q&A and walk away with actionable insights you can apply immediately.

Like a recipe or business card, items represent things within your business. Items represent the components that the company manages, assembles, sells, and manufactures. Autodesk Vault Professional software introduces the ability to generate items and manage an item master. Within this class you will learn what items are and how to provide both engineering staff and non-engineering (no access to a CAD application) with access to the data. We will cover how to issue new stock numbers and build intelligent naming schemes. You will learn how to attach your CAD data smartly with proper property (metadata) information mapping. You will also learn how to provide a mechanism for exchange of data between Vault and enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing resource planning (MRP), and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. We will discuss release management for lifecycles and revision schemes. You will learn how to create bills of materials (BOMs) for your items. Finally, we will cover change orders and how items are integrated.

Companies struggle with cost overruns, supply chain disruptions, and inefficient production due to poorly managed Bills of Materials (BOMs). Inaccurate BOMs can lead to delays, excess inventory, and missed revenue opportunities. So, let's take a deep dive into the important world of the BOM and build a blueprint for successful product development and equipment manufacturing. This session will equip you with practical strategies to create accurate, optimized BOMs. We'll explore best practices, tools, and case studies to streamline BOM processes. We'll start in CAD, building a good foundation. Then we'll move this information into product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and other production-related applications.

Vault Professional software manages thousands of engineering workflows but property assignment, lifecycle transitions, revision management, approval routing, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) synchronization remain manual. Every operation is predictable and rule-governed. This session will deliver AU 2026's Intelligent Data theme in practice: an AI agent connected to the Vault API monitoring product data management (PDM) events and executing the right action autonomously via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) agent loop. The large language model (LLM) interprets PDM state against business rules, and the API executes without manual intervention. In controlled workflows, this has reduced administrative overhead by up to 70%. You'll leave with an ROI-prioritized implementation road map.

Many firms struggle with "data silos" where project information is trapped between Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud) and specialized enterprise resource planning (ERP) or owner systems. While off-the-shelf solutions exist, they often fall short of specific operational needs. In this session, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company will share its journey of building custom integrations in Forma Construction Connect, with nCircle Tech as a consultant. We'll dive into the technical architecture used to sync data between Forma and CMiC, and show how we automated reporting to owner portals. You'll leave with a road map for evaluating custom versus out-of-the-box integrations as well as best practices for making Forma the central one-stop shop for field operations.

Hear how JE Dunn Construction teamed with Autodesk Consulting utilizing Forge platform-based APIs to develop integration between JE Dunn’s SharePoint-based Dunn Dashboard and BIM 360 Document Management. Learn how the document sync integration has enabled construction documents to be easily accessible to the construction professionals at the jobsite and maintained JE Dunn’s Dunn Dashboard as the single source of truth for all project documents. This BIM 360 Document Management-based integration is built on top of the project automation that was developed for JE Dunn ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and further has enabled the extension of the firm’s construction-based data and document flows into the construction ecosystem.

Rivian is bridging the gap from Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud) to a full-scale digital twin by treating asset data as a product not a byproduct. In this session, we'll show you how assets are structured in Autodesk Forma, live-linked to model elements in Autodesk Tandem using Tandem Connect, and integrated with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) systems to form a single, reliable asset backbone. We'll break down the data standards, ID strategy, and integration patterns that connect design, construction, and operations. Using real examples unique to Rivian manufacturing plants, we'll share lessons learned from early pilots, and we'll describe how we manage change so teams across design, field ops, maintenance, and finance can all trust and use the same digital twin.

Construction companies want to keep their project team in their operations tools and their accounting team in enterprise resource planning (ERP) with a tech solution that automatically synchronizes both systems, eliminating the tedious and error-prone work of double data entry. However, integrating these systems hasn't been easy and could take weeks to months. That changed with Agave's platform approach. Agave built its own customizable, turnkey solution that allows construction companies to connect their systems in less than an hour and turn on automatic sync workflows right away. Join a panel of construction companies (Satterfield & Pontikes, Brinkman, Hamel, and more) to discuss their ERP sync journeys, and see how you can make job costing always accurate and up to date at your company.