A common challenge for an interior design firm is working as a subconsultant for an architecture firm and keeping room names, numbers, and finish information updated to populate room finish schedules. This is easily managed if you use Dynamo software to read information from the linked model and synchronize information in the interior design model. Another common struggle is coordinating annotated information, room finish schedules, and material finish legends. A number of work-arounds exist, though all produce complicated workflows and still leave a disconnect between what is actually modeled and what is documented. A similar method to syncing room information from a linked model can be used to read finish information in a Revit model to populate the room finish schedule. This presentation will be a combination of Microsoft PowerPoint and a live demonstration of techniques that BSA LifeStructures interior designers employ to improve the process of designing and documenting in Revit software with assistance from Dynamo. We'll use PowerPoint to diagram the flow of information from phase to phase, or modeled content to construction drawing, followed by live demonstrations using Revit and/or Dynamo. Topics will include synchronizing room finish schedules with modeled materials, connecting rooms from linked models, coordinating items from linked models such as signage for doors or light fixtures, coordinating data external to Revit such as room data sheets or FFE requirements, and working through the design phases. This class will also cover finish drawings, signage drawings, and furniture drawings, with a focus on synchronization of information for producing a visualization-ready model while reusing those efforts to produce construction documents.

Interior designers may think Autodesk® Revit® software is less useful to them than it is to architects, but this class will definitely change their minds. As the scope of interior design is mostly on objects, such as furniture and interior finish materials, documenting enormous quantities of information in these categories makes it a challenge to model. It is almost impossible to model every little thing, but when it comes to project cost, everything counts. How can the information be included in the intelligent model without microscopic modeling that will overload the model? This class will introduce the use of data intelligent families with minimum geometry and smart scheduling to cover the interior design scope of work. The class will also demonstrate techniques that make use of data management in Revit to do documentation in various formats, which enables interior design delivery packages to be done in a single file instead of using different programs like Microsoft® Excel®, Microsoft® Word, and Adobe® InDesign®.

Revit software is highly tuned for architects and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) and structural engineers, but "out of the box" it doesn't quite meet all of the needs and unique workflow requirements of some other disciplines, such as interior design. This class will explore some of the ways that interior designers can successfully incorporate Revit into their workflows, understanding when it is important to model and when it is better not to model. We'll also document materials and finishes, including using Area plans and Key Schedules, note blocks and note tags, and techniques for quickly and easily generating graphics for presentations.

The class will show you an automotive interior design workflow. It will show how fast you can get to a physical prototype of an interior part. The workflow starts with quick concept modeling using Alias software. After that, we hand out the model to Autodesk Fusion 360 software for additional steps like physical model making and manufacturing cost evaluation. This early phase concept workflow can massively speed up your decision-making process for interior parts.

This session has been developed due to requests from clients and describes the process of using a Revit model, the ease of transferring to Revit Live, and the capacity to enhance this with animation in 3ds Max and then move to VR with 3ds Max Interactive. The session, in collaboration with John Lewis, will encompass this workflow as part of their immersive experience for the refurbishment programme of their retail outlets. The course will look at how spatially the existing stores can benefit from using VR to enhance and optimise their space. The session with John Lewis was originally developed over 4 days, with this session outlining how to get existing data from Revit or CAD into VR. The principle development flow of how to use the Revit model and CAD data, with Revit Live, will be outlined and how to get a basic understanding of spatial awareness of the store and then move this model and information into 3ds Max to enhance with animation and effects. We'll also look at representation of this in 3ds Max Interactive (Stingray) to have additional interactive capacity; for example, picking up certain objects and changing the texture of carpet and wall surfaces.

This class will cover several pain points that are encountered while incorporating interiors into the BIM process. You will learn what to do, as well as what not to do when using Revit Architecture for modeling, detailing, and scheduling interior components. If you are feeling as though you are not taking full advantage of its coordinated, intelligent environment, this class will get you going in the right direction. Discover what you can do to make Revit work for you. Whether you are using an integrated architecture and interiors model, or a completely separate interiors model, these workarounds will help save time and prevent lots of headaches.

In this Hands-on Lab, you’ll learn how to start using the build in Arnold renderer in 3ds Max. Based on a linked Revit design you’ll learn how to use the best approach for both exterior and interior design visualization. We’ll discuss different lighting techniques, material types, and how to populate your 3ds Max scene so that it becomes a pleasant image to watch. In addition to static images, you will also learn how to render to a VR environment with Arnold.

This class will cover a concept design workflow using Alias Create VR software, Alias subdivision, Alias detailing, and VRED visualization techniques.

 Moldflow Insight software is used to develop automotive interior and exterior in China’s Chang’an Automobile Group, from the stage of engineering design to part's structure design then to mold design and molding condition optimize also include the trouble shooting after the first trial. Based on the comparison between the experiment and Moldflow Insight results, Chang’an successfully built an analysis standard and results judge standard. With the help of API, Chang’an created many programs to automatically do the model create, molding condition optimize, results judge, and so on. To meet the assessment criteria of GDT which was used on the part of motor, normally defined the tolerance of fit. Changan's analyst explore and studied a new way to simulate and examine the part's GDT by co-work with Moldflow Insight, Digimat, and Abaqus. This class will use many actual case to show these application, through that we can see the benefit of use right  Moldflow Insight application strategy in the development of automotive interior and exterior new part.

WME, part of Egis Group, will share the experience of being lead design consultant (LDC) and site supervisor on the UAE Pavilion in Dubai Expo—a building inspired by the country's national bird, the falcon. Learn how the intelligent model was implemented and managed on the project, from concept design to construction. Being LDC starts with the right mindset and the right attitude to drive a project forward during all stages of design, while being fully accountable for the design process. This is a perfect case study of building information modeling (BIM) deployment, from concept design to construction and management of all consultants—including architecture, structure, MEP, interior design, landscape, and so on—for integrated design delivery using cloud collaboration. WME maximized BIM for design innovation on complex structure design with enhanced coordination and key design influences using VR technology. Learn how we achieved a sustainable design and construction savings with a digital engineering approach using Autodesk products.

This talk will deconstruct the results of a radical and uncharacteristic pairing of students and faculty in the fields of interior design, industrial design, and electrical, mechanical, and biomedical engineering. They devised a common language using Revit software and Fusion 360 software for building, exploring, and testing a proposed retrofit for a neonatal intrahospital transport unit for Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In a Revit walk-through, we will simulate design visualizations that optimized the ambulance environment for the newborn, EMT, driver, and family passenger. In Fusion 360 we will demonstrate animations methods for refining anthropometrics and human factors related to ease of operations and methods of movement for accessing the infant, stored medical supplies, incubator instrumentation, and related equipment. This case study will illustrate the inimitable opportunity to break down the boundaries of discipline-specific language, and create a new lens for collaborative dialog and problem-solving.

Using Autodesk Forge API, manufacturers, engineers, architects and designers will learn how to build a collaborative ecosystem to address the lighting design process/industry efficiently. This class focuses on interior design lighting and deeply analyzes its settings to prototype an automated system that understands the photometric light preferences, and compute the level of lighting and proper structure to select the suitable options set. Our class will show how we can enhance the BIM collaboration level and tackle how Generative Design can support manufacturers to produce more efficient luminaries with less resources, energy and time. We will learn how to integrate IES files with any rendering software to achieve accurate visuals that can be adjusted and updated at real time. Using Forge design automation API, the chosen design will be automatically translated into BIM data from which we can generate electrical plans and simultaneously calculate the amount of light fixtures.

Discover how real-time game engine technology can help you to develop rapid workflows for real-time visualization, enabling you to iterate your designs more swiftly and efficiently. In this class you will learn how to use Autodesk, Inc.'s, BitSquid real-time engine to interactively explore and communicate your design intent. Your experience will be far more compelling and understandable when you use a real-time engine to switch between variations of interior designs, or when you use it to experience the build-up process of a bridge, an oil rig, or a hotel. In this class you'll learn how to set up your construction data inside of 3ds Max software in order to create a data set that can be explored and lit directly in the game engine. To underline the power of using BitSquid engine for real-time visualization, we will use a data set to simulate evacuation procedures in case of catastrophic events such as fire or explosion.

Join this session to learn how a web-based configurator built with Autodesk Platform Services can help to improve sales. With an easy-to-use web tool, we'll see how nontechnical users can design interior floor plans and produce high-quality rendering. From enhancing traditional path-tracer renderings to offering new WebGL optioneering workflows, let's explore what new AI rendering techniques can do in a fraction of the required traditional time and cost.

The evolution of design and drafting has increasingly given us tools that inform and expedite our processes. But what can we learn from the implementation of CAD, building information modeling (BIM), and now AI to prepare teams for the future of design tools? Working at a multidisciplinary design firm encompassing planning, landscape, architecture, and interiors has shown me that technology adoption and digital maturity happen at different rates. But regardless of the tools used and efficiency in practice, projects are completed. Focusing on the finished work, lessons learned can become the quantitative outcomes we bring to the beginning of projects in this era of outcome-focused process. By distilling 50+ years of digital asset creation and the analysis of completed projects, we can uncover the potential embedded within our digital archives.

Engineers, Architects and Designers are persistently constrained to provide a greater performance and better solutions when it comes to applying light effectively. Our process will enhance the BIM collaboration level and address how Generative Design can help manufacturers to produce more with less resources, energy and time to support sustainability. This class will go beyond the fundamentals of interior design lighting and dive into settings to promptly prototyped an automated system that can understand the requirements for the photometric light, select proper schemes, and calculate the level of lighting. We will learn how to link the IES files to any light rendering software then by altering the code preferences we can achieve accurate visuals that can be adjusted and updated at real time. The chosen design will be automatically translated into BIM data that will generate electrical plans and instantly calculate the intensity and quantity of light required for a particular space.

They say it takes people, process, and technology for any new implementation to be successful; my experience has taught me that the reality is exactly in that order. In this class, you will learn about our experiences in implementing and managing Autodesk Vault Professional software and training our staff to use it. Drawing on experiences from our implementation of Autodesk PLM 360, we will discuss Specialist Marine Interiors' experience throughout the implementation. You will hear what we have achieved and how we got there, including lessons learned and best practices. We will also cover the details of how to set up workspaces in Autodesk PLM 360, including configuration details and concepts.

This class will explore Fusion 360 software as the common language in a unique project between interior and industrial design students, their faculty, and a high-production manufacturer. The presentation will illustrate how Fusion 360 was used to translate design ideas to manufacture a high-quality prototype, and serve as an educational tool for students and professionals, while improving workflow and project outcomes. The prototype, Mobile Kitchen, or MO:KI, is a bespoke collection of modular, mobile units that push the boundaries of the cooking experience and the traditional work triangle for an improved user experience. The concept affords flexibility in organizing an environment responsive to the tactile needs of a chef. We will discuss current research and design in anticipation of commercialization, using Fusion 360. This talk will highlight not only the process of design and production, but also the ongoing collaboration between education, manufacturing, and Autodesk as a pathway for future learning and making.