Clash detection is integral during the design process to ensure coordinated and ready-for-construction models are produced. A properly implemented clash detection practice will result in a reduced number of RFIs during construction, and ultimately decreases the costs associated with uncoordinated design models. An offline clash detection process becomes increasingly challenging in a design-build megaproject where dozens of models are developed at a fast pace. Therefore, there is a need for a cloud-based, collaborative, and centralized clash detection platform where the designed models are actively integrated and monitored collectively for outstanding coordination issues. BIM 360 Design software’s platform lets users conduct such a clash detection practice as it hosts live design models, and it provides a built-in clash detection module (that is to say Model Coordination). Learn how Model Coordination was used to clash and report on the LAX Automated People Mover Project.

The Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection represents a powerful BIM package for building, civil infrastructure, and construction projects. In this session we will demonstrate how these tools work together to tackle several common workflows associated with land development projects. When it comes to design, collaboration and construction, the AEC Industry Collection represents the ultimate “secret weapon” you can deploy on all of your projects! During this session Powerpoint will be kept to a minimum so we can spend our time working live in the applications!

Only a few years ago, we saw the introduction of new technologies such as 3D parametric and intelligent bidirectional design tools. Now we are trying to retrofit them to serve our ability to design and deliver products in ways that are very complex. We've heard a lot about the trends and tools, but we have spent little time addressing the impact on the people in our organizations. We can teach skill sets, but shifting people's approach to design, collaboration, and build among themselves, their consultants, and clients through technology is now an urgent issue that may decide between the success and failure of our financial investments. In this roundtable session, we look at the key variables that keep our staff from embracing this new way of doing business. We provoke the legal, financial, cultural and technological aspects of our transformation, only to realize that we have years of processes to undo to make our new approach worth investing in.

With next generation technology, much of the model coordination process has been transformed through automation and digital collaboration, democratizing the model coordination experience for VDC managers and trade teams. But a truly coordinated experience isn’t possible without connecting all parts of BIM data from design to plan to build. This session will show you how Autodesk is delivering on this new level of connected model coordination and how integrated workflows will deliver best-in-class coordination capabilities.

Learn how to share models from Revit software to BIM 360 Docs software using BIM 360 Design software, and then how to use this model in BIM 360 Model Coordination for Clash Detection, reviewing clash with team, creating issues, and more. Model Coordination provides a shared space to publish, review, and run clashes on your latest set of project models and upload 3D models to a centralized Model Coordination folder, and the clash service automatically locates any issues in those models. BIM 360 Design is a cloud work-sharing and design-collaboration product built for distributed, multidisciplinary teams. With BIM 360 Design, you can co-author Revit models in the cloud, control work-sharing activities, and coordinate deliverable exchange across teams.

Wondering how BIM 360 software can improve design workflows for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor? This class will showcase how worldwide general contractor Maire Tecnimont has planned the implementation of BIM 360 on projects, and its disruptive impact on the traditional workflows. The session will analyze the platform strengths and limitations, and will demonstrate how to redesign the traditional waterfall approach in order to get the most out of the BIM 360 features. Attendees will discover how to do the following: effectively design the document management structure; manage both Autodesk and third-party models; maximize the design collaboration process; set up document approval workflows; and capitalize on the cloud repository for developing custom applications. In conclusion, through the showcase of an industrial plant project, we will explain why BIM 360 is the solution that lets team members effectively collaborate to maximize efficiency and project quality regardless of where they are located.

More connection speed, more reaction time—interoperability plays a vital role in our daily design collaborations that help with flexible production lines and reduced integration costs. Many industrial machinery and manufacturing industries have realized the benefits of using both 2D and 3D CAD software together—and the list of reasons is long, including better collaboration and increased efficiency, to name a few. In those cases, it’s important that your data remains fully associative. In all such scenarios, AutoCAD Mechanical software provides a feature called Inventor Link that enables you to link Inventor assembly (.iam) and part (.ipt) documents to a drawing file and display the 3D model in model space. Then, you can generate 2D drawings of the 3D model in paper space and annotate them. This class aims to show how you can use Inventor Link in AutoCAD Mechanical for increased efficiency, reduced time, and better collaboration.

Building projects are already realized with the innovative Autodesk Construction Cloud, a data and collaboration platform enabling different planning disciplines and teams to work together in a common data environment. In a factory planning project, those planning disciplines are enhanced with teams needing to integrate complex production lines, conveyor systems, steel structure, and even logistics equipment. Hidden behind firewalls, software installed and running on-premise forces teams to handle time-consuming and inefficient data exchange, disconnected collaboration tracking processes, and inadequate viewing and reviewing of tasks. This class will demonstrate how Autodesk’s Cloud Services make it possible to efficiently exchange data between on-premise systems and cloud solutions (off premise). We’ll showcase and provide a best-practice approach, and cover how to set up a model coordination space in Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro to manage a holistic factory model, its clashes and issues, and its review tasks.

If you've ever wrestled to coordinate on a design project with multiple companies you know the pain of getting everyone into on system where the design can be shared, viewed, reviewed and iterated on. Join me in a demonstration on workflows and best practices as we explore BIM 360 Design Collaboration, BIM 360 document Management and Revit to show how these products work together to facilitate grand designs. Along the way we will explore tips and tricks for setup and workflow that will save time and frustration as well as explore a few technical tips for troubleshooting common issues.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Design Collaboration module and share priorities for the product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you publish, manage, review, and approve all project drawings, documents, and models across the project lifecycle.

The release of BIM 360 Design Collaboration showed that as the tools we use to design the world of the future develop at an ever-increasing pace, we need to think differently to make the most of these advances. Following a successful multiproject pilot of BIM 360 Design Collaboration, we identified that what worked well in fewer than 10 projects was going to be difficult in 100 projects, and impossible to sustain for 1,000 projects. This industry talk will look at how Mott MacDonald—a global engineering, development, and management consultancy—worked with Autodesk Consulting to design an approach to master this transition from pilot to production scale. We’ll share lessons learned, from developing a global network of BIM 360 super users, to using Forge and Microsoft Power BI to gain better insights into user behavior and BIM 360 usage, to measuring the ROI of BIM 360 software, to managing BIM 360 as an IT service in a large enterprise.

BIM 360 Design software provides powerful collaboration tools for architects and engineers through the use of its design collaboration workflow and Revit cloud collaboration capabilities. However, since it is built on and includes the BIM 360 Document Management service, it offers much more to those who want to take their cloud collaborations to the next level, and the next-generation BIM 360 Model Coordination service offers a more integrated and streamlined clash management utility. This class will show you how to take the data that you may already have in BIM 360 Design and use Document Management and Model Coordination to up your game, taking your collaboration and coordination efforts to the next level.

The next-generation BIM 360 platform creates a more integrated solution for your cloud-work-shared projects. With the Design Collaboration workflow, project data and members are more unified throughout every stage of the project lifecycle, creating a more efficient process. So, before shaking up the office by switching to BIM 360 Design software, it’s best to understand what the next-generation BIM 360 platform is and how you can benefit from making the switch. In this session, we will explore the differences between Collaboration For Revit and BIM 360 Design, and we’ll look at how you can improve your team’s efficiency by switching to the BIM 360 platform. We will also go through workflows and methods to help make the transition from Collaboration For Revit to BIM 360 Design smoother for you and your firm.

Whether you’re part of a small company or a large firm with multiple offices, there’s a great deal of benefit in transitioning to the BIM 360 cloud-based platform to enable flexibility and avoid slowdowns associated with VPN. If you’ve already transitioned, the focus shifts to developing workflows and best practices to maximize the benefits of BIM 360 while maintaining consistency project to project, or even office to office. This class will apply to multiple levels of expertise, discussing how to set up BIM 360 projects, assign appropriate levels of permissions, set up teams, and schedule automatic publishing. We’ll even touch on the less commonly used BIM 360 Model Coordination module and BIM 360 Field software. Diving a little deeper, we will also discuss creating BIM 360 templates, documenting workflows, and providing trainings for wide-scale implementation. We will use Allegiant Stadium in Nevada as an example of the benefits and challenges that result from placing the design team and construction team in the same BIM 360 hub.

Collaborative construction methodologies are ever changing as design, trade, and contracting partners develop more-efficient and more-effective ways to deliver projects to customers. As part of bridging the gap to true collaboration, teams need to overcome barriers and find a balance between contracts and true partnership. One large component of working together to design and construct buildings is managing the intelligent model. Traditionally, there are multiple intelligent models in a variety of platforms that each partner creates to execute their design or construction work. This method results in wasteful efforts, as designers and contractors redesign and rework the model for coordination and fabrication for their scope of work. The One Model approach is an integrated design process that eliminates this redundancy and creates a different level of collaboration by utilizing Revit software and the BIM 360 platform.

This class will look at overall management, administration, and troubleshooting for BIM 360 software. We’ll demonstrate tips and techniques for managing larger number of BIM 360 projects (200-plus), and cover areas such as project governance, management of local collaboration cache, initial setup techniques, and best practices. We’ll point out some common areas of confusion for project administrators, and we’ll delve into common issues with using Revit software and the Autodesk Desktop Connector with BIM 360 and discuss how to mitigate those issues. We’ll also cover some unique ways of utilizing BIM 360 Document Management and BIM 360 Design Collaboration for internal uses such as Revit Content Management.

Have you made the move to BIM 360 Design? Not yet? This class is for you! We will take a look at the needs served by this cloud-hosted software, discuss the value that it brings to the table, and then dive into a live project. We'll start in Revit software‚ where we'll send our design data to BIM 360, and then we'll move over to BIM 360 to receive that data. We'll explore the Design Collaboration module, where design teams can create, share, and consume work packages with each other. Finally, we'll visit the Document Management module, where all project stakeholders have a role to play. In one fast-paced hour, you should gain the knowledge needed to make the decision to adopt BIM 360 Design and extend BIM workflows within your own firm. This session features Revit and BIM 360 Design.

Coordination is one of the highest-value ROI activities a construction project can undertake. A well-coordinated project can result in many millions of dollars saved and a project that stays on schedule. Bottlenecks can occur when an individual handles clash detection. That’s why democratizing coordination and collaboration strategy can have a huge impact on identifying and solving clashes quicker. In this session, you’ll learn how to define the perfect coordination strategy built on a common data environment to find, manage, and solve issues faster than using traditional workflows. We’ll explain how coordination can have an impact on quality, cost, schedule, and business winnings. Moreover, you’ll learn how to define a file management strategy for model coordination to automatize clash-detection workflows, going step by step into the BIM 360 platform to manage, communicate, resolve, and report clashes, either if you’re a BIM coordinator or part of the design/preconstruction team.

This demonstration will highlight the new unified BIM 360 experience, focusing on BIM 360 Document Integration with the new BIM 360 Model Coordination web application (which replaces functionality from the BIM 360 Glue Class app). We will walk through setting up a new unified BIM 360 project and activating the BIM 360 Document Management and the BIM 360 Model Coordination services. We’ll demonstrate how these 2 applications can work hand in hand with each other to streamline coordination with Revit software (via BIM 360 Design), Navisworks software, and AutoCAD software-based models. And we will demo the individual features of both applications.

In this class, we’ll cover the Design Collaboration module in great detail. Topics will include package sharing and consuming, reviewing and commenting, change visualization, version control, and how packages work best in a fast-paced BIM 360 Design project.