The built environment is fundamentally changing, empowered by innovation in virtual design and construction (VDC). The result is more-complex and increasingly elegant designs, as well as streamlined procurement and construction methods. This panel includes academic and industry leaders responsible for developing and implementing new VDC technology, including Hilda Espinal of CannonDesign, Ricardo Khan of Mortenson Construction, Forest Flager of Stanford University, and Danielle Dy Buncio of VIATechnik. The panel will discuss advancements seen on past and current industry projects in the areas of prefabrication, artificial intelligence, data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and multidisciplinary design optimization. Panelists will use multimedia presentations and demonstrations to communicate the material to attendees to facilitate thoughtful and interactive discussion. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of the impact that VDC has on project delivery and performance.

Behind every great immersive technology experience is a team that spent way too much time destructively preparing their projects for augmented or virtual reality. Well, my friend, come and find out how you can save (gobs of) time by automating common data preparation tasks in 2 ways. First, we'll look at automatically preparing Revit files and Navisworks files in a local 3ds Max environment. In the second part of the class, we'll look at how to use Forge Design Automation Services to automatically prepare data from BIM 360 software.

InfraWorks software brings back the enthusiasm for design we once had as children (or at least when we were new to engineering). In this class, we'll put the FUN back into FUNdamentals as we explore how to use InfraWorks for preliminary planning, detailed design, and visualization. Starting with the existing conditions, you'll learn how to create a 3D model of a project site. Next you'll learn how to add buildings, roads, vegetation, and other design details to help others better visualize the finished project in the context of its surroundings. Along the way, you'll learn tips and tricks on how to make things look just the way you want while meeting design parameters.

For a number of years, the cloud has been a topic of acute interest for collaborative working and storage. But over the past 2 years, it's become much more than that. Now a mature, integrated system, the cloud presents a viable option for businesses that need additional compute capacity. At this moment in time the cloud, facilitated by a new integration tool from Escape Technology, offers an alternative to CAPEX spend for short-term projects or requirements. Whether you're rendering a building fly-through or the latest Hollywood blockbuster, there are always points in the project lifecycle that get tight on time. This is where burst capacity comes in. In the past the only option was to purchase or rent additional machines and licenses, but the cloud gives us a new facility. Spinning up virtual workstations, storage, and even render can give studios the extra resources they need without having to worry about purchase prices, space, cooling, and power. In this talk, delegates will learn about how the cloud has developed as a practical concept and is now being leveraged by major production companies and architects around the world. Lee Danskin, CTO at Escape Technology, will explore how cloud workflows can be used to augment - or entirely replace - an existing one. He will investigate the future of cloud working, including so-called ?born in the cloud? studios, and discuss the complexities of adding cloud burst capacity to an existing pipeline.

Industrial robots are primarily known from the automotive industry's production lines. The goal of this class is to present robots instead as multifunctional and flexible interfaces between the digital and the physical world that can be used for anything from innovative, large-scale fabrication to immersive virtual reality (VR) simulators. This extension beyond the robots' initial scope is enabled by new software developments that facilitate a seamless workflow from design to machine through Dynamo software and KUKA|prc. Utilizing parametric design tools lets us use robots for mass customization and small lot sizes, rather than mass fabrication. The class will provide an overview on how to utilize industrial robots through Dynamo and Fusion 360 software, and present realized projects by both small to medium-size enterprises as well as international corporations. We'll also look into the future toward new developments that build upon the geometric capabilities of the Forge cloud and couple it with serverless computation and integration with IoT platforms.

Verkís Consulting Engineers has gained various benefits from using BIM 360 Glue software. Before taking on BIM 360 Glue, coordination and clash detection of models was a time-consuming process that delayed project delivery. Project managers had less overview over the design process in BIM (Building Information Modeling) projects, and involving stakeholders in the BIM process was often unsuccessful. With BIM 360 Glue, Verkís has streamlined coordination and clash-detection processes involving designers in the cloud environment, shortening coordination meetings and delivering better-coordinated models in less time. Project managers have better overview and are more involved in the design authoring and coordination process. The use of BIM 360 Glue and virtual reality (VR) for design review has opened a new market sector for Verkís. In this class, we will present different benefits of using BIM 360 Glue with different design projects. Verkís is an Icelandic engineering firm that provides services in building, energy, industry, and infrastructure sectors.

In this class, we will cover how to accelerate the transition to connected BIM (Building Information Modeling) for infrastructure with improved efficiency and project approvals through an end-to end design approach using InfraWorks software as the aggregator and design data visualizer. We will walk through one of our road projects and demonstrate the data collection solution we’re using in our data flow solution. Our techniques and workflow include high-end existing modeling conditions, road design representations in InfraWorks combined with built-in road and bridge design tools, ArcGIS Data collection and presentation in InfraWorks, Ramboll Risk Management data representation in InfraWorks, BIM 360 as collaboration tool for InfraWorks, InfraWorks data flow for 3ds Max software or Forge in the future, advanced visualization—virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR)—and more. We will expose attendees to leading practices using InfraWorks for data visualization and aggregation, and they will get inspired about how to improve design efficiency and reduce risk on the projects.

Do you ever ask yourself these questions: I’m still working in 2D, how can I get myself to the third dimension? What are the best workflows for schedule and budget to model my site? Well, you’re not the only one. Speed and accuracy in our files is crucial, and it can be difficult to coordinate across disciplines if we aren’t working in 3D. This session will guide the audience through different workflows and the best ways to develop a site using BIM (Building Information Modeling). We will examine case studies where sites were modeled using Revit software and 3ds Max software. We will journey through best practices on modeling techniques that encompass the design process from documentation to visualization. By the end of this course, you will understand the process of implementing BIM software for site development.

Would you like your InfraWorks model to look more realistic? Would like your trees and grass blowing in the wind, and your cars driving at night with their lights on? Then let’s put your model into motion with Twinmotion. Twinmotion is designed for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) urban planning and landscaping professionals. Twinmotion can produce high-quality images, panoramas, and standard or 360-degree videos in mere seconds, enabling fully immersive, 3D, virtual reality (VR) exploration. A simple interface and pictograms make Twinmotion extremely easy to learn and use, regardless of the size and complexity of your project, and your material. Bringing your InfraWorks model into Twinmotion and giving life to the model is simple, fast, and extremely easy.

In this roundtable session, we discuss how Okaloosa Gas uses InfraWorks software for 3D visualization, conceptual design, and analysis. We present some of the business problems that any gas utility faces and explain how InfraWorks is helping to solve them, driving extra value and benefit from more efficient workflows. We demonstrate how your existing 2D CAD and GIS data can be easily converted into 3D and how to incorporate other data sources, such as LIDAR and bore hole data. We use case studies to explain how the software was used to analyze impacts on the utility from a planned bridge infrastructure project. The objective of this session is to enable you to incorporate 3D modeling and to optimize your workflows based on the lessons learned at Okaloosa Gas.

Generative design, Internet of Things, deep learning, advanced visualization, and cloud-based collaboration are all technologies that Autodesk, Inc., is pioneering to facilitate its customers in the imagining, designing, and creating of a better world. But how can these technologies disrupt the current education model? This session will facilitate an energetic and informational discussion among industry experts and educators.

Are your subdivision layout exhibits flat and boring? Do you ask stakeholders to imagine key design features because your 2D plans and Photoshop software renderings do little to differentiate your design from those denied by your municipalities planning commission? Do you avoid generating 3D models of your proposed layouts because of the time involved? Add some depth to your proposals by combining AutoCAD Civil 3D software and InfraWorks software to quickly generate and present 3D subdivision layouts in the context of their surroundings. This session will focus on establishing efficient workflows for generating subdivision layouts using AutoCAD Civil 3D software, and then we will visualize those layouts in 3D using InfraWorks software. You will learn how to use the automated parcel layout tools in AutoCAD Civil 3D software, exchanging layout information between AutoCAD Civil 3D software and InfraWorks software. Then you'll learn how to build a complete 3D model of your subdivision ready for an expedited approval at your next planning commission meeting.

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.

Discover case studies of superintendents and forepersons who used virtual reality to better understand their means and methods during preconstruction and early construction.

This class will show you how InfraWorks 360 software is used as a design tool rather than just a visualization tool. Multiple examples will demonstrate how InfraWorks 360 software is used as a unique design tool in real-life projects on all kinds of unimaginable areas, such as telecommunications, architecture, mining, oil pipe layout, geographic information systems, and port engineering—clearly thinking outside of the box! This session features InfraWorks 360 and AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Don’t we all want to get the most out of InfraWorks 360 software with a goal of minimizing effort and time, cutting down overall project costs, and going beyond what we ever imagined doing? This session will show you 10 ways you can realize this. Discover powerful advanced techniques for creating, editing, and analyzing models; advanced tips for rendering and visualization, creating custom schemas, and representing transportation features like roundabouts, bridges, and overpasses; or techniques for creating custom scripts that create new or enhance existing capabilities of InfraWorks 360 software. This is a must-attend course for anyone wanting to take InfraWorks 360 software to the next level.

InfraWorks 360 software has tremendous potential for planners and architects. In this era of big open data and the integration of the Internet of Things with the built environment, municipal governments must find new ways to use this growing wealth of information to improve civic engagement, promote economic development and entrepreneurship, and make data-driven decisions. From this perspective, InfraWorks 360 software can not only create a unified platform for all of this data, but also visualize it in 3D, combining all your Revit (RVT) files into a single model, rendering in real time, and running various analyses. This class will use real-world examples to look at all of the features around district planning, transportation infrastructure projects, and airports. We will also walk through how to create and test the impact of various design scenarios and then share those with project stakeholders. Note that we will not be doing any roadway or bridge design in this session. This session features InfraWorks 360 and 3ds Max. AIA Approved

This class will discuss the practical application of technology to improve field operations. We will focus on the use of augmented reality using the DAQRI headset and the Autodesk Augmented Reality application to review design intent with all stakeholders, provide continuous quality control of the as-coordinated versus as-built environments, and provide expedited monthly billing applications to streamline the construction process.

Ensuring that data stays at the center of the design-to-construction process, as well as connecting that information across architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) disciplines, can lead to significant efficiency gains for the industry. In this class, we’ll explore how to seamlessly integrate and transfer data across a building retrofit process—from on-site survey to structural retrofit design to project visualization and construction documentation. Learn how a team of Autodeskers and engineers from Build Change—a nonprofit organization that helps communities design and construct more-disaster-resistant buildings—used Dynamo to: connect survey data from a third-party application to Revit software; automate the creation of 3D as-builts, retrofit designs, and construction sheets; streamline structural engineering analysis; and provide project owners with an interactive visualization of the final design—and how these concepts and skills can be applied beyond the building retrofit process.

It is no small thing to leave a mark on our fast-changing, complex world. As architects, we design for people in one of the most permanent design fields. This lasting impact makes inclusive design our foremost value and responsibility. To do this, we need to develop a deep awareness of the social, cultural, and environmental needs of the people we serve. The proliferation of the digital toolset has given us the ability to transcend traditional architectural practice for the first time in generations. Capitalizing on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), we have the ability to better understand the people who inhabit our buildings by simulating experiences related to vision, mobility, and communication. We can’t expect to truly comprehend an individual’s contextual and cumulative experiences, but if we are able to tap into others’ abilities and sensorial comprehension, our designs can be more sensitive to the broader community and cause fewer impediments in the built environment.