If you've ever designed the zoning of a building, any building, you know that functionality of spaces can be more important than anything. The more standardized operation and maintenance is, the more organized are the set of rules you have to take into consideration. Examples have been given in the past regarding stadiums, airports, and terminal stations. Generative design is the way of translating into computer language that which happens in your mind: a set of conditions that needs to be respected in order for your project to work. A hotel room is one of those distinctively rule-based spaces—there are a group of standardized key factors that govern its exact configuration. Once you determine those rules, you can use them to create the framework for a rapid generative exploration of alternatives, highlight discordances rapidly between brief expectations and the given boundaries, and check and double-check your ideas against operational routines. This class will show you how. This session features Revit Architecture and Dynamo Studio. AIA Approved

Revit systems help us to define the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design in several ways, but the main purpose is to understand the relationships between system equipment, such as air terminals to air handling units, or from light fixtures to panels. This lab (which has won multiple Autodesk University awards) will teach you the key steps needed to control project system settings, then demonstrate how to capitalize on (or disable) sizing and analysis tools related to the system. We'll cover creating the target-source relationship between parts, and then we'll review using the systems to improve the quality of your documentation. On top of this, you'll get a project template that already defines everything in the class, so you can take advantage of these topics immediately. The class will cover HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), piping, and electrical items, so join us for this fast-paced, but thorough, lab-you'll be glad you did. This session will feature Revit MEP software and Revit software.

ElumTools is a Revit add-on that is a powerful photometric calculation tool. But sometimes it's a challenge to get the photometric modeling results you expect from your Revit software. This class will cover creating lighting families that calculate properly using ElumTools, including placement and orientation of photometric webs, general use versus emergency calculations, and switching. By using the Luminaire Manager and Photometric Instabase, we will demonstrate how to model the correct luminaire in the correct orientation and conditions.

This class focuses on the BIM workflows that enabled and supported the construction phase of the M25 highway infrastructure project. We demonstrate how BIM technology and workflows were used to increase the productivity and make best use of the 3D model data from the design phase during the construction phase of the project. We explain the process workflows related to 3D coordination and existing conditions modeling that was developed using Infrastructure Design Suite software components such as Navisworks® Manage and InfraWorks™ and their implementation strategies. We also discuss about how the workflows have contributed towards achieving higher efficiencies, reducing risk, and increasing profitability in this project.

Converging technologies will soon disrupt the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry as new automated workflows emerge. Generative design is the pinnacle of these new workflows. Once a problem is thoroughly and adequately defined, all possible design variations can be produced, explored, scored, and optimized. This class will show that generative design can be used for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) design engineering. We’ll use Revit software and Dynamo 2.0 to define a specific problem that will then be used to explore a range of design options for ceiling plans and duct layouts. We’ll then rank the design variations to explore cost and energy consumption using Project Refinery. Going through this exercise will show how, with a thoroughly defined problem, we can use data science to explore a more extensive array of design options to ultimately make better design choices, saving both time and money, and letting the engineer focus on more critical tasks.

Sir John’s Soane’s Bank of England (built from 1788 to 1833) was destroyed in the 1920 in what is considered by some architectural historians to be the greatest modern architectural travesty. Today, Soane’s Bank of England is revered by architects worldwide for its spectacular use of natural lighting and mesmerizing effects of scale, and inspires the neoclassical architectural approach of Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA). Autodesk, HP, and NVIDIA® have joined forces with RAMSA, CASE, CG Architect, and Sir John Soane Museum to engage the world’s architects to help recreate Soane’s Bank of England in BIM, in the first crowdsourcing project of its kind. Shaun Frazier, Paul Aubin, and Lindsey DuBosar will discuss the approach to modelling classical architecture with Revit, and how technologies from HP, NVIDIA, and Autodesk are enabling global BIM collaboration. Please join to learn more about The Soane Project, and how you can contribute.

Looking for some powerful Revit tips that don't take an hour to understand? Then you've come to the right place! Join us on a whirlwind tour of Revit tools, features, and shortcuts that will boost your productivity, expand your skill set, and impress your colleagues. From navigating views to manipulating model elements, this tip-a-minute session will cover the essentials of Revit software for users at all levels.

The implementation of digital technologies in the field is revolutionizing the construction industry. Several contractors have gone paperless on the jobsite, or are at least trying to significantly reduce the amount of paperwork used. The BIM 360 platform is a major factor in their ability to manage information and have a single source of truth. The BIM 360 products help improve productivity, maintain quality and safety, and preserve the project schedule and budget. With the next generation of BIM 360 products, there is a single cloud-based platform that connects all of the tools that you use. Whether you are new to BIM 360 or have used the classic field product, come check out the top 10 things you need to know for field management using BIM 360.

This will be an introduction to AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 software and InfraWorks 2018 software working with BIM 360 software to provide work sharing and design collaboration to the infrastructure design and construction. The class will show how to use Autodesk Drive service and BIM 360 to bring data shortcuts to a whole new level. We'll also explore our models from AutoCAD Civil 3D and InfraWorks in BIM 360 for review and markup.

Point clouds can be a wealth of information for modeling and design projects, and the large data sets of point clouds can provide amazingly detailed models when viewed in InfraWorks software. But managing these data sets and importing the point clouds can be a challenge. And then, once you have the point cloud imported, what’s next? In this session, we will show how to create a model from scratch and how to import large point clouds and data sets. We’ll demonstrate a simple but effective method to manage large collections of point clouds when bringing them into InfraWorks, and then show how to use the point clouds to extract vertical features such as transformers, poles, and street furniture. This method can be employed for a variety of items, and then the features can be styled to reflect the goals for your 3D model. We will also walk through the process of creating a storyboard and a fly-through that will impress your stakeholders and provide detailed information in a visually informative model.

Helping the community visualize a project’s impact before construction is complete can be very difficult unless you use the right tools for the job. This class explores conceptual site-design options using InfraWorks 360 software to visualize realistic proposed sites. Starting with Model Builder and Revit software models, you will learn how to create realistic and accurate models that support a more informative and productive public-communication model. After clearly demonstrating the conceptual and preliminary design to stakeholders, we take the design into AutoCAD Civil 3D software to run quantity takeoffs and finish the detailed design. The design is then taken back into InfraWorks 360 software to create high-impact visuals to better support public participation and communication. We will perform various types of analysis along the way to validate the design and ensure design parameters are being met.

As main contractors on The UCD Dublin BIM Level 2 project, we are required to deliver a digital twin of the physical building prior to construction. This digital twin will contain accurate geometry and asset information relevant to FM, including drawings, manuals, and warranties. The UCD Student Residences masterplan consists of 3 phases. Phase 1 consists of 3 separate buildings, 2 student accommodation blocks and a student centre building with accommodation over to the northeast. Phase 2 consists of 3 separate residential buildings to the centre spanning northwest of the site. Phase 3 consists of surface car parking to the south associated with Roebuck Hall Residences and a building centred on Roebuck Castle (a protected structure to the south). The proposed 3-phase development will increase student residential accommodation by 3,006 bed spaces and provide ancillary and complementary facilities to create a living campus community in a new residential village connected to and integrated with existing residential village.

The international ISO 19650 series of standards define BIM with respect to exchange information requirements (EIR) and then the process of delivering against these requirements in a coordinated and collaborative way. This presentation will look at many aspects of this process starting with how to develop a robust EIR and then moving through the project timeline to ensure that information is developed accordingly through design, construction and then handover. Stephen will provide some live technology demonstrations with respect to developing a multi-discipline responsibility matrix, coordinating information in models and specifications and then transferring the key information into common data environments. Practical examples will be given within construction technology tools such as Autodesk Revit, NBS Chorus and Autodesk BIM 360. With each example, there will be references back to the original information requirements and how to deliver the data that meets the level of information need (LOIN). Alistair will put these workflows into context with project examples from award-winning projects delivered by the multidisciplinary design team at BDP.

As cities around the world look to embrace the internet of things, many are finding that while they have lots of data, managing this data so it can be used in a meaningful way, is proving more difficult. Our session will explore how BIM can be used as a vehicle by cities to capture, store and disseminate multiple levels of data e.g. building, social, environmental, government, economic; as well as generate additional benefits for the city as a whole.

We will look at how a 3D model can be created in REVIT/Infraworks and populated with data from many sources e.g. sensors, real time traffic information, social forums etc., which can then be accessed by governments and citizens using tablets, apps and dashboards and software such as BIM360Field. We will also discuss the benefits that can be generated including better decision making, easier benchmarking, improved city performance, greater connectivity and enhanced community engagement.

This session will present the former labs release Project Dalton, the new and matured React Fluids. Come learn and provide feedback on this new stand-alone 1D pipe and duct analysis tool. After a product demonstration, the class discussion will examine pros and cons.

At Autodesk University 2015, we detailed how to squeeze additional value from Revit families. This session will show you more techniques for creating "smart families" that make your projects easier to deliver and improve the quality of your models. However, if that isn't enough, we'll also cover how Dynamo software can be used as a way of manipulating these data-rich families to multiply the value of them many times over. Do you want to be able to do calculations using formulas in your families and provide options for how these formulas are going to work? Do you want to use the data in your families to automate days' or weeks' worth of work into seconds? Do you want to know how to manage complex data requirements across multiple families and family types quickly and efficiently? This follow-up class to the Autodesk University 2015 session will show you how to do all of this so that you can get more value out of the time you spend building your Revit MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) families.

Increase your Dynamo knowledge in this full day workshop which focuses on practical end to end workflows. In the first session of the workshop, you will learn how to author and run several BIM Automation workflows. In the next 3 sessions, you will extend your growing knowledge into generative design workflows where you can learn how to do data-driven design exploration using Dynamo for Revit and Project Refinery. This workshop requires intermediate experience using Dynamo and Revit. We will not be covering entry level Dynamo. If you are a beginner or have never used Dynamo before consider attending the Dynamo Beginner session held during the main AU conference or invest in beginner training ahead of time. Participants will be paired at provided computers (1 computer for 2 participants). Includes the Tuesday AU General Session. Don’t forget to add the AU Full Conference Pass and sign up for the Wednesday evening DynaLightning talks and party.

Join this breakout session to learn how to build Dynamo extensions from scratch and why they're so powerful. We'll showcase this by building an extension that embeds a web server & REST API inside Dynamo, allowing users to remotely open & run graphs, extract results, add/remove nodes, & more, all from a web browser. We’ll start by exploring the structure & concepts of a Dynamo extension through annotated code samples. Using the Dynamo API, we’ll then learn how to build up our extension in a modular way, so that we can collaboratively add new features to our extension. By the end, we’ll have turned Dynamo into a service that everyone at your practice can use by simply visiting a web page.

This session covers the QA, handover, and live tracking procedure developed by John SISK using BIM 360 with the integration of QR codes and augmented reality system. The idea behind the process developed in our project based in Wembley (London) is to link each of 743 flats to a unique QR code. Using BIM 360, we were able to link an unlimited amount of information to each flat. The first segment of information linked to each of the flats includes all the related drawings produced by each of the consultants. We developed an integration system between For Projects (our CDE) and BIM 360 Field so we are able to access the most up-to-date drawings on-site. This integration has generated a reduction of 44% of paper used, whilst giving certainty to the use of only Status A drawings. We have linked all the QA checklist that currently we carry out for each flat, in total 17 different types. The iPad used to carry out these checks has been modified with a proprietary software and deep sensor lens which enables the augmented reality (AR) to be used on-site. In all the MEP related checklist we added a mandatory check for AR, and each site engineer/manager used the system to live check if the installation is conforming with the 3D model produced by the MEP contractor. Any issues spotted will be documented in BIM 360 and raised as issue to the subcontractor. SISK is currently working in partnership with the AR company to develop a direct link, which will enable the issue to be raised directly from the AR app. The final categories of information that we have linked include the handover forms for each status of the flat. This makes it possible to automatically inform the next subcontractor of when they will be able to start to work in a particular flat. If not issues have been found, the handover form will automatically inform the flooring contractor when they'll able to start to work in that flat. All the above information is cross-related to our handover program, where each flat has the information of the proposed handover date as well as the actual handover date. This gives us the opportunity to be able to monitor the handover status. The information stored inside BIM 360 has been linked to Excel and Power-BI, so we can have a live tracker of each flat. Using this integration we are able to customise the output information as we desire, for example, from the Project director (who receives high level information), to the block manager who will only receive information re

This Instructional Demo will begin with setting up a large site for multiple residential blocks in Revit and fully embracing work sharing from early conception of the architectural design. The role of the architect in the construction industry often aligns with the role of lead designer and project coordinator. Bearing in mind the responsibilities that come with such role the class will learn about techniques of setting up coordination files for a multidisciplinary shared project. The lesson will then explore fast-track workflows for conceptual residential design by utilising Revit and Dynamo. We will further explore workflows, user tips and tricks for the creation of numerous unit variations within a block and managing changes as the project is being advanced. We will discuss different roadmaps for modelling internal layouts with their benefits and challenges explained and analysed. The class will expand on the need to keep models flexible and adaptable to the level of detail and development required by clients at each stage of the project. Focusing on the transition from concept to technical design the class will learn how to progressively advance the model and aid multidisciplinary coordination. The demo will discuss team collaboration and the importance of discipline while working on a design in Revit. Milestones in the residential design working towards BIM Level 2 standards will be set out and discussed. How much is too much data and what can the residential design data be used for will be explored as a final of the demo with some RIBA project stages analysed from the user/draftsman's perspective.