This session will be a look at the inner workings of Fusion 360 software from 2 of the people who helped build it. Jeff Strater (developer, architect), and Phil Eichmiller (quality engineer, tester) will demonstrate and discuss the core principles and technology at the core of Fusion 360 software’s modeling, sketch, and assembly compute engines. Focusing on performance and stability, this is a class for CAD aficionados interested in a deep understanding of the inner workings of Fusion 360 and how those are best used in modeling and assembly workflows. We'll show you how Fusion 360 is best used for productivity, and for top-down, bottom-up, and streamlined product design workflows.

Inventor 2015 software offers a new modeling approach that gives users more alternatives, flexibility, and freedom to design models with smooth and flowing shapes commonly found in consumer products. Attend this class and learn how to start using this new modeling technique to create very complex and stylized designs. Learn how to select the suitable technique for your design, choosing between conventional and free-form modeling methods. You will also learn how to combine both modeling techniques when needed.

Many designers require model simplification as a method for managing large assemblies, incorporating placeholder geometry into an assembly, or simplifying proprietary data that is going to an external vendor. In this class you will learn about the simplification tools that are available for use in Inventor software. We will discuss Shrinkwrap, Derive, and model simplification tools, and we will also cover Design View and Level of Detail representations.

Subdivision bodies are a type of geometry in Alias software that provides smooth continuous surfaces for the creation of objects and organic shapes. Alias subdivision bodies are compatible with standard Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces, which makes them like subdivision surfaces in other content creation applications such as Maya software and 3ds Max software. However, Alias subdivision bodies are a collection of continuous NURBS surface patches, so they also inherit characteristics from Alias surfaces. This means that Alias subdivision bodies include the strengths of Alias NURBS surfaces and traditional subdivision surfaces. This class will cover the new subdivision tools and integrated workflows in Alias.

This class will show attendees how to use the Fusion 360 3D CAD design app in the process that starts with designing concept models and ends with manufacturing ready parts.

This class covers the use of the Lip, Boss, and Grill commands inside of Inventor software. We'll discuss real-world examples of how to create lips, bosses, and grills in Inventor software. We'll also take a look at the Split command, and we'll show how to use multiple solid bodies within a part, including how to control their visibility and material. Prior part-creation and sketch-creation knowledge will be useful.

Simulation DFM software loads inside your 3D design tool to give you near-real-time feedback on the quality of your plastic part as you design it. Simulation DFM software reviews things such as nominal wall thickness, draft angle, material cost, part recyclability, sink marks, fill patterns, and more, to grade your part in the categories of manufacturability, cost, and environmental impact. In this class we will look at how we can analyze the part files during the design process. We'll also investigate the effect a change may have on the ability to design the most efficient part while cutting down on design errors for molded parts.

Simulation technologies are very powerful, but for purchased fasteners or machine components that use standard gear tooth profiles, bearings, chains, or springs simulation aren’t the most efficient solutions. The answers to selecting those types of components have been cataloged for decades in handbooks and reference materials. In this course, we’ll get hands on to try out several of the Design Accelerators in Inventor that use time-tested performance standards to size and select components. These tools can also shorten the design process by creating multiple features at once even through multiple components in an assembly. If you design machinery, you need to be aware of these tools.

See a practical example demonstrating how our customer Vimek AB integrates the built-in simulation and calculations tools in Autodesk® Product Design Suite as a natural part of their mechanical design process, starting with the conceptual phase. This class gives you easy-to-use-and-adopt examples covering free body diagramming, early conceptual dynamic simulations that will give you the most important sizing factors of the final design even before you have created a single new 3D solid! The class also covers how you use the reaction forces from the motion to perform finite element analysis (FEA) calculations and optimizations.

Manufacturing tolerances have a significant impact on cost and quality. Tradeoffs can be made to ensure proper fit; however, calculating stack-ups manually introduces the potential for errors. Inventor Tolerance Analysis is designed to help Inventor users make informed decisions while specifying manufacturing tolerances. Inventor Tolerance Analysis is a CAD-embedded, 1D solution that helps you understand the mechanical fit and performance of your design based on dimensional tolerances. Stack-ups automatically capture the relationships defined in the assembly model and customers using model-based definition (MBD) capabilities can edit tolerance values directly inside Tolerance Analysis, further streamlining the process between design and manufacturing. The Tolerance Analysis plug-in is a subscription benefit for all Product Design & Manufacturing Collection customers. Join us for this Tolerance Analysis Lab, where you’ll be able to get your hands on the software and put it through its paces!

This class will be an introduction or reintroduction to Inventor mechanical design and 3D CAD software. It will also go into general detail about many of the common issues that come up on the Inventor forums. It is generally understood that there are more intermediate and advanced Inventor software classes at Autodesk University; however, sometimes you need to go back to the basics to discover or rediscover some of the features you might not know about or understand-whether they be hard to find, or confusing to know how to use. This session will feature Inventor Professional software.

This class will be an introduction or reintroduction to Inventor software. It will also go into general detail about a lot of the common issues that come up on the Inventor Forum. It is generally understood that there are many intermediate and advanced Inventor sessions at Autodesk University; however, sometimes you need to go back to the basics and introduce or reintroduce people to some of these features they might or might not know or understand—whether it’s how to find them, or how to use them. This session features Inventor Professional 2020—2017 software. (The handout will have some Inventor 2016 information)

During this roundtable discussion, we will discuss industry challenges, how Fusion Lifecycle software can help manage them, and how to overcome roadblocks when implementing processes in Fusion Lifecycle.

What would you say if you could take a more-simplified concept model useful for quickly and accurately quoting jobs and then utilize that same model to jump start your detailed engineering design process? Sounds like a pretty great deal, right? If that's what you're thinking, then this will be a great class for you! We'll explore using the Factory Design Utilities software to quickly build concept models for the quoting and customer-presentation process. Specifically utilizing the Factory Design Utilities Connector technologies lets us easily "snap build" models together and transfer parameter values to maximize conceptual design efficiency. From there, we'll talk specific structure, utilizing virtual components within the concept model to drive BOM creation from real components, both standard library (non-changing) as well as custom-engineered parts with their associated drawings. This lets us save time engineering the model and integrate with data management systems, like Vault software.

In this class, we will talk about everything you need to know to get started with Simulation in Fusion 360 software. We will look at how to take advantage of simulation in the context of your Fusion 360 design, the benefits of simulation being tied to the cloud for both solving and collaboration, the problems types that can be solved, and the basic steps to get up and running with your first simulation.

Miron Construction has been using BIM 360 software and the Autodesk Forma platform for several years now, and has gained valuable experience on how best to set up the building information modeling (BIM) coordination process using all the features of Autodesk Forma, Navisworks, and Revit software. We will lay out how using cloud-based workshared models that are bridged to and from multiple sites, Forma Design Collaboration licensing, and controlled scheduled publishing can bring efficiencies to your BIM coordination workflow. We'll also demonstrate the benefits of operating in a high-trust environment where subcontractors and architects work side by side on each other's sites.

From traditionally complex and large systems; such as spaceships, airplanes, and cars; to everyday products connected to the Internet of Things; such as wearable fitness devices, home appliances, and car infotainment systems; the products we make are becoming increasingly complex, multi-disciplinary, and interconnected. This requires a shift in our approach to design: from defining digital 3D models of assemblies and parts to defining entire systems; from analyzing components in isolation to analyzing whole systems; from delivering a product that satisfies the technical requirements to delivering an operational capability that satisfies a business problem.