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Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2026
Top Firms Share How to Build Knowledge Infrastructure to Scale AI-Powered Digital Adoption

Hear from a panel of top firms including Jacobs, Tetra Tech, IDOM and HDR as they share best practices on building the human intelligence and knowledge infrastructure layer across the AI-enabled tech stack. Learn how to elevate human plus agentic AI workflows to close digital skills gaps to realize the ROI of improved performance, reduced rework and risk and a competitive edge to win more bids. Imagine the AI-powered digital adoption platform where information from trusted sources is instantly converted into consumable and actionable knowledge, personalized for every learner and delivered in the flow of work through mainstream applications connecting the field and office. GeT tangible data on knowledge gaps and skills matrices through organized learning content and skills challenges aligned with company workflows and project standards. Drive tech adoption at scale with AI-powered "just enough, just in time, and just for me" verified knowledge because the best training is training your way. GeT IT Your Way.

40p
Panel / Las Vegas 2026
Why Universities Aren't Teaching the Offsite Industry We're Building And the Solution
The offsite construction industry is scaling, but the graduates entering it have been trained for a world of bespoke ETO delivery. No accredited degree program teaches configure-to-order workflows, manufacturing product definition, modular interface standards, or offsite logistics. The industry is hiring for skills that schools don't yet teach. This session will present the MBI-CfOC Offsite Construction Accreditation Initiative a joint effort between the Modular Building Institute and the Center for Offsite Construction to establish the first accredited degree pathway for the industrialized construction workforce. With materials nearly complete and first accreditation discussions happening, let's understand what the next generation of offsite-trained talent will know, and how to build a firm that can absorb them.
79p
Panel / Las Vegas 2026
Why AI Struggles in Real-World Making And How to Make It Work
AI has transformed design and simulation, yet its role in real-world making where materials, tolerances, and human judgment converge remains emergent. Fabrication is variable, unforgiving, and governed by physics that challenge AI tools. This panel will explore the current state of AI in manufacturing and construction, focusing on how agentic systems can augment, not replace, skilled practitioners. Drawing on applied research from the Autodesk Technology Centers, we'll share how we train AI on real fabrication data, develop physics-informed models, and test intelligent, automated manufacturing workflows. Join experts across domains to examine how human-AI collaboration can drive impactful outcomes from factory floors to jobsites.
99p
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2026
What Owners Want: Honest Guidance on BIM, CDEs, and Becoming a Preferred Digital Partner
You've set up the common data environment (CDE). You've trained the team. You've delivered the models. So why does the owner still complain? Because owners do not think like consultants. In this candid 30-minute session, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) will share what an infrastructure owner actually expects from BIM deliverables, CDE workflows, and digital submissions. You'll hear how we assess consultant performance, what builds trust, and which common mistakes immediately signal weak digital delivery capability. This is not a product demo or a generic case study. It's an owner-side view of what really influences decisions, repeat work, and preferred-partner status on major government projects.
Article / 2020
Revit Best Practices in Cast-in-Place and Precast Structural Engineering
Discover a variety of cast-in-place and precast concrete building design methods in Revit, four ways to develop construction documentation in Revit, the pros and cons of using 3D rebar, and more.
Theater Talk / 2022
Transforming Infrastructure and Lives for the Future
Article / 2024
BIM @ BIG: The Journey from Small to Big and the Learnings Along the Way
Theater Talk / 2022
Applying Artificial Intelligence for Architecture
Industry Talk / Virtual 2021
Implementing Early Energy Modeling in an Architectural Practice
Learn how top-ranked architecture firm Lake|Flato adopted Insight building performance analysis software to more fully embrace early energy modeling across the firm. It helps that the firm’s culture favors sustainable design—it’s won more national AIA COTE awards than any other firm in the United States. But the firm still required an implementation strategy. This session will cover the messaging, training, support, and results—which include the firm’s use of Insight on all projects to report pEUI (predicted energy use intensity) for its most recent AIA 2030 Commitment report. Staff training covered why Insight produces accurate results. Additionally, we featured staff and project successes that occurred when we used Insight to model a project and, based on those results, develop strategies to reduce energy use. You will also learn about a paper we developed, with an MEP consultant, using Insight to show various wall insulation thicknesses in multiple climate zones. Finally, as a beta tester for the next-generation version of Insight, you’ll discover what's new.
Industry Talk / Virtual 2020
Automated Feedback Tool for Student CAD Models Using the Fusion 360 API
Fusion 360 software is a cloud-powered CAD, CAM, and CAE tool, and it is the primary software for the instruction of degree apprentices at the AMRC Training Centre, part of the University of Sheffield. With rising student numbers, it was becoming increasingly difficult to provide detailed and timely feedback to students as they learned the basics of Fusion 360. In this session, Joe Palmer will present a bespoke feedback tool that has been coded in Python and implemented using the Fusion 360 API. This tool provides instantaneous feedback to students about the quality of their CAD models by assessing key model metrics. These metrics enable a complete picture of model quality to be determined by the script without any input from course tutors. This has empowered tutors to spend more time on valuable activities within the classroom. We will discuss a background of the Fusion 360 API, the tool's development process, and details of the scoring algorithm. We will also present a road map for future development.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2015
Managing AutoCAD Civil 3D from the Ground Up

Are you a CAD manager who is responsible for maintaining and managing numerous software applications, one of which is AutoCAD Civil 3D software—even though you might not consider yourself an AutoCAD Civil 3D software power user? AutoCAD Civil 3D software is much more than just AutoCAD software for civil/survey users. It has many traits and features that not only make it powerful, but can also bring unique needs and challenges to the CAD manager. The great news is that these challenges are not hard to overcome once you understand the reasons behind them. In this class we will discuss managing templates, styles, and settings, which can be the biggest obstacle to success with AutoCAD Civil 3D. The class will also explore data compatibility and translation, output options, and different approaches to training. Don’t miss this chance to learn ways to more effectively manage AutoCAD Civil 3D software within your CAD system.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Getting Started with Deep Learning Using Bifrost for Maya
Bifrost is a powerful graphical programming environment for creating procedural visual effects simulations, geometry, rigging, and animation. In this session, we'll showcase new, modular, deep-learning workflows in Maya software using Bifrost. We will demonstrate how to use Bifrost for procedurally generating training data for AI systems, as well as how to deploy trained AI models in Bifrost using new Bifrost nodes designed for deep learning. The session will include practical examples of industry problems that are suited to a media and entertainment audience, such as using AI for complex rigging kinematic solvers.
82p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
iLogic: 25 Tips and Tricks to Boost the Octane in Your Inventor Automation
You've seen how iLogic automation can tame tedious and error-prone tasks and make you and your fellow Inventor users more efficient. Now it's time to explore some of the often-overlooked tips, tricks, and tools that can assist you as an Inventor automation developer. Are you still using message boxes to debug? Would you like to learn a better way? Would you like to better understand how to navigate Inventor software's API? Would you like to present your iLogic rules as buttons on the ribbon menu? Join me and other Inventor automation-focused users like you to explore these productivity-enhancing tips and tricks.
209p
209p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Railway Design Automation with Dynamo
Railway systems have complex rules to follow during the design phase, and their automation is highly required due to the massive and systematic work that needs to be done, and the very detailed list of materials necessary. The catenary system is one of the most complex systems in railway. Using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo software, we can automate the design process and create the best workflow—which we'll demonstrate in this session, including complex parametric families, and automatic section views for each mast with dimensions. We'll also demonstrate some other systems' design automation, like CCTV and the automatic creation of camera field-of-vision 3D views for the train driver and metro station platform cameras to achieve the best installation criteria and avoid rework during construction phase. Plus, we'll explore how to convert all of these scripts to plug-in buttons with pyRevit.
19p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Use Your Smartphone's Voice-to-Text Feature and Varjo Marker Tracking to Create Annotations in VRED
Most extended reality (XR) applications rely on handheld controllers or hand-tracking technology to interact with virtual content. Interactions such as "pointing," "selecting," or "touching" objects in virtual reality (VR) are typical use cases. Sometimes these input methods can be cumbersome for inexperienced VR users to work with, leading to frustration, extended training/setup time, or missed opportunities. Learn how the VRED API—along with its integrated web server and Varjo Marker tracking—can be used to enable intuitive methods of input by using your smartphone as the input device.
30p
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Preparing the Construction Workforce for Industrialized Construction
Despite the proven benefits of using industrial construction (IC), it still only accounts for a small share of the U.S. construction market. This session will briefly review the benefits of IC and how it may be critical to tackling some of the most entrenched challenges in the construction industry today, including skilled worker shortages and safety concerns. We'll examine how the wider use of IC will impact the existing workforce—both negatively through displacement of workers, and positively through job creation, different working conditions, and younger and more diverse populations being drawn into the industry. We'll also look at what is needed to prepare the workforce to benefit from this transition, including training in needed skills. Steve Jones, Senior Director of Industry Insights Research at Dodge Data & Analytics (Dodge) will present findings from a recent study commissioned by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and conducted by Dodge and WSU.
76p
Hands-on Lab / San Diego 2024
A Comprehensive Guide to Structural Steel Connections in Revit for Accurate Modeling
Are you using Revit software for your structural steel design? In our hands-on lab, we will explore in depth the powerful capabilities of Revit software's structural steel workflows—including structural connections—to ensure precise design-intent modeling for estimations and coordination. This session will provide insights on configuring custom connections to clearly display design intent through geometry modeling for accurate results. We'll also provide guidance on setting up schedules for quantities of steel members and steel connection elements, and demonstrate how to make the most of visibility graphics, tags, and dimensions to create anchor plans.
17p
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2023
Take a Ride with Fusion 360 Injection Molding Simulation
Do you design injection molded parts? How do you know if they are manufacturable? Are they cost effective to produce? Will they be high quality? Learn how Fusion 360's can help you answer these questions in this Hands-on-Lab.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2023
Configure This: Transform Your Design to Make Workflow with Autodesk Fusion 360
Take a grand tour of the new Configurations capabilities in Autodesk Fusion 360 with members of the Configurations team. Learn how Configurations can help you save time in the design and manufacture of similar products by reusing shared logic and tracking differences in key parameters for individual components or full assemblies. Extend beyond design and consume Configurations in the Drawing, Render, Animation, Simulation, Generative Design, and Manufacture workspaces without leaving Fusion 360. We may also discuss what's coming next in the development of Configurations as a one-stop shop for design-to-make on the Fusion 360 platform.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Sustainability and Impact: Expediting the Design Technology Journey to a Net-Zero World
This session will address the challenge of developing a vision and a strategy for lifecycle carbon credits to achieve net-zero carbon across any company's project, and on smart buildings globally. We'll cover the implementation of carbon-neutral standards and workflows to create a performance-based center of excellence that strives to build a better world. The focus is to streamline the process and evolve a sustainability impact program. We'll demonstrate processes for data extraction and show how to develop a proof-of-concept and visualize metadata through the Autodesk Insight data connector. We will demonstrate construction coordination and design solutions. We'll also cover the development of training modules to build awareness to scale the proof-of-concept on sites across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Asia Pacific. Finally, we'll highlight the sustainability impact of net-zero smart factories and data centers.
13p
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