Discover how Autodesk Fusion and Vizcom radically shorten conceptual design cycles for consumer products by pairing the Fusion parametric engineering and lifecycle controls with Vizcom's real-time photoreal visualization and AI-driven variant generation. Learn how rapid ideation, material/finish sweeps, and perceptual testing produce validated visual states that automatically feed CAM snapshots, BOM and version updates, and manufacturability acceptance gates, preserving traceability and minimizing rework. The talk will include demos, concrete integration patterns, and data-contract best practices for the Fusion-Vizcom workflow. We'll also cover a one-click pilot activation that turns validated concepts into prioritized production pilots with measurable POC outcomes.

Architects and BIM teams are generating AI images faster than ever. But outputs rarely connect back to real materials, specifications, or fabrication. This session will draw on three MIT Architecture and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) research projects to show exactly where the design-to-build pipeline breaks down and what fixes it. What we'll cover includes steering AI image generation with element-level references, matching rendered materials back into BIM specifications, and connecting natural language to robotic assembly each finding maps to a workflow that practitioners can act on. You'll leave with research-backed behavioral changes where AI tools genuinely add value in their pipelines and where the gaps need bridging.

A major crisis facing the VDC industry is model bloat. On large scale projects, placing thousands of dynamic, deeply nested native Revit hangers or small components triggers endless CPU parametric calculations that cripple model health, max out workstation RAM, and freeze synchronization times. To break this bottleneck, our product team chose a disruptive approach: pivoting away from standard Revit Families (.rfa) entirely and adopting Revit DirectShape technology. In this session, we will deep dive into the strategic evaluation behind moving the parametric engine outside of Revit to process calculations externally. We will demonstrate how injecting raw geometry directly into the project environment bypasses the family constraint solver, turning slow CPU-bound processing into fluid, GPU-driven visualization. Finally, learn how we map standard Shared Parameters to these elements to retain 100% of required BIM scheduling and tagging data.

The workstation GPU that handles your Revit models and 3ds Max renders may be showing its age not because Autodesk got more demanding, but because AI did. Local AI tools are rapidly becoming part of how design and engineering professionals work: generating concepts, automating repetitive tasks, and running inference without sending sensitive project data to the cloud. These workloads are GPU-hungry, and they compete directly with your Autodesk applications for the same critical resource: graphics memory. In this session, we'll give Autodesk users a practical framework for understanding GPU memory requirements across the workflows that matter to them. You'll see how real Autodesk applications perform under varying VRAM configurations, what happens when local AI enters the picture, and where the common pain points emerge. We'll also look at what the next generation of workstation GPUs brings to the table and whether an upgrade is warranted or premature.

As AI, visualization, and increasingly complex 3D workflows reshape how teams design, review, render, and simulate, professionals need more than raw specifications they need a system that performs reliably wherever work happens. Join us and an Autodesk industry expert from the Elite Experience program for a real-world look at modern mobile workstation workflows across Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and Fusion. The session will share firsthand experience using a slim mobile workstation as a primary device, including the performance, responsiveness, mobility, battery-life, and day-to-day usability factors that matter beyond a benchmark score. Attendees will learn how to evaluate the right balance of CPU, GPU, memory, storage, and connectivity for their own workloads; when local, cloud, or hybrid workflows make sense; and how to identify where a hardware upgrade will deliver meaningful value

The way we visualise and tell stories has evolved from static 2D rendering, to real-time 3D, to AI. The underlying problem these technologies serve has never gone away; it has changed shape as the needs of the industry have evolved. In this session you will hear from Lumion's Head of Product and explore the new ways of addressing, validating and building architectural solutions that are guided by customer feedback and experience. As a live case study you will experience Project Compass, a brand new Lumion product being shown to the public for the first time at AU, which addresses an intrinsically important stage of the visual communication pipeline in your architecture portfolio. You will follow the whole journey, from ideation, identifying the problem, exploring the solution space, and most importantly validating the outcome with the wider industry.

Don't attend this session if you're looking for yet another boring hardware session. This won't be that. Join Lenovo with Intel's global workstation user and segment lead for an engaging, (almost) vendor-agnostic look at how Autodesk workstations are evolving and what it means for your projects and future investments. Is an AI PC good enough for Autodesk software? Are more CPU cores always better? Which upgrades deliver real value and which just add cost? We'll cut through the hype to explore how Autodesk workflows use CPUs and GPUs, and we'll examine how the NPU is used by other software, as well as for AI technologies. Learn how modern SoC architectures are reshaping visualization, simulation, rendering, and AI-enabled workflows. You'll also discover workstation buying trends, future technology directions, cost-saving opportunities, and critical security considerations often overlooked by professionals. Whether you're evaluating AI PCs, planning your next workstation refresh, or future-proofing your Autodesk environment, you'll leave with practical insights and a clear understanding of what matters most in the next generation of workstations.

Few characters in modern horror are as unpredictable as Pennywise, whose terrifying transformations lie at the heart of IT: Welcome to Derry. In this session, Rodeo FX Animation Supervisor Scott Holmes will reveal how the team used Maya software to design rigs and craft performances for Pennywise's many monstrous forms. Through production examples and animation breakdowns, the talk will explore the creative process behind building creatures that can shift from subtle unease to full nightmare, while remaining believable, expressive, and terrifying on screen.

Rendering Autodesk VRED scenes can result in Open EXR sequences that require manual handling before they can be used in Autodesk Flame. This creates delays, inconsistencies, and avoidable errors in high-end commercial finishing workflows. This session will discuss example pipelines using both VRED and Flame Python tools to render Open EXR sequences from VRED and ingest them into Flame as clips. We will cover render jobs, structuring output, managing naming, and simplifying Flame imports. You should leave with a repeatable, production-ready workflow that reduces manual ingest and connects visualization to finishing with speed and reliability.

This hands-on lab will help users understand how to begin using the Insight Builder tool within the Project and Executive Insights to obtain project and portfolio level reporting for RFIs, Submittals, Issues, and Cost data. We'll walk through the following: accessing Insight Builder; building your first Insight Builder dashboard; generating visualizations from key project data; creating pixel-perfect reports to automate PDF generation of weekly reports; and sharing data to project teams. This session will focus on digesting Build data across many projects and helping users find ways to present key insights across projects and portfolios. If you're looking to level up your analytics skills, this class will help you get started on your data journey.

AI is changing how products are imagined, explored, and developed from the earliest stages. In this partner panel, Vizcom, Avnet, and Naya Studio will show how their Autodesk Fusion integrations bring AI and intelligent automation into conceptual design and the early stages of product development. Attendees will learn how Vizcom connects AI-powered concept visualization with Fusion design workflows; how Avnet supports electronics decisions, BOM insight, and early supply-chain awareness; and how Naya Studio connects Fusion models with the briefs, sketches, feedback, and approvals around them while turning Fusion geometry into early cost and sustainability insight. Together, these partners help product design teams turn early ideas into informed concepts and make smarter decisions before downstream development begins.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the AEC space. Bringing new capabilities to Autodesk applications such as Revit, AutoCAD, Forma, Construction Cloud, and emerging AI-powered design and productivity tools. Realizing the full value of these innovations requires more than software it demands modern, AI-capable hardware. This session explores how workstation architecture, including high-performance CPUs, professional GPUs, dedicated AI accelerators, and optimized memory and storage configurations, enables faster design iteration, intelligent automation, real-time visualization, and enhanced collaboration. Attendees will learn how AI workloads are changing hardware requirements across BIM, CAD, visualization, simulation, and reality capture workflows, and how to future-proof their technology investments. Join us to discover why AI-ready workstations are becoming an essential foundation for the next generation of Autodesk-powered AEC projects.

The relationship between design and visualization is undergoing a fundamental shift. For years, the rendering pipeline demanded a separate skill set one that pulled architects away from design and toward modeling, tracing, and asset hunting. By integrating AI-enabled functionalities across workflows, CannonDesign stopped treating visualization as a downstream step and rebuilt it as part of the design process. This session will explore how real-time rendering and AI-enabled workflows are collapsing the distance between design intent and finished imagery, eliminating the 3D model-to-visualization handoff, and allowing architects to work directly on content rather than a representation of it. It's a new approach to design where clients engage with designs early, deliverables are experiences rather than static files, and architects invest more time developing strong design concepts. To illustrate the modern workflows outlined, the session will conclude with a D5 demo by Jeff Espinoza. 

This class will present an intermediate-to-advanced workflow integrating Maya software and Unreal Engine software to create more-complex and exciting game cinematics including characters animated with motion capture, manually animated vehicles, particles, and dynamics. This class will show you how to create and layout an advanced game cinematic in Maya, preparing it for export to Unreal Engine. Then we will show you how to import and set up the exported Maya scene in Unreal Engine, setting up materials, cameras, mocap, particles, and dynamics. Finally, we'll implement industry-standard best practices while working between Maya and Unreal Engine, and rendering the final cinematic in Unreal Engine. This hands-on class has the indie game dev and 3D artist in mind.

This class is about the experiments and simulations related to the microcellular injection molding. The experiments are part of the research done at the Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory at the University of Toronto. We will present 3 topics related to the experiments. The first will be on the visualization studies on the bubble nucleation and growth. We will examine the effects of process conditions. The second will be on the use of mold opening (core-back) for the microcellular injection molding. The third will be on the effects of bubbles on the fiber orientation in the microcellular injection molding. We will use some of the experimental results (such as bubble nucleation/growth and the mold-opening experiment) in the simulation with  Moldflow Insight software. We will discuss the correlation between the experimental and simulation results, and we will also present some case studies related to microcellular injection molding and core-back processes.

This class will outline the real case study of virtual reality (VR) technology adoption by Tenova, an industrial machinery company for mining and metals, supported by Autodesk Consulting. After a brief introduction to Tenova and the project’s background, attendees will see activities run by Autodesk Consulting and Tenova to lead to the adoption of a tailored process for using VR for design review and visualization. The audience will see the workflow implemented, and they’ll learn the process to use 3ds Max software and 3ds Max Interactive to navigate a Filmbox file with Live Viewer. Come and learn the best practices to follow for VR.

Intelligent models are now tangible to every member of the project team, and this has extensive ramifications. Now that project managers, superintendents, virtual design and construction (VDC) engineers, and forepersons are all operating with a BIM (Building Information Modeling) medium, construction can truly move into the information age. By embracing the principles of the last planner system, utilizing the interfaces of VDC, and employing the power of artificial intelligence, Grit Virtual is re-engineering not only how project teams interact with each other, but also how projects are delivered. Co-founder and CEO Chris Callen will introduce the Grit Virtual methodology, explore learned lessons from pilot projects, and share the Grit team's vision for what comes next.

After the initial excitement of seeing the great potential of immersive technology (XR), we are faced with the challenge of implementing XR across our global design practice. Learn how Perkins+Will has successfully implemented the full spectrum of XR technology in its organization. Whether you would like to start with simple panoramas or go full immersion, you will learn about all levels of XR, and incorporate these XR tools into your daily workflow. Learn about 360 virtual reality (VR), 6-Dof VR, augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and social VR. See how you can quickly experience your design in an immersive environment using Autodesk software, enhance stakeholder engagement, and reduce unnecessary hours spent creating drawings to explain your design intent. This class will help you understand a new workflow for implementing immersive technology across your organization.

This class will present a comparative study of 5 European hospitals that Brunet Saunier Architecture conducted, based on 45 criteria. We will develop some of these criteria and explain the need to adapt the projects to local cultures. We will also present some of the BIM (Building Information Modeling) management workflows used for the Lariboisière Hospital in Paris (France). We used Revit software to manage the space planning for more than 2,600 hospital rooms. We also used BIM 360 Docs software to collaborate with all the stakeholders (including the owner/operator). In addition, we used Navisworks software to perform coordination during the design phase.

This class is all about getting your Revit data into 3ds Max software and being able to start using 3ds Max for photorealistic rendering, on time and on budget.