Vault software has had some major enhancements in the last year, especially in areas such as Items and Bill of Materials, Inventor Integration, Copy Design, and more. This class will give you an overview of some of these enhancements. Please note that in this class we will be going over some of the features that were introduced in Vault 2015 R2 software as these features are significant contributors to the evolution of Vault software.

Explore communication media that is much more effective than legacy methods to convey knowledge in the utility space. We will discuss efforts at Pacific Gas and Electric Company to streamline the communication of electric-distribution construction and design standards with an emphasis on enhancing knowledge. This class is designed to assist you in developing a proposal and business case to migrate the content of your standards into a digital format and share that content with others.

This class will cover how to create and communicate Inventor software design and manufacturing data using 3D PDF documents. We will examine the various options available in Inventor software and how those options affect the creation of 3D PDF files. We will also show how to view, measure, mark up, manipulate, and collaborate using the Adobe Reader. We will explore how to customize your 3D PDF files by creating PDF template files and forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro. Finally, we will show you several examples of 3D PDF files that you can use to communicate with customers, suppliers, and manufacturers. This session features Inventor Professional and AutoCAD.

This class is essential for those who want to become a Jedi Master in creating and administering Vault Behaviors. You should have previous training in Behaviors 101 and 201 before attending this class. The main focus of this class is to cover Vault Behavior administration and become a master in behaviors. This is the third of a series of three Vault Behavior classes focusing on creation and administration of categories, lifecycles, revisions, and properties. After this class, you will have a strong presence in the force of Vault Behaviors.

This class will show users of AutoCAD software, AutoCAD Mechanical software, and AutoCAD Electrical software the many ways that Vault software greatly improves current design, engineering, and manufacturing workflows. Vault software supports and improves existing AutoCAD software, AutoCAD Mechanical software, and AutoCAD Electrical software design and drafting environments by effectively managing digital design files and workflows, giving you and your design team a comprehensive method of finding, managing, protecting, and distributing your most valuable assets. Data management software from Autodesk, Inc., is tightly integrated with AutoCAD Electrical software and AutoCAD Mechanical software design applications. Deep integration makes it easy to manage data associated with your digital prototype from engineering through manufacturing, saving time and better ensuring data accuracy.

Especially designed for the young Padawan learner—this is Vault software Behaviors and how to use them. The force is not required as a prerequisite to this class, but is highly recommended. The main focus of this class is primarily using Vault software Behaviors and does not cover administration (it takes a Jedi Master to learn those skills). This is the second of a series of 3 Vault software Behaviors classes focusing on using categories, lifecycles, revisions, and properties. After this class the next step of your journey to becoming a Jedi Master is to seek out the class, Behaviors 301 for Jedi Masters. Note: The use of light sabers is strictly prohibited during class.

When OMNNI Associates, Inc., an engineering consultant based in Appleton, Wisconsin, discovered that they were required by their DOT to provide ground conflict analysis for oversize, overweight (OSOW) vehicle movements, they contacted Savoy Computing for advice. At the time, Savoy was modeling vehicle turning paths in 3D on surfaces but had not incorporated conflict analysis. Over a number of weeks, Savoy worked closely with OMNNI to understand the requirement and learn precisely how designers would like to see the solution work. Savoy then developed a tool that analyzes the vehicle's path across a 3D surface in seconds and reports ground proximity contours, locations of critical points of ground conflict, and nearest points of conflict as well as automatically creating cross-sections at all critical locations. This class discusses the issues identified by OMNNI and shows how Savoy AutoTrack can be used to perform 3D ground conflict analysis in either AutoCAD® or in AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software.

Yes, you've heard about Data Standard, but you don't know exactly what it might do for your business. In this class we will cover the capabilities of Data Standard, see it live in action, and also get first understanding of how you can configure/customize Data Standard in order to cope with your company’s processes.

This intermediate-to-advanced hands-on lab offers AutoCAD 3D veterans a chance to explore the 2D model documentation of 3D models from AutoCAD 2014 and Inventor® software. After creating base views and projected views from 3D solid or surface models, we explore sectional views. Using 3D models, we create Full, Half, Offset and Aligned sectional drawing views. We create circular and rectangular detail views. We edit the 3D models and update the derived drawing views. We add dimensions to the drawing views and modify the 3D model to update the dimensions. We explore the creation of undocumented Auxiliary views. If you used AutoCAD 3D in the past to create 2D multi-view drawings from 3D models, attend this class and get ready to be surprised.

Every time a new version of Inventor software is released, we get so excited and cannot wait to install it. But what are the steps required to migrate from previous versions without problems. Inventor uses a lot of external tools and databases that need to be migrated in the right order. You can certainly use templates, but also Design Data, Content Center, and Material libraries. Many users have experienced problems with a new version of Inventor. Why? Do you need to migrate all your files? Can you use Inventor with your old files without any problems? What is the best workflow to eliminate all possible problems and use the latest version of Inventor? If you need to improve your performance with your new Inventor version and see how to use tools such as Style Library Manager, Task Scheduler, and Content Center Migration, this class is for you. Whether you currently use Vault software or not, this lesson will give you all the steps to process your migration and eliminate possible problems with your files or performance.

Do you have a bloated block library due to many variations of the same block? Take a door, for example: because of different door widths, directions, thicknesses, and other variables, you can easily find yourself with hundreds of blocks. We’ll reduce that to a single dynamic block that has the ability to take on those hundreds of variations. In this hands-on lab, you will have the chance to create your own dynamic blocks that you can take back to work with you and instantly increase your productivity!

Do you know what Data Standard is and want to learn from the experts how to configure and customize it? Then subscribe for this class. We will cover how to quickly customize the user interface, create functions to influence the behavior, extend Vault software with additional menu items, and capitalize on Data Standard with Vault software Custom Objects.

Collaboration, security, and integration—success factors that are critical to staying ahead of the competition. Managing the change is a challenge, especially if several stakeholders are involved. We want to highlight in this class the approach we took to implementing Vault software in a multisite environment, integrating in the enterprise business environment, respecting the needs and goals of each entity, and getting quick wins in place without losing sight of the roadmap. How can you protect the IP as the customer is working for several clients (internal and external)? What are the challenges in a changing environment when going from local, and how are they different from when you’re going from global and standard? What are the benefits? We will use a real customer project to showcase our experience. We will also highlight the technical solution we put in place.

This class will show you how we have developed new processes in our company through the use of Inventor software and Vault software. We will explain how Vault software features such as lifecycles and categories are being used to control design to manufacturing workflow and operations. We will then cover the integration of the software in a globalized environment, the implementation of site-specific processes, and the system monitoring required to avoid complication with several errors we have encountered. The final point will show how, thanks to use of custom API, we provide design information to our manufacturing department. This includes how we initially planned to use Vault vanilla or thin client, and how we had to develop customized tools aimed for the manufacturing department to access design documents.

Learn how to capitalize on the important design and product detail generated in engineering with downstream consumers using Vault Office software. This class will look at how system administrators can provide a connected environment to non-CAD and non-technical-process contributors for change management, and approvals through to viewing and printing of documents while enforcing and maintaining data access integrity with Vault Office software. This class is designed to help you understand the features and functions of Vault Office software and how it fits in your organization.

This session is a follow up to “Intro to Composite Manufacturing Platform.” This hands-on course will follow the entire manufacturing process of composite and carbon fiber parts using automated fiber placement and tape laying. We will cover the following topics: we will compare and analyze manufacturing strategies to determine the best manufacturing method for the part shape in question using TruPlan software; once we select the correct manufacturing technique for each layer of material, we will select a machine to lay the material automatically; we will define the automated fiber placement (AFP) machine using TruFiber software; and, finally, we will generate each toolpath to create the part for the AFP machine using TruFiber software. This session features TruPlan and TruFiber.

Composite materials and particularly carbon fiber are some of the hottest materials in the manufacturing world today. Renowned for their high strength-to-weight ratio, carbon fiber parts are becoming more popular in traditional fields such as automotive and construction. Carbon fiber parts are created using additive-manufacturing processes and advanced techniques. Due to their high cost, efficiency is crucial to these kinds of parts. Autodesk, Inc., has created a manufacturing suite for the design, simulation, and manufacturing of composites materials such as carbon fiber. This platform will cover all of the production strategies that are currently in the market, including hand layup, fiber placement, and tape laying. This is an introductory course to the entire platform. Also included is the end-to-end composite manufacturing process. This session features TruPlan.

This class is the first in a 2-part series that will introduce you to items and how they work. In this class you will learn what an item is. The class will examine how items are created and the different ways that you can link files and items together. You will also learn about the bill of materials. Finally, the class will describe some of the ways that are available to manage change and maintain your items.

In this course you will learn how Inphi Corporation has capitalized on the Autodesk PLM 360 solution to manage its Enterprise business processes; including new product introduction, items and BOMs, change management, quality management, supplier management and much more. Share Inphi’s excitement about being able to improve visibility to project managers, executives, and indeed the entire global organization by incorporating all of these business applications onto a single platform. Understand how Inphi has improved compliance to their NPI and Quality processes by implementing task management with workflow validation and a tiered approval process.  Learn how Inphi tracks their development process through the use of connected, but dedicated, workspaces for Engineering, Marketing and Operations. See how Inphi leverages Jitterbit to integrate with several other business systems such as salesforce.com, Oracle EBS, and Autodesk Vault. By attending this class, you will go on a tour of how Autodesk PLM 360 has transformed Inphi’s business and could potentially transform yours as well.  

The US Sailing Team is looking to regain its position atop the sailing world rankings in the 2020 Olympic Games. Autodesk’s vision for the Future of Making Things directly aligns with the Team’s strategy for winning gold. We require a streamlined workflow to design, simulate, and manufacture advanced composite components to achieve novel mechanical properties, decrease weight, and improve overall vessel performance—all within the tight dictates of Olympic competition rules. Join us in this course to understand how innovation is achieved among Olympic sailing competitors and how we are capitalizing on Autodesk’s diverse and connected portfolio to become Olympic medal winners.