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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Coordinated Rebar Detailing in a Multi-Trade Environment
When rebar detailing is performed independently, it often results in costly conflicts and rework. In this session, we will examine a couple of reinforced concrete projects where our team was responsible for both rebar detailing and 3D coordination with other trades using Revit, Autodesk Forma, and Navisworks software. We’ll discuss how early involvement, shared modeling with trade partners, and continuous coordination enabled us to detect clashes, streamline installation processes, and minimize field delays. Additionally, we’ll explore how Revit facilitated model data management, effective communication, and the use of new rebar tools to enhance detailing accuracy and efficiency.
19p
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Forma Design Collaboration: ACCelerating Distributed Team Workflows
The cloud-based collaboration services, Autodesk BIM Collaborate & Forma Design Collaboration, are enabling teams to gain efficiencies through an integrated model, document management, and review solution, providing permission-enriched workflows, allowing teams to execute projects with unprecedented efficiency, access, and control for team integration. We will highlight the evolving possibilities provided by these Autodesk services, all managed through a web interface and mobile applications. Looking at the functionality that each service module brings to the project, we will walk through common project workflows and discuss the best approach for migrating your next project to the cloud. As one of the leading consumers of Autodesk Forma services, with over 4,000 active projects, we will share our success and challenges along the way.
12p
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
Buildings and Infrastructure—Together at Last!—With Forma Design Collaboration

Are you interested in using Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software) for multidisciplinary projects? This class is for you! Following a quick product overview, we'll dive into a live project for a whirlwind tour. We’ll start in the authoring tools—working with files from Revit software, Civil 3D software, and AutoCAD Plant 3D software—and show you how to share those files to the cloud. Next, we'll jump into design collaboration, where each design team will create and share its work packages. We'll then move over to model coordination and review any 3D clashes that have popped up. From there, we’ll visit BIM 360 Docs software and see how all project stakeholders have roles to play in model viewing, sharing, markups, issues, and more. Finally, we'll wrap up our journey in Insight building performance analysis software, where we’ll track the health of our project at a glance. This fast-paced course will help you in your decision about whether to adopt Forma Design Collaboration within your own firm.

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Streamlining MEP Sustainability Analysis Through Power BI and the Forma Model Viewer
For too long, the environmental impact of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems has been underestimated, especially compared to structural and architectural elements. However, case studies, particularly those involving industrial buildings, reveal a significant impact. Unfortunately, most off-the-shelf lifecycle analysis (LCA) solutions don't address MEP. As a global leader in design and consulting services, Jacobs is here to change that. We've developed and built a custom Power BI visual. This innovative tool pulls both models and their associated metadata directly into Power BI. Our LCA experts then took things a step further. They developed calculations that convert the extracted data on quantities, dimensions, and materials into measurable global warming impacts. The result? Powerful LCA dashboards with clear model visuals. These tools empower our engineers and clients to make data-driven decisions that minimize the global warming impact of their designs.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Accelerating high-tech project start. Discover how a general contractor leverages cutting-edge tools for rapid mobilization.
Immerse yourself in the inspiring world of integrated high-tech factory planning at Exyte. Learn how groundbreaking Dynamo automation and advanced BIM technologies are revolutionizing the efficiency and quality of project setups. In this AU course, you'll learn how large project teams can use automated Dynamo scripts to quickly create Revit setups, configure detailed IFC file export and exchange, and meet even the most demanding customer requirements. All seamlessly integrated with collaboration on the Autodesk Forma (Forma) platform. This automation greatly simplifies and accelerates project mobilization and ensures seamless collaboration between the in-house engineering team and partners. Learn how Exyte leverages technology innovations to deliver Digital Twin-enabled models to their customers, empowering the entire project team of 60+ designers to efficiently and effectively engage in project execution from the first moment and redefine high-tech facility design.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Level Up Your Collaboration: A Multipractice Engineering Firm's Migration from BIM 360 to Forma
This session will dive into the real-world experience of Thornton Tomasetti, a multipractice engineering firm, as it migrates from BIM 360 software to Autodesk Forma. This session is ideal for consulting firms considering a move from BIM 360 to Autodesk Forma, construction professionals interested in optimizing project workflows through cloud-based collaboration tools, and anyone seeking practical guidance on navigating a successful BIM 360-to-Autodesk Forma migration. Walk away with actionable takeaways to help your firm achieve a smoother transition and unlock the full potential of Autodesk Forma for enhanced collaboration and project efficiency.
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Efficiency Elevated: Automating Clash Detection for Seamless Collaboration Between Architects and Structural Engineers in Forma
In the fast-paced world of construction, optimizing collaboration and streamlining workflows are essential for project success. This course will focus on using the power of automation within Autodesk Forma to elevate efficiency in clash detection, facilitating seamless collaboration between architects and structural engineers. Participants will embark on a journey to master the art of automated clash detection, using the powerful tools and features available in Autodesk Forma. Through this session, attendees will learn how to harness automation to swiftly identify clashes between architectural and structural elements.
Industry Talk / San Diego 2024
Automating Forma Project Management and Streamlining the Creation and Management of Families
This presentation will focus on using the integration between Autodesk Forma, Revit, Power Automate, and Power BI software to effectively manage projects and family creation. Using Power Automate, project management tasks in Autodesk Forma are automated, reducing team members' workloads. Power BI is then used to analyze data collected from Autodesk Forma, providing real-time insights into project progress and performance for swift decision making. Additionally, in family creation, collaboration with domestic equipment manufacturers facilitates semiautomated creation of families with manufacturer specifications. Integration with Inventor software streamlines the creation of equipment parts like support steel, further enhancing the efficiency of the family creation process. Finally, the created families are managed in a database within Power BI, contributing to improved project productivity.
31p
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
2022 Workflow for Revit, Inventor, Advance Steel, and Robot Structural Analysis Professional on Forma

In this 60-minute session, you’ll learn about effective Revit, Robot Structural Analysis Professional, Advance Steel, Inventor, and Dynamo workflows. You’ll learn how to link a Revit structural model to Robot Structural Analysis Professional for structural steel code check and optimization. You’ll also learn how to control the models using Dynamo. This class will cover how to set up and use Forma to share Revit, Robot Structural Analysis Professional, Advance Steel, and Inventor models. We’ll also cover working with the 2022 workflow between the manufacturing industry and construction industries through Inventor and Revit Interoperability.

Industry Talk / Virtual 2020
Leveraging data through Forma Connect and Forge
This masterclass will cover how to link PlanGrid with next-generation BIM 360 Docs software by utilizing the power of data collection through BIM 360 workflows and PlanGrid field reports. The speaker will be able to demonstrate the added benefit of being able to maximize data for trend analysis via Microsoft Power Bi and automatic modeling by integrating the output with Dynamo software. We will cover basic principles of PlanGrid and usability for the average user, alongside best practices, work-arounds, shortcuts, limitations, and benefits. We will explore an array of case studies, giving live project application examples and how they’ve integrated with external tools, such as What3Words.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2020
Automate and Connect Workflows Using Autodesk’s Integrations Ecosystem
At Autodesk, we build solutions that include everything from 3D design, to preconstruction, through build, and into project handover. Customers often use Forma in tandem with advanced construction software and hardware, as well as with everyday software tools such as Microsoft Office 365, Smartsheet, cloud-storage solutions, and data-analytics tools such as Microsoft Power BI. Automating the workflows and data passed through these disparate systems helps keep everyone working with the latest and greatest information, eliminating errors due to siloed data and making collaboration easier on a construction jobsite. This talk will focus on using Autodesk APIs and our integration platform-as-a-service—Forma Connect—to build custom workflows and to connect various technologies together to build a tech stack custom tailored to your needs.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Bringing Large-Scale PMC to the Next Level by Maximizing the Power of Autodesk Forma
In this class, we'll discuss how Autodesk Forma can help a project management consultancy be more efficient by tracking project key performance indicators (KPIs) related to schedule and cost control through Forma Data Management, Forma Takeoff, Forma Build, and Autodesk Forma Connect. We'll take a closer look at how users can save time and easily track deliverables into Forma Data Management and Forma Build automatically. By combining Autodesk Forma (cloud platform) to Autodesk Forma Connect (ready-to-use integration platform), users can create their own custom applications using "recipes,” and follow the delivered models and drawings. We'll also learn how to track the evolution of design quantity takeoffs based on the Autodesk takeoff to make strategic and efficient business decisions relying on real-time project data. By harnessing the power of Autodesk Forma connected to Autodesk Forma Connect, we'll learn how to store the extracted data in an SQL database and automatically connect it to a Power BI dashboard streamlining proficient reporting.
41p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Smooth Collaboration: Automatic Synchronization of Projects in Forma Data Management with AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP 2025
Forma Data Management is a cloud-based common data environment on the Autodesk Forma platform, facilitating concurrent collaboration between multiple users. Does working together on the same project pose challenges for the team, particularly when multiple users are working on the same set of drawings? Are you experiencing any synchronization issues while collaborating on the same project drawings? Do you encounter issues when notifications about one user's edits are not sent to the other users? Collaboration becomes significantly more productive when the system operates as anticipated and delivers instant results. With Forma Data Management project synchronization enhancement in AutoCAD Architecture software and AutoCAD MEP toolset now resolves the challenges and alleviates our burdens. The projects hosted on Forma Data Management now support automatic synchronization of changes across multiple users. Now two or more users can collaborate on a project across offices and locations. Users can identify if a drawing is available for editing or locked by others.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
SE 2050: Get Your Carbon On! Using Forma Takeoff for Embodied Carbon Data
The mission of the SE 2050 Commitment is to support the SE 2050 Challenge and transform the practice of structural engineering in a holistic, firm-wide, project-based, and data-driven way. By prioritizing reduction of embodied carbon through the use of less and/or less-impactful structural materials, participating firms can more easily work toward net-zero embodied carbon structural systems by 2050. But how do we get this data? That’s where Forma Takeoff software can help take your 2D and 3D model information from Revit software to visualize and view your embodied carbon data.
21p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Autodesk Forma for Structural Engineering: Let's All Work Better Together
Unleash the power of Autodesk Forma to revolutionize your structural engineering and design workflows. The architecture, engineering, and construction industry bears a $280 billion annual cost due to ineffective project data and communication. In this session, you will learn to master design changes and manage the intricacies of your designs through diverse design-review workflows in Forma Data Management software. Discover how to avoid expensive rework by finding model clashes using Autodesk BIM Collaborate software. Witness how Forma Takeoff software enhances the quality of your design through an effective model conditioning process. Explore Forma Build software to learn how to proficiently manage risk and quality during the construction phase, easily handling RFIs, submittals, photos, and site observations. Join us and step into a future of seamless design and construction management for structural engineering.
Roundtable / Las Vegas 2016
How to Be a Recognized Building Ops Implementation Partner
Forma Building Ops Implementation Partner Recognition Program recognizes service providers who have proven success with helping customers establish effective asset and maintenance programs with Building Ops software. The goal of the Building Ops Implementation Partner Recognition Program is to assist customers in identifying a partner that will help them meet their operational goals. This session features Building Ops.
Roundtable / Las Vegas 2015
Fully Collaborative BIM to FM Workflow with Building Design Suite and BIM 360 Solutions
The roundtable discussion is designed to bring to the table like-minded individuals who have a desire to share their experiences toward achieving a fully collaborative Building Information Modeling (BIM) to facilities management (FM) workflow using Building Design Suite software and BIM 360 Cloud software Solutions. The primary intent is to explore well-documented, coordinated, and collaborative workflows using Revit software and Navisworks software with BIM 360 Field software, BIM 360 Glue software, and BIM 360 Plan software. The roundtable is set to review present and future project-based solutions and BIM workflows toward a highly efficient project delivery. We will address the key benefits of collaborative BIM and look to exchange a set of practical hints and tips to assist the roundtable group in gaining crucial insight into the BIM process using Autodesk, Inc., cloud technology. The concluding part of this roundtable will cover potential hurdles encountered in the process and possible solutions that will contribute toward delivering a successful project.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012
Coordinate and Dominate BIM Project Success
Coordination techniques using Autodesk® Revit® 2013 software as the Building Information Modeling (BIM) authoring platform truly enable a changing of the game. Modeling and project execution capabilities are becoming so comprehensive that we need equally comprehensive processes for collaboration and coordination. This class will deliver all of that: software, processes, paperwork, and more. Every BIM project and frankly, every architectural project, is multidiscipline and has multiple teams. The best teams and projects have the most coordinated teams, best information flow, and most efficient communication. Learn how to coordinate BIM projects with proven techniques and technologies from an architectural, structural, mechanical/electrical/plumbing, and contractor point of view presented by Revit and BIM leaders working in each discipline. Participate in a live coordination session that will blow you away. We will teach you hard and fast concepts that will help you develop your own coordination techniques and expertise to even greater levels.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012
Supersize Me: Worksets with Links, Object Protection, Families Versus Groups Versus Links

This Supersize Me class focuses on delivering large or mammoth projects with Autodesk® Revit® software. We will focus on three topics that can make or break a large Revit project. 
First, we will show you how worksets and links together unlock the gates of a large Revit project, and how these two areas represent one of the fundamental pieces of having a successful large Revit project. Next, on any Revit project, when something gets deleted by accident, it can be painful. On a large project it can cause days or weeks worth of rework. We will show you how to protect Revit objects from being moved, deleted, or modified. Finally, we will take a hard look at families versus groups versus links. Unfortunately they have similar characteristics and often get used in place of each other. We will talk about each tool and discuss why and how they work, when to use them, and when not to use them. You will gain an understanding of why each tool can be both destructive or constructive to any Revit project.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016
Building Ops: Cross-Platform Workflows for a Mobile Asset Management Solution
To date, created and collected asset data has been siloed within its respective native software, forcing users to extract information from each software and aggregate it to create a custom electronic deliverable. This is a very time-consuming manual process with inconsistent deliverables to owners. Cross-platform workflows in the Autodesk, Inc., suite has enabled information to be passed from one software to the next, resulting in a more-aggregated, seamless deliverable. Class attendees will learn how to capitalize on the Autodesk suite of products (Navisworks software, BIM 360 Glue software, BIM 360 Field software, Building Ops software) to efficiently tie the intelligent model and collected asset data together for better use and navigation of the closeout deliverable. We will highlight a recently completed project that adopted Building Ops software as an asset management tool, gaining efficiency in the facility management process. This session features Building Ops, BIM 360 Field, and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved
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