A good model is important in a BIM (Building Information Modeling) workflow. Equally important is generating a good set of construction documents, complete with detail drawings. After mastering basic modeling in Revit software, many users hit the wall and struggle with this vital aspect of project delivery. This class will teach you how to bridge the gap between modeling and detailing, taking full advantage of the 3D model and adding 2D embellishments combined with display modification to create your construction details. This session features Revit Architecture software.

If you use Revit software every day as your primary production tool, you may often run into tedious tasks that you wish you could accomplish more quickly and efficiently. Have you heard that the Dynamo extension can help? But what if you’re not a programmer? Far too many tutorials start by dragging nodes and then end up writing code. If you’ve been frustrated trying to learn Dynamo because it seems all you ever see are code blocks, do not fear—this class uses NO code blocks. We will explore some very practical things you can do to automate your Revit software workflow, all with existing nodes. I repeat, there are no code blocks in this session. Just nodes and wires (and some logic). So, if you want to get a solid introduction to Dynamo for Revit software and come away with some practical examples that you can do back in the office without learning a ton of code, this is the class for you! This session features Revit, Dynamo, and Revit Architecture.

Vehicle tracking is a very easy-to-use and handy tool for creating swept path analysis. You can use it from the very first moment. However, each type of software has its hidden places to be uncovered. Come to this session to learn how to create new articulated vehicles based on given data sheets and discuss other possibilities available for creating new vehicles, including rear-axle steering. You will learn how to add load to the trailer for analysis purposes and as well as for animation. Learn how to import a vehicle created in another product, and to have rich vehicle library for animation. Reporting is an important part of the product and we will go through different possibilities offered by the product. We will also discuss roundabout design possibilities

In this class, we will show how a top academic medical center collaborated with a BIM-driven architectural firm to deliver a Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation plan. This plan transformed data about 53 buildings, totaling more than 6 million square feet of existing facility space, from a traditional 2D AutoCAD® format to an intelligent BIM environment using Autodesk® Revit® Architecture. The implementation focused on not only the technical aspects and best practices of using Revit Architecture, but also included developing a much deeper BIM expertise to ensure the long-term success and continued use of the models for future growth across the campus. The project team leaders will present how they have developed these models to use multiple Autodesk platforms to share facility information with a diverse campus-wide staff. This process has improved the quality and speed of decision making with regard to facility planning, renovation, maintenance, wayfinding, and energy consumption.

As important as a good model is in a Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow, equally important is generating a good set of construction documents, complete with detail drawings. This class teaches you how to stop getting lost in superfluous minutiae by taking full advantage of the best parts of your model and adding 2D detail components and linework, combined with display modification techniques, to create your construction details.

Join fellow executives for this track exclusively dedicated to construction leaders. This is your opportunity to join your peers and meet with members of the Autodesk Construction Leadership Team, as well as access VIP receptions, briefings and discussions, and sessions that focus on topics that are important to you. You’ll enjoy private meals with your peers and members of the Autodesk Construction Team, as well as partake in the Connect & Construct Keynote and evening activities. Note, AU Leadership Experience, which includes the Executive Track at Connect & Construct, is by invitation only.

As a group, we will share ideas, workflows and techniques to help make for a smoother and less painful transition from AutoCAD to Revit Architecture so that others may benefit from our successes and failures. You may have heard that the only way to switch to using Revit is to just dive right in and take the plunge. Well maybe there are options to this “sink or swim” approach. How do you re-train your staff? Who should learn (or not learn) Revit? How can AutoCAD fit into a Revit office. This discussion will help answer some of your questions and address some of your fears. We will share with one another how switching to Revit has affected our office, workflow, staffing and efficiency. Share the successes and failures which you experienced making the transition to Revit. Let's help anybody who is considering, but who has not yet made the move to Revit. Together as a group, let’s share how we all made the switch while putting some common fears and myths to rest.

This course will introduce a workflow of live Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination using BIM 360 Glue software and Navisworks software on a megaproject. How do you remove the BIM manager’s published NWD file as the bottleneck to coordination? What do you do when your model is too large to open in BIM 360 Glue software? In this workflow, you will see how to set up a project in BIM 360 Glue software, run coordination meetings in Navisworks software, and encourage live coordination among trades in between meetings. This workflow will enable you to maximize field-staff contributions, as well as open more-transparent and more-efficient communication with the design team. This session features BIM 360 Glue and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

Mayo Clinic is currently engaged in a major expansion of its Phoenix, Arizona, campus, which involves multiple interdependent projects. To manage the design process, we used the model development specification (MDS) for the project, first mapping architectural and engineering standard milestones and critical project milestones to the AIA/BIMForum levels of development (LODs). The MDS process enabled the teams to use lean principles to identify specific systems for which design needed to be accelerated to accommodate the design and coordination schedule, minimizing the acceleration of all areas. This approach enabled the team to meet milestone dates without impacting design. The MDS process supported team member communication by identifying what was needed by each team member, when it was needed, and how it impacted the project schedule. The class concludes with a demonstration on the MDS documentation process and coordination tools involved.

Modeling strategy is the key to the success of a project, especially a megaproject. This is a case study of a project with 9 plots. Each plot has a podium and more than 3 towers on top of it. As a multifamily residential project, the design is based on typical unit types and prototype floors repeatedly placed on levels of the towers. With more than 40 structures, more than 30 unit types, and more than 20 prototypes, floor plans are scattered in more than 30 towers across the entire site. How can we manage a project with so many models linked together? How can we maintain numerous unit types and prototype floors as design keeps changing during the design process and development? We will explore group, link, and family strategies, and we will develop an innovative method to face the challenge. This session features Revit Architecture. AIA Approved

How does a Building Information Modeling (BIM) manager get started in the wonderful world of the Revit building design software API? More importantly, how do programmers keep from getting overwhelmed with custom add-in requests from employees at their firms? We will discuss ideas regarding how to get started programming and how to beta test your custom add-ins company wide. We will also investigate how to calculate the difficulty level for coding a specific idea, and when it is time to take your code to the next level. This session features Revit, Revit Architecture, and Revit MEP. AIA Approved

In this class, we will show how Autodesk Revit Architecture software was used for collaboration of multiple disciplines in a higher education capstone project. Revit was used to keep the project moving forward while one of the chief architecture students on the team needed to travel overseas. We will also list lessons learned in working internationally.

This course will present inventive techniques and methods, using Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the review of the building envelope. A key focus of the presentation will be the highlighting of how structural systems interact with the enclosure system. It will focus on topics such as the Level of Development (LOD) of architectural models and structural design models and how these progress into fabrication-level models for the building envelope in products such as Inventor software and Revit Architecture software with the structural system, interacting with products such as Revit Structure software and Advance Steel software. Key areas of this will be looking at localized high-level-of-development models around transitions of buildings, and will show how systems are brought together and used in a building-enclosure review meeting, as well as the importance of integrating both structure and building envelope as holistic systems as part of the review process.

See how Revit software can provide powerful insight to your model contents, and how your design team is building them through external data reporting. Information is most useful when presented in a format that is easy to explore and analyze. This class will demonstrate several techniques for getting information out of your models and into a format that you can more easily digest and visualize, all with the goal of helping you make better decisions. This session features Revit, Revit Architecture, and Revit MEP. AIA Approved

A linear structure is related to and controlled by a 3D alignment. This class will cover case studies of some typical design elements (such as gabion walls and tunnel cross passages) that may need to be incorporated to deliver the scheme design. We discuss the problems that Atkins has had to overcome, and the various approaches chosen to achieve the goal of programming rule-based algorithmic geometry selection and placement, from guide lines for the linear structures, in response to iterative design alterations. Atkins has developed a solution for automated linear structure design and drafting. This futuristic digital engineering approach delivers significant design efficiency, and it reinforces Atkins' leading status in the field of digital engineering. This class will share the processes adopted for the solution using AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Revit software, and Dynamo software. Come and be inspired by how Atkins works cheaper, faster, and smarter while further enhancing the quality of deliverables.

If you are new to Revit Architecture software and want to get a quick hands-on overview of the recommended practices for using BIM in architecture and its associated workflows, then this is the class for you. We highlight several workflows, including conceptual design, documentation, visualization, and multidiscipline coordination. These workflows highlight the capabilities of Revit Architecture, and touch on some of the BIM 360™ cloud-based offerings as well. In this hands-on lab, you walk through exercises that highlight each of the major phases of design, with an emphasis on recommended workflow, while simultaneously incorporating features that are new to Revit Architecture 2014.

Attendees of this workshop will learn how to manipulate and create custom materials for their next photorealistic rendering. The presenter will highlight how material maps (such as bump, self-illumination, and cutouts) can give mental ray renderings added definition and appeal. Attendees will learn how to import images to create custom materials, and learn best practices for material image preparation—as well as how to scale and tile material maps. Attendees will gain insight into the various techniques used to apply materials, including surface painting and family properties. This session features Revit Architecture. AIA Approved

Even with a fully coordinated Autodesk Revit model of every discipline, architectural beauty comes at the cost of a challenging construction phase. In this class, you will learn how coordination on the Yale School of Management was managed using Autodesk Navisworks software in conjunction with fabrication-quality modeling. We will explore rule-based clash detection will be explored as a primary evaluation and visualization method for finding coordination problems and developing real-time solutions in the intelligent model. You will leave the class with a clear understanding of how to best integrate and use clash detection to coordinate a building of any level of complexity.

Follow a real-world case study of how one developer changed his entire process from old school to current and forward-thinking in a single project. Learn how using Revit software prototypes can help improve the financial pro-forma to optimize the site plan, unit mix, and net rentable for the building. Rapid design visualization and iterations help minimize construction cost by 10% and maximize revenue by as much as 5%. Eventually, converting a similar building from CAD to Revit software and automating the creation of construction documentation for architecture, structural, and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) can save months of the CD timeline. Design visualization of Revit models using A360 cloud-based collaboration service and BIM 360 Docs software helped the architecture, engineering, and construction team see changes in days versus months—and in 3D on their phones versus paper sheets. Learn how a change order saved $500,000 and was implemented in one week versus 6 months. Renderings enabled rapid optimization of materials and the procurement of long lead-time items. This session features BIM 360 Docs, A360, and Revit Architecture. AIA Approved

This energetic and engaging session presented by industry experts will share the lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle using InfraWorks software on both horizontal and vertical projects. InfraWorks has been around for 3 years, and the 2017 release finally gives it the opportunity to become more than a planning or marketing tool. The new features enable increased productivity and project collaboration with new additions of multiple data sources like native Autodesk files, as well as various other external nonnative popular file formats that make this a powerful application. From conceptual design, marketing, client relations, and traffic control plans, to as-builts and point cloud data, InfraWorks is an amazing collaboration tool. If you looked at InfraWorks previously and saw potential but couldn't find how it was applicable to your workflow, take the opportunity to learn how the program has evolved!