Explore deploying a digitalized design and monitoring workflow for a thermal remediation system (TISR®). Using Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, and Autodesk Tandem software, the project establishes a seamless lifecycle workflow from early-stage planning and data harmonization to real-time monitoring and maintenance. Forma optimizes solar energy feasibility analysis and site planning, while Autodesk Construction Cloud ensures standardized data exchange across stakeholders. Revit enables detailed 3D parametric modeling. And Tandem integrates telemetry data to monitor system performance. You’ll learn how Digital Prototypings enhance operational performance, reduce the need for on-site visits, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and improve collaboration between stakeholders. Explore the transformative potential of Digital Prototyping platforms for advancing sustainable asset management, conserving resources, and increasing infrastructure resilience in environmental restoration.

This class shares our know-how about implementing Vault software in an infrastructure engineering company. We provide information on all stages of implementation: choosing the best document management system (DMS), as well as analysis, implementation planning and strategy, installation, system configuration, and adaptation to company needs. We discuss results of DMS system analyses and pilot projects, and we provide arguments for choosing Vault over Bentley® ProjectWise® or any other DMS system. We share Vault best practices for managing infrastructure projects and business processes. We also share experience on Vault integration into AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, AutoCAD®, AutoCAD® Map 3D, AutoCAD LT®, Microsoft® Office, and Bentley® MicroStation® software. You also learn how to configure and maximize link efficiency between Vault and an Autodesk® Buzzsaw® server.

Do you love the dynamic relationships of Civil 3D object data, but still find yourself zoning out after a few minutes of doing a repetitive task? Using basic but logical math computations, we can visually arrange functions or nodes, and use Dynamo to automate many tasks that are required as part of any infrastructure project. A Dynamo script can be the missing dynamic link between AutoCAD objects and Civil 3D objects, should the alignment change, AutoCAD blocks placed along the alignment can be automatically updated. In this session, we’ll explore why Dynamo has gained popularity among Revit users, and how to benefit from it in our Civil 3D workflows. We’ll explore the Dynamo interface, and the fundamental concepts to getting started creating your first logical graph to execute geometry driven by data.

A hybrid cloud is a cloud-computing environment that uses a mix of applications on different infrastructures relying on orchestrated integration between the platforms. The infrastructures can be on-premise services; private cloud services; and third-party, public cloud services. This a legitimate option even if all the components are not pure cloud. Our Fusion Lifecycle implementations are typically hybrid cloud; we use Vault data management software (deployed as either on premise or private cloud) and Fusion Lifecycle software (pure cloud). These environments come with their own challenges. In this class, we'll discuss these challenges and provide recommendations on how to optimize these heterogeneous environments.

This Infrastructure Symposium utilities session will focus on workflow best practices in regards to existing conditions capture and modeling, predesign data aggregation, stakeholder reviews, and detailed design topics. This is a breakout to the Infrastructure Symposium on Monday.

This class will provide attendees with a detailed exploration how to use Autodesk Vault software to organize, manage, and disseminate maps stored in DWG™ files. Specifically, you will learn how Autodesk Vault can be integrated closely with AutoCAD® Map 3D software for design, production, and operational maps. We will demonstrate how Autodesk® Infrastructure Map Server software can be used in conjunction with Autodesk Vault to globally visualize the contents of the vault in geographic space. We will discuss workflows that can be configured to ensure secure access to project drawings for engineering, design, field inspections, and construction. Finally, we will explain how Autodesk Vault can complement a GIS-centric implementation that uses Oracle® Spatial or ArcIMS.

Rob Maskey presents a large BiM Level 2 infrastructure project located in Doha, Qatar including dealing with Change Management and Client BiM adoption during delivery. International Project Team collaboration and Design Model Management will be discussed to provide an overview of options for a large multidisciplinary projects. Rob will also explain similarities with Client requirements (for BiM) for the Doha Expressway Project and recent RMS briefs. In closing Rob presents a live demo of the Navisworks model for the project.

The session will focus on dynamic railway engineering using AutoCAD Civil 3D software. You will find out how you can use AutoCAD Civil 3D to complete a railway project from engineering solutions to detailed drawings. The session will reveal the possibilities of AutoCAD Civil 3D software in the creation of dynamic Building Information Modeling (BIM) infrastructure models, such as railways, roads, pipelines, and so on. We will show how Vault software facilitates the efforts of the entire Project Team, ensures smoother transfer of information, and increases the efficiency of AutoCAD Civil 3D software data shortcuts. We will provide practical examples on how Vault software helps to ensure higher quality for the project and avoid possible human error.

This class will explore an assortment of hardware infrastructure technology choices that are available to users of Autodesk design and creation suites, providing a process to select the optimal configurations to help maximize user experience, productivity, and ultimately return on investment.

In this hands-on lab, learn how Inventor® Professional, Autodesk® Simulation CFD, and Autodesk® Simulation Mechanical design tools can empower structural engineers and architects to accurately assess designs for the infrastructure of our growing world. Autodesk design and creation suites are a smorgasbord of design tools, many with unlimited cloud computing capabilities. Creatively exploring various combinations and interoperability functions of Autodesk Simulation tools in nontraditional workflows can have a profound effect on design. This lab provides an opportunity to practice the workflow and techniques in a hands-on environment. A case study shows the techniques that are needed then justifies using simulation tools and workflows to accurately predict the thermal profile and resultant stresses through validation against measured bridge data. Attendees learn how Inventor designs can be analyzed for thermal loads using Simulation CFD and for thermal stresses using Simulation Mechanical.

Autodesk Vault software is an often-overlooked tool that can provide remarkable benefits for the infrastructure design community. This class will explain exactly what document management software truly is and how it can benefit the civil design firm, and cover the steps for creating your own Autodesk Vault software environment. From the initial decision to implement document management, and all the way through development and final production rollout, we will review how Maser Consulting P.A. came to use Autodesk Vault Collaboration AEC in all 14 of its regional offices as well as the benefits gained from doing so.

The cloud—it's everywhere. People talk, and you want to use it. But how? Your data—it's everywhere, or at least it seems like it is. You want to control it, and Vault software is a great way to do that. But how? Especially when your organization is everywhere as well? And what about all those external partners that help you with all that data? Maybe Vault software and the cloud are meant for each other. They certainly can be. In Cloudy with a Chance of Vault we'll look at how you can capitalize on a hosted infrastructure with Vault software to tackle your worldwide data management challenges. From an understanding of what these powerful tools offer to examples of how they can work together, this class will show you how to make the most of Vault software, capitalizing on a cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

People have used Vault software primarily to manage engineering workflows and change orders and documents. For the typical architecture, engineering, and infrastructure workflows, a large component of every project consists of the development and publication of geographic information system (GIS) reports, planning maps, and detailed analysis that incorporates both construction documents and GIS files. In this class you will learn how to use Vault software in the context of AutoCAD Map 3D software, Esri's ArcGIS, Esri's ArcMap, and Esri's ArcCatalog GIS, with a simple plug-in developed with the Vault software API (application programming interface). We will demonstrate how to integrate ArcMap templates, SHP files, data connections, layers, and other GIS data sources with the Vault software to significantly improve the efficiency of the architecture, engineering, and infrastructure design process.

Working with today's Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools presents a special challenge to your IT infrastructure. Wrestling with the computational demands of the Revit software BIM platform—as well 3ds Max Design software, Showcase software, Navisworks Manage software, Lumion software, and others—means that one needs the right knowledge to make sound investments in workstation and server hardware. Get inside the mind of a certified hardware geek to understand the variables to consider when purchasing hardware to support the demands of Autodesk, Inc.'s, suite of BIM and 3D applications. Fully updated for 2015, this class will give you the scoop on the latest advancements in workstation processors, motherboards, memory, and graphics cards. This year we will pay special attention to the latest advancements in graphics technologies to meet the demands of high-end rendering, animation, and visualization across a wide variety of platforms.

3ds Max software comes with Infrastructure Design Suite software, but are you capitalizing on it? The Civil View tool in 3ds Max software enables designers to add roadways, vehicles, trees, and signage to their civil projects. Learn the best practices for importing AutoCAD Civil 3D software drawings into 3ds Max software, as well as the optimal settings in AutoCAD Civil 3D software that will result in the most productive workflow. We will also discuss setting up cameras, lighting, and animation in 3ds Max software.

The model is ready—now the future of making infrastructure requires setting our design on planet Earth. Knowing how to accurately transfer and prepare surface, corridor, structure, utility, and cadastral data for use by survey and machine control equipment is essential.

Working with today's Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools presents a special challenge to your IT infrastructure. As you wrestle with the computational demands of the Revit software platform—as well as with high-end graphics in 3ds Max Design software, Showcase software, and Navisworks Manage software—you need the right knowledge to make sound investments in your workstation and server hardware. Get inside the mind of a certified (some would say certifiable) hardware geek and understand the variables to consider when purchasing hardware to support the demands of these BIM and 3D products from Autodesk, Inc. Fully updated for 2014, this class gives you the scoop on the latest advancements in workstation gear, including processors, motherboards, memory, and graphics cards. This year we also focus on the IT closet, specifying the right server gear, and high-end storage options. Included is an advanced buying guide for building out effective, cost-efficient systems without compromising performance.

Working with today's Building Information Modeling (BIM) and high-end visualization tools presents a special challenge for your IT infrastructure. Wrestling with the computational demands of the Revit-software BIM platform (as well as related applications such as 3ds Max software, Showcase software, Navisworks Manage software, Lumion software, Rhino software, and others) is a challenge. One needs the proper knowledge to make sound investments in workstation hardware. Get inside the mind of a certified hardware geek as he explains in plain English the variables to consider when purchasing hardware to support the demands of BIM, and he also explains the latest advancements in workstation processor and memory architectures, storage, and graphics. This year we will pay special focus on the latest advancements in graphics systems to understand how they meet the demands of high-end visualization, animation, and real-time rendering. Along the way, we’ll look at specific hardware configurations to meet your specific budget. This session features Revit and 3ds Max. AIA Approved

This lecture will give an overview and demonstration of the complete Infrastructure software platform Solution for electric utilities. The presentation will showcase the solution implemented at Grant Public Utility District. In this class you will learn how utilities capitalize on Infrastructure software applications seamlessly in many phases of the business, from engineering to design to operations and beyond. Industry models in AutoCAD Map 3D software, AutoCAD Utility Design software, and Infrastructure Map Server software have been put to work to implement a complete integrated solution capitalizing on Autodesk Global Services consulting offerings for fiber management and field computing. The solution includes construction design, mapping, maintenance and field operations, and integration with in-house systems such as engineering analysis, CIS, and finance. The presentation will provide detailed examples and discussion of each major component of the system and a live demonstration.

The architecture, engineering, and construction applications in Building Design Suite present a special challenge to your IT infrastructure. As you wrestle with the computational demands of Revit®-based software, as well as AutoCAD®, 3ds Max® Design, Showcase®, and Navisworks® Manage software, you need the right knowledge to make sound investments in your workstation hardware. Get inside the mind of a certifiable hardware geek and understand all of the variables to consider when purchasing new hardware to support the demands of the BIM and 3D products from Autodesk. Fully updated for 2013, this class gives you the scoop on the latest advancements in operating systems, processors, motherboards, and graphics cards. Learn how each part of your system affects your day-to-day workflow and how to optimize each part. Included in this class is an advanced buying guide for building out the best, most cost-efficient workstations without compromising performance.