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Sit down, buckle up, and keep your hands on your keyboard as Autodesk Expert Elite member Donnie “The CAD Geek” Gladfelter takes you through a dazzling collection of drafting techniques guaranteed to improve your productivity—one click at a time. Join Donnie as he shares techniques acquired from authoring six books on AutoCAD, blogging for more than a decade, and serving as the design technology manager of a roughly 700-person civil engineering firm. From simple to advanced, you’re sure to discover new ways to remove tedium and boost your ability to meet project deadlines. Hourly employees need not attend as this session will only include techniques proven to improve productivity.

With the release of One AutoCAD software, you can now take your CAD projects on the go with AutoCAD web—the browser-based version of the original AutoCAD software. This course will show you how to set up your desktop installation of AutoCAD to work with A360 Drive, how to save to web and mobile, and how to use AutoCAD web in Google Chrome. You will also learn how to view and edit designs on the fly and in the field from a tablet or smartphone, and discover how to communicate your designs using Viewer. You will learn how to access the tools from any mobile browser, sync your files across devices, upload files on the go, and edit drawings from a mobile browser—or sync them back to the desktop for closer inspection. This session features AutoCAD, A360 Drive, AutoCAD web, the AutoCAD mobile app, and Viewer.

One of the biggest challenges with technological advancement is bringing improvements and maintaining the identity of cities. With microchips being treated as commodities, you can connect any and all assets from cities to a smart database. Learn in this class how InfraWorks software works as an interactive map, replicable to any and every city that seeks to manage its municipality more efficiently and intelligently.

Learn to harness the collective power of Infrastructure Design Suite by applying AutoCAD® Map 3D, AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, and InfraWorks™ software, as well as Autodesk® 360 cloud services in concert through a real-world case study of a road revitalization and walkability project. In addition to software interoperability, workflows highlighted in this class include identifying land acquisition requirements, establishing and communicating land acquisition values with stakeholders, generating and analyzing conceptual proposals in the context of existing conditions, finalizing engineering design, and creating immersive online models for the public and project stakeholders to interact with. In summary, this class demonstrates the concept that there's always money in the BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything) stand when stakeholders are engaged by your proposals.

Intended for intermediate to advanced AutoCAD Civil 3D users, this class is designed to show land development professionals workflows for brokering data between AutoCAD Civil 3D software and Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) for the creation of detailed floodplain analysis. Using terrain data from both LiDAR and grading objects, this class will demonstrate how 1D and 2D hydraulic floodplain simulations can be quickly created from AutoCAD Civil 3D designs. With DEM terrain aggregation and geometric editing functionalities recently added in the newest releases of HEC-RAS version 5.0.7 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this class will focus on techniques and nuances for setting up your HEC-RAS model and getting simulated results back into AutoCAD Civil 3D for the creation of detailed work maps. Utilizing only AutoCAD Civil 3D and open-source programs, this class will demonstrate how to successfully integrate HEC-RAS simulations with AutoCAD Civil 3D.

This session is dedicated entirely to productivity techniques that will help improve your daily operations when working with AutoCAD Civil 3D software. These tips include automating regular tasks, using standard functions in new ways, exploring underutilized features, and even exploiting a handful of undocumented commands. We'll present the information using a real-world problem-solving context, rather than simply going feature by feature, so you can fully appreciate the "why" in addition to the "how." Come join us for this 90-minute session as we show you numerous ways to help you get the most from your AutoCAD Civil 3D investment.

This class will explore the workflows for dealing with storm and sanitary networks using Autodesk® Infrastructure Design Suite—from the planning phases in AutoCAD® Map 3D and AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software, the conceptual visualization in Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler software, design in AutoCAD Civil 3D, and finally virtual construction in Autodesk® Navisworks® software. We will work our way through each product, covering basic introductions, file formats, import and export, and how to work with the objects in each format.

In this class we will show several tools from the Autodesk, Inc., toolbox for airports. These tools will help with the many types of tasks, such as airspace surface analysis, airport geographic information system (AGIS), planning, and design. They will save you time and money and give you a powerful visual so everyone can understand the obstacles and outcomes of airport design. This class will cover many everyday tasks and provide tips to help you accomplish them more efficiently and effectively. When finished with this class you will be able to grab a tool out of your toolbox, look at it, and think, “I know I can use this tool for this task; why wouldn’t it also work for this task in front of me?”

With over $1 billion worth of work planned over the next 5 years plus the possibility of permission being granted for the construction of a second runway, it is essential that Gatwick Airport has access to up-to-date, accurate information with regards to the critical infrastructure that keeps the airport operational. This class aims to describe the existing systems that were in place, along with the issues that have arisen as a result of having incorrect geospatial data on buried utilities. We will then describe how we realized the solution to this problem using AIMS Technology, which we will host in a cloud environment utilizing mobile tools in the field to view and update incorrect data. We will also describe how we could use the power of the crowd to perform mass updates on these data sets and the enhancements we have planned to support the airport operation, linking it to third-party systems such as Maximo and making it an integral part of our resilience planning.

This class covers management of combined sewer and stormwater networks, working all the way from industry models in AutoCAD® Map 3D software to analysis in Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis software. We will also explore the use of Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler and AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software to meet design requirements and communicate the intended design. This class will dive into workflows that will streamline everyday tasks by eliminating the unnecessary transfer of data.

As a part of the Infrastructure Design Suite PowerTrack, this class will highlight geospatial, surveying, and other data collection methods as well as design tools using Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler, AutoCAD® Map 3D, AutoCAD®Civil 3D®, and Autodesk® Storm and Sanitary Analysis software. Attendees will see a real-world project move from a planning concept to more detailed design, including early analysis of project alternatives. Autodesk® Vault Collaboration AEC software and the Autodesk® 360 cloud computing platform will be used throughout the process for collaboration, analysis, and more.

With more than 25 years of experience with AutoCAD software, DCA software, AutoCAD Land Development Desktop software, AutoCAD Land Desktop software, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, AutoCAD Map 3D software, InfraWorks software—you name it—I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two. Things like the minus sign—where does it lead you? I’ll save you many a click. And I’ll show you a couple of hidden utilities I’ll bet you didn’t even know existed! Command Aliases Editor, Design Center, -view, -la, and more. These 25 tricks are from 25 years! This session features AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and InfraWorks 360. AIA Approved

This session is dedicated entirely to productivity techniques that will help improve your daily operations when working with AutoCAD Civil 3D software. These tips include automating regular tasks, using standard functions in new ways, exploring underutilized features, and even exploiting a handful of undocumented commands. We'll present the information using a real-world problem-solving context, rather than simply going feature by feature, so you can fully appreciate the "why" in addition to the "how." Come join us for this 90-minute session as we show you numerous ways to help you get the most from your AutoCAD Civil 3D investment.

Do you need to rely on as-built documents? Are you responsible for creating conceptual documents and planning studies? This panel discussion explores the use of Autodesk InfraWork software, Revit®-based software, AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software, and Navisworks® software in an integrated BIM process. We explore the process of integrated planning, design, construction, commissioning, and as-built delivery for Denver International Airport.

Learn how to implement step-by-step a complete Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow for infrastructure design. The steps you will learn will include using InfraWorks 360 software for conceptual design; using AutoCAD Civil 3D software with Bridge Module and recall of Subassembly Composer software for detailing design; managing expropriation with AutoCAD Map 3D software; importing a bridge into Revit software for detailing design; building high-quality render with the importation of an AutoCAD Civil 3D software model into 3ds Max software with Civil View extension; building a coordination model with Navisworks software; and making a clash detection and timeliner. This class is designed to make people understand the power of Infrastructure Design Suite software.

This class will explore a large-scale port/transportation project utilizing features in InfraWorks software along with AutoCAD Civil 3D software, AutoCAD software, and AutoCAD Map 3D software. Discover some key techniques to help guide you in transitioning from 2D conceptual planning to 3D and even 4D sequences. This course will cover a wide range of InfraWorks functions, such as creating custom "city furniture" from various sources; creating bridges, roads, and rail; randomizing data objects; running scripts; and, finally, creating project fly-throughs and renderings.

In this class, we’ll explore the creation of a custom ground coordinate system in Civil 3D software and AutoCAD Map 3D software. Currently, all coordinate systems that come with Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, and InfraWorks software are grid coordinate systems. With that said, we’ll create what’s called a low distortion projection (LDP). We’ll pick a mean elevation for this LDP, which will be our combined scale factor for this new ground coordinate system definition. Once this is defined, any and all data imported (GIS data, imagery) will now be transformed to your ground coordinate system. Your engineering clients will love you for doing this!

This class covers a typical utility workflow using Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite, highlighting its top new features and benefits. The workflow uses AutoCAD® Raster Design and AutoCAD® Map 3D software to gather and edit base data, such as aerial images, CAD drawings, and GIS data, including electric industry models. Analysis tools help identify potential areas and corridors for electric assets. Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler software uses the data for a large-scale 3D model that combines the "What is" situation with "What could be" proposals. Conceptual designs of 3D overhead distribution networks, windmills or solar panels, buildings, and vegetation provide sophisticated visualizations for decision makers. A precise, model-based electric network is designed with AutoCAD® Utility Design based on these proposals. Standards-driven workflows and rules-based analysis tools ensure a network design with consistency and reliability.

HKM (Huettenwerk Krupp Mannesmann) is specialized in the input material production of steel with all necessary process steps—from pig iron production, including the coking plant and sintering plant—up to production of steel, steel slabs, and round steel bars in the continuous casting process. Today, HKM is a steel enterprise which is setting new, worldwide standards within production and environmental protection. And HKM is setting standards in the IT, too—by implementing a true intelligent model of the whole plant, HKM is number one in the industry, having a complete 3D model of their factory site, including inside and outside equipment. This class describes best practice workflows using AutoCAD® Plant 3D, AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Revit® Structure, Autodesk® Inventor®, and AutoCAD® Map 3D software for creating a database-driven 3D model in Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler software.