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Panel / Nashville 2025

One of the biggest challenges in is getting disciplines to work together, sharing data and information in real time. Whether technical, organizational, or cultural, silos slow progress, create inefficiencies, and keep teams from reaching their full potential. This panel brings together industry leaders who are actively climbing that mountain. Through candid conversation, they’ll share real-world struggles, setbacks, and the steps they’re taking to reach higher ground. Expect honest insights, bold ideas, and practical strategies to break down barriers, improve communication, and build stronger, more connected teams. If you’re navigating the uphill journey of , this session is your chance to pause, gain perspective, and gather the tools needed to keep moving forward together.

New Orleans 2022

The Future of Integrated Factory Model Collaboration

Building projects are already realized with the innovative Autodesk Forma, a data and collaboration platform enabling different planning disciplines and teams to work together in a common data environment. In a factory planning project, those planning disciplines are enhanced with teams needing to integrate complex production lines, conveyor systems, steel structure, and even logistics equipment. Hidden behind firewalls, software installed and running on-premise forces teams to handle time-consuming and inefficient data exchange, disconnected collaboration tracking processes, and inadequate viewing and reviewing of tasks. This class will demonstrate how Autodesk’s Cloud Services make it possible to efficiently exchange data between on-premise systems and cloud solutions (off premise). We’ll showcase and provide a best-practice approach, and cover how to set up a model coordination space in Forma Design Collaboration to manage a holistic factory model, its clashes and issues, and its review tasks.

Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021

Why the Cloud Is the Perfect Companion for Structural Steel Experts

This class will introduce a wide range of Autodesk cloud-based tools, from quick exchanges with the shared views feature for 3D models and 2D documentation to Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software) for multiteam collaboration. Learn about how connecting workflows, teams, and data can reduce risk, minimize rework, and maximize efficiency when designing and detailing a steel structure.

New Orleans 2022

How to Easily Data Mine Revit, Forma Design Collaboration, and Autodesk Forma for Your Benefits

As we work through projects, there’s a constant generation of information. Unfortunately, we almost never get to see it, much less capture and analyze it, thereby missing many opportunities to inform future projects or help with current ones. Buro Happold is a global engineering firm that's decided to tackle this problem at an enterprise level by finding ways to automatically collect, share, and analyze this constant stream of project information. We've taken a multifaceted approach to mining project data for insights by using a mixture of internally developed tools, Revit software, Forma Design Collaboration, Autodesk Forma, and external tools like Microsoft Power BI and Kinship. This class will cover the methods and strategies that we’re using to mine all the data generated daily by each project. We'll look at how the firm is using the internal BIM Radar tool with mixture of external tools. We'll also discuss how to integrate new tools into project teams, and how to approach enterprise-level adoption and analysis.

Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021

How Forma Design Collaboration Boosted Our Success During a Global Pandemic

Many ongoing projects were affected during the pandemic, requiring changes to our design teams’ traditional workflows. Keeping all teams connected and motivated while social distancing has been an enormous challenge for our industry. Autodesk Forma has evolved to provide the greatest efficiency for cloud collaboration and team integration. In this class, attendees will learn how to use Revit Cloud Worksharing applying a standardized workflow that’s easy to understand and effective for fast-track projects, including project creation, worksharing process, and publish settings. With this workflow, we’ve been able to reduce communication lags, avoid local server failures, and optimize the sync process of our models by up to 50% compared to the traditional local server workflow.

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.

New Orleans 2022

Forma Design Collaboration for Civil 3D

Understand requirements for setting up a Civil 3D project in Forma Design Collaboration, including entitlements, software required, and recommendations for success. We’ll cover project setup and administration, as well as migrating Civil 3D projects to the cloud, checking, and resolving your file dependencies. Lastly, we’ll explore the role of Desktop Connector and the importance of data hygiene.

New Orleans 2022

Why This Kenya-Based Design and Build Firm Moved to Revit

BuildX Studio designs and builds spaces that promote dignity, health, and environmental comfort in Kenya. Time and cost efficiency are key to keeping up with the pace of rapid development in the region. With the introduction of Revit software, the industry has experienced a digital revolution allowing for multidisciplinary worksharing through central models hosted on an individual firm’s local access networks or through Forma Design Collaboration software. Recently, BuildX conducted a survey to determine whether it should migrate its entire design team from AutoCAD software into Revit. We used two projects for comparison. Through a short time-lapse video, you’ll see firsthand the two-times more efficient process with Revit. A housing project in AutoCAD took 3,115 hours, while a similar project in Revit took just 1,478 hours. Join us to hear about the powerful outcomes BuildX experienced through migrating to Revit, how we upskilled the team, and how your firm can benefit too.

New Orleans 2022

Getting Started with Autodesk Forma

We all have to start somewhere, and getting started is often the most difficult endeavor of all. In this class, we'll begin at the beginning, and look at how anyone can get started with Autodesk Forma. Come and see how the platform is more than just a construction tool for organizing and sharing project data. We'll look at Forma Data Management software and see how it may be used as a common data environment (CDE) that follows ISO 19650 procedures and respects the information management method defined in the standards. With Autodesk BIM Collaborate and Forma Design Collaboration, we can work collaboratively with Autodesk Forma. Also, we’ll take a look at Forma Build software's toolset for the management of all of our project information, as well as Forma Takeoff software's real-time estimation view.

Hands-on Lab / San Diego 2024

Streamlining Clash Detection: Using Navisworks Integration with Forma Model Coordination

The Navisworks integration with Autodesk Forma Model Coordination fosters collaboration among multiple stakeholders in a shared environment. It enables teams to allocate clashes to respective teams and flag them in authoring software for prompt resolution. Conventional clash detection workflows encounter challenges like nonstreamlined processes and prolonged procedures, as well as an absence of a shared collaborative environment, a need to sift through lengthy clash reports, inadequate documentation, and a lack of methods to assign clashes. Integrating Navisworks with Model Coordination offers a streamlined workflow and a closed-loop clash management system, and it provides comprehensive documentation and enhances coordination, productivity, and efficiency. In this lab, you'll learn to use the Model Coordination API in Navisworks for clash detection, and use the Issues add-in in Revit software for issue management and clash location, ensuring seamless coordination. Overcome your challenges and capitalize on the power of Autodesk tools.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

ACC Cloud Publishing 101: Strategies for Success and Mistakes to Avoid

Embark on an insightful journey into the do's and don'ts of publishing on Autodesk Forma (ACC), covering the entire process from Docs to Design Collaboration to Model Coordination. From creating and managing project documentation to collaborating with design teams and coordinating models effectively, we'll cover it all. You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the ACC publishing workflow, including the importance of Publish Sets in organizing and managing your project data. Whether you're a seasoned ACC user or new to the platform, this session is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills needed to optimize your publishing efforts on ACC. By the end of the session, you'll have a clear roadmap for success in ACC publishing, equipped with actionable strategies to streamline your workflow, enhance collaboration, and ensure the integrity of your project data. Don't miss this opportunity to master ACC publishing and elevate your design projects.

32p

22p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Advanced Bridging in Autodesk Forma

As a virtual design and construction (VDC) manager for a general contractor (GC), one of the largest headaches is making sure your subcontractors get their models uploaded to your Autodesk Forma hub on time, and that they're named correctly and in the right format to make Model Coordination work seamlessly. What if it didn't have to be that way? If your subcontractors also happened to be working in Autodesk Forma, it doesn't have to be. What if they just published their own models internally and all the sharing happened automatically? This class will cover how to use the Bridge tool in Autodesk Forma to enable automatic sharing of models between Autodesk Forma hubs to streamline model coordination. Not only will we cover how to share models from the subcontractor's hub to the GC hub and then on into your coordination NWF, but we'll also show you how to share models from one subcontractor to another to enable direct coordination between subcontractor Revit models.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2023

Workflow Upgrade: Transitioning to Model Coordination

This session will cover the "bare bones” setup of a Forma Data Management central file-sharing site with granular permissions for use by a construction team during building information modeling (BIM) coordination. A builder's construction technology manager will demonstrate how Autodesk Collaborate supported by Autodesk add-ins can be used as a shared on-demand syncing tool for teams that still favor Navisworks Manage to run clash detection between a diverse mix of trade partners working both in and out of the cloud. Autodesk technical experts will provide supplementary advice along the way to show how teams can make use of new features in the Autodesk Forma environment to take this strategy to the next level by removing roadblocks seen in previous versions of the product.

38p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Autodesk Forma Migration Made Easy

Transitioning your AutoCAD/Civil 3D projects to the Autodesk Forma platform can seem overwhelming, especially for small to mid-sized companies. In this case study, we’ll explore how Crozier Consultant Engineers successfully migrated both new and existing projects to Autodesk Forma (Forma Data Management, Forma Design Collaboration). For many companies, shifting from a Windows-based file system to Forma Data Management is a relatively new experience. We'll examine the benefits of working in a cloud environment, and the challenges of moving existing projects to the cloud. Additionally, we'll explore best practices for this transition and the tools that can facilitate the process.

45p

Industry Talk / Virtual 2021

BIM Collaborate: Bringing the Distributed Team Together

Autodesk’s cloud-based collaboration services—BIM Collaborate and Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM 360 Design software)—are empowering teams to work within an integrated document management and review solution, providing permission-enriched workflows, and enabling teams to execute projects with unprecedented access and control for team integration. This class will highlight the evolving possibilities of these Autodesk services, all of which can be managed through a web interface and mobile applications. Looking at the functionality of each service module, we will walk through common project workflows and discuss the best approach for migrating your next project to the cloud. We are one of the leading consumers of Autodesk’s Forma services, with more than 3,000 active projects. We will discuss our success and the challenges we encountered along the way.

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

Meetup / Nashville 2025

Autodesk Forma Administrators Meetup

Are you an Autodesk Forma (Forma) administrator, manager or user? Join Autodesk Forma Administrators Meetup! You’ll dive into candid conversations, share real-world experiences, and explore forward-thinking ideas that are shaping the future of construction technology whether that is Docs, Build, Design Collaboration, Cost Management, etc. This meetup is designed to share insights, as well as discuss best practices and exchange strategies for all things Forma. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, grow, and connect with your peers of Forma.

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

Connected Coordination Level 2: Effective Clash Resolution Using the Power of the Forma Closed Loop Issue Management System

For effective clash resolution, it’s essential to notify the design partners about the clashes in a timely manner. It is also imperative to maintain an auditable and trackable record of notifications related to the clash resolution process. In this Connected Coordination Level 2 lab, we’ll build upon where we left off in the 2023 Connected Coordination lab, and learn to use the power of the closed-loop issue management system to assign, notify, resolve, and close clashes on a project. You’ll also learn about the Autodesk Forma Issues add-in for Revit software that allows design teams to download clash issues directly within Revit to highlight the clashing elements and take action to resolve them. You’ll learn how the closed loop issue management system keeps all the stakeholders notified every step of the way, allowing for an effective clash management system. Finally, you’ll learn how to export reports of all the active clash issues and link them to Power BI for the relevant stakeholders.

44p

43p

New Orleans 2022

Autodesk Forma and Autodesk Forge: Our CDE Backbone That Integrates the Hospital Data Management

This class will demonstrate the implementation of a powerful common data environment—using Autodesk Forma and BIM 360 platforms combined with an application developed in Autodesk Forge—for the management of hospital project data. The Grand Paris North Hospital project is intended to be the largest hospital in Paris, France, and was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Brunet Saunier Architecture. We’ll use this project to explain the implementation of data workflows in order to build optimized circuits that involve all project stakeholders, planners, the owner, users, architects, and all the engineers’ firms with Forma Design Collaboration and Forma Data Management (design collaboration, model coordination, and issues management). More than 100 people! We’ll show how a connected Autodesk Forge application will collect data from Autodesk Forma in order to push automation processes in data analysis and deliverables creation. We’ll do a live demonstration of this real Autodesk Forge-based BIM data checker enabling data processes throughout the project lifecycle, from plan to operation.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

Assets in the Golden Thread: Enabling Digital Twins with an End-to-End Workflow Using Forma Build and Assets in Forma

Utilities, retailers, hospital operators, towercos, and other companies may need to digitalize large portfolios with thousands of existing facilities to complete their digital journeys—either to fully benefit from building information modeling (BIM) in design and construction or as a first step for the creation of their digital twins. Those same companies typically have an inventory database that is either incorrect or incomplete, but that has value nonetheless, since it may be used to connect said assets with other enterprise solutions, including maintenance and operations management. In this technical instruction session, we will present a workflow for the end-to-end digitalization of a portfolio of facilities using a component-based approach. This workflow starts with any existing inventory, uses it in Autodesk Forma Assets and Forms to capture on-site data, then switches to Forma Design Collaboration software and Forma Data Management software for the intelligent modeling of the facilities, and then again moves back to the Assets functionality for audit and validation.

18p

84p

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