"IoT sensors and smart devices are all around. BIM is all around. Why not marry BIM with IoT - and create the next generation powerful disruptive Digital Twins for a better today and tomorrow? Digital Twin is the Living Model with dynamics/functionality. It's the virtual representation of spaces, objects, smart devices and sensors binding in a single place to view the live updates, to perform analytics and simulations, and to create predictions for better decision making and predictive maintenance. Digital Twins are one of the top—and most discussed—industry disruptive technologies. Combining the power of BIM using Forge with IoT devices using Azure Digital twin/IoT services will create the digital twin that can help in multiple ways. This class will introduce the basics of Digital Twin and its applications and then talk about how to bring Forge and Azure APIs together to make a digital twin web application that can showcase live data and analytics."

Applications built on Forge software can allow for greater levels of visibility and transparency around sustainability measures by integrating sustainability parameters—such as greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, and so on—into the design-and-make process through a common data environment with 3D models. This class will introduce Forge application developers and customers to the opportunity of developing Forge applications that capitalize on the data of BIM (Building Information Modeling) or engineering models to improve outcomes along these sustainability parameters, or to make sophisticated design choices for better buildings or products with less negative environmental impact. This class will include examples of Forge for sustainability applications, case studies, industry insights, innovative ideas, and experiences from the AEC and D&M industries.

How do you successfully implement BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes in projects with uncompromisingly tough deadlines? In a lightning-fast project environment, certain challenges present themselves repeatedly. At WeWork, we’ve delivered close to 2 million square feet of office space in the last two years in London alone. We are using Autodesk products to deliver a better product on a shorter deadline, by constantly iterating on the design and delivery process. This session will look at ways WeWork facilitates collaboration and streamlines BIM processes using BIM 360 software, Revit software, and Forge.

In a crowded integration space and with only so many hours in the day, how do you choose which advanced enhancement to tackle for the highest and best use of Revit? We will look at the value added to the design process by focused learning related to BIM 360 vs. Dynamo vs. Forge vs. FormIt vs. Project Fractal. Our experts and thought leaders in each arena will focus on this discussion through the lenses of workflow efficiency, data loss, collaboration and integration into today’s workspace. Which integration will reign as champion in 2018?

With all kinds of different VR devices released to the market, the concept of VR/AR/MR is becoming increasingly popular, but it's still an expensive experience. Is there any way to make the VR experience more accessible, and easier for your customers? WebVR provides a good solution. This class will introduceWebVR and show you some cool demos to help you get a quick project started with the technology, There are several frameworks you can start with, and even mix together - we will discuss some of these, including Three.js, the Autodesk Forge Viewer, and ReactVR. The class will show live demos, and the code behind the different examples.

In the spring of 2018, Autodesk introduced BIM 360 Design software, based on the Forge platform, and BIM 360 Document Management. While users still have access to the legacy BIM 360 Team technology, BIM 360 Design provides enhanced collaboration workflows, greater control over file permissions, and much tighter integration with BIM 360 Docs software for use in "downstream" collaboration workflows during a project’s postdesign phases. This class will focus on the enhanced workflows possible with Design Collaboration and Revit cloud collaboration, and will cover project setup, teams and permissions, and the use of packages to effectively control when others have access to your data and when data from other teams is updated in your model. We will also look at common troubleshooting techniques and BIM 360 site setup.

Join Forge connoisseurs Jim Quanci and Stephen Preston on their latest lightning tour of Forge-powered web applications that are “in production” today. Through the medium of demo apps, you’ll discover what Forge is and what it can do. And you’ll pick up some interesting ideas regarding how Forge can help you. You’ll discover a range of applications—from internal company tools to SaaS applications—in a range of industries. The class will examine as many demos as possible and answer your questions along the way, so the speakers can’t guarantee that they’ll show exactly 10 apps. But they can guarantee that the apps will be useful and cool (and, in some cases, amazing).

The release of BIM 360 Design Collaboration showed that as the tools we use to design the world of the future develop at an ever-increasing pace, we need to think differently to make the most of these advances. Following a successful multiproject pilot of BIM 360 Design Collaboration, we identified that what worked well in fewer than 10 projects was going to be difficult in 100 projects, and impossible to sustain for 1,000 projects. This industry talk will look at how Mott MacDonald—a global engineering, development, and management consultancy—worked with Autodesk Consulting to design an approach to master this transition from pilot to production scale. We’ll share lessons learned, from developing a global network of BIM 360 super users, to using Forge and Microsoft Power BI to gain better insights into user behavior and BIM 360 usage, to measuring the ROI of BIM 360 software, to managing BIM 360 as an IT service in a large enterprise.

With the release of the BIM 360 Design Collaboration module, a variety of opportunities are open to project teams with respect to how they control the information flow between different participants. Understanding the flow of publish, package, share, and consume is just the beginning. Understanding the nuances of the permissions system lets you connect your linked Revit files to each other and to other data types in ways that go beyond the strict rules imposed by the system's default behaviors. We will walk you through the most-restrictive (default) approach, and then address strategies regarding how to make the permission system work for you, and how to integrate non-Revit design team members using Desktop Connector or the Forge platform. Beyond how to use the system, we will also address the consequences for consultants engaged in the environment via their clients. What are the implications for third parties when they’re asked to participate in what is effectively a “low-trust” environment over which they have no direct control?

The ultimate objective of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is to design, construct, and operate more-efficient infrastructures with less impact to the environment. SYSTRA R&D teams developed two web-based solutions—CARBONTracker and SAFEbyBIM—to better simulate carbon emissions and reduce safety risks on projects using Forge and ArcGIS. This presentation will immerse you in a virtual demonstration of a project design review to show the benefits that BIM can provide ecodesigners and safety managers in their daily challenges to reduce these environmental and human impacts. The presentation will be in two parts. First, there will be a description of both applications’ functionalities. Then, we’ll perform a simulation of a design review around an asset to show how these solutions can support a more efficient integration of these disciplines into design processes by being able to extract the BIM data that’s created to provide the right information to the design teams in order to make design decisions taking into account carbon and safety impacts.

The Forge Design Automation API is a cloud-based service that enables the automation capabilities of AutoCAD software, Inventor software, Revit software, and 3ds Max software. This presentation will explain and demonstrate two new features that increase the service’s capabilities. First, the preview feature of Open Network Access breaks down a longstanding barrier wherein the Design Automation API disallows network access during the running of a job. Letting customers add in access networks through HTTP(S) calls will solve some problems of workflows currently running in the Design Automation API, and will help extend the scope of work processes that the Design Automation API can support. WebSocket endpoints is another new offering that points back to client devices (desktop, mobile, or laptop), sending progress and completion responses so the applications don't need to make repeated Get requests—plus no callback for onComplete argument is needed to find the status of a job. We will also introduce and demo other small but peppy features that the Design Automation API has supported since last year.

We'll demonstrate some example apps in Forge Platform using Inventor.IO software and we’ll use this to create an interactive discussion on what kind of things you'd like to build on Forge Platform using Inventor.IO. This session features Forge, Forge, and Inventor Professional.

Learn how to unleash data hosted on Autodesk, Inc., with the Forge Data Management API. We will cover how to access, create, and share using Node.js sample coding on web-based apps. You’ll also learn how to integrate with other data providers, from both Autodesk and third parties. This session features Forge.

HAKI produces and delivers modular scaffolding systems and tailored temporary access solutions to clients and contractors worldwide. The customers achieve ultimate efficiency and safety when assembling and working at height during temporary works, in a variety of challenging industry sectors. The challenge for HAKI was how to go from a product-based business to a more service-based solution business. How to create more value for customers and be ahead of the competition? HAKI decided to invest in digitalization and to offer the customers more value by increasing their digital service offerings. The result is the "HAKI Design Tool" which consists of HAKI Configurator and HAKI BIM. The response from the market has been tremendously good.

This class will look at a case study of the process used to collect data from design through construction to hand over models with embedded data for building operations and maintenance. With 4 projects and 2 million square feet of floor space, we needed to develop a process to link the design model to construction and then to as-built models. Follow the round trip of data as we take design data from Revit software to BIM 360 Glue software to BIM 360 Field software back to the model for project handover. Learn the process of collecting data during construction and linking data from Procore to BIM 360 Field with the Forge platform. Understand the steps involved to gather and deliver data-rich models for facilities to use in operation and maintenance.

Learn how the Forge integration into the ORDERFOX.com global platform helps real-time production partner sourcing in the CNC sector. ORDERFOX.com used Forge to make visualization and procurement easier, while streamlining their processes and reducing transaction costs and time to market for CNC companies. In this class we’ll review the ORDERFOX process and how they incorporated Forge into their workflows

The Research Team at Autodesk, Inc., has been developing technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) since before people called it that. Project Dasher is a building performance management tool that displays historical and real-time sensor data inside a building model. The Research Team has taken the learning acquired while developing Project Dasher and used it to create technology that addresses the needs of the broader IoT market. This session will look at how IoT APIs (application programming interfaces) from Autodesk Research can be used to display information in websites integrating the viewer from the Forge Platform to inform the design process and even power generative design. This session features Forge and Dynamo Studio. AIA Approved

"Forge HFDM offers breakthrough technology to put "data at the center" of a project. But what exactly does that mean for complex BIM projects? How will existing applications like Revit connect to this new ecosystem? What kinds of new apps can Autodesk and 3rd Party developers build? What new market opportunities open up as a result? Come learn how Project Quantum is using HFDM to re-imagine BIM workflows to support better project outcomes and better collaboration from Concept to Fabrication.

Integrating Fusion 360 with Forge can be a really powerful way to streamline your existing processes.

In this class, we will provide an introduction to both the Forge and Fusion 360 API's and will explain how you can get started with implementing workflows using both Fusion 360 and Forge.

This class will present a toolset for enabling and enhancing Human and Robot Collaborative for the building sector. A specific case study, “Collaborative Robotic Workbench”, developed for the Kuka Innovation Award 2018, will illustrate several techniques in generative design, communication protocols, and interfaces for enabling a human and robot collaborative building process. This workbench featured an augmented reality interface for superimposing data and dispatching tasks to the robot, a background computational engine for task distribution and path planning, and an online web platform for process visualization using Forge APIs. The class will provide an overview of the various system components and explain how they facilitated a collaborative construction process - going into particular depth on the communication between a ROS server managing the robotic process and a Forge viewer web client that enables remote monitoring of the construction process in real time.