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Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Empowering Tomorrow's Factories with Seamless Autodesk Integration

By 2027, the Digital Prototyping Automation, Integration, & Customization market will surpass $400 billion. This isn’t a trend, it’s a transformation. Rising shipping and raw material costs, plus geopolitical instability, are driving manufacturers to reevaluate global strategies. Labor-cost-driven models are giving way to nearshoring and supply chain optimization, enabled by Industry 4.0 technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and 5G. Digital factories offer real-time data, autonomous decision making, and unmatched efficiency. Autodesk is uniquely positioned to lead this shift with end-to-end cloud solutions—from factory design to construction, simulation, Digital Prototypings, and asset management. With tools like Autodesk Fusion, Autodesk Tandem, Autodesk Forma, and Autodesk Forma, Autodesk ensures seamless data flow and collaboration across every phase. This talk will explore how Digital Prototyping Automation, Integration, & Customization is reshaping global manufacturing—and how Autodesk empowers businesses to build smarter, faster, and more resilient factories.

15p
New Orleans 2022
What If... Convergence of Desktop, Collaboration, Data, and Digitization
We are starting to see a convergence of different industries and disciplines like we have never seen before. Construction and manufacturing for modular construction and building product manufacturing coming further into design. Plant and power owners using these same methodologies to help meet deadlines and set quality standards. Owners using digital twin and integrated factory modeling for digitalization of factory building and production lines. Digitization in infrastructure for everything below or above ground. Along with GIS, the ability to explore locations, events, and trends so stakeholders can be better informed or create awareness of the environment. See how today’s current desktop and cloud technologies like Revit, Inventor, Forma, and Fusion are helping to bring a common data environment to multiple industries. Understand how Collaboration, Connected Data, and Digitization are bringing the “art of the possible” to a level that we have never seen before.
Instructional Demo / Virtual 2021
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to ArcGIS GeoBIM and the Forma

Get on the road to cloud-cloud integration between geographic information system (GIS) and BIM (Building Information Modeling) with ArcGIS GeoBIM and Forma software. This instructional demo will showcase customer examples of the benefits gained from the fusion of geography and BIM data for project portfolio management, collaboration, and construction project insights informed by geography. By following best practices for geolocating intelligent models, AutoCAD software, AutoCAD Civil 3D software, and Revit software, users can help ensure effective integration of these models in GIS. This reduces the cost of integration by ensuring upfront data quality. To facilitate this, ArcGIS GeoBIM provides analytics to identify documents with geolocation errors. Managing and visualization issues during the design, construction, and handover of BIM projects is crucial for financial and operational performance. We will show how the integration of GIS and BIM with project and issue performance dashboards significantly improves insights into these critical aspects of project management.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Architecting with Steel: Design Large, Complex 3D-Printed Structures leveraging Fusion!
Meet "The Brænch"—an organic 3-meter-high steel structure fabricated with advanced 3D printing technology. This class showcases how our cross-disciplinary team used Fusion to unlock novel design workflows and create unique architectural elements that are 3 times cheaper than if they were die cast. We'll demonstrate why architects should consider adding Fusion to their toolbox for generative design, optimization, and FEA simulation to move beyond certain limitations of Rhino/Grasshopper. Through detailed examples, we'll present an integrated workflow improving material efficiency and structural performance in large-scale metal components. The class targets architects first approaching manufacturing, practically demonstrating how to align design with fabrication requirements, opening possibilities for applications such as façade components and structural elements while leveraging additive manufacturing to tackle material transportation, construction cost, and supply chain challenges.
9p
61p
Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024
Spit It Out: How AEC and the Manufacturing Data Model API Can Feed ERP Systems
Autodesk Forma or Fusion Team is used to store product data created with Revit, Autodesk Fusion, Inventor, and other Autodesk CAD authoring tools. The data stored in these cloud systems is often the most important intellectual property, and it's also critical for users who do not have access to Autodesk cloud-based systems. Learn how you can use Autodesk's AEC Data Model API and Manufacturing Data Model API to extract bills of materials (BOMs), product quantities, and other critical metadata, and publish it to enterprise resource planning (ERP)—or other enterprise systems. Accurate, reliable, and free from manual data entry.
13p
57p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Enabling Industrialized Construction with the Informed Design API
In this session, we’ll cover the new Informed Design API. Informed Design is an Autodesk offering aimed at connecting products created in Inventor or Autodesk Fusion software with project data in Revit software. This will improve project outcomes and increase productivity by bringing together the capabilities of our manufacturing software with our architecture, engineering, and construction software. The class will start with an overview of Informed Design and how the API can be used to extend and customize the offering. We’ll cover product creation in Inventor and Fusion. And we’ll look at how to create good BIM content by generating well-formed Revit families for use in a Revit project. Then we’ll show how to create outputs from a Revit project at scale. We’ll follow up with an overview of specific examples of how our customers and partners are using the API, followed by an example of how to use the API.
25p
New Orleans 2022
Pharma Industry: Why BIM Can Become a Digital Transformation Cornerstone
Building information modeling (BIM) processes with federated 3D models and centralized common data environments (CDEs) are well-accepted norms in project delivery. Yet, the benefits derived from this digitalization favor the engineering companies over the manufacturing owner. Moreover, the owner's transformation focus is mostly on digitizing highly regulated drug releases and manufacturing performance. Converging these two digital approaches is not often seen as a priority. Yet, it may be a foundational step toward a successful digital transformation for businesses and their people. We’ll make the case for data convergence between digital assets (descriptive digital twins) and manufacturing data and analytics to solve business problems, like accessing the right information and documentation without time loss. We’ll share how the human-centered approach made visible the foundational benefit of BIM by linking objects to information using BIM 360 (collaborate) and data fusion technologies, and which KPIs can demonstrate value.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2023
Data-Driven: Digitally Share CAD Data Throughout the Product Lifecycle
CAD data is the most important intellectual property that a manufacturer has. Autodesk offers products that create, manage, and enrich this data. AutoCAD, Inventor, and Autodesk Fusion 360 software create this data while Vault, Fusion 360 Manage Extension, and Upchain help manage it. The cloud-based Fusion 360 and Autodesk Forma platforms facilitate collaboration within the field, while Prodsmart helps collaboration within production. Simultaneously, aspects of this data need to be shared with other enterprise systems like ERP. Ultimately, all these systems must be able to share aspects of this data throughout the lifecycle of a manufacturer's products. We'll demonstrate, via examples of Autodesk customer projects, how technologies such as Autodesk Platform Services and other third-party technologies make it possible to share this important data between these systems rather than leaving it siloed in different systems.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
Components, Components, Components: An In-Depth Look at the Internals of Fusion 360
Components are a key concept when using Fusion 360 software, but they can sometimes be a bit confusing when you're first learning Fusion 360. Part of the reason for this is that the user interface and documentation overloads the term "component." This class will use the Fusion 360 API to help dissect the internals of Fusion 360, and introduce other supporting concepts like occurrences, bodies, transformation matrices, and proxies. Although this is primarily intended for those interested in using Fusion 360 software's programming interface to automate and customize Fusion 360, it will also be useful for anyone using Fusion 360 to help them understand better how Fusion 360 works.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2015
Securely Extending Your IT Infrastructure to the Cloud
How does the cloud help your firm grow and reach global scale securely? In this session, we will explore how Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables you to extend your IT infrastructure into the cloud with enterprise-grade security. We will see how Autodesk products can be deployed in a secure, scalable, and global cloud environment. We will look into the details of the AWS Virtual Private Cloud, and see how it helps your organization comply with security requirements and standards.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
Joints, So Much More than Just Rigid
Joints are so much more than just gluing components together. What about creating motion and understanding how it interacts with our designs? Joints are far more than just assembly of components; they also describe motion. This class will provide you with an understanding of joints and how you can implement this motion into your Fusion 360 software workflow. You will learn about the different types of joints and the best places to use them. We will also touch on how to approach joints while you’re in a distributed design, and we’ll give you tips to keep your joints organized. Once we understand the basics of Fusion 360 joints, we will move on to positioning them exactly where we want and we’ll address how we can combine them with contact sets to create realistic motion. Lastly, we will take our joints to the next level by studying the motion of the joints and creating a presentation of the motion using animations, all inside of Fusion 360 software.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2015
Do you speak 360? Using Fusion to Communicate and Co-design Across Cultural Divides
In this workshop for product designers, we’ll have you thinking, drawing, and modeling in real-time to understand how Fusion 360 and other design tools can be used to build rapport and prototypes with people from all walks of life. Facilitated by Catapult Design, who helps clients around the world to research, imagine, prototype and develop creative solutions to pressing problems for their customers, you’ll learn how to increase opportunities for 'hands on/mind on' design inputs.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
From Photos to Solid Geometry—Converting Photogrammetry to Viable Solid Models
It may seem like science fiction, but the ability to create a 3D solid model from a series of photographs is now possible-and it's actually easier to do than you might think. Join us as we walk through and explore all the steps necessary for this new amazing workflow. We'll start at the beginning with the initial photo scan of an object utilizing ReCap software, and then we'll clean up the scan with ReMake software. The clean scan goes over to Fusion 360 software for conversion, and finally into Inventor software to complete the workflow. After we discuss each step in detail, we'll look at the incredible potential of this photo-to-solid workflow.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016
More BANG for the Buck: ReCap and Fusion 360 for Air Force EOD and NASA
This class will help anyone looking to apply innovation to gain lighter, leaner, and more-lethal business processes via reality computing and additive manufacturing. We will look at several case studies where ReCap software and Fusion 360 software were the software conduits to mission accomplishment. Specifically, we will examine the United States Air Force’s (USAF) explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community (think: “The Hurt Locker”), which achieved gains on training and lowering costs via 2 initiatives to laser scan real-world “things that go boom” for making realistic, tactile training aids for just-in-time training. Also, find out how Fusion 360 software helped cadets consult with a real-world team and make a myriad of low-cost additive-manufacturing solutions to replace expensive, yet expendable, EOD shape charges. Furthermore, listen and learn about how the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are redefining building owners’ requirements for the largest real-property owner in the world, the United States Department of Defense. This session features ReCap and Fusion 360.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
3-Axis Machining and Beyond with Fusion 360
This class is designed for existing users of the Fusion 360 3D CAD platform who are looking to take advantage of the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) capabilities. Topics covered will include workholding, multiple setups, multipart setups, 3+2 machining, setup sheet customization, and post processing.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
Fusion 360's Unified Modeling Environment
Fusion 360 software blurs the lines between bodies, parts, and assemblies. Fusion 360 software's structure of the design environment enables unique workflows for both bottom-up and top-down assembly modeling. The timeline and browser play integral roles in the architecture of a design. Learn best practices to adjust assembly structure, reuse components in other designs, and create external references. Come to this session to learn Rule #1 while modeling in Fusion 360.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
From Crisp Design to Clean Documentation—An Introduction to Fusion 360 Drawings
This class is centered on the documentation component of Fusion 360 software application, Fusion Drawings. Learn about the user interface, commands, and functionality that the drawings offer. Gain a clear understanding of some key concepts regarding how the drawing relates to the 3D model to achieve easy customization and minimized workflows. Learn how to create and edit production-quality drawings in Fusion 360 software, rapidly.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2017
On-Demand, High-Rate Additive Manufacturing for Ship/Maritime Repair
As additive manufacturing (AM) gains greater industrial exposure, there's a drive toward defining practical, high-value processes and products. Defining viable business cases is critical to ensure successful technology adoption. Focusing on the marine industry and using a "propeller" as a familiar marine object for a case study, we'll explore 4 different design/manufacturing iterations aimed at highlighting the opportunities that AM offers. By fabricating these 4 components with wire and arc additive, a considerable portion of the process chain will be revealed from both hardware and software perspectives. We'll be exploring the designs and investigating design features facilitated by AM; looking at preparing these components for manufacture; seeing how these components are built considering the distortion and stress, geometric fidelity, and thermal management; and, finally, looking at post-processing techniques to bring these components to final form.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2017
CAM Through Quality—Introducing CAM to Fusion 360 Production Workflows
This class will be an overview of how managing production within the Autodesk manufacturing ecosystem lets seamless workflows and real-time insight into production status. We will demonstrate a workflow- starting in design within Autodesk CAD Solutions, moving to programming with Autodesk CAM Solutions, demonstrating production tracking and quality assurance in Fusion 360 Production, and showing how production data can be fed back into design and programming to increase overall production speed and efficiency. These clear communication channels can dramatically reduce the amount of overhead that job shops need to manage by presenting the right information to the right people at the right time. This is the benefit of operating within the Autodesk network.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Fusion 360: CAM for Intermediate and Advanced Users
This class is designed for existing users of the Fusion 360 3D CAD design app who are looking to take advantage of the CAM capabilities found inside the Fusion 360 app. Topics covered will include fixturing, multiple setups, multipart setups, 3+2 machining, setup sheet customization, and post processing.
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