There are multiple ways to find data in Autodesk Fusion Manage. In this session, we will explore various methods to retrieve data in Autodesk Fusion Manage using the v3 API. We will cover the most common use cases, recommended v3 API calls, and provide best practices for handling large result sets. We will begin by discussing the UI capabilities available for finding the data. Next, we will delve into some of the most frequent use cases and how they map with API capabilities. Finally, we will provide an overview of the Search API, WS Views API, Item Details API, and Attachments API, along with best practices and examples for each.

Have you ever thought about flow path optimization? Do you have great ideas that could change the world, but no fluid mechanics knowledge, time, or expensive CFD tools? All you need is Generative Fluids in Autodesk Fusion 360 software! We'll present a set of case studies in this session. The first ones will explain the basic aspects of flow path optimization. We'll discuss pressure drop, its reasons, and minimalization solutions in an easy-to-understand way. Then, we'll discuss more-complex designs in order to show how to use Fusion 360 capabilities and change inner flow paths into outer shells that are fully manufacturable parts. And we'll bring a few of our 3D-printed designs so you'll have a chance to handle them! By the very end, you'll understand the full potential of Generative Fluids optimization possibilities. This is the beginning of your flow optimization journey!

The Fusion Data API allows us to exchange data with other applications such as ERP systems and the like. This class will show you how to use low-code/no-code technologies to achieve this, where the limitations are, and when it is appropriate to use it. Low-code/no-code solutions sound promising, and they are, as they let us solve classic data-exchange challenges. Let's see how far we can go with this technology using Microsoft Power Automate or similar platforms.

Selecting the correct injection molding simulation software can be challenging when designing plastic parts. This session will review the various Autodesk simulation tools available on the market today, including Fusion Injection Molding Simulation, Moldflow Adviser, and Moldflow Insight. This in-depth comparison will help you understand which injection molding simulation tool is right for your needs based on your objectives and desired outcomes.

In the heart of innovation, nestled within the esteemed halls of the Technical University of Munich, stands TUM Boring—Innovation in Tunneling e.V.—a beacon of progress. Comprising 50 students, this initiative embodies a collective dream of crafting the future. Their ambition? Challenging the conventional paradigms of today's mobility infrastructure through a reduction in tunnelling cost. Embracing this challenge, the student team from Munich built the world's fastest tunnel-boring machine, earning them first place twice in Elon Musk's prestigious Not-a-Boring Competition. Hosted by The Boring Company, this event challenged teams globally to demonstrate their prowess in drilling a tunnel both swiftly and precisely—30 meters in length and 50 centimeters in width. Journey with us as we recount a tale of audacity and resilience—from the project's humble beginnings in July 2020 to winning the competition twice. Uncover how a team of students spent 40 days tirelessly working on their machine on a ranch in Texas, encountering and solving unconventional challenges every day, to prepare for the competition. Within this narrative, uncover the spirit of 50 passionate students who, disobeyed conventions forged ahead, won competitions, and redefined what is possible in the realm of tunnel boring.

Using Autodesk Fusion 360 software, we embraced a digital thread from design to production (or, as they say in sales, "from curiosity to cash"). Our new processes revolve around Fusion 360 and deliver improvements in process reliability and predictability. Just as importantly, this change let us create a new cloud-based digital customer experience. In this session, we'll look at how we applied Fusion 360 to create our new computer numerical control (CNC) manufacturing processes, and examine how we created the necessary Fusion 360 add-ins. Then we'll show how we took the further step of integrating Fusion 360, and our Fusion 360 add-in (created with the Fusion 360 API), with our cloud-based internal and customer-facing IT system. For our customers, the result is a new cloud-based customer experience that enables orders, reorders, and customization more easily than ever before. See how we went from standardizing on Fusion 360 to making it the core of our digital business transformation.

Hear from the Fusion Product team the vision for data and business process management for companies who are building their products and services with Fusion Industry Cloud. This session will cover key highlights of what's possible today and where we are going in the future with PDM and PLM with the Manufacturing Data Model (MFGDM) at its center powering the workflows and providing connectivity to the extended ecosystem. Products covered, Fusion 360, Manage Extension, Fusion Manage, Prodsmart.

While product demand is increasing, specialized employees are hard to find. Meanwhile, increasing production efficiency and using less labor is becoming more important every day. In the first half of this class, we will discuss how using multitasking machines can help you increase your throughput, reduce waste, and improve efficiency on your manufacturing floor. Since "multi-tasking” means different things to different people, we will help you navigate the world of turn/mill, turnmill, mill/turn, millturn, and Swiss lathes. Using customer-driven experience and results, we will provide real-world examples comparing traditional machining methods to innovative multitasking techniques. In the second half of the class, Matthew Yates and Josh Postell from Rivian will present how they use Autodesk Fusion 360 software to program their computer numerical control (CNC) machines, and how the latest and upcoming software improvements make them more productive.

There is no point making components quickly if you're making scrap. In a world where we spend days trying to reduce cycle times on CAM programs and spending thousands on special tooling, taking charge of your in-process control to reduce scrap can be a more cost-effective way of increasing your productivity. In this class, you'll see how Autodesk Fusion 360 software and Renishaw are your perfect partners in quality control, and discuss real case studies where scrap was reduced to less than 1% by implementing in-process control. Learn how you can fully maximize tools you already own and take steps toward process control and automation.

The demand for medical devices is rapidly growing with a forecast of global annual sales to reach nearly US$800 billion by 2030. But a one-size-fits-all approach in surgery often results in major complications such as infection, delayed or incomplete healing, and revision surgeries that contribute to diminishing clinical outcomes. A new approach with design thinking is now necessary to help solve these challenges. Researchers at University of Birmingham, Autodesk, Manufacturing Technology Centre (UK), and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust have developed a novel design framework to create personalized knee implants from a CT scan using generative design for treating arthritis. This class will showcase how generative design can be implemented in an all-encompassing digital workflow to explore customized devices and make a positive impact to improve patient outcomes. The team will also discuss the fabrication of functional prototypes using cutting-edge manufacturing, post-processing, and validation techniques.

This session will focus on supplier qualification in Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage software. Supplier qualification is a critical aspect of supply chain management that involves evaluating potential suppliers based on certain criteria, such as quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. In this session, we will discuss the importance of supplier qualification, the key criteria for supplier selection, and how to manage supplier qualification in Fusion 360 Manage. Additionally, we will explore the benefits of using a supplier qualification process and how it can help companies make informed decisions and mitigate supply chain risks.

This class will illustrate how the collective offerings from EDGE Software, Progress Software Development, and Autodesk enabled a precast facility to adopt higher digitalization and optimization through tech- and data-enabled planning and production processes. We'll take a deep dive into how Revit and Autodesk Fusion 360 software play critical roles in planning precast production beds and servicing CAM workflows through computer numerical control (CNC) technologies. The class will highlight the efficiency gains and ROI that a real-world customer experienced by deploying these technologies.

Using examples from recent student work at San Jose State University, this session will present a case study on how the introduction of CAD earlier in design workflow benefitted students with little or no design abilities. It will explore how students were able to ramp up quickly and remove the barriers to entry for learning the industrial design process. Incorporating Fusion 360 in the industrial design curriculum at San Jose State University was pivotal in expanding product development workflows in other emerging technologies that improved students' industrial design development success. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and 3D printing make it possible to maintain continuity in design development and evaluation conversations, while also reducing environmental impact through more sustainable, iterative practice

This case study explores how two educators have created girl-focused STEM events to support and empower our next generation. In order to help close the gender gap in their engineering classes, they created programs that pairs young students with high school students and professionals in industry. Maker Girl Mania, a STEM event created in 2015, uses a variety of hands-on activities at over 25 stations for students K-7th grade to explore, problem-solve, build, and tinker with different facets of engineering. Over 100 high school volunteers and industry partners help the young makers at each of the 25 stations to be successful in their explorations. Tech Girls, an annual event that pairs middle school girls with high school girls, introduces young students to the classes and careers available in STEM including Engineering, Design, Architecture, and Automotive.

Educators! Have you been tasked with teaching digital modeling and/or 3D printing? In this session, learn step-by-step, tutorial projects for simple consumer items. You can take these fun, actionable projects back to your classes to help get students started. Projects will include: Finding sketches on the internet, turning them into SVG files with an online converter, and using Fusion 360 to turn them into a cookie cutter and business card; Using Recap Photo to turn smartphone snaps of a statue into a reality capture model, importing the model into TinkerCAD, and editing it into a candy jug.

Additive manufacturing allows for a plethora of new manufacturing possibilities. But what about sustainability possibilities? Sustainability is a huge topic and one that rightly is garnering more and more attention. The latticing of parts that additive manufacturing allows can provide huge performance benefits, but also environmental benefits. Autodesk and One Click Metal have worked on combining the Autodesk Fusion 360 Volumetric Lattice tool with One Click Metal's hardware capabilities, to showcase the benefits of using lattices for Laser Powderbed Fusion (LPBF) manufacture, and how this can be used to improve the sustainability of 3D prints. This industry talk will discuss the concept of lattices, the benefits of using lattices for LPBF manufacture, the challenges of printing them, and, most importantly, how they can be used in 3D printing to reduce waste, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, and promote eco-friendly manufacturing practices.

Autodesk has strength in depth via its global partner network. It's a uniquely positioned group of technical talent that often straddles the breadth of the industries that Autodesk products cover. In this class, we'll deliver a series of Autodesk Fusion 360 tips from Autodesk's global network of manufacturing solution partners. Some may be physically present at Autodesk University, whereas others will be present in spirit as their killer tips are shared with you. Autodesk's reseller partners localize specialist knowledge in your regions. Come see what they are made of.

ModuleWorks has a long history of making the best 5-axis technology available to the CAD/CAM market. Today, the strategic partnership between Autodesk and ModuleWorks is making this technology available to the Autodesk Fusion 360 user base. And tomorrow, the benefits of this partnership are likely to be even greater, empowering an open workflow between software and hardware. This presentation will highlight Fusion 360 software's journey with ModuleWorks technology: past, present, and future.

Manufacturing in Autodesk Fusion 360 software continues to expand within the wider Autodesk community. While it expands, there is very limited knowledge on manufacturing as a whole. This course aims to level set, upskill, and provide an appreciation of subtractive manufacturing. This deep dive will focus on capturing manufacturing intent from the design, and we will cover available subtractive methods, programming techniques, and part alignment.

This session will provide an overview of the Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage v3 API, along with an in-depth exploration of the supported methods, content types and parameters. This will help you get started with using the API to develop custom business applications that support your unique data warehousing needs and business process integrations.