This course will cover one main overarching subject: Why is it so necessary for education and industry to maintain a constant connection with one another? We will take a deeper dive into educational institutions that are still training students in ways that are no longer relevant, and we’ll look at how drastically this practice affects a student’s career progression using data captured by the advanced manufacturing team at Danville Community College. In parallel to this, we’ll discuss how an earlier introduction to advanced manufacturing can affect a college graduate’s impact on industry, as well as the advancement that can be made in two-year institution curriculum. Last, we will not only discuss the need for long-term, sustainable, skilled workforce pipelines, but also the need for short-term, accelerated training for veterans and/or incumbent workers.

This panel discussion will bring together Bay Area manufacturing leaders from Humanmade, SFMade, Tesla, Cruise, and Aproe who work at the intersection of manufacturing innovation, workforce development, and opportunity equity in their organizations to share case studies, individual success stories, and approaches to increasing diversity and inclusion in manufacturing workforce development programs. The discussion will explore how we can reimagine the future of work through collaboration across industry sectors to expand equity and shared prosperity while helping to solve for the growing skills gap. If more people were given equitable opportunities to build the skills they’ll need to fully participate in the future workplace, we could start to create increasingly inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that leave no one behind. We will share examples of passive versus active inclusion, holistic inclusion, and partnerships across corporate, government, education, and community sectors.

Robots are the most univeral machines in terms of manufacturing. At the cost of being harder to configure / use / program. As the CAM tools such as Fusion360 are improving on a regular basis, the potential to use robots in the machining world is steadly growing. The initially published postprocessor for KUKA (KRL - kuka robot language) is a first step to bring the power of fusion to a milling robot. Based on that post, I developed and tested a postprocessor for milling applications. Since robots are intrinsicly prone to vibrations, all cutting path should be as smooth as possible. This is achived by bypassing the regular motion planning algorithm in the kuka contol. The results are very promising.

This roundtable discussion will get you up to speed on what machine learning is, what research is currently in development for Fusion 360 software, and how it impacts you. As Autodesk becomes a data company, machine learning can add value to your product development process in a variety of ways. We’ll start the discussion by giving practical examples of the types of problems that machine learning can help solve for product design and manufacturing. We’ll then guide participants through several exercises to identify opportunities, contribute your priorities, comment on the current plans, and learn how to get involved in the future. This is also a great forum to share any concerns about this technology to an audience that can take your feedback into the development plans and have an open discussion about what Autodesk should be doing to address them.

From cataloging tooling to final post processing, this class will walk through the world of Inventor CAM software. We’ll review several real-world examples to see the different machining operations and their options. For anyone from hobbyist to professional, Inventor CAM really is the one-size-fits-all software for your machining needs. We’ll then turn to Inventor Nesting and look at how Inventor quickly creates nested sheets from assemblies, as well as from other 2D profiles. Examples will include sheet metal and woodworking projects. In both workflows, we’ll modify the source files to show that the machining paths and nestings automatically update.

Autodesk introduced structural simulation-based generative design technology this year. Autodesk is working on generative design technology for fluids-based simulation. This will be a roundtable to discuss the future of generative design based on fluids simulation. Example use cases will be generation of flow profiles for header systems, the flow path within flow control devices, or generation of different novel heat sink designs. There will be a show and tell on technology and how it works in its infancy and some workflow concepts. We will follow this with roundtable discussion activities of what generative means to you, and what you would need it to do for it to have high value. Be prepared to share your thoughts.

This class will cover the limits of Autodesk HSM software, especially regarding multitasking machines and 5-axis machining. With the use of Autodesk HSM, we can program these complicated machines really easily if we have some tricks and background. This background consists of machine kinematics, control, and the ways in which our CAM settings change the output of the code. After this class, attendees will be able to program mill-turn and multitasking machines, and they'll know what to look for when buying such a machine. Above all, attendees will learn that the limits of Autodesk HSM are much further away than people think. This is also a chance to meet that guy you may have seen on the Autodesk HSM Forums.

In this class, you will see how to use Fusion 360 Simulation software to create an Event Simulation workflow. You’ll learn that nonlinear concepts such as multibody contact, nonlinear elastic and plastic material behavior, and large deformations are straightforward and intuitive in Event Simulation. You do not have to be an expert in finite element analysis (FEA) to build and simulate realistic nonlinear models. You will discover the new automatic quasistatic analysis technique that’s built into Event Simulation and see that this new, fully explicit method vastly simplifies even the most-challenging nonlinear contact problems. You’ll learn to toggle between transient dynamic and quasistatic simulations with ease. The presentation of numerous example problems will show that challenging nonlinear simulation is now available to everyone.

Maybe you've used CAD for years and modeled parts and assemblies the traditional way. Or maybe you're familiar with the traditional bottom-up CAD design process, and you've noticed Fusion 360 software looks a little different. In this class, we'll compare the assembly design process in Inventor software with the processes you can use in Fusion 360. After all, you want to know all the facts before evaluating what's best for you.

Cloud computing is impacting design and manufacturing. In this class we will survey the state of the art in cloud implementation patterns for both discrete manufacturing and process industries. Find out how technologies like Machine Learning (ML), big data, and Generative Design are shaping how products are brought to market and sold. Learn how you can drive innovation in every stage of manufacturing: Product Design, Production Design, Production, and Operations. You will walk away with an understanding of how you can use AWS Services and Autodesk products together to accelerate innovation, time to market, and develop new business models.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) has made a huge impact on making things, bringing with it radical changes in the way things are designed, made, and used. This class will demonstrate how to leverage Amazon Web Services to build, simplify, and streamline intelligent applications for the construction and manufacturing industries. We will walk through machine learning model deployment that can result in 2x better performance on resource constrained platforms such as mobile, desktop and edge devices (IoT). You will walk away from this Forge class with an understanding of how you can use AWS AI/ML services to accelerate innovation and time to market, and to develop new business models."

This class is designed to take you from zero to IoT (Internet of Things) in 60 minutes. Understand the layers of connectivity and components that make up a complete connected solution, including selecting the right devices; picking a protocol, edgeware, and communication carrier; and connecting the data with business logic in Fusion Connect—as well as data analytics and machine learning. We aim to provide you with the information you need to build a solution outline that avoids the potential pitfalls and rookie mistakes that come with creating your connected products. This session features Fusion Connect and SeeControl (now Fusion Connect).

You don't often take an additive part directly from print bed to installation. Tolerance requirements almost always dictate the need for subtractive postmachining to ensure surfaces meet design specs and tolerances. In this class, we'll take a generativity-designed part from design to preparation for hybrid manufacturing. Along the way, we'll explore optimization with generative design, design for manufacturing, and work-holding design, and we'll see how the mechanical design tools, FEA capabilities, and hybrid manufacturing environment in Fusion 360 software can reduce friction and streamline the process from design to manufactured part.

At Autodesk University 2018, the speaker successfully delivered 101 tips in 90 minutes. This year, we’re changing it up by starting with a blank canvas and building up a design from scratch, ending with documentation and manufacturing tips and tricks. Sketching, modeling, assemblies, third-party CAD models, generative-designed parts, sheet metal, and CAM will be part of the workflow. Everyone loves a quick-fire class full of productivity and power-user tips and tricks, and this class will deliver on that with context. Fusion 360 software is a big product, with lots of environments to master. No matter if you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran, there are always new tips to learn from different perspectives. Come along to see practical application of the tips, tricks, and best practices you’ll undoubtedly learn in this class.

This Industry Talk will discuss how generative design played a part in designing a seat for Martyn Ashton, a world champion mountain bike trials rider. Martyn suffered an accident in 2003 which meant he needed to adapt his mountain bike to ride again. Teaming up with the team at Fabric.cc, a world-leading cycling accessory company, they were able to create a seat that Martyn was comfortable in and fixed to his bike in the position he needed. Fabric.cc utilised generative design in this process to make sure the brackets were strong enough and light enough to suit the bike seat.

How can new technologies like 3D printing and generative design help flexible and adaptable manufacturers, such as a CNC job shop, reduce time and cost whilst maintaining or improving their quality and throughput? In a world with an ever-increasing demand for adaptability and customization, whilst simultaneously a requirement for ever-increasing productivity, this is an important question to answer. This class will look at how automation of non-value-added steps in the engineering process such as the design of fixtures and work holding, can be used to reduce human error, save time, and increase productivity and quality. By combining generative design with CNC toolpath simulation capabilities of 5-axis machining software, multiple CAD-ready fixtures, based on manufacturing constraints and product performance requirements, can be quickly generated. This allows for bespoke fixtures which have been designed by the computer to be 3D printed overnight, ready to machine the next day. Generative design also allows multiple materials and manufacturing methods to be directly evaluated allowing the engineer to make informed choices about which manufacturing method is best suited for each case, depending on the machines and expertise they have available.

This class will focus on introducing the tool combination between Fusion 360 software and generative design / Dynamo Studio software. Fusion 360 can expand design and engineering capabilities with external Autodesk solutions. In the near future, 3D printing in metal and agronomic design will lead product innovation and it will drive big impacts in the market. Co-speaker Satoshi Yanagisawa has created a 3D-printed titanium bicycle with Fusion 360 and Within software. Satoshi will introduce the entire development process during the class. He also created Task Light with Fusion 360 and Dynamo Studio. This beautiful Task Light can be controlled from smartphones and hand gestures. Come and see how it was developed.

Generative Design is the most advanced and powerful design tool among many industrial fields, yet it needs to apply several processes for taking the specific and appropriate outcome to address them further production phase. In this session, we will introduce our design development process which profoundly incorporates with the Generative Design, from our latest several design projects. Generative Design still needs several processes for further implication into current design development. Sculpting is the most reliable application for reproducing the generated geometry to "engineering verification structure". However, it is also a considerably irrelevant perception from a conventional design process among designers. In this session, we will introduce from our latest design method that idea of integration process about Generative Design and sculpting technic, which has been utilised in several projects such as DENSO ECU Concept (Deserved iF Design Award)

With Revit and Forge, we successfully developed and deployed a Configurator that enables clients to configure and order assemblies from our manufacturing facilities to be delivered straight to the job site for installation. This allows project managers to know exactly what will be delivered and gives them an option to order assemblies straight from their mobile devices—safe in the knowledge that what is delivered will be exactly what they ordered. In this class, we’ll take a look at the Configurator that we built and talk through various aspects that were important to consider when developing it; including the difficulty in flexing geometry by using isolation techniques, showing packs of items with different quantities using THREE.js to duplicate the geometry and data, setting axes of rotation to allow for better interaction, and showing custom dimensions by default that user feedback requested.

Learn how Fusion 360 software was used to create a wearable technology capable of reducing physiotherapy from a 6-week process to a 10-minute application. In this talk, you'll hear from Fusion 360 evangelist's Paul Sohi, Michael Aubry, and Taylor Stein on how they collaborated together to create an IoT connected wearable with Fusion 360. On the Mission to Mars, it's estimated that astronauts will lose up to 30% of their bone and muscle density to atrophy caused by the 0-gravity environment. The fear is that the astronauts may not have the physical strength to put up even a tent when they land on Mars. Astronaut Yvonne Cagle has developed a method of body hacking which rebuilds bone and muscle tissue. This method compresses 6 weeks of physiotherapy into 10 minutes. Working with Autodesk, Cagle was able to take her technology from an application only she was capable of using effectively on patients, to a fully automated process using a wearable technology application.