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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
How the Florida Department of Transportation Uses Civil 3D for Quantifying Design Projects

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) workflows require everything placed or drawn to have magical Xdata attached which contains pay item number(s) and compute methods (formulas). This session will demonstrate the applications within our FDOT Civil 3D 2026 State Kit that facilitate how to seamlessly design and run automated summary reports to obtain an accurate accounting of our State infrastructure projects. The applications we will demonstrate will include Entity Manager, FDOT Signs, Pavement Marking tool, Place Block Group, and FDOT Takeoff Manager.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023
Water Project Lifecycle Connected Data with Civil 3D, GIS, Dynamo, Python, and IFC

This class will showcase a connected data workflow used to deliver large water and sewer infrastructure projects from design to commissioning. This is accomplished with a systematic use of Civil 3D software and ArcGIS integration, asset data governance, and Industry Foundation classes (IFC) for digital-twin commissioning. The sewer and water designs are first developed in Civil 3D. Dynamo and Python are used to attach a class library as property set data and generate a spreadsheet model database. The spreadsheet is linked to an Esri geodatabase through geoprocessing and Python. This geodatabase is updated with field-collected attribute data and as-built data via Esri Field Maps. The computational process is reversed to update the spreadsheet and subsequently the Civil 3D model. The model is delivered as-built, and an IFC version containing the asset data is exported for the owner's digital-twin ecosystem.

5p
35p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Beyond Additive: Bringing Generative Design to the Machine Shop
While generative design offers innovative, organic forms, its realization has largely been limited to prototyping via additive manufacturing. Conventional computer numerical control (CNC) Machinist, despite its advancements and suitability for mass production, has primarily focused on geometric parts, alongside making the production more efficient, autonomous, and lights out. This project investigates a paradigm shift by exploring the integration of generative design with modern CNC Machinist techniques. We’ll delve into recent developments in CAM software, using Autodesk Fusion 360 software and modern CNC techniques that enable the fabrication of complex, freeform designs developed through generative algorithms. By examining a successful case study of bicycle components, current limitations, and potential applications across various industries, this presentation aims to highlight the potential of this integrated approach to bring generative design to mass manufacturing, moving beyond prototyping and into real-world applications.
41p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Mastering Design and Engineering in Autodesk Fusion: Expert Techniques to Make Consumer Product Design Far Less Time Consuming
Autodesk Fusion software is one of the most powerful design and engineering tools available. It enables industrial designers, mechanical engineers, and product design engineers to design, analyze, and even manufacture ideas quickly and easily. Because of this, the Fusion userbase is growing faster than ever. Thankfully, there are plenty of learning resources to help those new users get started. However, it can be challenging to find advanced content that shows users how to "level up" from an intermediate or even an advanced level. In this technical session, you'll learn the most-effective techniques to take your product design and engineering skills to the next level and beyond. You'll learn how to get the most out of Fusion so you can design the best products possible and get them to market before the competition. If you're interested in becoming a Fusion design and engineering expert, or you simply want to make consumer product design less time-consuming, this class is for you!
48p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Autodesk Fusion 360 Deep Dive: Freeform, Parametric, and AI in Industrial Design
Industrial and product design require strong sets of approaches, from organic shapes for inspiration to precise parametric models for manufacturability—and even enhancements driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Combining these workflows can be complex and limit innovation. This session will explore efficient workflows in Autodesk Fusion 360 software that maximize the design process, using an office task chair as a case study. The seat and backrest use Freeform (T-Splines) for organic modeling, while the base and pivot mechanism employ parametric modeling for precision. Generative Design is used in the legs and frame by setting material and structural criteria, allowing AI to generate novel forms. Finally, geometric patterns enhance appearance and reduce material use. You’ll learn how to integrate these techniques seamlessly, saving time while maintaining design intent.
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Reimagine Infrastructure Planning: Unlock Efficiency with Outcome-Based Generative Design
Early-stage infrastructure planning involves tight timelines and complex trade-offs—yet making the right decisions early is critical to a project’s success. In this session, Infraspace Founder & CEO Andreas Kjølseth shows how outcome-based generative design can accelerate decision-making and improve results by enhancing familiar Autodesk workflows. Kristoffer Bugge from Norconsult will share how one of the Nordics’ largest consultancies is applying Infraspace in real projects to boost productivity and deliver greater value to clients—using automated 3D model generation, instant analytics, and AI-powered optimization. Join us to learn how generative design can help planners and engineers explore better options, faster—while integrating smoothly with Autodesk tools like Civil 3D, Navisworks, and Forma.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Bridging the Gap: From Analytical Models to Revit MEP Systems
Revit software’s analytical tools provide powerful capabilities for schematic MEP design. However, the lack of a native workflow to convert these elements into 3D system-based models often hinders their adoption. This session will share the workflow that both electrical and mechanical teams at IMEG have developed to tackle the challenge of transforming analytical intent into fully functional Revit MEP systems. You’ll learn how to map analytical elements to specific family types, create user-friendly configurators for precise family placement, and build complete systems by connecting MEP family connectors. We’ll demonstrate Automation, Integration, & Customization strategies using Dynamo scripting and robust Revit add-in development. This technical instruction will offer practical and repeatable workflows that enhance Revit software’s early-phase design and overall efficiency, while increasing confidence in its analytical and system modeling tools.
85p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Leveraging Forma and Its Extension Ecosystem for Airport Design
In the rapidly evolving field of airport architecture, integrating advanced design tools is crucial for optimizing performance and Sustainable Design. This presentation explores how Autodesk Forma and its extensions can be leveraged to enhance airport building design. Forma’s AI capabilities offer unparalleled design optimization for Sustainable Design from the earliest stages in the design process, and by utilizing powerful extensions to the Forma platform, it can provide real-time analysis of the envelope performance and the implications of substantial glazing systems and shading. This enables designers to optimize rapidly and allows for quick prototyping and feedback. Attendees will learn how these workflows can empower designers to integrate energy performance into their workflows, and gain insights into the latest tools to unlock new possibilities for achieving Sustainable Design goals in building design.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Conceptual Frameworks: Automated Modular Layouts with Dynamo Plus Generative Design and Autodesk Forma
Futureproofing your conceptual design process to take advantage of modern construction techniques, such as volumetric modular buildings, will be a necessary step for all as we transition through the modern age of Design & Make.Using Autodesk Dynamo and Generative Design to create and transmit an automated modular massing to Autodesk Forma, with the new Dynamo as a Service extension, will become the next step in the journey towards efficient analysis tailored to your design needs. Steve Thorne of Bird Construction will demonstrate how anyone can take the Stack Modular Design Guide and apply that information to a Dynamo Generative Design script configured to automatically generate a compliant massing to be passed into Autodesk Forma, allowing one to take full advantage of its powerful analysis toolset.This session will empower the attendee to apply massing Automation, Integration, & Customization to any volumetric solution with a framework for paving the way to analyzing other modular assemblies.
100p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Concept to BIM: The Path from the First Sketch to a Finished Model
ATP has developed a systematic workflow to start a project in the right way. We’ve been using Revit intelligent modeling since 2011, and have identified it as the most precise tool for integrated planning across all phases of a construction project. Decisive planning from the start leads to intelligent models with high-level content, even at an early stage. What kind of Information should flow from a project manager to the design team? Which parameters need to be specified as early as possible, so that the data can later be used for cost management, tendering, and construction—as well as for lifecycle analysis? Preparing a solid planning foundation at the beginning of a project using BIM leads to an efficient and clearly structured project flow, eliminating the need for duplicate work processes, and ensuring a smooth path through all project phases. It allows for cost transparency and clarity from the start, avoiding unforeseen costs and leading to higher rate of client satisfaction.
1p
44p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
Exploring the Dynamo Product Road Map and Vision for the Future
This product briefing will showcase the latest advances in the Dynamo ecosystem, and dive into our new North Star and future vision that’s shaping where we head next. Come learn from Autodesk’s Dynamo product managers about where they’ve been focusing their efforts. This briefing will explore the growth and improvements in Dynamo this year, diving deeply into what has changed and why it matters. We’ll touch upon impactful customer use cases and shed light on Dynamo’s new direction. By strengthening the base, building a cloud-native future, and embracing AI, Dynamo will transform computational design. All these changes seek to dramatically shift the ability for you to have more impact with Dynamo, supercharging your workflows today and tomorrow. Come join us and explore our vision for the future of Dynamo and the steps we’ve both taken and will take to make it a reality.
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Accelerating Outcome-Based BIM with Podium
This session showcases how Podium is transforming early-stage building design workflows by enabling outcome-based decisions from day one. Attendees will see a demonstration of the Podium platform and it’s integration with Autodesk Forma and Revit. Using the new Podium extension we enable property developers to accelerate pre-concept to schematic design workflows. By embedding supplier-defined product data, cost information, and buildability constraints into the pre-concept and schematic design phases, Podium empowers developers to make faster, more informed decisions—balancing commercial constraints, design, time, Sustainable Design, and constructability. We'll show how Podium's engine enables Industrialized Construction by aligning design intent with DfMA, supplier data, and performance goals for better outcomes. Real-world case studies will illustrate the improvements in speed, cost, Sustainable Design, and standardization.
8p
43p
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
Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025
Streamlining Interoperability: Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit in a Seamless World
This session will explore how Rhino and Grasshopper software—when integrated into Revit software through the Rhino.Inside.Revit technology—can streamline interoperability and unlock powerful parametric BIM workflows. By bridging the gap between computational design and BIM environments, you’ll learn how to harness the flexibility of Rhino and Grasshopper within Revit to automate geometry translation, manage complex data structures, and enhance design-to-documentation workflows. Through real-world examples and live demonstrations, this session will focus on practical strategies for integrating design intent seamlessly into the BIM ecosystem of Revit. Whether you're working on early-stage concept models or coordinating detailed building systems, this session will show how to use Rhino.Inside.Revit to create more-efficient, responsive, and intelligent BIM workflows that reduce manual work and improve collaboration across disciplines.
23p
Industry Talk / Nashville 2025
From Idea to Assembly: Reimagining Product Design with Generative AI
There is no single way to design a new product. The design principles needed to manufacture a coffee maker will be different from those needed for an electric vehicle. So, why can’t today’s software tools adapt to meet designers' needs? Generative AI may offer a path forward to enabling product designers to adopt agile and adaptive design workflows and support the design of complex assemblies. In this interactive session, we’ll take an in-depth look at an early-stage software prototype for AI-assisted assembly design, developed by Autodesk Research. Participants will gain insights into how the researchers used large language models (LLMs), multimodal data, and system modeling to design products from 1D to 3D. Join us if you’re a product designer, software engineer, or UX designer interested in advancing your understanding of assembly design and learning how this new innovative technology can shape the future of Design and Make industries.
4p
25p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Reimagining Assembly Design with Agent AI: A New Paradigm for Intelligent Systems
Assembly design is on the edge of a transformative leap. This session will introduce a groundbreaking approach that harnesses agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to redefine how we conceive, simulate, and build complex assemblies. We’ll explore early-stage research and prototypes demonstrating how intelligent agents can collaboratively generate geometry, streamline workflows, model dynamic systems, and adapt designs in real time based on performance feedback. If you work with systems design, simulation, or multidisciplinary workflows, this session will challenge your assumptions and offer a glimpse into the future of AI-augmented engineering. Prepare to rethink what’s possible!
48p
Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025
Generative Design Made Easy: Practical Generative Design Workflows for Civil 3D Users
Generative design isn’t just a buzzword - it’s a powerful tool that can reshape how we approach projects in Civil 3D. Yet many users are unsure where to begin to implement generative design into their daily workflows. This class will explore how you can implement generative design into various Civil 3D workflows to create smarter, clash-free models, streamline tasks, and unlock better project outcomes. This session will demonstrate various real-world examples of where generative design can be applied, including route optimization & asset placement. You’ll learn how to prepare Dynamo graphs for use in generative design before creating generative design studies, evaluating outcomes and generating geometry in Civil 3D – all with practical real-world examples. Whether you’re looking to reduce risk, lower costs, improve Sustainable Design or simply work smarter, this class will give you the confidence and tools to put generative design to work on your Civil 3D projects.
43p
56p
Industry Talk / Virtual 2021
Public Restroom Design Transformed by Automated Design Systems Using Forge
We developed A-SPEC, a computational design tool that aims to be a partner for architectural designers, based on the concept of "thinking together about RESTROOMS.” For any specified space, the cloud-based A-SPEC program will run multiple simulations and propose some better restroom-layout plans from tens of thousands of ideas. The design know-how that we’ve proposed in the past is utilized throughout the program to evaluate both the automatic calculations and the layout of the automatic design results derived from those calculations. The design results are converted into a 3D model using Forge Viewer, with veracity confirmable by the human eye. Finally, the results can be linked to Revit software and AutoCAD software via the Design Automation API. In addition to reducing design work time, this tool enables generalization and uniformity of design accuracy without relying on the individual know-how of designers.
Panel / Virtual 2021
Two Weeks to Four Hours: How Populous Built Efficiency with Generative Design
Exhibition design of any sort has a unique set of needs based on event diversity, and equine and livestock venues are no different. The frequent transition of layouts demands a wide variety of designs. The Populous Equine and Expo team recently implemented Dynamo and Generative Design in Revit software to provide optimized outcomes driven by underlying data and customer requirements for future growth. Through this effort, Populous was able to produce detailed higher-quality layouts at 95% efficiency. This panel discussion will review the outcome of this exercise, focusing on time savings during stall and pen layouts at the conceptual phase, and providing a look into planned developments around automation and resulting BIM (Building Information Modeling) content. We will highlight the value of building your own tools and maximizing automation workflows, and discuss our plans for the next steps in expanding the applicability to other market sectors.
Industry Talk / Virtual 2020
Get Up to Speed with Automotive Manufacturing
In this class, we’ll cover four topics of automotive manufacturing: mold simulation and CAM, factory planning, automated manufacturing, and emerging design and manufacturing technology. We’ll begin with the challenges that automotive tooling companies face, and how the use of new technology and increased machine utilization can address the needs of more-complex and accurate tooling. From there we’ll move to factory planning and ways in which to address the challenges that drive change in manufacturing facilities; the problems that arise because of change; and the use of a unified digital model to manage this. We’ll then look at how manufacturing productivity can be increased using intelligent automation, and how it can improve consistency and component reliability. And we’ll finish discussing the use of emerging technology like generative design and additive and hybrid manufacturing, as manufacturers look to improve performance and efficiency of vehicles to meet sustainability and regulatory requirements.
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