This class will cover the use of EDGE for Revit to quickly mine data out of Revit software, such as reinforcing, volume, length, width, and materials. This data can then be used to populate material tracking programs, such as concrete vision for precast concrete. In turn, the same data can be brought back into the model for tracking pieces erected at the jobsite, cast, and shipped. We will demonstrate the advantages of using this data live over manually filling out schedules and worksheets.

What are the developments of smart cities, and how can they begin to change the way we deliver our buildings and infrastructure assets? This session will introduce and give an overview of the importance of smart cities. Smart-city technologies are beginning to populate the construction industry and provide solutions for government and city councils around the world. By providing a consistent methodology using governing standards, smart-city agendas can be defined. There are a variety of technology startups focused on developing solutions to enable a smart-city agenda. This session will give examples of these innovative companies and detail how they use different technologies to support how our cities are changing with increases in population.

In the current architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, many companies have a BIM manager position. However, the title has different definitions and responsibilities within each organization. In this roundtable discussion, we will come together to discuss how your organization views the role of BIM manager.

BIM 360 Model Coordination has undergone a number of advancements in the past year, including the introduction of clash issue & not-an-issue workflows, clash object groupings, IFC support, and much more.   Join ACS product managers to understand how to take advantage of the new coordination workflows available in the product, and see how you can get your whole project team involved in clash resolution in order to perform coordination faster and avoid more potential issues during construction.

In the Netherlands there are 9 million people living in an area subject to flooding. Through the Flood Protection Programme, Rijkswaterstaat (The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) and regional water authorities are reinforcing the large primary dikes to protect the Netherlands against flooding. Since 2015 the Netherlands has decided to apply even stricter standards for dike safety. As a result more than 1,100 km of dikes will require maintenance by 2028. One of these projects is the maintenance and reconstruction of 23 km dike between Gorinchem and Waardenburg. This project is an Alliance between one district water authority, 3 contractors, and one advising engineering consultancy. This last year the Alliance has been working on alternative studies. In April this year the detailed designing phase will start. One of the main targets of the contract is to digitally handover the project in one day. With so many partners and that many phases it is a huge challenge to hit this target. So, as early as possible in this project the Alliance is already managing all of our information digitally. Starting with gaining insight in the information/data that our stakeholders/administrators want to receive at the end of the project. This way focus is adopted on the right data from the start. When maintaining this focus throughout the whole project complete and accurate data is ensured at the moment of handing the project to the client. The other challenge with such a large project, is the collection of large amounts of information by the team in many different systems with many different phases. The information manager is currently looking for the best options to connect different sources of information to make sure there is one source of truth. During an infrastructure building project, there is no perfect system to hold all the information that is collected. By making sure most of the building information is connected to each other, systems are being used in the best way possible. For example, GIS information (where the resident lives) is connected to Relatics (who is this resident, what do we know) and to the document management system (what did we agreed on logged in an appointment card). In the presentation, I will explain the different struggles we are facing in the project Alliance, such as the different business cultures together. I will explain how we are making the best of managing the information and show examples of what steps we have taken, as

What are the main benefits Dynamo can bring to civil infrastructure modeling? To what extent should visual scripting be used, and to which Revit elements' parametrics? This class will cover these areas and show the application of Dynamo to real civil infrastructure projects.

This presentation will look in detail at how a complex large-scale residential building can be delivered using Revit, with an understanding of overall modelling strategy, data management, and drawing output workflow. The Circus West project represents that first phase of the Battersea Power Station masterplan, and comprises of 752 apartments over 17 storeys, above a mixed-use podium. The building has a 350-metre-long footprint which wraps around the Power Station building, and is articulated as 2 stacked tapering glazed ribbons. In response to the original client brief, the building has a large number of residential typologies, with a mix of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments, townhouses, and penthouses. The project was transitioned into Revit in 2013, with the intention to build a model for the output of GA plan scale construction drawings, scheduling and coordination with the structures and M&E consultant team. The project was not only the largest residential scheme that the practice had delivered to date, but also the first to be produced using Revit, and as a result, initial strategies had to be quickly developed and implemented in order to construct the model. The design work was split between the practiceÍs 2 offices, with the interior fit out of the residential element development by the Manchester office team, and Shell, Core and Podium developed by the London office team. The development of the interior fit out packages for the residential element proved to be the most challenging area of the project to set up in Revit, due to the large quantity of apartment types (over 200 unique layouts). In order to minimise file sizes, and repetition of modelling, a systems of nested Revit models and arrangement files had to be set up to enable drawing sheet output. The level of detail in the apartment models required careful consideration to strike a balance between information required for outputs and minimal file sizes. As part of this, a strategy for the use of families for complex interior fit out elements the within apartment models was developed. Following the BPS project, there are many lessons learnt that can be applied to future large residential Revit projects. This includes developing a strategy for how a project with numerous apartment types can be broken down into manageable elements, with an allowance for flexibility in the set up as the project progresses.

What an exciting time for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry as the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) will soon be experienced by engineers in the same way they’re enjoyed by architects. This course will look at Autodesk’s approach to “Collaboration for Infrastructure” by applying the same BIM process to civil engineering projects. The function of modeling in 3D is nothing new for civil engineering professionals; the difference is that we can now dynamically connect the data and workflows with other disciplines using BIM 360 software. In this class, we’ll explore how to access BIM 360 for Civil 3D software, whether utilizing the web-based interface or Autodesk Desktop Connector. We’ll also showcase the use of BIM 360 for design collaboration by translating a surface from Civil 3D into Revit software. Then you’ll take a look at how to take your markups to the next level within the BIM 360 environment and learn how to access and write Civil 3D data to BIM 360 directly from within the Civil 3D software.

My own experience at Hawkins\Brown has taught me that a significant hurdle in the implementation of computational design workflows into an office is new users getting over the fear factor of interacting in a visual scripting environment. We have had success in overcoming this hurdle by developing custom GUI nodes for Dynamo, that allow complex multistage scripts to be run without the need to interact with Dynamo.This session will provide attendees with a step-by-step guide on how to create a Winform ComboBox dropdown selector UI custom node directly in Dynamo using Python. Once complete, I will also identify how only 20% of the code needs to be adapted to be able to create a number of further UI’s including Select a file, Textbox input, and Warning message.The workshop utilises the Winform GUI library as part of the Microsoft .NET Framework which typically requires an IDE for utilisation. However Dynamo’s use of IronPython, which is integrated with the .NET Framework, IronPython can use the Winform and other such libraries. This opens the door for all skill levels of users to explore GUI development directly in Dynamo. Given that GUI development is typically not supported in Python there is very little literature on the topic which makes it difficult to learn on your own. This is a key reason why I have decided to propose this session in Python with Dynamo and not C# with Visual Studio as it will provide a source of information for an otherwise poorly document field. This is alongside the fact that it will be more assessable to a wider number of delegates. Having said this, the session could more easily be adapted to cover the same topic but in C# within visual studio. The session will be split into 3 clear sections: 1) Presentation: Providing an overview of the topic; 2) Lab/ workshop tutorial: Providing a step-by-step guide for how to code a Winform ComboBox drop down selection GUI; 3) A live demonstration on how only a small amount of the code that everyone has just written needs to be altered in order to create a different type of GUI.

Our firm has grown from 15 to 22 offices in less than 7 years. Of those offices, 19 are in the United States, but the other 3 are Canada, Mexico, and Panama. Working in collaboration with all these offices has presented its challenges with regard to software licensing, data exchange, model sharing, and many others aspects. This class aims to share some of the obstacles, hits and misses, and approaches our firm has encountered and applied. We will discuss network and Internet issues, hardware solutions, cloud solutions, and some unique approaches.

COBie is becoming a standard deliverable requirement on many projects. Adding the COBie process to your project should not require extra work, however. With some standard quality-assurance efforts, the COBie spreadsheets should essentially fill themselves in. COBie is used to ensure that essential content is accounted for by loading a series of parameters into a Revit project. These parameters are filled in automatically as you progress with your work. COBie pulls in information such as room names, floor levels, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) system names, and equipment designations. At any point, the parameters can be exported to schedules or other spreadsheets and reviewed to ensure that all content is accounted for.

This session will be a panel discussion from Women in BIM related roles discussing the impacts of diversity and inclusion on the construction industry. The questions will be focused on how the impacts of BIM have affected the industry globally and how we can address these issues of skills shortages by retaining and supporting diverse groups such as women. Our class is also aimed to bring together our global community of Women in BIM members which we have now grown to over 800 people. We hope these numbers will continue to grow and begin to support how some of the above issues can be addressed.

With almost a million downloads worldwide, the Autodesk BIM interoperability tools—which include the Model Checker for Revit software—have become the industry standard in reviewing Revit models. This tool is now available for your BIM 360 models! Built on Forge, the Model Checker on Forge tool can review all your models and generate reports on their compliance with the checks you define. Whether pass/fail, counts, or lists, you can view the check reports individually and easily put them into a Microsoft Power BI dashboard. Model Checker lets you select multiple models and define schedules, and, of course, it runs automatically in the Autodesk cloud. This session will be a thorough study of this amazing new tool, including how to use it and tips and tricks.

Every stakeholder has different requirements for information which can cause a model to be too heavy or too light for others, and in the worst case scenarios require each stakeholder to remodel from scratch to fit their own needs. Ideally, we should strive to work off the same model to increase the accuracy and efficiency of the design/build/maintain process. This panel will include an Owner, Architect, Contractor, and Engineer and will handle topics such as when and why we use generic or branded families in our designs and the value/pitfalls of doing so. Best practices will be shared and we will discuss ideas on how we might approach this in the future.

This class will cover using different cloud products such as Fusion 360 software, Fusion Team, and Shared Views to further collaboration between companies and suppliers.

This session is an introduction to Esri’s ArcGIS for AutoCAD software. You’ll learn how this free AutoCAD plug-in lets you easily discover and add geographic information system (GIS) content to your AutoCAD drawings. Add and query complete GIS maps within AutoCAD. Connect to GIS data sets for reference and editing. See how ArcGIS for AutoCAD can help you generate GIS-ready content and streamline interoperability between your ArcGIS Desktop and AutoCAD users.

Attend this class and learn about functionality within Fusion Lifecycle (formerly known as PLM 360) that you might not be aware of, but could improve your process and throughput. This session features PLM 360 (now Fusion Lifecycle) and Fusion Lifecycle.

Your company uses Fusion Lifecycle software to collect and manage data, but there are so many hidden features, shortcuts, and ways to get things done. This class will provide you with more than 60 tips that you must know if you want to get the most out with Fusion Lifecycle. Get shortcuts for faster execution, automation, reporting, and more.

This class covers the use of Autodesk PLM 360 as project management software. We look at how to configure and use milestones, tasks, projects, and baselines. We also touch upon a use case that shows how to effectively tie project management features in PLM 360 software to your product data and how to manage releases effectively.

You just signed up for Autodesk PLM 360 cloud-based product lifecycle management software and got access to your PLM 360 site. Now what? In this class, you learn how to explore, navigate, and move around in Autodesk PLM 360. We cover what tools are available, how to configure them, and how to organize your data. We help you make sense of demo data that is available to you. You also learn to navigate help, user forums, and other media and how to get support.