A practicing consulting engineer will take a project from the schematic concept phase to the construction completion phase using HVAC Solution Software and Revit MEP software. See how the intelligent air, hydronic, steam, control, and plumbing system schematic models are used to convey and coordinate critical mechanical and electrical information with the design team. Both of these software systems used in concert enable your projects to be successful and profitable by providing precise and efficient mechanical designs and information to clients. HVAC Solution also accelerates project completion by automating mechanical system calculations and equipment selection through the phases of your projects. Because schedules and other reports are generated on the fly, the software enables firms to include information, diagrams, and reports on all phases of a project, thus providing clients with a high level of service.

Today’s workgroups are growing larger and larger. Whatever kind of seasoned expert or key user you might be, you need to maintain coherence across all workstations when organizing your design teams. This class will highlight and demonstrate available tools and technologies that you can use to manage consistency via presets, add-ins, overrides, defaults, locked settings, or multiple installation languages, always keeping in mind the optimal performance of your CAD system.

Copy Design is one of the most powerful features in Vault software. Engineers use existing designs in one way or another, whether reusing the designs completely to eliminate design time, copying an existing design, or updating a design, which takes less time. And less time is less cost. Apart from reduced modeling time, design reuse will have further impact in the form of cost and time savings in the downstream engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing. The Copy Design feature in Vault 2020 has many enhancements that help engineers do more, faster, with existing designs. This class will discuss the enhancements to Copy Design, and show you how to use Copy Design to be more productive.

This class covers several workflows that answer the most common questions that Inventor software users have about assemblies, parts, drawings, and Content Center library. You will learn how to add parts to top-down assemblies; create a chamfer on a corner point having freedom in the xyz dimensions; automatically show bend up/down direction for a sheet metal part in the drawing based on line color; control the display of alternate tolerance; copy multiple Inventor software drawing views as blocks in AutoCAD software's model space with the right scale; to manage the content center files when you move to a newer Inventor release; place a Tube & Pipe fitting in an assembly as a normal part; change the BOM (bill of materials ) Structure of a standard part family; and calculate the cost of a Structural Shape component based on a standard cost-per-meter/length.

All too often the sharing of product and project-related information from product/project development teams into manufacturing is a very manual and inefficient activity, typically driven by people creating, searching for, and chasing data and then relying on individuals to pass the right information to the right people at the right time. As we hear on many occasions from manufacturers, this can be fraught with delays and errors which ultimately impacts delivery time and cost. There is a better way. In a first of its kind, this class will bring together the worlds of product development and product execution to provide examples of how these two disciplines can actually take advantage of each other to reduce the risk of late delivery, increased costs, poor quality etc through poor information, data and processes. Whether it be 3D models, 2D drawings, Bill of Materials data, specifications, procurement, quality management, change management, project management etc we want to show you how you can share and re-use that information to downstream users.Adam Freeman from UK-based CRM & ERP vendor The Access Group has been working with manufacturers for more than 15 years on how they can streamline and remove waste within their make, buy and resource transactions. Autodesk Solutions Specialist Steve Bedder has been doing a similar thing with manufacturers but within the product/project development processes. Together Adam and Steve cover pretty much the complete value stream of how information, data and processes are created, managed and shared and in this class will share some of the best practices on how you can improve the way your business integrates from product development to product execution.

Do you find that you have too many templates to manage? Are you struggling with keeping drawings and models up to your latest company standards? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this class is for you. Inventor iLogic and the API are powerful tools that can be utilized in creating your Inventor templates, along with managing your Inventor files by keeping them up to the latest company standards. In this class, we’ll create one template for multiple drawing sheet sizes and a part template, driven by iLogic rules. We’ll design and create external iLogic rules to check model standards, switch drawing styles, sheet sizes, dimension schemes, and a few other useful tools. This class will demonstrate how the power of iLogic can help you minimize the number of templates you need to create and maintain, along with forcing the user to input standard company iProperties. These iLogic programs will make model and drawing setup a breeze.

Learn how to increase efficiency and traceability of your design review and approval processes. This class will show how Fusion Lifecycle software coupled with Vault software will address inefficiencies in existing processes at Dynamic Attractions. This includes a shift from project-based systems to product-based systems. We’ll show why a clean-slate approach is needed to align our CAD, Vault, and Fusion Lifecycle data with a new material requirements planning (MRP) system. We’ll explain why we plan to only migrate some cleansed library and product data. We’ll also cover how we have overcome the cultural hurdles and barriers to improvements; we’re excited to finally move forward with a product lifecycle management (PLM).

AutoCAD Electrical software is more than just an electrical schematic design tool. It also includes symbol libraries and functionality for panel layouts, one-line, hydraulic, pneumatic, and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) drawings. Within AutoCAD Electrical, all types of drawings and the included components are linked and update each other automatically. Attend this class to learn the simple requirements for creating the links between drawings and how you can capitalize on this capability to improve your efficiency and the quality of your design package.

This class covers the challenges and victories of a 100-year-old company that has transitioned from drawing on a drafting board to AutoCAD® software for 2D and 3D CAD, then to AutoCAD® Mechanical design software, and finally to Inventor® 3D CAD software. We describe how the company has adapted its own standards over the years to expedite the release of drawings to manufacturing in a very time-critical environment. Finally, we discuss how the company has decided to take technology by the horns with both 3D prototype/model design and a business enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

This class provides not only the techniques but also the actual working methods and workflows that are used by the top performers in the woodworking and fabrication industry. When software and processes work together properly, they can perform the tedious steps in a fraction of the time. This class will focus on 2 main areas in the average workday of a designer engineer. The first area is design for approval. The second area is design for manufacturing. We will concentrate on the how-to and look at actual workflows that are not out of the box. Learn about unique construction procedures that use the latest versions of AutoCAD software, Revit software, Inventor software, and computer-aided manufacturing tools. Through demonstration and lecture the class will present methods for the wood trades that will cut down to hours tasks that usually take days for architects, designers, engineers, fabricators, and model makers to complete.

The Product Design & Manufacturing Collection offers tools and workflows, enabling multidisciplinary collaboration from ideas to manufactured products. This class will demonstrate use cases showing how Vault Professional software captures all relevant data to share the right information to all people involved at the right time. Follow best practices and practical use cases. Discuss challenges encountered in daily work of engineering and requirements of downstream processes of procurement, manufacturing planning, and machining. Watch live demonstrations using built-in capabilities, and learn how automation options of Inventor software and Vault Professional may eliminate repetitive and tedious tasks. Additional class materials are going to share all samples, configurations, and automation snippets used and shown during the class.

Data is the nucleus of your business; it’s the most important asset you have, which means you should take the utmost precaution with its integrity and security. Implementing data management processes early on can help manufacturers with speed and reliability in the design process. Evaluating the workflows for your design data is especially crucial to the success of startups in today’s fast-paced environment. This class will review a case study of how innovative startup companies can implement data management using Vault software and plan for the future with change management processes. We’ll also discuss how Content Center can help companies rapidly redesign to keep up with the pace of new product design.

If you've been wondering how to put together a dream team to connect your electrical and mechanical designs and have those connections properly maintained with data management, then this is the class for you. Not only will you learn the electro-mechanical workflow between AutoCAD Electrical software and Inventor software, but you will also learn how that workflow ties into Vault software.

Cities are growing faster than ever. As a result, urban population growth is dramatically outpacing access to basic services, and municipalities must develop efficient sanitation and waste management solutions. Sanergy has developed an innovative way of efficiently converting sanitation and organic waste into animal feed, using insect-rearing technology. Globally, no industry has previously existed for conversion of waste to animal feed, thus, new processes needed to be designed and integrated with solutions identified in other industries. It required high levels of critical design thinking and innovative process engineering to test and validate the underpinning biology assumptions, and to develop an end-to-end approach that was capable of processing 300 tons of waste per day. The class will take you through the journey to build the first factory of its kind in Africa, covering specifically how Autodesk software (AutoCAD software and Fusion 360 software) helped to solve key engineering and environmental problems.

Vault 2019 software includes an updated version of the Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime for its own reporting and data visualization. This class will show you how to take advantage of this very powerful capability for your own reports and visualizations. We will show you how to generate high-quality representations of your vaulted data inside either Vault Data Standard user interface or in your Vault Client as Explorer extensions. We will show how to query data from Vault software and pass it to the reporting engine. Then we will show how to present the reports interactively to the user and how to publish them as PDFs or images programmatically. Finally, we will have a brief look at cloud-based reporting tools that you can also use to show your Vault data in its best light.

Automatic drawing creation is a dream of everyone. Imagine selection options into a spreadsheet and having schematics appear before your eyes. Is this possible? Yes! Using the Spreadsheet to PLC tool in AutoCAD Electrical software can get you most of the way there. Don’t be fooled by the name of the tool; we can create more than just PLC-type drawings—almost any type of ladder-style schematic drawing can be created entirely from information in a spreadsheet. We’ll take you behind the curtain to show you how.

You're a part of the Autodesk 360 cloud-computing platform and you're asking yourself, 'What else works with the Autodesk 360 platform? What else is available with the Autodesk 360 platform that I am not aware of?' In this class we will give a high-level overview of how the Autodesk 360 services and products collaborate with manufacturing products such as Inventor software, Solidworks software, and Catia software, to name a few. We will demonstrate the integration between the Fusion 360 3D CAD design app and the Autodesk 360 platform, and we'll examine how these products interact to provide a complete solution for the manufacturing world.

"When building your app, security can seem like a scary afterthought. In this session, learn about securing your Forge app through software security principles in order to protect your user and customer data. At Autodesk, we have a robust security program to protect the Forge platform. As a Forge app developer, it is critical for you to protect your app, your users, and your customers. This session will cover introductory and intermediate level topics on how to secure your app to make sure you are protecting against various types of threats. It will also provide insight into how you can use capabilities offered by the Forge platform to make your job easier and focus on your core functionality. This talk will illustrate the processes in place at Autodesk and how app developers can leverage secure solutions available in Forge, while also highlighting aspects of security that are the developer’s responsibility."

In this class, we will take you on a tour of Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2013. We will show you what you can do with this flexible set of tools that are specialized in 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling, electrical design, visualization, documentation, and collaboration. Using the design suite tools, you can evaluate and optimize machines while exchanging information with others throughout the design workflow. You will learn what you can accomplish by combining the Digital Prototyping capabilities of Autodesk® Inventor® software with enhanced design, visualization, and cloud services tools to reduce development costs and get machine designs to your clients faster and with less rework.

Standards! You need standards! Every company needs structure. But what about 3D standards? If you're using Inventor software, AutoCAD Mechanical design software, AutoCAD Electrical software, AutoCAD P&ID software, and/or Vault data management software, standards are a must. Inventor has the intelligence of 3D modeling, assembling, and drawing creation-come and see what we can standardize and incorporate to make the design modeling and assembly creations consistent. It's not just about 2D layers and dimension styles with a drawing, it's about iProperties, intelligence (iLogic), libraries, bills of material (BOM), analytical data, and much more. Inventor 3D design tools are incredible and can be structured so that you're not continually duplicating the same task over and over again, and so that the information instilled in the design(s) is captured properly. Structure repetitive steps with iLogic, maintain the digital BOM, format the parts list, and systematically build standards in a database library. Understand how to incorporate data management into a project's workflow. 3D standards will reach not just into the Inventor modeling world, but further into the intelligence that must stream throughout the lifecycle of a project. See how to capture all 3D CAD standards, and be able to consistently sustain them from release to release, from user to user within your company. See examples of people and companies that didn't have 3D standards and then built those standards into their design workflows. Standards-2D or 3D-are an ongoing sustaining process that can and will benefit all aspects of the design processes. There are challenges in starting the standards, because everyone wants what they feel is correct; therefore, it is good practice to form a CAD committee. The CAD committee is a structures entity and can agree on the proper pieces of standards to incorporate.