Generative Design is changing the way we design, engineer, and manufacture the products of tomorrow. By leveraging cloud technology - 100’s or 1000’s of higher performing design options can be generated based on objectives, allowing users to make tradeoffs for different materials, performance, and production options. The benefits of Generative Design are also not restricted to just the world of Additive Manufacturing, but can also be leveraged with Subtractive Manufacturing, and even as design inspiration for traditional techniques. What you might not be aware of, is that Generative Design technology is now available to any user of the Manufacturing collections. This allows you to seamlessly go from your CAD workflows within Inventor, to generating a design in Fusion 360, back to having the generated design into the context of your original assembly with Inventor. Join us to learn how to get started with Generative Design in Fusion 360, hands-on, alongside Inventor.

Traditionally CAD and CAE have mostly been used for documenting designs and providing feedback on how they perform in operation. Improved tools, expanded computing power, and new manufacturing technology are now opening up new possibilities for computational design and engineering, where CAD and CAE are used to actually generate part geometry directly. These tools help engineers explore an array of design strategies and create lighter, stronger, or more-efficient parts by driving the design with functional goals, not just a handful of dimensions on a sketch. This course will provide some context for optimization tools as they exist today and introduce several new tools aimed at this goal-driven design concept.

Generative design is a process of iterative design that uses the power of computing to give a designer a very large number of permutations and possibilities we can fine-tune with several constraints to get an optimum-performing design. This class will describe with real examples how we can use Fusion 360 tools to optimize designs, fulfilling the whole process from a raw CAD model to a high-performance design model that we can use in our simulation studies. The workflow will involve Fusion 360 and Autodesk Generative Design software for the optimization process, alongside Fusion Simulation and Autodesk CFD software as the numerical studies to prove the high-performance of the final alternative. The class can be a great way to get familiar with the usage of Fusion 360 and Autodesk Generative Design, as well as Autodesk simulation tools for fluids and mechanical simulation.

The class will guide attendees to understand the principles and aim of the Conceptual Design Process developed for White Architects, and the benefits that Autodesk technology and services can bring.

White Architects needed to identify design intent in conceptual architecture stages, including energy efficiency. They wanted to use Autodesk applications to efficiently identify the design intent and, at the same time, to be able to re-use the digital models in later design processes.

Autodesk has worked with them to define the best processes and tools to achieve their objectives, defining a consistent framework that allows White architects to use the framework as a fluid and flexible tool for facing this early stage design and to use the digital models downstream to accomplish with more advanced phases of the project lifecycle.

The recently acquired Autodesk Nastran general-purpose finite element analysis (FEA) solver has gained a lot of popularity, and at the center of this is the newly developed topology optimization technology now being used in Autodesk Nastran stand-alone, Fusion 360 software, and Inventor Simulation software. This class will introduce the basics of topology optimization in Autodesk Nastran and demonstrate some of the advanced features that empower designers to create better designs and modify existing ones, making them lighter and more efficient. This session features Nastran and SimStudio.

We see an increasing demand for parking structures in the Danish market. With a tight business case you need to differentiate yourself to beat your competitors.

At MT Højgaard, we have developed a dynamic parking structure concept to address the market regardless of design, surroundings, and building site. To make the concept even more competitive we created a design configurator to be used in the early conceptual design and all the way to construction documents and estimation. We will exemplify the use of the configurator based on a client's case.

This presentation/live demo will cover how MT Højgaard has automated and optimized the process of designing a parking garage, going from early concept ideas to final estimation and simulation. We will take you through the workflow and show the possibilities in software that include FormIT pro, Dynamo Studio, Project Fractal, Revit, Dynamo for Revit and iTWO.

In this lab, you’ll learn how to create 3D geometry using AutoCAD solid, surface, and mesh tools. Create 3D assets for Revit families, Civil 3D and InfraWorks models, Inventor software, game engines, and other software environments. Edit the 3D objects using various editing tools, such as Union, Slice, Extrude Face, Fillet, and so on. Export the 3D objects. This class is designed to expand your AutoCAD 3D modeling knowledge.

This talk will focus on transient coupled effects of conduction and radiative heat transfer in turbine rotor segments. Rotors at ambient are to be heated to extremely high temperatures, following certain metallurgical criteria. We'll use a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation approach to analyze the rotor surface temperature, track the temperature trend vis-à-vis surface-to-core variation, and estimate transient heating time and surface heat flux. This simulation is needed to establish criteria required for testing rotors for meeting metallurgical properties under accelerated heating conditions. Challenges faced before obtaining a solution include reducing computational time, modeling complexity in geometrical features, setting up boundary conditions, and meshing. We'll also discuss basics of heat transfer and fluid mechanics, association of heater control logic, and the application of Autodesk CFD simulation tool to thermal engineering problems, as well as an analysis of results.

Getting the CAD model right is only half of the story. Fully understanding the production capabilities – tied to the CAD model – tells a full story for the planning phases of Digital Twins.

Customers created a Building Information Modeling (BIM) automatically analyze, to develop a technology that can quickly and lighting design and visualization, you can promote your architectural design. It uses an API of Revit, first, extract the building information needed for lighting design. Then it will automatically place the lighting in individual rooms within the building. Further, through the illumination analysis, to render automatically create a photographic image. In addition, it provides dynamic control design of individual lights that are arranged. This enables you to control the lighting in the actual space. These technologies are also applicable to other facility designs.

Buildings are highly complex and dynamic systems. As such, determining the most effective ways to reduce energy use can be very challenging. This is especially true in design when there are many different factors to consider—unknowns will reveal themselves and things will change rapidly, all in a compressed time frame. In this class you'll achieve greater ease, continuity, confidence, and flexibility with a range of energy analysis, from concept to detailed modeling in the FormIt mobile app to Revit software. This is all made possible through recent and ongoing advances being made in automatic energy analytical model creation; use of cloud computing for parallel simulation processing of simulations; and more intuitive, interactive, and customizable reportage. This class will comprise largely of live demonstrations that will show the ease and possible depth of energy analysis, what to focus on when, and ultimately how you can trust the data in order to make better design decisions sooner.

FormIt 360 software is a fairly new player to the Autodesk, Inc., field. FormIt 360 is a powerful design-visualization and simulation software that parties nicely with Revit software. Its mobile application and cloud storage make it easy for users to modify designs, whether they’re in the office or on the go. In this session, we will show you how to develop and use a FormIt 360 model for analysis. We will discover how FormIt 360 building models interact with Revit software and its materials. FormIt 360 software’s applications within the Building Information Modeling (BIM) realm, along with its built-in energy analysis functions, are sure to become much-used design tools. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll win over some other “sketchy” application users! You’ll want to RSVP to this design party! This session features FormIt 360 and Revit. AIA Approved

The ultimate objective of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is to design, construct, and operate more-efficient infrastructures with less impact to the environment. SYSTRA R&D teams developed two web-based solutions—CARBONTracker and SAFEbyBIM—to better simulate carbon emissions and reduce safety risks on projects using Forge and ArcGIS. This presentation will immerse you in a virtual demonstration of a project design review to show the benefits that BIM can provide ecodesigners and safety managers in their daily challenges to reduce these environmental and human impacts. The presentation will be in two parts. First, there will be a description of both applications’ functionalities. Then, we’ll perform a simulation of a design review around an asset to show how these solutions can support a more efficient integration of these disciplines into design processes by being able to extract the BIM data that’s created to provide the right information to the design teams in order to make design decisions taking into account carbon and safety impacts.

The future of design visualization will be interactive. Come to this M&E Innovation Forum and hear from our panel of experts—Taylor Cupp, Mortensen Construction; Jose Sanchez, USC School of Architecture; and Brian Pene, Autodesk —who will discuss how viewing, interacting with, and even simulation and testing of design data is changing, becoming more interactive, more intuitive, and more powerful, thanks in part to new technologies like high-quality game engines.The session will be followed by a cocktail reception.

“Virtual commissioning,” “industry 4.0,” and “digital twin” are today’s buzzwords in factory planning. Today, 3D planning is standard in many areas. But with Factory Design Utilities software and Industrial Physics software from machineering, new far-reaching simulation possibilities are emerging. The digital twin accompanies machines throughout their lifetimes—daily business, changes or modifications on the machine, service works—with a goal of preventing errors, optimizing machines, and avoiding failures. Use the simulation model as a basis for the digital twin in the early stages of the development process to safeguard your concepts.

Are you an industrial designer (or a CAD user in general)? Are you not doing much with the simulation tools? Come and learn why and how you should be exploiting finite element analysis (FEA) and simulation in Fusion 360 software. Engineers are designers’ teammates, not opponents. Design and validation tools will help you collaborate with engineers more effectively. Those tools will also help you to carry a design to production with fewer changes. You’ll go to engineering with a sound concept, rather than something that needs a lot of help. We will talk about static stress, shape optimization, and maybe even a little generative design.

The time it takes to cool an injection mold can often represent a large portion of the cycle time. If we can improve the cooling circuit layouts within the mold tool, then we can reduce cycle times, improve part quality, and maximize profits. In this presentation, we will discuss a novel optimization tool for fully automating the design, simulation, and optimization of the conformal cooling channels in plastic injection mold tools, using the Moldflow cooling simulation software. We'll show how you can use the software to test and improve existing designs, and how technologies like 3D printing (of the cooling circuits) can be used to significantly improve the mold tool performance, while including hybrid additive, drill, and plug manufacturing constraints.

Are you a long-time Revit user looking to get started with Autodesk’s awesome new modeling toolset, Fusion 360 software? Are you finding it hard to model certain elements with Revit alone, such as organic surfaces? Do you want to get into product design, or do you just need simple FEA to stress-test parts of your designs? While it can be very confusing at first, with a little help, you’ll quickly see that Revit and Fusion 360 share more “under the hood” than you might initially think! In this class, you’ll learn the advantages of working with Fusion 360 along with Revit. You’ll see how to quickly overcome common hurdles that Revit users stumble on when starting to work with Fusion 360. And you’ll discover how to apply your existing solid sketch-based know-how with a whole new tool. With lots of examples from recent projects where we used both together, by the end of this class you’ll be working away in Fusion 360 just as you do in Revit!

Come learn from an expert in generative design! In this class, we’ll look at how to maximize the benefits of generative design and the typical workflows that industries will use to turn these generated designs into real parts. We’ll cover how to use starting shapes to manipulate the generated results, and how to post process and carry out further analysis on your parts. And we’ll also look at some more-advanced workflows for various manufacturing methods. We’ll cover a range of case studies and detailed workflows to help you produce incredible designs for additive manufacturing, computer numerical control (CNC), injection molding, and die casting. We’ll also review some of the considerations you need to make in the simulation environment to ensure a safe design. This is your opportunity to learn about exploiting generative design!

In an industry where technology and workflow trends are rapidly changing, the role of the Architect is evolving. Technologies like automation, simulation and virtualization are already arming Architects with tools for creative problem solving. How will data lead Architects to new solutions? How will the human experience with places change? How will building performance and personalization evolve? Join the dialogue hosted by Alistair Kell, Principal and head of Information Technology and Process at BDP, and Jon Van Benthem, Architecture Strategy Manager at Autodesk, while they lead us through the evolution of emerging technologies and connected solutions.