In this course, the Evangelist Team will share how Fusion 360 software and Autodesk Generative Design tools in Fusion 360 can be used as part of a design exploration strategy for industrial designers, expediting the process from conceptual development to product development, helping to make decisions on the design strategy and aesthetic directions of a product.

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.

When the concept itself or the concept designer cannot convey the idea or design to the engineer or manufacturing, it becomes the industrial designer’s job to walk the line between concept and engineering in order to convey the challenging concept to engineering and manufacturing. This class will not only explore personal experiences of a professional industrial designer working between concept and manufacturing, but will also identify key workflows or processes of how the industrial designer can communicate design concepts more effectively through communication techniques with engineering and manufacturing. This class is for anyone who would like to learn or have an understanding of the workflow and thought process of the industrial design industry and learn class-explained techniques and workflows to communicate concept and designs to others.

The session will present concept design development workflow for industrial designers with Fusion 360 software quick Sculpt and Solid Modeling, plus Rendering. We will also mix with Physical Sketching on Wacom Tablet. The class is about introducing new early design iteration process with Fusion 360 software for industrial designers. Traditionally, designers start sketching when they’ve received overall goal/direction for the product. This class suggests that designers mix quick 3D modeling with their traditional sketching workflow. For example, Fusion 360 software has super-flexible Sculpt Modeling, and it takes just a few minutes to generate basic forms. Designers can start their sketches over these basic product forms and find balance and details based on real scale. This session features Fusion 360 and SketchBook Pro.

With the advent of ways to visualize ideas, develop design solutions, and rapidly prototype using digital software technologies, traditional ways of teaching industrial design in the classroom environment are lately being questioned by educators, employers, and students. The intent of this class is to present a curriculum model for teaching industrial design using digital software technologies as and where applicable. We will cover courses demonstrating the incorporation of digital software technologies for ideation, modeling, project management, drafting, prototyping, analysis, and injection mold design. Successful integration of this curricular effort into the discipline of industrial design is important for bridging the gap between education and industry expectations. Select academics and industry professionals will join us in a panel format to share their reactions to the curriculum model as well as to provide insights, experiences, and validations.

This session will be an introduction to the world of Alias product design, concept modeling, and detailed surface modeling. We’ll look at how automation can speed up the design process—allowing faster and more informed design making, as well creating shareable and reusable IP across the design pipeline. Experience-based decision making is becoming more important, and we’ll look at trends and offer insights into how this can help industrial and product designers gather customers insights. Disparate tools need cross-team and cross-function collaboration, making the designers of tomorrow even more efficient. Making decisions faster (with confidence) across teams and geographies is key. We believe that the future of design will start with the customer, and how we ensure that connection works (as well as enterprise-wide integration) in a seamless manner.

Product development is a pain, right? It doesn't have to be. Let us walk you through it. We're 2 industrial designers with a knack for teaching. Design Thinking is a great process to move a team quickly from problem space to solutions. But it's just that: a cognitive process. What do you do with all those great ideas? This class will be a hands-on introduction to Design Thinking and Making. In small teams, we'll work rapidly through a design challenge, using a human-centered approach, and develop virtual prototypes using Fusion 360 software. Participants will be given a project brief, and we'll select teams at random. The focus of this highly engaging workshop is to rapidly develop a product solution (as a team) through Design Thinking and conceptual realization using Fusion 360. Teams will prepare and present their solutions in an informal share.

Substance support in VRED software lets you use Substance Source—and especially the Substance Source automotive selection within VRED—saving a tremendous amount of time and using very high-quality texturing (up to 8K). And the Substance Source automotive selection consists of more than 700 materials dedicated to automotive design, including car paints, wood, carbon fiber, and more. Bringing a full car model’s exterior and interior to life and making it look great in no time has never been easier. This class will give an overview of Adobe’s Substance Source library, which was created with industrial designers and color and trim designers in mind.

Spencer Nugent is a professional industrial designer and a founder of Sketch-a-day.com and idsketching.com. In this class, he talks about how sketching is one of the most universal ways of communication. He covers how to capture an idea and express it in a visual form. Furthermore, he explores ways to be better at communicating through sketching and lays out ways to go beyond a plateau to improve your skills.

Generative Design is changing how designers and engineers bring new products to market. By leading with objectives and functional requirements, Generative Design allows users to rapidly generate and explore 100’s or 1000’s of higher performing design options that would have been previously unexplored. What’s new to many – is that the value of Generative Design is not exclusive to the aerospace industry and additive manufacturing. Generative Design now has the ability to explore options for traditional manufacturing techniques as well like CNC, and provide inspiration for casting. TB Wood’s is a recognized industry leader for highly-engineered industrial machinery applications. TB Wood’s has been producing commercial castings for over 160 years, while being a global leader in the design and manufacture of couplings and belted drive solutions. Join Autodesk & TB Wood’s for an overview on how to connect the benefits of Generative Design with the industrial machinery industry.

In the fast-paced world of product design, there's a universal challenge to stay ahead of trends while efficiently bringing products to market. X-Rite has addressed this with innovative solutions benefiting automotive brands and industrial designers alike. The PANTORA application simplifies digital material creation, offering a standardized platform for storing and sharing complex material data to streamline design workflows. The AxF format ensures compatibility and collaboration across platforms. Join us to explore how PANTORA and AxF can transform your approach to material design and 3D visualization.

Jackson Industrial Construction is based out of Concord, Michigan, and has amassed more than 70 years of agricultural, industrial, and commercial construction across its leadership team. The firm has recently expanded its investment in Autodesk software to streamline and enhance its existing workflows. Anthony Schrems, Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordinator for Jackson Industrial, will highlight how the firm uses Revit software, Advance Steel detailing software, and Navisworks software in a simplified and optimized process to drive Jackson Industrial's structural steel design and shop fabrication. You will learn the practicalities of software deployment and training and how the company overcame some challenges in developing these processes to take full advantage of its software investment. Some companies are talking the talk about their BIM adoption. Jackson Industrial is walking the walk.

Autodesk Fusion software is one of the most powerful design and engineering tools available on the market. It allows industrial designers and mechanical engineers to design, analyze, and manufacture their ideas. Thankfully, there are plenty of learning resources to help people new to CAD—or just new to Fusion. However, it can be difficult to find more advanced content that shows how to get from an intermediate level all the way to an expert level—how to design and engineer the best products possible and do so more quickly and easily. 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. If you're interested in becoming a Fusion design and engineering expert, this class is for you!

AutoCAD and SketchBook Designer software offer new interoperability tools that enable a user to take AutoCAD geometry into SketchBook Designer for illustration. The finished DWG™ file can be brought back into AutoCAD to be shared in plots or through DWF™ files.

Learn how engineers and technologists in Saskatchewan, Canada, are innovating in the design of heavy industrial and mining facilities using some of Autodesk’s most innovative engineering technologies, such as Revit software, AutoCAD Plant 3D software, Advance Steel software, Navisworks software, and more. Although many people may think of Saskatchewan as the breadbasket of Canada—thanks to its vast areas of arable land and rich soil used to grow wheat, canola, and chickpeas—Saskatchewan is actually home to many other commodities, including potash, uranium, and mined salt. These commodities have encouraged a highly competent and skilled engineering community to develop within the province, and with these professionals has come a competitive environment with advanced technological and innovations to match. In the last 10 years, an industry boom has sparked billions of dollars of investment into Saskatchewan’s mining industries, and the innovations found throughout this time continue to live on today.

Almost every original equipment manufacturer and design studio is trying to shorten the design process. And not just shorten the process-they want more and more innovative designs. More variants, shorter process. How could we make this happen? The answer is never far. It's time to let the designers get into the real 3D design world. Alias software is not just a tool for surface modeling. It is far beyond that: it is supposed to be the designers' playground. You can sketch 2D, model 3D, sketch 3D, and communicate with digital sculptors on one model, one platform. This class will explain how.

“Design thinking” has become a common business term in recent years. You may have heard it on one of your teams, or from a designer, marketer, or engineer. As an industrial designer, I am often asked about it. Many people are not familiar with industrial design, but they know design thinking is part of what we do. This class will be a hands-on introduction to design thinking. I will center it on a team-based, timed design challenge. There will be a project brief and teams will be selected at random. First, we will benchmark the specific industry and establish a target audience to investigate the business direction. The main section of this workshop will be to develop and present a product pitch for a specific product. Part of this event will be the critique of ideas. Please join me for this challenging exploration into the process of design thinking. Learning to work as a team under intense pressure is a skill you can take back with you from Autodesk University.

Are you an Industrial Designer looking to add light or color or sound to an object?Are you a mechanical engineer looking to add sensors or motion control to a system?Are you an architect looking to transform spaces by controlling the room around you?If so, this course is for you!

This course is an intro to electronics design using Autodesk EAGLE and focuses on practical electronics for the non-EE.Spend 60 minutes learning about the design and fabrication of the most fundamental of elements in any electronic system, the Printed Circuit Board (PCB).In this course, we will learn what a PCB is and even design our own PCBs from scratch.We will learn the range of modular electronics options available which simplify electronics design and make design accessible for non-engineers.