Intelligent models have reached a level of maturity in the design, cost estimation, and planning stage. Now what? It’s in the execution that we will recover the previous effort—taking advantage of all the model’s information to calculate the purchases of materials and the needs of our own resources, generate the contracts, and manage the orders, deliveries, and invoices. We'll see this process as it’s being applied in a real building, starting from a Revit model already made by the design team. La clase también será en español (the class will also be in Spanish).

Learn how to capitalize on the important design and product detail generated in engineering with downstream consumers using Vault Office software. This class will look at how system administrators can provide a connected environment to non-CAD and non-technical-process contributors for change management, and approvals through to viewing and printing of documents while enforcing and maintaining data access integrity with Vault Office software. This class is designed to help you understand the features and functions of Vault Office software and how it fits in your organization.

The recent launch of Flex as a pay-as-you-go option for occasional product use has made it easier than ever to buy and access our products. However, we understand that there may be some challenges that are holding you back from getting started with Flex. This session tackles the main pain points we’ve heard from you, estimating tokens and setting up Flex, so you can get up and running with Flex immediately. We will be walking through every step you'll need to take as a new Flex admin. Follow along as we demonstrate how to estimate the tokens you will need for your team, followed by a comprehensive step-by-step guide to setting up Flex after your purchase. Learn how to maximize the tools that will make managing Flex more efficient. We'll even demonstrate how you can take advantage of the personalized reporting insights to stay updated on your team’s token usage. You will leave this session with your Flex questions answered and the skillset to manage Flex efficiently for your users.

Make more-confident purchasing and management decisions with the new admin feature in Autodesk Account—product usage reporting. By seeing your team’s usage data, you can more efficiently complete your daily tasks, like assigning your users to products they use most frequently. You can more easily help your team work productively by ensuring they’re all on the same product version, and you can strategize future business decisions to make more-influential investments by seeing a usage trend chart. Get a demo from the Autodesk expert and ask questions about how you can be more productive with usage data.

Modern multiaxis, multispindle, live-tool lathes are machines capable of making a wide range of parts with both turning and milling capability, all of which you can program in Fusion 360 software. Adding a bar feeder to one of these computer numerical control (CNC) machines represents one of most simple, cost-effective, and reliable ways to achieve automation in your machine shop or manufacturing workflow.

Working with today's Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools presents a special challenge to your IT infrastructure. Wrestling with the computational demands of the Revit software BIM platform—as well 3ds Max Design software, Showcase software, Navisworks Manage software, Lumion software, and others—means that one needs the right knowledge to make sound investments in workstation and server hardware. Get inside the mind of a certified hardware geek to understand the variables to consider when purchasing hardware to support the demands of Autodesk, Inc.'s, suite of BIM and 3D applications. Fully updated for 2015, this class will give you the scoop on the latest advancements in workstation processors, motherboards, memory, and graphics cards. This year we will pay special attention to the latest advancements in graphics technologies to meet the demands of high-end rendering, animation, and visualization across a wide variety of platforms.

Technological change takes more than just the commitment to purchase. There is also a level of process and even cultural change that needs to be driven throughout an organization. Limbach is one of the nation’s premier mechanical contractors and in this session they will share insight into their decision to implement Fabrication ESTmep company-wide and how they managed this change both from a leadership and technological standpoint.

In this class we will go over every step needed to set up Collaboration for Revit (C4R) software. Steps covered will include purchase process; Autodesk, Inc., ID setup; Autodesk account management; and Autodesk 360 Team setup and best practices. We will explore the following: What is an Autodesk 360 Team? What is Collaboration for Revit software? Collaboration for Revit installation. And initiation of worksharing in C4R. We will also troubleshoot common issues. You can view documentation for the class here: http://a360.co/1bUiVXL

Whether you have had Vault Professional software for awhile and aren't using it to its full potential or you just got Vault Professional through a recent purchase or upgrade—let's put it to use. We cover practical workflows, including when to use (and when not to use) categories, items, change orders, change order routings, and lifecycle states.

Learn how you can develop custom solutions with Autodesk Forge and SAP that help your users make better business decisions with respect to carbon footprint. We present a simple demo application developed in collaboration with SAP where, by combining digital twins from Forge with CO2e data from SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, users can make better-informed, environment-friendly decisions in a simulated process of purchasing replacement parts.

The rapid pace of technological developments and the emergence of disruptive technologies such as cloud and mobile computing mean that the opportunities in capitalizing on such advancements have never been greater. However, successfully implementing technology in your business is not just about purchasing software and getting some training. The biggest benefits come to those who step back and reevaluate how they do business, as well as take a strategic approach to changing management. This class will look at the art of business process re-engineering and change management.

In this class, we examine substation assemblies and models for a utility. We also look into the lifecycle for substation parts in Vault Professional software. We cover the use of Items to keep track of information, such as purchase price, basic impulse level (BIL), operating voltage, specification information, and more. We discuss how to work in Inventor software and how to use the released bias or non-released bias to an assembly for insertion into your model. Finally, we examine how to keep track of legacy designs and greenfield designs in a standard format.

That the games industry is huge, pervasive, influential, 'bigger than Hollywood', etc., are known and often regurgitated statements. This talk isn't about that. This talk focuses on today and tomorrow's worker and consumer. If games are so pervasive, what does today's business customer/employee expect from the technologies they are expected to use or purchase? If we look at the proposed changes to the global education system - kids learning to code at a primary school level and the use of games to explore complex issues - what will those future graduates expect of their workplaces? Is every industry going to be making games in the future?

For a number of years, the cloud has been a topic of acute interest for collaborative working and storage. But over the past 2 years, it's become much more than that. Now a mature, integrated system, the cloud presents a viable option for businesses that need additional compute capacity. At this moment in time the cloud, facilitated by a new integration tool from Escape Technology, offers an alternative to CAPEX spend for short-term projects or requirements. Whether you're rendering a building fly-through or the latest Hollywood blockbuster, there are always points in the project lifecycle that get tight on time. This is where burst capacity comes in. In the past the only option was to purchase or rent additional machines and licenses, but the cloud gives us a new facility. Spinning up virtual workstations, storage, and even render can give studios the extra resources they need without having to worry about purchase prices, space, cooling, and power. In this talk, delegates will learn about how the cloud has developed as a practical concept and is now being leveraged by major production companies and architects around the world. Lee Danskin, CTO at Escape Technology, will explore how cloud workflows can be used to augment - or entirely replace - an existing one. He will investigate the future of cloud working, including so-called ?born in the cloud? studios, and discuss the complexities of adding cloud burst capacity to an existing pipeline.

In this roundtable session, attendees discuss the implications of the ever-changing world technologies on running a business. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): purchasing, implementation, training, and promoting or marketing their value. This discussion is open to virtually any topic, but we start with BIM, cloud, mobile, digital fabrication, and augmented reality. Attendees are encouraged to contribute to the conversation. Be prepared to not only air dirty laundry, but provide insight and possible solutions to the issues that might arise. This class is suitable for any size office, it is assumed that those with a larger technology budget will be more interested and involved.

In this class, veteran financial advisor Kathryn Amenta—who has counseled small businesses for over 25 years—breaks apart the myths and misconceptions of running a small business. She offers best practices for managing and operating a small business, from the crucial first steps to the strategies and tactics that will make your business survive and thrive. Amenta also demonstrates what it takes to adapt and prosper through shifts in the economy and industry. Other featured topics include hiring, payroll, billing, advisory boards, business plans, specialization, partnerships, wearing multiple hats, website marketing, business location, perks and discounts, renting versus purchasing, salary, and work hours.

Copy Design is one of the most powerful features in Autodesk Vault. Engineers are leveraging existing designs in one way or another, either by reusing the design completely to eliminate design time, or by copying an existing design or updating the design which will take less time. Less time is less cost. Moreover, apart from the reduced modeling time, design reuse will further have its impact in the form of cost and time savings in the downstream engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing. The Copy Design feature in Autodesk Vault 2020 has many enhancements which help engineers do more faster with existing designs. This class will discuss the enhancements to Copy Design and illustrate how to use Copy Design to be more productive.

When a company purchases Fusion 360 Manage for their organization, they are typically looking to manage their Items and Bills of Materials (BOMs), the change process that goes along with it, and Quality processes. What some customers don't realize though, is that they don't have to stop there with managing workflows within Fusion 360 Manage. Since the tool has the capabilities of building a workspace from scratch, and more importantly, the ability to build any workflow with the workflow editor, they are really only limited by their imaginations in terms of what business processes they manage with Fusion 360 Manage. This course will provide a variety of Customer examples of "Outside the Box" workflows that they are managing using Fusion 360 Manage. Each customer's challenges, solutions, and outcomes will be outlined. In addition, we will discuss the Return on Investment each customer realized by implementing these Outside the Box workflows.

You've bought in at Autodesk University and your reseller has given you a wonderful demo—now you have to justify the purchase of Autodesk PLM 360 software. In this class we will discuss a variety of topics, including ways to use return-on-investment tools to help come up with the funding, ways to apply industry-standard savings to your company, and the straw man of the selling process. We will also discuss where Autodesk, Inc., can help and what others have done to make this happen. Tangible savings can be hard to identify as so much of the savings come from avoiding spending money as a result of mistakes. How can you identify those cash-costing areas where you can save with Autodesk PLM 360 software? The idea of spending money in the cloud can be hard to wrap your mind around.

Laser scanning has become a very prevalent topic in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry over the last several years. While the software and hardware has dramatically improved over the years, offsetting or justifying the costs can be a challenge. Rather the project is driven by schedule or cost constraints. What have been the challenges involved in overcoming these hurdles and recouping the benefits that scanning has to offer? This class will take a transparent look at the purchase and use of Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC's, first laser scanner. We will explore the additional challenges as well as the metrics used to prove value. This class is geared toward those considering the purchase of, or who have just recently purchased, their first scanner or who want to learn more about the technology.