Using Autodesk Cloud Services-BIM 360 Docs software and Collaboration for Revit cloud service-the opportunity to interact with team members located across the globe is reaching unprecedented heights. We'll explore the new possibilities provided by these 2 Autodesk services to move your project to the cloud and manage team member access, model design review, and published documents through the web interface and mobile applications. Looking at the functionality each cloud service brings to the project, we'll walk through the new project workflows and management capabilities, and discuss the best approach for migrating your next project to the cloud.

During this hands-on lab, you will learn how to use the best and latest 3ds Max productivity tools to speed up your CAD-based design animation workflows. After participating in the lab, you will understand which material types are the best to use for your Revit, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, or Inventor projects. In addition to rendering traditional still images, you will learn how to embed liquid simulations in your projects and you will be able to render your project ready to be used in VR on time and on budget.

Arnold 5.0 represents an evolution in rendering for artists everywhere. With a significant update to the Arnold core, faster rendering, new feature additions, enhancements to existing workflows, and exciting new capabilities, Arnold 5 will help artists create more stunning imagery than ever. Join Autodesk Technical Specialists John Paul Giancarlo and Morgan Evans for this hands-on class, where you will experience the power and simplicity of rendering with Arnold in Maya for yourself. Arnold 5 is available now as a stand-alone renderer, as well as a plugin for Maya (MtoA), 3ds Max (MAXtoA), and Cinema4D (C4DtoA).

Join us for a riveting introduction into computational fluid dynamics. Using the Fusion 360 platform as a launch pad into Autodesk CFD software, we’ll start at the beginning and discuss tips and tricks you may not find in a users’ guide or help system. This class will be both hands on and competitive as we focus on simulation optimization. Designed for users with existing basic Autodesk CFD skills, this 90-minute crash course in Autodesk CFD will leave you with renewed confidence. You’ll also have a shot at a prize or two, so bring your A game.

Get the inside scoop on the Autodesk Cloud from Autodesk VP Amy Bunszel. What do we mean by SAAS, PAAS, IAAS and how do our popular applications - A360 and AutoCAD 360 play into our overall cloud strategy and why should you care.

This class will explain how developers can create stable, successful, useful, and professional-looking plug-ins for the Autodesk Exchange store. We will explore basic elements, such as well-designed icons, friendly dialogs, and consistent user feedback and support. Finally, we will explain the Autodesk Exchange store publishing workflow, and we will cover a few tricks about how to market your plug-in.

Alstom uses VRED Professional software to produce high-quality imagery for project communication, as well as real-time-experiences production for design reviews and communication movies, enabling a single-visualization digital mockup. Meanwhile, Alstom also needs to make sure its designs reach a broader population that includes external teams and individuals, and from this perspective, the communication production workflow is provided by Stingray game engine. This talk will describe the collaboration between Alstom and Autodesk, Inc., to build a VRED data workflow that capitalizes on Stingray game engine as an output source for their designs, consequently extending the reach of their project communication capabilities. This session features VRED Professional and Autodesk Stingray.

The course will take designers through the process of importing many forms of 3D data (IGEs, STEP, scan data, CATIA). Then we'll look in depth at optimizing large 3D models to enable efficient virtual reality (VR) experiences. First we'll explore VRED functionality for both file optimization and VR execution. Next, we'll take that same data into Maya software and prepare it for use in the Stingray gaming engine. That preparation will include using Mudbox software to create textures. Finally, we'll show the Stingray workflows to create a VR experience.

This lecture will cover the process of creating striking videos designed to communicate complex infrastructure projects within a Building Information Modeling (BIM) pipeline. You will discover how products from Autodesk, Inc., can enable you to deliver detailed technical information to both engineers and non-technical audiences involved in a project. Helicopter video shooting, tracking, and 3D replacement have become essential exercises for achieving this purpose in transportation infrastructure projects such as airports, freeways, and elevated-train systems. We will follow some of these videos from beginning to end, covering topics that include: preproduction tips for shooting video from a helicopter and tracking with the MatchMover application; integration of tracking points and camera in a 3ds Max software environment; BIM pipeline integration with 3ds Max software and Revit software; rigging and animating transport in 3ds Max software; rendering management in the Backburner application; and optimized compositing. Download videos at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/thq3yvdw3119aho/AABlyqsDi9Wz57tZVBIImfnSa

In this class the attendees will see the workflow used for taking results from Autodesk, Inc.'s, simulation products to its Media & Entertainment products (Showcase software, 3ds Max software, and VRED software) for high-end visualization, rendering, and video production.

Virtual reality (VR) is a game changer for collaborative design review. VR technology is now at a quality level that gives designers confidence to make design decisions virtually. Designers and engineers can explore virtual models and design variations at full scale before physical models get built. Multiple users can collaborate across multiple remote locations. This talk will cover innovative immersive VR technology with VRED software and Forge Platform. Hear firsthand from Faraday Future about how they are capitalizing on VR to solve design review challenges and bring cars to market faster at lower cost. The future of automotive design visualization is here. This session features VRED and Forge.

Do you know VRED software? It is primarily used by the automotive industry for 3D visualization, virtual prototyping, and CGI (computer-generated imagery) production. But can this tool be used with Autodesk, Inc.’s, Media & Entertainment packages or be integrated into your current CGI pipeline? In this lesson, Lukas Faeth, product manager for VRED, will show you how to combine both worlds to create the most compelling imagery through virtual photography.

In the latest release, Vault data management software introduced the capability to automatically publish and share 2D PDFs of drawings during the release process. In this class, we'll explore the different aspects of this new functionality. We'll take you through the steps to correctly set up this publishing process in Vault and show you the different publish options. The PDF format of a 2D design file is used in many firms to facilitate communications among engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and other departments. We'll also teach you how to let users outside your engineering department access the PDFs for printing and other workflows. This session will feature Vault Professional data management software and Vault Workgroup, including the use of the Vault Job Processor.

LAIKA is a stop-motion feature animation studio in Portland, Oregon. Autodesk’s Shotgun project management software has been used to organize and automate aspects of the production of all its feature films over the past 10 years, from Coraline to the forthcoming Missing Link. In this talk, we will present how LAIKA tackles the design and manufacturing of the assets that show up on the big screen, how we use Shotgun software to track our production data (from scheduling to final delivery and beyond), and how we have built an efficient production pipeline using Shotgun as a platform. LAIKA exists at an interesting junction between visual effects and manufacturing, producing physical assets for a digital final product. As we go through our workflows, we will also reflect on the commonalities we have seen in how to create both physical and digital assets efficiently.

Learn how to create keystroke-saving functions, delete and redefine commands, load Customize User Interface (CUI) files, set workspaces, control system variables, call external programs, and more, using AutoLISP programming language via a proven sample environment. Next, learn how to call the AutoLISP functions from toolbars, ribbons, and palettes, and learn to control the AutoCAD software profile/environment variables to manage plot configurations, palettes, folder security, and support directories. Finally, we will discuss how you can use these tricks to control multiple workstations via your network. If you've ever wanted to know more about how AutoLISP programming language can help you manage your AutoCAD software tools, you don't want to miss this class. Note: This class assumes you have a working knowledge of CUI customization and tool palette usage. A basic knowledge of AutoLISP programming language is also helpful.

Vault software is the best tool for managing your CAD data, particularly for those involved in the design and engineering process. Once a design is completed, people outside the design team—clients, fabricators, manufacturers, and installers—will need to see your drawings. This class will show you how to use BIM 360 Docs software as your published documents portal, and how to get your approved drawings from Vault Professional software to BIM 360 Docs—where external consumers can access it through the BIM 360 Docs web portal or a mobile device. We’ll walk through configuring Vault Project Sync to publish files to BIM 360 Docs, as well as configuring BIM 360 Docs to ensure that only the right people get access to the files. We’ll also discuss the markup capabilities in BIM 360 Docs, and how to get the design team to see those markups.

This class will demonstrate how to prepare your custom standard content for use with Inventor software’s Content Center. The Content Center can be a very useful and necessary tool for working with Frame Generator, Tube and Pipe, and Bolted Connections, among others. We will demonstrate how to author and publish pipe, pipe fittings, fasteners, structural shapes, and equipment such as pumps and heat exchangers.

At Autodesk Labs, we preview exciting future technologies for architecture, engineering, and construction; manufacturing; media and entertainment; and other industries. The technology we work with is too new to be a product, but it can be used to gather valuable customer feedback for evolving projects into possible future products. In this class, we will show some of the latest and greatest technologies on Autodesk Labs, explain how Autodesk provides these free technology previews to customers, and show you how you can get the very latest in technology and shape the future of our products and services. This is your opportunity to see where Autodesk might be going with new technologies.

Take advantage of Vault Professional lifecycle and workflow tools to automatically create PDFs for your drawings. In this class, you will learn the steps required to create a lifecycle, workflow, and category for automatic PDF creation. This class will also help you to understand the functionality of the Job Processor application for the PDF generation. Based on the knowledge you gain in this class, your Vaulted environment will be set up to automatically convert your IDW and DWG™ drawings to PDF files upon releasing the drawing files. This workflow will save you time by avoiding manual drawing file conversion to PDF. In addition, all the Vault users will always have access to the latest PDF drawings.

Efficient collaboration is very important for the success of a building project. How could gaming and cloud technologies help to reach it? In this lecture we explain how to use Revizto in life cycle of a building, thereby avoiding misunderstandings. You will learn how to turn your architectural designs from Revit, AutoCAD and other software into navigable 3D environment in few minutes, how to share it with the team through the cloud and open it on any device including iPad. We'll show you how to collaborate effectively with your teammates and clients, using handy real-time tools such as markers and camera sharing. Revizto doesn't require serious set of skills to learn it.