Understand the power of models, data, and management working and evolving together with shared tools across one environment. Through the lens of a vast, 270,000 sf greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facility project, CRB shares how their team flowed through multiple phases from design to operations for this advanced digital facility. This session outlines how data and models from previous phases of a project can be used to better inform and improve the subsequent phases and the overall optimization of a factory’s production. Supporting the facility, tools like ACC, Revit, and Plant 3D enabled effective project, document, and field management, with to support turnover and proactively avoid issues. Autodesk tools continued to shake hands and support the project through factory operations, with tools like FlexSim to justify the business case, develop operating strategies, and detect future production inefficiencies.

Water infrastructure owners and operators face poor asset information handover due to system misalignment. Could automation and integrated data enable Digital Workplaces to support operational efficiency, reduce rework and costs, and improve health and safety (H&S)? Learn how GHD successfully used client-focused data exchange and cloud collaboration during the 40MLD upgrade of Wellington Water Limited’s Te Mārua water treatment plant to ease these struggles. Automating the integration of asset information using Autodesk products enabled delivery of the asset register 12 months early—saving NZ$150,000 and 1,400 hours in asset data management. Combining Esri mobile apps and dashboards enhanced as-built quality and reduced site H&S risks. A proof of concept was developed where GeoBIM and Docs software were fused to create a geospatial common data environment (CDE)—the foundation for an operations and maintenance Digital Workplace. We’ll share valuable lessons on managing evolving data needs and supply chains to demonstrate how connected workflows made more efficient.

AutoCAD (& verticals) Plant 3D, and Revit all have different workflows with ACC/BIM 360 projects and the Desktop Connector. After many challenging hours I believe I have finally found a way to explain the various ACC/BIM 360 workflows and would like to share this knowledge with everyone else who's also dealing with all these various workflows and collaboration options. Specifically, I'm going to cover working with Revit, Plant 3D, and Civil 3D (same workflows for AutoCAD) with ACC and/or BIM 360 projects. I'll also cover the Desktop Connector 15 and 16 and the differences we've encountered, good and bad.

In this session, we'll share what the AutoCAD Customer Council Beta Program is and how you can become a member. We'll also share how the Alpha/Beta program works and how you can influence the next version of AutoCAD software. We run year-round Alpha and Beta programs. These programs include AutoCAD, the AutoCAD web app, AutoCAD mobile, and all the AutoCAD toolsets. You'll get an early look at new features and be able to share feedback directly with the product teams, product managers, developers, designers, quality engineers, and more. We also have multiple surveys—your feedback helps us better understand your thoughts on new feature ideas as well as on enhancements to existing features. This session will help you understand what our Alpha/Beta program is and how you can become a part of it.

"As industries grow more connected, the ability to share data seamlessly across tools, teams, and domains is no longer a luxury—it’s a competitive necessity. Yet traditional data exchange methods often involve costly conversions, fragmented workflows, and loss of valuable context. This session explores how Artificial Intelligence is redefining interoperability by enabling native, intelligent data exchange across platforms and disciplines. This session will help users to discover how AI can break down silos between AEC, manufacturing, and process industry workflows—automatically interpreting and aligning domain-specific objects and data without manual intervention. Whether you're leading Management, optimizing your data strategy, or looking to future-proof your tech stack, this session will provide a clear vision for how AI-powered interoperability is shaping the next generation of connected design and engineering."

In this session, we’ll learn how to make the most of Inventor software and toolsets like AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Mechanical, and AutoCAD Plant 3D software by seamlessly connecting them. We’ll also learn about using tools like Electromechanical Link and Inventor Link to keep 2D and 3D models in sync, ensuring your designs stay updated across all platforms. And we’ll learn how Navisworks software can bring together AutoCAD Plant 3D and Inventor for smoother coordination and collaboration. Whether you’re working on electrical systems, piping layouts, or mechanical components, this session will provide you with practical tips and tricks to keep everything in sync and running smoothly across the team. Additionally, we'll learn how to generate 3D representations of 2D factory layouts using Factory Design Utilities software.

Join this session as we share the development road map and product strategy for Inventor Professional software, including some elements of the Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection. The presentation will cover recent and planned functionality that will add value to your everyday workflow needs. We encourage you to engage with Dan and members of the Inventor engineering team with questions and feedback during and after the session.

Have you ever been doing the same thing repeatedly in AutoCAD software and thought, “Shouldn’t it know what I’m doing by now?” Or maybe you spend too much time drafting and not enough time designing. AutoCAD is the gold standard—but maybe in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) it could be smarter. This is where you come in. The focus of this class is making AutoCAD more powerful. Not more buttons—smarter software. Think of the recent smart blocks, but go beyond that. There’s similar geometry we all draw whether you’re in civil, manufacturing, and so on. We’re forever drawing things parallel, perpendicular, tangent, or concentric. What if AutoCAD picked up on this and started to draw for us? Join us for a discussion with AutoCAD product managers Peter Qian and Can Anbarlilar. We’ll touch on the current progress on this initiative and then move to discussion, with Brian Levendowski mediating. Be a part of shaping the future of AutoCAD!

This session will walk you through an incredibly simple yet powerful workflow that will not only save you time and money but will also give you incredible visuals and models to kick off your projects. We will showcase the integration of AutoCAD Plant 3D software, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Matterport. We will demonstrate how this can be used for collaboration and how to turn your plant into a digital twin.

Australia, one of the driest continents, faces critical water challenges. The country now looks beyond its dams to desalination plants and recycled water treatment to address this. However, constructing desalination plants traditionally consumes high energy and impacts the environment. This session focuses on how John Holland, an Australian contractor, successfully streamlined its major water infrastructure projects valued at $2.5 billion by implementing a common data environment hosted on Autodesk Construction Cloud. The firm replaced traditional tasks performed using desktop products—such as clash detection, information management, and design reviews—resulting in significant cost and time savings and improved efficiency across the project lifecycle, benefiting all stakeholders. We will share how we drive sustainability results by using building information modeling (BIM) to optimize recycled materials and reduce carbon footprint, ensuring the potential for environmentally friendly practices within the water infrastructure sector.

Parametric design tools aren't just for programs like Inventor, Revit, InfraWorks, or Civil 3D software; there's a set of parametric drawing tools that you can use to create dynamic relationships and constraints between objects in AutoCAD software as well. The parametric drawing tools will revolutionize the way that you draw and edit objects in AutoCAD. This class will introduce you to parametric drawing in AutoCAD by using both geometric and dimensional constraints to add intelligence to your objects. You will learn how using AutoConstrain and Infer Constraints modes can help you quickly add constraints and change your process from drafting to modeling. If you've ever wanted geometry in your drawing to update based on changes that you've made to other objects, or if you've wanted to type a new value into a dimension and have the object update based on this new value—then this class is for you.

In this presentation, we will illuminate how Autodesk's design tools have revolutionized development endeavours, specifically within the context of our customer's story in Africa. Through real-world examples and proven methodologies, we will illustrate how Autodesk's software solutions are becoming catalysts for progress in diverse sectors across the African continent. By delving into our customer's journey, you will gain an understanding of how these tools are fostering innovation, driving sustainable growth, and addressing unique challenges faced in Africa. We will closely examine how Autodesk's design tools are instrumental in propelling Africa's development in vital sectors such as infrastructure, Data Management, engineering, and manufacturing. This session offers valuable insights into how technology is shaping Africa's future, making it a dynamic and thriving hub of innovation and progress.

Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D software is a great tool for facilitating owner reviews. By keeping the information in the cloud and providing access to owners earlier in the project, it is much easier to implement the changes than it is at a more traditional stage of the project. Learn different strategies for how to use this technology for different types of clients, from those who are familiar with AutoCAD software to those with more of 2D backgrounds. This class utilizes BIM 360 software on the web, AutoCAD Plant 3D, and Navisworks software.

Industrial piping design tools such as AutoCAD Plant 3D software are now sophisticated and mature tools in many capacities across the specification-driven, P&ID-validated, data-driven fronts. However, other disciplines are engaging with more-contemporary modes of design, communication speed, and risk reduction. This paper will discuss how complimentary computational-design processes can harness power from other disciplines such as 3D geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in product design, mesh backdrops originating from reality capture processes, intelligent AutoCAD-Plant-3D-to-Revit interoperations through APIs, through to the creation of specifications from legacy data fragments for seamless piping component file (PCF) imports.

How to use the isometric configuration files for your needs - with a main focus on the isoconfig.xml.

We have a new integrated development environment (IDE)! Let's familiarize ourselves with the most significant update to AutoLISP since receiving VL functions. In this session, you will learn how to create code efficiently using Code Snippets and IntelliSense, and how to debug your new or existing code in AutoCAD software using Visual Studio Code. Let's take advantage of what Visual Studio Code has to offer!

What are your favorite features in AutoCAD software? These are a few of my favorite things. Over the years of teaching AutoCAD software I've built an extensive list of my favorite features and tips. We'll explore features from the beginning of AutoCAD software up to AutoCAD 2015 software. This session is all about me sharing my love and passion for AutoCAD software with you.

One AutoCAD software became available to AutoCAD subscription customers when AutoCAD 2019 software became available in March 2018. AutoCAD subscription customers can now work faster with specialized AutoCAD toolsets, which include industry-specific features and libraries for architecture, mechanical design, electrical design, and more. A subscription to One AutoCAD enables automation of floor plans, sections, elevations, and other drawings; accurate design of piping, plumbing, and ducting for faster design with mechanical tools; and design of ductwork, electrical conduit, and circuiting for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical with MEP. Shaun Bryant, AutoCAD guru and AutoCAD Influencer, will take you through the benefits of the One AutoCAD subscription, demonstrating how to utilize the toolsets and make them available to your AutoCAD design team, regardless of discipline and industry.

In this class, you will learn to create custom content for both Autodesk® P&ID and Autodesk Plant 3D software. We will focus on using tools such as legacy AutoCAD® data, previously created AutoCAD 3D solids, and Autodesk® Inventor® to create the content. You will learn to create and modify custom symbols. We will also show you how to create and maintain project templates that contain custom content as well as how to copy custom content from one project to another.

Learn how to improve productivity through the development of key concepts and efficient workflows to successfully execute an intelligent plant project with Plant Design Suite. You will learn how to streamline P&ID design, 3D modeling, orthographic and isometric drawing production, project reports, and construction document generation. This class will show you how to utilize the built-in intelligence capabilities and efficiently extract project data. We will cover how to use and customize the intrinsic intelligence capabilities of tags and annotations to simplify project data management. You will also learn how to integrate data from third-party applications into Plant Design Suite projects. We will demonstrate how Plant Design Suite can coordinate across disciplines in order to develop intelligent project drawings and 3D models, including significant pumping, piping, structural, and instrumentation and control elements (for example, set points and alarms).