"In a world that is becoming increasingly data-driven, the value of facility data lies not just in its volume—but in its “accuracy, freshness, and integration”. At Autodesk University 2025, we are proud to showcase a powerful new vision for facility management: a Digital Workplace platform that seamlessly connects design, operation, and intelligence. We believe the future of facility management hinges on “high-quality data”—data that is not only precise but constantly updated, easily accessible, and contextually rich. To deliver this, we go beyond just creating Digital Workplaces—we create “connected ecosystems”. At the heart of our approach is the “fusion of three powerful platforms”: * Tandem – for BIM-based Digital Workplace modeling and lifecycle data management * Eptura – for proven excellence in asset and workplace management * Shimizu Corporation's Facility Data Hub – our proprietary platform that brings deep field experience and operational insight into the digital layer Together, we build and maintain a “next-generation Digital Workplace” that integrates building design (BIM), workplace operations, and asset performance into a single source of truth. We call this: “Tandem + Eptura with BIM Integration”. This is not just a concept—it’s a working solution. We are proud to be validating this integrated platform in our own headquarters building in Tokyo. Here, we bring theory into practice, using real-time data, real-world assets, and actual operations to demonstrate how a unified Digital Workplace can drive smarter decisions, better maintenance, and more sustainable facility operations. Our commitment to “data quality” is unwavering—because AI-driven insights are only as good as the data that feeds them. And in tomorrow’s world, where automation and intelligence will define success, we believe that Digital Workplaces must be both “technically robust and operationally meaningful”. Come visit our exhibit and experience: * How Tandem structures and visualizes BIM data across the building lifecycle * How Eptura enhances asset intelligence and workplace efficiency * How Shimizu’s Facility Data Hub ensures continuity between construction, occupancy, and operation * And how all of these come together to form an AI-ready Digital Workplace—designed not just for today, but for the evolving challenges of tomorrow This is more than software. It’s a strategic collaboration. It’s a commitment to smarter, connected, sustainable buildings. ”Experience the future. Experience the twin.”

Digital Workplaces, powered by real-time data, AI, and IoT, are poised to revolutionize product design and manufacturing workflows within the design-make-use lifecycle. By enabling data-driven, predictive processes, Digital Workplaces transform how products are conceived, iterated, and validated. What if IoT sensor data embedded in a product can detect stresses during its operation, which can be derived to automatically redesign a stronger and more efficient iteration? What if IoT sensor data embedded in a 3D printer can detect defects on a layer-by-layer basis to make real-time, in-situ adjustments to prevent manufacturing failures and scrap? Questions like these are not only being asked but explored and tested at Autodesk Research. Through a performance-aided design approach, we are harnessing sensor data to drive real-time optimizations, using a flying vehicle as a cutting-edge testbed to redefine the future of design and manufacturing.

When Fox Nation’s Revolutionary War docuseries called for A-list performances in historic American locations, GO delivered the future. Instead of flying talent across the country, GO recreated the Boston Tea Party and Mount Vernon as immersive SCAPEs using LiDAR, NeRF, and photogrammetry. In this panel, we’ll break down how GO brought Rob Lowe to a virtual Boston Harbor and Kelsey Grammer to a digital Mount Vernon—without ever leaving LA. From sustainability and cost-savings to creative flexibility, this is a case study in digital twin production, Autodesk integration, and the new blueprint for high-end, low-impact filmmaking.

Today, much of the mechanical design has been completed before electrical design has barely started, practically eliminating any possibility of effective mechanical-electrical co-design. We propose an integrated MCAD-ECAD flow, harnessing generative AI to make mechanical electrical co-design a reality—to achieve optimal design and reduce turnaround time, design churn, and cost. We'll show how integration between Autodesk Fusion software and OrCAD X combined with Cadence's generative-AI printed circuit board (PCB) design solution, can transform mechanical-electrical co-design. The flow helps users achieve two seemingly contradictory goals: shift-left for mechanical and electrical engineers and shift-right for layout designers. In hours, mechanical/electrical engineers can get information like fully placed boards and thermal profiles early in design cycle, while PCB designers can start their work when the design is stable. This flow can help users reduce design cost and turnaround time, and create much more optimal designs.

While it's common knowledge that additive manufacturing (AM) has become an integral tool in product development, it can be difficult to know how to fit AM into your workflow. In this talk, we'll discuss how to effectively use AM to accelerate product development and prepare designs to ramp up to production. We will include an overview of the common additive technologies and materials currently used by product designers, and look at the advantages and disadvantages of each from a product development perspective. Building on this overview, we'll discuss example workflows and case studies where additive manufacturing was used effectively to reduce time to market and mitigate process and design risk.

In this session, we’ll discuss how design for additive manufacture (DFAM) can influence the performance of additively manufactured parts. This session will focus primarily on laser powder-bed fusion, but concepts can be transferable to other additive techniques. We’ll explore lattices, hollow geometries, and thin walls as common features in lightweight designs, including the challenges that these can pose in design, post processing, and actual performance. Autodesk Research is currently undertaking research to characterize how as-built features perform (mechanically) compared to idealized conditions—generic bulk-material values found in literature. This will enable better representation of these features at the design stage to facilitate more accurate simulation and optimization. Attendees will leave more familiar with DFAM, considerations during the design process, and the impacts these have on overall part performance.

Everyone loves a quick-fire class full of productivity and power-user tips and tricks. Fusion 360 software is a big product, with lots of environments to master. No matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran, there are always new tips to learn from different perspectives. Come along for an action-packed 90 minutes of learning, and accelerate the process of mastering Fusion 360.

Human bone is a unique material that grows based on the mechanical loading applied to it. This can cause problems for astronauts, as the loading through their bones is reduced and conditions such as osteoporosis can set in. Surgical implants, which are often used to stabilize bone fragments following a fracture, can inadvertently create similar problems, by reducing the force transferred through the bone itself. This can permanently reduce bone mass and increase the risk of future fracture. This class will discuss the ongoing research into this problem, and will demonstrate how researchers are using generative design in Fusion 360 software to explore new designs for these implants that better aid the natural bone-recovery process.

The presentation will open with veteran cycle designer Mike Burrows, who will introduce the design strategy behind his initial frame design for the vehicle. He will describe the proof-of-principle model created to road test rolling resistance, wheel size and tyre selection. From that data, he designed and fabricated a carbon frame through a craft, analogue process, building on his considerable experience but without the use of any digital design aids. The courses were modelled mathematically in respect to the drag induced by the terrain. By the end of 2017 an initial prototype vehicle was ready for track testing and evaluation. This prototype will be used for UK speed and hour records in early 2018. Following Mike's introduction, Glen Thompson of London South Bank University will describe the aerodynamic considerations. Concurrently to the frame design, he was developing the external faring for the vehicle around datum points from Mike?s design. Approximately 30 iterations of form were generated over a period of 2 years, slowed by the requirement to solve models locally. The drag coefficients of early designs were benchmarked against models of the existing world record holder, Varna, and subsequently refined to absolute values with a goal to minimise the size of the transition zone to reduce drag. The second half of the presentation will be made by Barney Townsend of London South Bank University, and will focus on Autodesk's contribution to the project: the use of generative design and cloud computing to develop the next generation HPV design for the world speed record. Autodesk CFD will be used to validate existing results, and employ cloud computing to massively accelerate design improvements on the faring. This second-generation, hopefully world-record-breaking, vehicle will be manufactured in June with help from the Autodesk Advanced Manufacturing facility. At time of writing this abstract, the existing frame has been 3d scanned and imported to Fusion ready for subsequent rebuilding of the model for use with Generative Design. The presentation will conclude with the latest road test results and designs, and future plans for the record attempt at Battle Mountain, Nevada in September 2018. It will also summarise plans for a future spinout of the project as an HPV design project for STEM education in schools.

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.

This roundtable discussion will explore the power of computational design in promoting sustainable development. We'll provide practical knowledge of the tools and techniques used to implement circular design principles, and we'll evaluate the ethical and social implications of using data analytics and modeling to evaluate the environmental impact of design decisions. This topic highlights the importance of resource conservation and regeneration and promotes a more sustainable future. The concept of the circular economy has gained momentum in recent years as a more sustainable and efficient model for resource use. In this context, computational design has emerged as a key enabler of the circular economy by optimizing material usage and reducing waste.

Technology is transforming every aspect of our lives. 79% of companies say their future growth depends on digital tools but 2 in 3 are struggling to find the skilled workers they need. All of this is placing considerable pressure on educators to adapt their education programs to meet these needs. In this panel session, a group of educators leading the charge will share how they are reimagining their education programs to meet the needs of the future workforce. From secondary schools to vocational training programs to higher education, this session will showcase best practices and success stories from those who are breaking boundaries and transforming design, engineering and manufacturing education with Fusion 360. This session is a must-attend for educators who want to learn how to prepare their students for the future of work along with an unmissable opportunity for industry attendees to see how the leading minds in education are rising to the challenge.

Are you interested in Autodesk Fusion 360 software's cloud infrastructure, common vulnerabilities, and long-term compliance road map? Join this session to learn about Fusion 360 software's security best practices, emerging trends and methods in cloud security, and the compliance standards that are top priority across the industry. Gain insights from case studies of how Fusion 360 has helped customers protect their data in the cloud and adjusted their postures in security strategy. Let's lift the fog and demystify cloud security.

This session will highlight key innovations from the smallest efficiencies to large workflows that are being delivered and our strategies for the future. Join us to learn about all of the new tools inside Inventor that will delight you daily and unlock new design methodologies that help you innovate. The Inventor Product Management team along with our development organization will be there to wow you with product, take your feedback and answer your questions.

Before attending this class, we recommend visiting and participating in the Autodesk Factory Experience on the exhibition floor. Prototyping while developing a new product design is critical to ensure delivery of higher-quality parts to market. This step in the product design cycle is, however, typically time-consuming and costly through iterating and purchasing/making individual parts. This is why many product designers have already turned primarily to digital prototyping rather than physical prototyping, so they can ensure on-time product delivery that doesn't break the bank. This class will focus on how you can utilize Fusion 360 and its extensions for digital prototyping, focusing on an Autodesk Factory assembly product. Consumer electronics is a fast-moving segment, where time and collaboration is critical to be ahead of the competition. We'll demonstrate how to effectively experiment with product design alternatives, collaborate with key project stakeholders, test layouts for PCB, simulate structural and manufacturing aspects, and render final product previews, all within Fusion 360.

Sustainability has become an urgent necessity, and Autodesk is committed to empowering customers to achieve remarkable and environmentally conscious outcomes. As the mounting pressure to deliver sustainable results intensifies—whether fueled by emerging government regulations or the need for comprehensive reporting—Autodesk's innovative products are accelerating impact at scale. In order to create a thriving ecosystem of sustainability services, Autodesk is forging powerful alliances with industry experts in the architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), and manufacturing industries. This session will be a discussion between Ron Locklin, global sustainability platform lead, and sustainability tech partners Commerzial, FenestraPro, Gravity Climate, and OneClick LCA . They will explore customer priorities, challenges, and the impact of Autodesk products on achieving sustainable outcomes. Discover groundbreaking strategies and inspiring stories that showcase the power of collaboration and innovation.

Do you design injection molded parts? How do you know if they are manufacturable? Are they cost effective to produce? Will they be high quality? Learn how Fusion 360's can help you answer these questions in this Hands-on-Lab.