What, why and how you can leverage the Autodesk App Store to find new customers, grow your sales internationally, and engage Autodesk customers across platforms and industries - AEC, Mfg, Infrastructure, Revit, Navisworks, BIM 360, Inventor, Fusion 360, AutoCAD, Civil 3D Max, Maya and more! (Joint AU/Forge DevCon class).

Project teams globally continue to have challenges with the workflows related to rooms and spaces between trades. "The architect messed up the rooms I was using” is something commonly murmured in the corridors of the MEP engineer's office. In this session, we'll discuss and demonstrate some room-to-space workflows between trades, and we'll discuss how to more effectively deal with change management that occurs.

The basic premise of the Forge Viewer is to be able to display your designs in a web browser and interactively showcase them. But what if we want to create more-advanced interactions, like, for instance, adding custom geometry or manipulating the geometry of our models. This class will look at the possibilities and limitations of such techniques using the Forge Viewer and demonstrate how this can be done, walking you through a set of code samples. We’ll look at the way the Forge Viewer handles geometry, how to create and add custom geometry to models, and how to create basic tools, like push/pull faces, to manipulate that geometry directly in a browser.

This class is designed to walk through some advanced use cases for Autodesk PLM 360 software to demonstrate how to flex the software's true muscles. We will link virtual reality (PLM) to actuality (physical prototypes) by exploring the use of QR (quick response) codes generated within Autodesk PLM 360 software. Using a mobile device, we can then link physical prototypes to their electronic test data and discuss extensions of this concept to track, and perform maintenance on, equipment on the shop floor. We will also demonstrate the use of iframes to bring external data into your Autodesk PLM 360 records and save you some mouse clicks. This can include other data from Autodesk PLM 360 software or external sources, such as tracking the status of shipments from your local logistics company. If you are developing Autodesk PLM 360 software tenants, this class will help you extend the functionality you are providing to your users.

The optimization of injection molding process parameters and part designs is usually a manual process, utilizing ad hoc methods and dependent on user expertise. OmniQuest’s Iliad Design Exploration and Automation Studio now features a dedicated interface with Moldflow Insight software, bringing enhanced optimization and design automation capabilities to injection molding simulation. This interface creates the opportunity for design space exploration through studies such as 1) optimization, 2) response surface modeling to establish mathematical relationships between process parameters, 3) design of experiments, and 4) reliability analysis. By using Iliad’s integration capability and direct interfaces to Ansys Workbench, Python, and other CAE software, you can also control the complete design cycle using a single platform, including running macros and additional stress analysis. We will showcase how Iliad delivers real cost benefits to Moldflow Insight users through multiple case studies.

This class seeks to understand the complexity that is construction sequence animations. We’ll walk through the steps involved in planning out an animation, and discuss which tools are best suited for the job and how to divide the labor. We'll start by understanding what information you need to receive from your client, and we’ll review camera matching drone footage and the workflow from Revit to 3ds Max software. We'll wrap up with compositing in After Effects. Most important is knowing how to manage the process and make sure everyone is working toward the same goal. We'll diagram this process with simple and effective flow diagrams.

If you ever wondered what Autodesk's move to the cloud and its busting into the PLM space means for our current and future development and service partners, this class is for you. It's all part of the Autodesk PLM 360 Partner Ecosystem. The Autodesk PLM 360 Partner Ecosystem is fundamental for the future of our PLM 360 business around applications and services. PLM 360 partners' apps and services will enable the democratization of PLM 360 cloud-based product lifecycle management software, because virtually anyone can participate—whether it is a single-person development firm, a service partner capable of delivering multimillion dollar solutions, and everything in between. It is projected that the partner ecosystem will indirectly drive up to 40% of Autodesk software sales by selling and promoting partner applications and services. This class presents an overview of the current PLM 360 partner roadmap, expectations, and criteria to become a PLM 360 partner and how to get started. You also learn and hear firsthand from existing PLM 360 cloud partners who have already developed integrations for PLM 360.

This class will cover scripting in a product lifecycle management (PLM) environment with specific focus on: achieving automation in the workflow by pushing workflow transitions; enabling certain users to push workflow transitions, setting values in workspaces when transitions are pushed; utilizing the dashboard with workflow-based programming; and emails at certain points in the workflow. Workspace automation—spawning related workspaces and setting values in related workspaces on save. We will also cover the basics of data integration in the Fusion environment using Jitterbit. This session features Fusion Lifecycle (PLM 360) and Jitterbit.

This class describes an advanced implementation of Autodesk PLM 360 cloud-based product lifecycle management software at Alstom Power Automation & Controls (Alstom PAC). A representative from Alstom PAC presents the company's cloud strategy roadmap. We describe how the system is used to manage research and development (R&D) items and present the data model needed for installed base management. We demonstrate workflows for a new business unit and a new R&D item that are already in use at the company. Autodesk Consulting managed the project, including using cloud technology to rapidly gather customer requirements using workshops under the agile methodology. The process enables the customer to obtain quick wins.

The purpose of this session is for customers to discuss their overall experience with Autodesk PLM 360 software, from initial product discovery through trial and implementation to the support and renewal process. The goal is to identify problem areas where customers may struggle and identify opportunities for improvement. This roundtable session enables customers to convey their struggles faced while getting the product up and running and discuss HOW they did it.  Furthermore, it’s a great opportunity to network with other PLM 360 customers and a chance to discuss use cases and product wishes/improvements with the user experience team.

Procedurally generated content is more and more interesting for companies and creators. In this session, we will cover some of the ways you can use scanned data to create modular assets and later to teach AI to build structures the same way that we the people do. In the presentation, we’ll walk through the process of acquiring scanned data, calculating it into 3D models and textures using ReCap reality capture software and cleaning and splitting the assets into modules. We’ll cover how this module can be used for procedural content and what the things are that we creators need to look after.

There is a need for digital artists to generate animations from their 2D visual drawings. Further, they also want to enhance the short films with music and additional effects. In this class, we will learn how to create storyboards to short animated films in Autodesk Maya, using advanced tools and high-end plugins, to bring to life realistic 3D art, 4D animations or add to your design portfolio. If you are seeking more inspiration, then this class is for you - We will discuss a few examples to help you get to grips with its core Maya features, and supercharge your skills!

Join us for an in-depth case study of Autodesk PLM 360’s use with the development of Ember - Autodesk’s Spark Powered, ultra-high resolution 3D printer. https://ember.autodesk.com/

See how the Ember development team implemented PLM 360 and overcame challenges with Bill of Material management, the ebb and flow of Change Orders, and Supplier management in bringing this product to market. Watch how initial data was imported to Autodesk PLM 360, then how Autodesk PLM 360 was tailored for the different workflows and teams of users - from internal to contract manufacturers. Quality management, along with Compliance tracking within Autodesk PLM 360 will also be highlighted in this course. Come and see how a company operated within a company, and leveraged Autodesk PLM 360.

This class covers advanced topics and customization abilities for bill of materials (BOM) and change management processes in Autodesk PLM 360 cloud-based product lifecycle management software, including changes to the lifecycle map, BOM views configuration, permission and access management, and more.

Do you feel like you spend half your time in the online scripting reference? Do you have println() on almost every other line when you debug? Do you wish you could easily search all of your scripts in a single step? Discover how you can develop, test, and maintain scripts on your local machine for your tenant. We will be utilizing a small but very powerful set of tools that let us mock and document objects, properties, methods, functions, and so on. We will construct the Fusion Lifecycle Item Object with IntelliSense to speed up the development process. We will dabble with code linting to help maintain clean and consistent code across all files. We will utilize powerful search-and-replace features across multiple files for when you need to rename that field ID but can’t remember where you used them.

In this class we will cover the basics of integration using Autodesk PLM 360 Connect software. We will provide a review of the Autodesk PLM 360 Connect toolset and an overview of the Autodesk PLM 360 software API. To review these topics we will create a basic integration between Autodesk PLM 360 software and NetSuite, Inc., to manage NetSuite suppliers from within Autodesk PLM 360 software. Supplier management is easy using the workflow in Autodesk PLM 360 software. During the class we will build a connector to create and manage suppliers in NetSuite.

In the real world, one program just can’t do it all. Sketching, massing models, final design, animation, and rendering of engineering models—this class will discuss the workflow for using multiple Autodesk products in a production environment. Discover the ins and outs of this workflow, starting with a simple model, moving to using Generative Design in Fusion 360 software for a final model, then shifting to 3ds Max software and Arnold to render the final animation. Explore how Fusion 360 Team software can help manage the workflow files, review the Fusion 360-to-3ds Max import process, and see how to render photo quality images. Learn how to use Physical Materials, the Physical Camera, and adjust the scene exposure to get a good rendering. Get ahead of the competition by learning to create realistic animations from your Fusion 360 models.

Make the round trip from Alias software through Fusion 360 software to enhance design outcomes. By borrowing generative outputs from Fusion 360 in the concept phase of design, you can create and build unique new designs in Alias.

The class will introduce Advanced Oncotherapy and its complex proton therapy solution product. It will then explain how all the master data associated with this, as well as the majority of the business management processes, have been realised in a highly integrated and fully-customised implementation of Fusion Lifecycle which is closely linked to the company's ERP system with which data is shared on a real-time basis. This integration of business processes is designed to meet the requirements of the demanding ISO13485 standard for medical device regulatory requirements.

This class will review common challenges encountered when implementing Autodesk PLM 360 software in an organization, and we'll discusses strategies and tactics for a successful introduction of the product. General topics/tactics to review include: creating comfort in the cloud and handling security concerns; creating the team approach with a PLM support team; prepping the tenant in order to aid in the handling of integration and configuration challenges and solutions; and finding solutions to internal scaling issues to increase the speed of deployment.