This foundation session will cover use of the Traffic Simulation tool to analyze traffic flow through intersections, display color-coded traffic-analysis results, and generate traffic-simulation animations to play in your model. More importantly, the Traffic Analyst panel enables you to specify advanced demand matrices, profiles, vehicle types, driver types, and other variables. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and InfraWorks 360.

Learn how you can use InfraWorks software to create base traffic models by importing surfaces, roads, and real traffic data, and defining traffic turning movements. Once the base model is completed, you can use InfraWorks Traffic Simulation to create construction proposals to understand how the level of service is impacted once lanes are shut down, and how an alternate intersection is created to simulate proper vehicle movements at the merging point.

This class shows you how to use Civil View traffic import tools in 3ds Max Design software to bring in traffic simulation data from PTV Vissim. We examine how to prepare your data in VISSIM, how to bring that data into 3ds Max Design using Civil View, and how to handle conflicts such as overpasses. We then talk about various ways to use this data once it is set up, including how to export from 3ds Max Design to another 3D package such as Maya® software. You also learn how to replace the imported data with actual vehicles from the Civil View Vehicle library and how to use your own car library.

Adding vehicles to any large-scale highway or roadway visualization animations can be a daunting and laborious task. Representing accurate traffic patterns and vehicle movements would often be impossible without hand-animating hundreds or thousands of cars (not usually a viable solution). Using VISSIM traffic data and 3ds Max Civil View extension, it’s possible to automate much of the process, as well as to have an accurate and visually correct simulation that’s easy to update as changes to the model or traffic data occur. This class will cover the basic steps of integrating the traffic data; provide some tips and tricks for the vehicles; and pass on efficient workflows for animating, rendering, and revising during the lifecycle of a project.

Discover how simulation and AI are transforming engineering in the built environment. This session explores how simulation-generated data powers AI, how digital engineering practices enable scale, and how strategic partnerships are accelerating adoption. Learn how to move from reactive workflows to intelligent, AI-driven design—while addressing real-world challenges like cost, safety, Sustainable Design, and performance uncertainty. Ideal for AEC professionals, engineers, and innovation leaders looking to apply AI in practical, scalable ways.

This case study will explore the transformative impact that Autodesk Forma software has on environmental simulations and urban design, empowering designers to reclaim tasks that have traditionally relied on specific experts or skilled individuals. Using Forma, we’ve achieved remarkable milestones, including a 400% increase in implementation projects, a tenfold expansion in the diversity of simulations, and an 80% cost reduction. These advancements are “democratizing simulations,” making them accessible to a wider range of designers. Additionally, we’ve customized libraries and workflows to align with Japan-specific regulations, resulting in a 300% increase in implementation projects and a reduction in the lead time for initial outputs by a third. Through innovative application of Forma, designers have experienced significant improvements in both the scope and speed of their work. In this session, we’ll share detailed insights into our workflow, the challenges we’ve faced, and the solutions we’ve developed.

The challenges in public administration are numerous, including scenarios with limited technology and disconnected systems. The consolidation of information in digital databases for projects, construction, and asset management can be the key to addressing these challenges, providing public managers with the ability to predict impacts and enhance decision making. If you seek creative ways to apply digital transformation and BIM technologies to city projects, this class is perfect! We'll share five applications that exemplify the potential of technology in the shaping of future cities. Join us as we explore the uses and possible integrations among ReCap, Revit, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, and Autodesk Construction Cloud. Additionally, we'll present real-life case studies where these tools have been successfully applied in actual cities, delivering tangible and inspiring results. You'll witness how digital solutions empower public managers to break free from conventional operations and drive digital transformation.

How can urban design decisions shape the livability and resilience of communities? This session explores how Autodesk Forma can simulate and optimize environmental factors such as daylight access, green space integration, and the role of vegetation in reducing heat and noise. Attendees will learn how to create and compare design scenarios to visualize the environmental impacts of human-centric planning while integrating data overlays for deeper insights. By combining AI-powered tools with innovative workflows, this session highlights how technology can unlock new possibilities for designing communities that thrive in the face of climate and urbanization challenges.

Imagine the possibilities of a fully digitized company in parallel with the real physical entity in an AI-based learning environment. This “digital twin” is described as an instance in the Metaverse. Now imagine a universal, bi-directional communication learning component that auto operates machinery based on key datasets including web traffic, inventory, and even utility electric consumption. No need to imagine, because we’re perfecting the platform. With the support of Lenovo’s powerful workstations & NVIDIA’s Omniverse we now have the ability to research the use of digital twin technologies as a real viable technological solution. Fusion360 is the launching point in design for workflow simulation in a dream ecosystem. In this industry talk, Aram Goganian of Predator Cycling, discusses the application of Fusion360 as a key facilitator for the integration of design, simulation, part management, & 3D print preparation within the development of workflow software system, Ayowork.

Designing, building, and maintaining a metro line to match the needs of increasing mobility in dense urban areas involves some challenges: constraints on localization, connections with the existing network, works under operation, concomitance of the construction site, safety of traffic and traveler flows, and so on. We'll present new Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementations through different metro projects in France: Grand Paris Express and extension of the networks around the French capital and Toulouse Aerospace Express. BIM is applied on different transportation project phases. The 3D models cover all the works of rail infrastructure, including underground and aerial stations, and tunnels and bridges. With these extra BIM uses covering the entire rail infrastructure, we'll outline the benefits of BIM uses.

This session will walk through how catchments or watersheds can be automatically generated using a surface model and assigned to drainage networks as part of a concept design in Civil 3D software. Ultimately, with the InfoDrainage/Civil 3D integration tool, we’ll see how we can bring all the data across to InfoDrainage and use its more extensive runoff routing methods and rainfall generation tools to set up and simulate hydrology and accurately size up the drainage network.

AI tech may get all the attention, but there isn't an AI solution for the critical workflows that architects need to tell the stories of their projects. Designers want visualizations that simultaneously capture a building's aesthetic complexity and the hard data points of energy efficiency, occupant movement, and traffic flow. AI isn't delivering, and Chaos is stepping up. Come see the latest tools for Revit users to conduct energy analysis, with results that can be generated and understood by everyone contributing to your Revit project. Then see how to easily assemble visualizations from across teams and creation tools into real-time explorations, with animations features that go far beyond what design tools are made to support. Learn how quickly you can bring design options to life with stunning ray-traced rendering, dynamic crowds of digital humans, and realistic vehicles traffic. Chaos will show how all of this is possible today for the casual users while meeting the demands of specialists.

During the session we will cover the entire process of a road rehabilitation project. The very first step will define the construction regions to minimize the impact of road closure. The design will start with processing laser scan data in ReCap software and InfraWorks software to create objects like terrain, horizontal feature lines, and vertical features. You will learn the best practices to bring the results to Civil 3D software. Next, we will create a road rehabilitation project in Civil 3D, which will include best-fit alignment and rehab corridor. You will also learn best practices for how to smooth the vertical profile to meet design criteria. After finishing corridor, we will analyze the design and use dynamic model to iterate the design to satisfy the requirements like minimum cross slope and so on.

Discover how IMI Critical Engineering, a greenfield manufacturing facility, overcame the limitations of traditional 2D CAD models by moving to 3D simulation modeling. Relying on 2D layouts led to inefficiencies, high error rates, and communication barriers between engineering, operations, and leadership teams. This session will explore how IMI used FlexSim software’s advanced features—such as process flow, SQL queries, and video recording—to achieve significant improvements in efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration. By visualizing the production process in a dynamic 3D environment, the team identified bottlenecks, iterated designs more effectively, and minimized costly errors before implementation. Read real-life case studies to learn how this Management reduced errors, optimized workflows, and streamlined decision making, ultimately leading to higher productivity, better resource use, and sustainable growth for IMI.

The passenger terminal building (PTB) is a very important feature of a modern, international airport complex. Expansion of an airport is aimed at design and construction of additional buildings and facilities to service growing international and domestic passenger traffic. The baggage reclaim hall on the arrival side and check-in hall on the departure side are large-volume spaces in a PTB, requiring proper distribution of conditioned air for adequate human comfort. In this class, we’ll look at how Autodesk CFD software is used to evaluate air-conditioning design. We’ll highlight the importance of airflow and temperature distribution from Autodesk CFD results to ascertain indoor air quality and thermal environment. We’ll detail strategies for modeling airflow and heat transfer with best practices for flow and heat load characterization. And we’ll address challenges of unacceptable thermal environment (hot spots) through design changes and optimization of supply flow rates and discharge angles, resulting in better designs.

Meet "The Brænch"—an organic 3-meter-high steel structure fabricated with advanced 3D printing technology. This class showcases how our cross-disciplinary team used Fusion to unlock novel design workflows and create unique architectural elements that are 3 times cheaper than if they were die cast. We'll demonstrate why architects should consider adding Fusion to their toolbox for generative design, optimization, and FEA simulation to move beyond certain limitations of Rhino/Grasshopper. Through detailed examples, we'll present an integrated workflow improving material efficiency and structural performance in large-scale metal components. The class targets architects first approaching manufacturing, practically demonstrating how to align design with fabrication requirements, opening possibilities for applications such as façade components and structural elements while leveraging additive manufacturing to tackle material transportation, construction cost, and supply chain challenges.

Visualization is a terrific way to improve communication with non-technical stakeholders, but what’s in it for you, the designer? This class will show you three practical workflows that use visualization and validation tools to help make design decisions and create technical exhibits. You have invested time in building a model—now let’s take it to the next level with these core activities: visual impact with photomontages using AutoCAD® Civil 3D® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software, lighting levels with street lighting analysis using Civil 3D and 3ds Max Design, traffic impact analysis using Civil 3D, 3ds Max Design, Autodesk® Infrastructure Modeler software, and Quadstone Paramics (a Pitney Bowes company).

Autodesk Research has a number of C++ toolkits—e.g., for spatial analysis and multi-agent simulation—that would previously only have been used in desktop or server-side applications. With Emscripten and WebAssembly, we can now take these codebases and use them directly in browser-based applications, whether using Autodesk Viewer, Autodesk Tandem, or Autodesk Forma. In this session, we will take a close look at bringing C++ codebases to the web, using a Forma extension as an example. Come along to experience the power you can bring to Autodesk Platform Services applications by integrating advanced libraries and toolkits via WebAssembly!