This class will describe the workflows that Optomec uses to translate CAD designs into printed features on existing parts or surfaces. We will cover specific additive-manufacturing challenges that are related to Aerosol Jet printing and how we have used Autodesk, Inc., packages to address our needs. We will further explore the subtle differences between additive and subtractive manufacturing and how Autodesk has worked to address the philosophical differences in an easy-to-understand way. Attendees will develop a deeper knowledge of the use of Autodesk products for additive manufacturing and how they can be adapted to suit their specific additive requirements. Attendees will also learn about the differences between additive and subtractive methodologies and how they apply to CAD and CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) development as a whole. This session features AutoCAD and FeatureCAM.

Fragmentation has plagued the construction industry for too long. Needless inefficiencies have made the building process take longer, cost more, and waste resources. The delays and waste are equally frustrating to those in the business and to our clients. Skender has revolutionized our business model to demolish fragmentation. In turn, we hope to revolutionize the industry. In 2018, Skender announced sweeping change that integrates the building process from design-to-building component manufacturing to final installation and construction. This radical integration demolishes the silos in the building process, putting architects, modular component designers, manufacturing leaders, and construction professionals under one roof. Technology factors heavily in Skender’s ultimate goal of building productization. Skender will show how its integration reduces risk and delays, better serves its customers, and empowers employees to lead transformational change in the industry.

With the release of Inventor 2023 software, users can now send their CAD data directly from Inventor to Autodesk Fusion 360 software. This opens a host of new capabilities for Inventor users in generative design, simulation, and subtractive and additive manufacturing. This presentation will demonstrate, through compelling customer case studies, how Inventor users can now take advantage of this workflow to explore the benefits of using metal additive manufacturing to manufacture their products. Metal additive and hybrid manufacturing can offer tangible advantages in product performance due to the design freedoms the process enables, manufacturing sustainability, supply lead time, and component cost. In addition, the advances in accessible hardware and software is making this technology feasible for nearly all industrial sectors. With the connection from Inventor to Autodesk Fusion 360, you can now learn how these advantages in metal additive manufacturing can also benefit your business today.

Modern manufacturing technology has given designers a large selection of possible avenues for the manufacturing of a component. However, with this variety, it’s difficult to know which method would provide the most-sustainable results. By maximizing manufacturing sustainability metrics, in this session, we’ll showcase how Autodesk Fusion 360 users can select a manufacturing workflow to ensure a reduced impact for their manufactured component. Focusing on additive, subtractive, and hybrid manufacturing workflows, our case study will highlight how to use manufacturing energy consumption and waste metrics to select the most sustainable manufacturing method for designs. Furthermore, this session will dive into ongoing research on how these decisions can be made within the design phase of product development, through maximizing predictive manufacturing energy and waste models.

In today’s market, more and more parts are needing faster turnaround times at lower costs. Multitasking machines help you complete a part in a single operation while reducing your setup times. In this class, we will start with the history of Mazak as an organization and how it created the multitasking machine market. We will cover the different architectures available in the industry and each of their benefits and shortcomings. From a functionality standpoint, we will discuss different types of synchronization, the reasoning behind each one, and their best-case uses. By showcasing some examples through case studies, we aim to highlight the higher-value work customers can obtain by utilizing these types of machine to their full potentials. Finally, we will look to the future and the use of hybrid multitasking machines.

Fusion 360 software now offers a simple workflow for programming industrial robot arms. Anyone familiar with post-processing machine code from Fusion 360 can now create robot code in the same way. During this lab, users will use the manufacturing space from Fusion 360 to generate robot native code that can drive industrial robot arms. First, we will show a generic robot workflow within Fusion 360 that will post with the ABB post processor. Then, we will cover exporting code into a virtual robot simulator, ABB RobotStudio, for validation. We’ll then pivot to recordings at Autodesk Technology Centers, explaining calibration of various coordinate systems localizing the robot arm and robot operation for milling applications. We’ll introduce other applications that participants can use with this workflow, such as welding and additive. Finally, we will share various case studies from Autodesk Technology Center residents and customers utilizing Fusion 360 for industrial robots.

The US Sailing Team is looking to regain its position atop the sailing world rankings in the 2020 Olympic Games. Autodesk’s vision for the Future of Making Things directly aligns with the Team’s strategy for winning gold. We require a streamlined workflow to design, simulate, and manufacture advanced composite components to achieve novel mechanical properties, decrease weight, and improve overall vessel performance—all within the tight dictates of Olympic competition rules. Join us in this course to understand how innovation is achieved among Olympic sailing competitors and how we are capitalizing on Autodesk’s diverse and connected portfolio to become Olympic medal winners.

It is common for most sheet metal fabricators to have an ERP (enterprise resource planning) or MRP (material requirements planning) system, as well as software that addresses their needs for nesting and machine programming. What is not commonplace is for those systems to talk to one another very well. This class will present a case study in which the users are designing in Inventor software, managing their revisions and model data in Vault software, using a cloud-based ERP system to input sales and inventory information, and using TruNest to drive all of the machines connected to their sheet metal fabrication operations. What this class will demonstrate to attendees is a fully integrated sheet metal fabrication workflow, from the design of the product to its manufacture on the shop floor.

This class will present both techniques and actual working methods and workflows used by end-user companies utilizing Inventor software with customized toolsets. The creation of architectural content, furniture, cabinetry, millwork, doors, windows, trade show booths, stairs, store fixtures, and interiors for boats, planes, and tour buses are just a few of the industries utilizing the software today. This class will emphasize actual construction procedures using the latest version of Inventor software and several core development tools. The presentation of multiple approaches to shortening cycle time to manufacturing is the key in increasing accuracy as well as time to manufacturing. One-button CNC can be a reality. If 25% or more of your design is utilizing wood products, this class will assist you by presenting automated alternatives. The end goal is that designers have more time for creativity, enabling them to work more efficiently and accurately.

AutoCAD Electrical software is more than just an electrical schematic design tool. It also includes symbol libraries and functionality for panel layouts, one-line, hydraulic, pneumatic, and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) drawings. Within AutoCAD Electrical, all types of drawings and the included components are linked and update each other automatically. Attend this class to learn the simple requirements for creating the links between drawings and how you can capitalize on this capability to improve your efficiency and the quality of your design package.

In this cross-industry collaboration between Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) and the Autodesk Technology Centre in Birmingham, England, we're solving the challenges NWG has maintaining water infrastructure. By employing advanced manufacturing techniques—such as laser scanning, reverse engineering, and hybrid manufacturing—NWG can work with its supply chain to repair broken parts and extend the operating lives of the assets they maintain. NWG is responsible for many assets that were manufactured decades ago, and the original design data is no longer available, causing excessively long lead times for replacement parts. As a result, the downtime for key national infrastructure water systems is prolonged and costly. We will show how this important collaboration between the water and manufacturing industries will reduce the downtime and extend product life, improving NWG's resilience, and ultimately saving money for customers.