Autodesk University 2020 – Day 1 Recap

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That’s a wrap on the first day of Autodesk University 2020!

What a day of keynotes yesterday! To us it was clear that there are several key through lines of thought being presented by Autodesk. The three key pillars that were mentioned during each of the keynotes was, Data | Automation | Insight. A quote from the day that resinated with us about data was, “Data is meaningless without context. Context turns data into information.” Additionally, Common Data Environments (CDEs) were a large focus in all discussions as well, whether that was in reference to Docs, Vault, or even Shotgun for the media and entertainment sector.

“Autodesk University always provides a great opportunity for us to engage with customers and partners, and even though AU 2020 will be our first completely digital AU experience, this year is no exception,” said Lisa Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. “This digital shift creates the opportunity to virtually connect and learn from each other in completely new ways. Solving problems and driving innovation across our industries is what our extended community does best and I’m excited to reimagine what’s possible together, no matter where you are in the world.”

We have challenged Jisell Howe to create some of her amazing mind maps for AU’s first-day keynotes to share with all of you and is amazing how it turned out. Below we have included AU’s keynotes on-demand videos together with Jisell’s mind maps and some highlights from the day.

Read Jisell Howe’s article “Sweet Map O’ Mind: Mind Mapping for Beginners” from AUGIWorld Magazine.

General Session:

Introducing Autodesk Build: One Platform to Connect the Office and the Field
Autodesk Quantify: The New Cornerstone for Preconstruction Workflows in Autodesk Construction Cloud
Autodesk Construction Cloud Expands with Powerful New Project Management, Quantification and Design Coordination Products
Autodesk Docs Extension for AutoCAD
Autodesk has announced the launch of its Certification Program, which will offer certificates for specific products, specific workflows, and industry roles.

AEC Keynote:

Spacemaker, AI software for urban development is acquired by Autodesk. Read article here!
Introducing Autodesk BIM Collaborate: Design Collaboration and Coordination Made Seamless
Autodesk Docs Extension for AutoCAD
Autodesk Tandem was announced for creating and managing high fidelity digital twins
Civil Site feasibility studies with assisted ML
Autodesk as a Digital Twin Consortium Founding Member

Product Design & Manufacturing Keynote:

Inventor to Revit Round Trip that maintains constraints
Virtual Reality training
Vault moving to a more agile delivery method with Vault Mobile and Vault Connect

Forge Keynote:

Forge for Manufacturing was announced to assist product manufacturers develop bespoke solutions for their business problems
Forge Simplification was discussed as a potential future solution to make Forge more accessible. This possibly hints at a possible low-code or no-code Forge environment
There were several companies highlighted during the keynote; however, BAMCORE stood out to us as creating an end to end DFMA ecosystem to produce bambo wall panels and structures