Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Autodesk Annual One Team Conference in Nashville, USA. This event brought together Autodesk experts and partners from around the globe to discuss the latest advancements and future directions in Autodesk software and solutions.

During the event, I engaged in a series of insightful sessions, workshops and meetings with Autodesk leadership and industry experts. The sessions focused on Autodesk’s emerging technologies and customer-focused initiatives. My takeaways from the experience include:

Embracing Artificial Intelligence

A standout theme was Autodesk’s commitment to artificial intelligence (AI). The event showcased how Autodesk is embracing AI and using it to fundamentally change the landscape of design and construction.

• Smarter, Faster Design: Autodesk is developing AI-powered tools that will automate repetitive tasks. At the moment, this is very focused on the early stages of design, and using the power of AI to develop multiple concept ideas that can then be taken by the designer into detailed design.

• Enhanced Decision Making: In the detailed design stage, AI is being developed to work as your companion, forecasting challenges and offering optimised design solutions in real-time, based on your design choices. This will extend to real-time code compliance and cost-efficiency suggestions.
• Collaboration Tools: AI is enabling more intuitive (and automatic), collaboration by streamlining communication and data sharing. Having information at the fingertips of the users who require it, will further enable idea-sharing and a more unified approach to complex project delivery.

Moving to the AEC Platform

Autodesk’s future vision of the AEC industry is integration onto the “platform”. This is a comprehensive ecosystem of tools and services, all operating on a cloud environment, supporting the full lifecycle of a project. Rather than using a single software product for each particular stage of the project, the Platform will bring together a connected environment across each application, enabling teams to work collaboratively, smarter and faster.

• Core tools such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Revit will operate as the interface of the cloud model, enabling a detailed, data-rich design. All model data will be interconnected and accessible through a centralised data platform.
• Data Management will be integral to the platform, and be accessible through cloud-based services such as Docs and the Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Looking Ahead

It might sound scary and intimidating thinking how you will keep up with the advancements in technology and workflows that we will see in the short to medium term. But that is the reason why we make the investment for our staff to attend these conferences and workshops. Rest assured Civil Survey Solutions will always be a step ahead, and ready to support our customers through these transitions, while you are able to benefit from the improved outputs that can be achieved.

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