Industry Workshops

TRIMBLE INC. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP TRACK 1

Workshop Title: Applications of Extended Reality

Presenter’s Name

Kim Nyberg

 

Your Current Affiliation

Trimble Inc.

Presenter’s Title

Technology Director, M.Sc.

Biography of Presenter

Kim Nyberg leads the Technology unit within the Design & Engineering group in the Construction sector of Trimble. The unit develops shared technology and components that are used in various Trimble products. Kim has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Helsinki University of Technology (nowadays Aalto University). He has been working with Tekla Corporation, acquired by Trimble in 2011, since 1991.

Co-Presenter’s Name

Darren Thomson

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Your Current Affiliation

Presenter’s Title

Senior Software Developer, Emerging Technologies at Trimble Inc

Biography of Presenter

Software Engineer working within the Trimble Mixed Reality Program. Recent projects include:

– Hololens Partner launch with Microsoft

– Internal application kickoff and training for MRP Verticals

– Induction and launch of Trimble Hololens Partner Programs

– Partner project development with Greg Lynn Form, which demoed at La Biennale, Venice

– Lead developer for the Slushpolis Story, winner of the Future of Storytelling 2017 Corporate Jury Award

 

Workshop Title

Applications of Extended Reality

Workshop Description

This workshop introduces tools and technologies that can be used for developing Extended Reality (AR, VR, XR) solutions on various platforms.

Workshop Learning Objectives

  • Understanding the tools and technologies available for Extended Reality development.

 


TRIMBLE INC. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP TRACK 2

Workshop Title: Identifying the problem your product is solving

Presenter’s Name

Andrew Corney PE. F.IBPSA

 

Presenter’s Title

Product Director, Trimble Architecture & Design division

Your Current Institutional Affiliation

Trimble Inc.

 

Biography of Presenter

Andrew leads the product design for Sefaira and PreDesign, two products in Trimble’s A&D division (which also includes SketchUp). Andrew has been working in product for 7 years and prior to that worked for 14 years in the AEC industry as a professional mechanical engineer and sustainability consultant.

Workshop Title

Identifying the problem your product is solving

Workshop Description

Awesome technology is great but if you want to sell it you need to know who you are making it for, what their real problem is and how you are going to solve it. We’ll go through a range of useful techniques you can use for honing in on the problem you want to solve and how to create

Workshop Learning Objectives

Describe the job your customer wants to do with your product, Describe the problem your potential user is trying to solve

 


AUTODESK INC. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP TRACK 1

Workshop Title: Getting started with Autodesk Forge

Presenter

João Martins

 

Presenter’s Title

Forge Developer Advocate

Your Current Affiliation

Autodesk Inc.

Biography of Presenter

I joined the Forge team in 2020, after previous experience in the development of applications integrating Autodesk APIs for AEC companies. I’m a graduated Civil Engineer that loves software development, electronics, and technology in general.

Description of Presentation

In this workshop, we’ll cover an introduction to the Forge platform and build a basic web app to interact with CAD models straight from the browser.

Learning Objectives

Understand the capabilities of the Forge platform and its connection to design and construction.

 


AUTODESK INC. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP TRACK 2

Workshop Title: Using Solar Analysis to Drive Building Design       

Presenter

Lilli Smith

 

Presenter’s Title

Sr. Product Manager, AEC Generative Design

Your Current Affiliation

Autodesk Inc.

Biography of Presenter

Lilli Smith, AIA, Sr. Product Manager for AEC Generative Design is an architect with a passion for re-envisioning the way that buildings are designed. After working for several years as an architect, she joined Revit Technology as a fledgling start up and helped grow it to where it is today in almost every architect’s tool box.  She has gone on to work on many Autodesk tools including Vasari, FormIt, Dynamo, Project Fractal and Project Refinery which recently graduated from beta to a new suite of tools included in Revit 2021 and 2022.  

Description of Presentation

Learn about generative design thinking and build multi-objective design workflows in a Revit project! A parametric model contains many possible design states and configurations. How can we navigate this vast landscape of possibilities to find high-performing designs?  How can we use environmental analysis like solar analysis to drive building design?   This workshop will introduce workflows that help us answer such a question using Dynamo and the new Generative Design in Revit functionality, an Autodesk tool for design option generation, search, optimization and sharing.  The workshop will start out with an introduction to generative design concepts and then go into a demo of how tools like Solar Analysis can be used to drive building massing design. Participants who download and install the software can follow along.

Learning Objectives

After this workshop, participants should be able to:

  • Describe what is required for a generative design workflow,
  • Describe how solar analysis can be used to drive building massing design,
  • Perform a generative design study with a provided sample model.