Civil

Energy

Geotechnical

Structural

AutoCAD

Autodesk

Infra.Tech.Oslo was full of ideas about where infrastructure planning is heading, especially now that AI is making it easier to generate options, compare outcomes, and build project-specific workflows faster. To revisit those ideas in a practical way, we will walk through the following sections: 

- Optimized infrastructure planning with InfraSpace 
- How VIKTOR extends InfraSpace with engineering-specific analysis 
- Demo 1: a swept path analysis app for heavy transport route planning 
- Demo 2: a transmission line sag calculation app for early route validation 

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## Optimized infrastructure planning with InfraSpace 

InfraSpace is a web-based platform for early-stage infrastructure planning. It is built for alignment-based projects such as roads, railways, power lines, tower routes, and pipelines. The platform gives teams one place to create, upload, evaluate, and optimize route alternatives instead of jumping between disconnected tools. That matters because route decisions made early often shape cost, constructability, environmental impact, and project risk long before detailed design begins. 

One of the strongest parts of InfraSpace is that it combines visualization with analysis. Teams can review alternatives in map and 3D views and understand how each route relates to terrain, elevation, land use, existing infrastructure, and other project constraints. At the same time, KPI dashboards help compare options using values such as cost, route length, land take, cut and fill volumes, earthworks, CO2, structures, and environmental impact. For roads, this gives early insight into quantities such as excavation, fill, rock excavation, bridge segments, retaining walls, and wall area. For transmission lines, it helps teams study terrain-based route options and tower placement before committing to detailed design. 

## How VIKTOR extends InfraSpace with engineering-specific analysis 

InfraSpace already gives teams a strong environment to create and compare alternatives, but many projects still need engineering-specific checks before a route can move forward with confidence. This is where VIKTOR adds value. 

VIKTOR is a platform that helps engineers build, connect, and share engineering applications and workflows. With the [App Builder](https://docs.viktor.ai/docs/app-builder/), teams can create engineering apps in minutes through prompting and turn project logic into usable tools that can be shared across the organization. 

Engineering applications created in VIKTOR can be connected to InfraSpace through its API, which helps teams: 
- analyze routes alternatives in InfraSpace 
- create bespoke engineering apps for a specific project need 
- run project-specific checks without a long development cycle 
- connect those workflows directly to InfraSpace 
- export results back to InfraSpace or to GIS or CAD software 

In the next sections, we will see how this integration creates value for teams working on infrastructure projects. 

### Demo 1: swept path analysis app for heavy transport routes 

The first demo focuses on transport planning for infrastructure routes that need to support heavy haul vehicles carrying long components such as wind turbine blades. This creates a practical challenge early in the project. A route can look acceptable on a map and still fail once vehicle geometry, turning behavior, and overhang are taken into account. 

The final application allows teams to:
- start in InfraSpace by assessing alignment alternatives and comparing project-level KPIs such as cost, length, earthworks, and environmental impact 
- send a selected road alignment to VIKTOR through the InfraSpace API 
- access the project data in VIKTOR and display the route in a 2D basemap 
- define the vehicle and trailer configuration 
- assess multiple scenarios by running swept path analyses 
- export the results back to InfraSpace or to third party GIS or CAD software 

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### Demo 2: transmission line sag calculation app for early route validation 

The second demo focuses on transmission line planning, where route alternatives can be compared early but technical feasibility is often checked later in a separate step. That creates risk because a route may look promising at first and still lead to problems once terrain, span geometry, cable behavior, and clearance requirements are taken into account. 

The final application allows teams to: 
- start in InfraSpace by comparing transmission line alternatives using indicators such as route length, estimated cost, embodied CO2, land use, and terrain conditions 
- send the selected alignment and tower data to VIKTOR through the InfraSpace API 
- visualize the route and elevation profile in VIKTOR to review the alignment in a clearer engineering context 
- define cable and loading inputs such as cable diameter, cable tension, wind load, and other relevant parameters 
- generate sag and clearance visualizations to assess how the line behaves across the terrain 
- evaluate different configurations and review each span independently to check whether clearance requirements are met 
- export the results back to InfraSpace or to GIS or CAD software 

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## Wrapping up 

InfraSpace helps teams create and compare infrastructure alternatives earlier, and VIKTOR extends that process with a platform for engineering applications and project-specific workflows. Together, they make it easier to move from route ideas to validated options without breaking the process into disconnected steps. If you want to explore how this could work for your own infrastructure projects, you can book a demo with the [InfraSpace](https://infraspace.tech/book-demo) and [VIKTOR](https://www.viktor.ai/book-a-demo) teams. 

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Building

Architecture & Planning

Revit

If you missed the session or want to revisit any part of it, the full webinar recording is available on demand [here](https://m.viktor.ai/autodesk-devcon-webinar).

In this blog, you will: 
- Learn how to use AI to create ACC and Forma apps in minutes 
- Understand why AI matters now for engineering teams working under increasing pressure 
- Learn about Autodesk's AI strategy 
- See how Autodesk Assistant works with a VIKTOR MCP 

## Use AI to create ACC and Forma apps in minutes 

Peter opened the webinar by stepping back from tools and demos for a moment. He started with the broader issues our society and industry are currently facing, and how these pressures are also being felt by engineering teams. Expectations keep growing. Teams need to deliver faster. Projects are more complex. At the same time, many workflows are still fragmented and too manual. 

That is where AI starts to matter. Peter explained that AI is not valuable just because it is new. It becomes valuable when it helps engineers remove repetitive work, connect data, and automate steps that normally slow projects down. 

Peter then moved into the first live demo, showing how to use the VIKTOR App Builder to create an application that connects to Autodesk Construction Cloud, visualizes a Revit model, and includes an AI model inside the app. With a single prompt, Peter created an app that connects to ACC, displays the model, and lets users interact with it through a built in LLM chat. The app also includes custom tools so the model can query structural categories with the right ACC context. 

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This type of technology changes who can participate in building automation. More engineers can move from idea to working app without needing deep software development experience from day one. 

The best way to understand what can be done with the App Builder is by trying it yourself. If you want to reproduce the same app, start with setting up the Autodesk integration in VIKTOR: [Create BIM applications in minutes with AI and Autodesk Platform Services](https://www.viktor.ai/blog/214/create-bim-applications-in-minutes-with-ai-and-autodesk-platform-services).  

Next, download [this model](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c14dfUyAgxOY0P6TPj1MZZOqCe-dSlwO?usp=sharing), upload it to ACC, and run the prompt below in the VIKTOR App Builder. 

 


Create an app that connects with ACC

## Autodesk's AI strategy 

 

After the first demo, Anthony took over and explained Autodesk's AI strategy. This part connected the hands on demo to the larger direction Autodesk is taking across its platform. 

 

Anthony explained that Autodesk is built around an open platform approach, making tools, APIs, and data accessible so developers and partners can build workflows that fit real project needs. That is why Autodesk Platform Services matter so much in this story. They provide the foundation for accessing project data, connecting systems, and creating applications on top of Autodesk tools. 

 

From there, Anthony focused on MCPs and Autodesk Assistant. He explained that MCPs are becoming a key part of how AI systems get access to the right context and perform useful actions inside real tools. 

 

The Autodesk Assistant is becoming more than a chatbot. It can work with official Autodesk MCPs and connect with trusted third party MCPs, which makes it possible to complete more useful engineering tasks across systems. Anthony also highlighted that these integrations are being built with product context, security, and Autodesk's trusted AI principles in mind. 

 
## Autodesk Assistant with a VIKTOR MCP 

Peter showed how the Autodesk Assistant can consume a third party MCP to perform a real engineering task. For this demo, he used a VIKTOR app exposed as an MCP for HVAC duct optimization. The workflow started inside the Autodesk Assistant, but the engineering logic came from the VIKTOR side. 

Peter showed an HVAC air supply model where duct sizing needed to be optimized. The Autodesk Assistant queried the relevant information from the model, including duct geometry, velocity, and flow related data. That information was then passed to the VIKTOR MCP, which returned the optimal duct sizes. 

In short, the workflow looked like this: 
1. Autodesk Assistant receives the task 
2. The assistant collects the relevant model context 
3. The context is passed to the VIKTOR MCP 
4. The VIKTOR MCP runs the optimization logic 
5. The optimized duct sizes are returned back into the workflow 

This demo showed the value of connected AI workflows clearly. Autodesk Assistant acted as the orchestrator, while the VIKTOR MCP delivered the engineering logic. That separation is important because it lets teams combine Autodesk context with specialized tools that already contain trusted calculations and company workflows. 

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This is also part of the fundamental shift happening in engineering. Agents, whether they live inside VIKTOR or inside the Autodesk Assistant, are changing the way engineers work. Instead of jumping between disconnected tools, engineers can start using AI systems that understand context, call the right tools, and help move work forward in one connected flow.

## Wrapping up 

This webinar showed a practical path forward for AI in engineering. It showed how teams can use AI to create APS apps faster and connect them to real project workflows. 

It also gave a clearer view of Autodesk's AI strategy, how the Autodesk Assistant can evolve into a more capable interface for MCP driven workflows, and how VIKTOR can play a leading role by bringing trusted engineering logic into these connected systems. 

If you want to explore how these workflows could fit your own engineering process, [book a demo here](https://www.viktor.ai/book-a-demo).  

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Mechanical

Environmental

Water

Electrical

Sustainability

Civil3D

If you missed the webinar or want to revisit any part of it, watch the full recording [here.](https://streamyard.com/watch/wf8zkvuWDM9u) 

In the following sections, you will: 
- Explore the AU highlights and Forma's connected project lifecycle 
- See how the VIKTOR platform helps you build, scale, and connect engineering apps 
- Revisit the demos and try the Civil 3D prompt yourself 
- See how VIKTOR MCP connects engineering workflows through ChatGPT and Autodesk Assistant 


## Highlights from Autodesk University 2026 

Autodesk University 2026 highlighted AI use cases in real projects and Autodesk Forma’s role in connecting the full project lifecycle. Jeremy started with highlights from over 500 sessions across Design and Make in Las Vegas. Stijn noted that AI was already a hot topic last year, but this year he saw more interesting use cases in real projects. 

Jeremy then explained how Autodesk Forma connects the whole project lifecycle, from planning and design to preconstruction, construction, and operations. Autodesk's APIs let teams connect data from this environment to their own engineering tools and calculations. 

VIKTOR's integrations bring this connected ecosystem into custom engineering workflows. At AU, the VIKTOR booth was busy with attendees exploring demos, and Jeremy noticed people stopping by each time he walked past. The collaboration behind these integrations has grown over time, with VIKTOR now an Autodesk Gold Partner. 


## Build, scale, and connect with the VIKTOR platform 

Stijn introduced the VIKTOR platform as a trusted environment where engineers can combine engineering logic, AI, project data, and existing software into reusable apps and workflows. 

VIKTOR provides a trusted environment where engineers can combine engineering logic, AI, project data, and existing software into reusable apps and workflows. These solutions can be tested and verified before being deployed across projects and teams, with the governance, access control, versioning, and auditability needed for engineering organizations. 

He described three pillars that support this approach: building powerful engineering apps, scaling them safely across teams, and connecting engineering tools. Teams can build with the App Builder or VIKTOR SDK, with knowledge-base guides and API references available to support development. VIKTOR Desktop connects apps to local software on Windows, while cloud integrations connect them to services such as Autodesk Forma. 

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VIKTOR's updated integrations with Forma Site Design, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D sit alongside its existing connections with Revit and Autodesk Platform Services
 

## Automate road alignment and profile reviews in Civil 3D with VIKTOR AI 

Jeremy's explanation of Autodesk's connected ecosystem came together in Stijn's demos. In the Civil 3D example, Stijn used VIKTOR AI to build a road alignment review app that reads an open drawing and samples surface elevations along a selected alignment. The app displays the alignment's position and elevation profile in two interactive views. 

For teams that prepare alignment review plots in Excel, the app removes repeated data transfers and chart setup. When the alignment changes, you can rerun the app to generate updated plots directly from the open Civil 3D drawing. 

You can create the same app Stijn demonstrated by copying the prompt below into the VIKTOR App Builder. 

Automate road alignment and profile reviews in Civil 3D

After the agent finishes building the app, [download and install VIKTOR Desktop](https://docs.viktor.ai/docs/create-apps/software-integrations/viktor-desktop/) and follow the setup guide to connect Civil 3D. Then download the [sample Civil 3D drawing](https://github.com/viktor-platform/ifc-sample-models/releases/download/CIVIL3D/longitudinal-profile-civil-3d.1.dwg) and open it in Civil 3D. Keep the drawing open while using the app. 

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You can also extend Stijn's app to calculate cut and fill areas between the ground and design profiles. Your drawing needs a design profile associated with the selected alignment. Submit this follow-up prompt: 

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Extend the app to let me choose a design profile for the selected Civil 3D alignment and compare it with the selected ground surface. Shade cut where ground is above the design and fill where it is below. Report the longitudinal cut and fill areas over the selected station range in squared drawing units. Split at crossings, exclude missing data, and keep the drawing unchanged. 
``` 

## Create engineering workflows with VIKTOR MCP 

Stijn then moved from individual apps to connected workflows, showing two demos with VIKTOR MCP. Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), compatible AI assistants can call VIKTOR apps, run calculations, and pass results between steps.

In the first demo, ChatGPT coordinated a workflow through VIKTOR apps: running an ETABS analysis, using the results to design and optimize footings, and drawing them in AutoCAD. The assistant handled the handovers between tools, while the apps performed the engineering calculations, leaving the results available for the engineer to review. 

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The second demo showcased a connection between Autodesk Assistant in Revit and VIKTOR MCP. The assistant retrieved information from the Revit model and called a VIKTOR app to optimize ducts. The engineer could then open the app to inspect the results.

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This connection to VIKTOR MCP would let engineers call VIKTOR apps for engineering calculations directly from Autodesk Assistant inside Revit. It is still part of the roadmap, with availability hoped for in early 2027; the timing remains indicative. 


## Wrapping up 

The Autodesk University 2026 recap highlighted practical AI use cases and better connections across the project lifecycle. Jeremy’s overview of Autodesk Forma and Stijn’s VIKTOR demos showed how these themes relate to everyday engineering work. 

From reviewing Civil 3D alignments to connecting analysis, footing design, and drawing through VIKTOR MCP, the demos illustrated ways to reduce manual preparation and handovers while keeping engineering results available for review. The Autodesk Assistant demo offered a preview of starting specialist calculations directly from Revit. 

Watch the full webinar to revisit the AU 2026 highlights, or [book a demo](https://www.viktor.ai/book-a-demo) to explore how VIKTOR could support your team’s workflows. 





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