Trevor English
This is the time of year when Autodesk releases its most significant software updates. While we are bumping up the numbers on our software – from 2025 to 2026 – we are delivering an exciting collection of product updates to our water infrastructure software. We’re introducing new workflows to help our customers be more efficient, make more informed decisions, and collaborate across stakeholder groups.
But something else is new this year: We’re re-introducing four industry-standard products from the former Innovyze portfolio and making them available for purchase as Autodesk subscriptions. Let’s begin by breaking down the biggest new features in each product for the 2026 versions.
InfoWorks ICM 2026: Subgrid Sampling for speedier sims
InfoWorks ICM 2026 brings new workflows for speeding up hydraulic modeling through mesh simplification.
Subgrid Sampling is a feature that allows you to optionally use larger mesh elements in your model while still capturing highly accurate and detailed topographical changes in your surface. We’ve developed this using depth-volume variations within larger mesh elements to maintain the accuracy of a finer mesh. If you don’t need a finer mesh, you can speed up your hydraulic simulations by reducing complexity.
As a stormwater nerd, I think there is some pretty cool math and engineering that goes into making this possible. The approach minimizes the digital footprint by avoiding the need for excessively detailed meshes, enabling users to run larger models for longer durations more efficiently, addressing a common need for faster model simulations. If you want to see it in action, InfoWorks ICM Product Manager Samer Muhandes discusses this feature in greater detail in a webinar, How Autodesk is Shaping the Future of Stormwater, Wastewater, and Water Distribution.
Want to know more about Subgrid Sampling? Read our standalone article New in InfoWorks ICM 2026: Subgrid Sampling offers speedier sims or the What’s New product notes.
InfoDrainage 2026: Simulation Health Reporting finds errors for you
InfoDrainage 2026 delivers easier workflows with prior-year versions and health reporting that reduces your troubleshooting time.
Simulation Health Reporting takes the guesswork out of identifying and addressing errors in your hydraulic simulation – no more manual checking, no more scrolling through your network to try to find something that seems off. With Simulation Health Reporting, the tool highlights where the problem is and which storm simulation it’s associated with. It then provides a “go to” button, allowing you to jump directly to the problematic element. Your troubleshooting process just got supercharged.
Backwards compatibility now allows users to work with both InfoDrainage 2025 and Civil 3D 2025, making it that much easier to manage historical models and reports, simplifying the process of sharing models and ensuring that you won’t face any issues when working with different versions.
In addition, we’ve made some minor rainfall improvements, which you can read about in the What’s New notes in our InfoDrainage help content.
InfoWater Pro 2026: Leakage Modeling on nodes and pipes
We’re excited to see how users adopt the new Leakage Modeling functionality in InfoWater Pro 2026, which allows for fixed and variable district leakage to be modeled on nodes and pipes. This enables modelers to allocate leakage throughout their model easily based on system leakage estimates while preserving the total outflow volume, making it very easy for modelers to simply add this functionality to their existing models.
With this functionality, you will be able to better track and model non-revenue water and represent it accurately in your hydraulic model. In addition, leakage can be visualized on the map, helping you quickly identify leak-prone areas. Need to demonstrate to non-technical stakeholders where the system is having issues? This is going to be a very handy way for your stakeholders to understand the impacts of potential decisions on reducing system leakage, like pipe replacements or operational changes.
Also new in InfoWater Pro 2026 are new ways to personalize your modeling experience and advanced features that can help you reduce non-revenue water in your system.
Plus, the map themes update improves the mapping interface with larger, expandable windows and added functionality for better usability. InfoWater Pro 2026 also now supports multiple attributes within a theme, proving greater flexibility and depth in how themes are applied and shared across different views.
Want to know more about Leakage Modeling? Read New for InfoWater Pro 2026: advanced Leakage Modeling.
InfoWorks WS Pro 2026: Demand Watch, IWLive Pro
This year’s release is all about making integrating with different tools easier than ever, increasing your modeling capabilities.
Demand Watch is now fully integrated within InfoWorks WS Pro, eliminating the need for a separate installer, server, or interface. You’ll now be able to create demand forecasts automatically and directly apply them to IWLive baselines. All these configurations and results are stored within the InfoWorks WS Pro database, making version control a snap and simplifying data management.
IWLive Pro is also now installed alongside InfoWorks WS Pro, simplifying the configuration and setup process without requiring a separate installation. InfoWorks WS Pro users can deploy and test IWLive models with demand forecasting using the Operator Client, which allows simulation of operational changes – such as pipe bursts and valve isolations – within IWLive Pro. This provides real-time insights into the impact on the network and affected customers, enhancing confidence in the models configured from InfoWorks WS Pro. A separate license of IWLive is required to automate the system and share with operators for incident management, but we encourage our users to take it for a test drive.
Want to know more? Read the What’s New notes for InfoWorks WS Pro 2026.
Info360 Asset: Manhole Risk Modeling and Stormwater System Types
Manhole Risk Modeling provides you with necessary workflows for risk modeling on sanitary sewer manhole assets. This means that you can make more informed and defendable decisions on critical assets in your network.
The new Stormwater System Type brings import and export capabilities for a wide range of stormwater-specific assets, such as linear drains, which are now dynamically driven and published on the map and data grids.
Info360 Insight: pump curve improvements
The latest update to Info360 Insight delivers enhancements to pump curves. You are now able to bulk upload pump curves, saving you time over the prior, more manual workflow of uploading one by one. In addition, you can now set upper and lower limits for allowable and preferred rating ranges utilizing pump properties, making assessing desired pump efficiency states easier.
Back in action: XPSWMM, InfoAsset Manager, ICMLive, IWLive Pro
While Autodesk is innovating quickly to serve the AECO industry with a cloud-connected, open data platform, we understand the water industry faces challenges with transitioning as quickly as technology evolves. While innovation may be top of mind, and full digital transformation is always going to be the goal, adopting new systems and processes can sometimes take a back seat to maintaining crucial use cases. We know that budgets are tight, and there is a shortage of digital skills in the industry, so for some water utilities, these time-tested pieces of software and systems are still doing mission-critical work.
This is why we have extended the availability of XPSWMM, InfoAsset Manager, ICMLive, and IWLive Pro via flexible and scalable Autodesk subscription plans, to help our customers tackle every aspect of the water infrastructure asset lifecycle. To learn more about these subscription plans, including pricing, read our customer FAQ.
Follow our public product roadmap
Want to know what’s coming next? Follow along on the Autodesk Water Infrastructure Roadmap to see the significant progress we’re making with integrating Innovyze software. Interested in any of the software covered in this post? Visit the respective product site on Autodesk.com and contact our team.