Drainage design
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How InfoDrainage integrates with Civil 3D and how the integration is growing
Our team of drainage experts and product developers have made it their mission to solve this industry challenge through expanding integrations between InfoDrainage, Autodesk’s drainage design solution, and Civil 3D, the world’s foremost civil design software.
Drainage design
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Putting the squeeze in sponge cities: Amsterdam’s Waternet and the innovative RESILIO blue-green roof project
The RESILIO project has helped Amsterdam repurpose rooftops as smart blue-green roofs to reuse rainwater and prevent localized flooding. This project, along with other sustainable water initiatives like the Amsterdam Rainproof program, continues to position the Netherlands at the forefront of water management. We examine the details of the project, how our software is used,…
Customer stories
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New video: ‘Fundamentals of Drainage Design’
If you are a new civil engineer, urban planner, or simply interested in understanding how drainage systems work, we have a brand-new course that’s designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to tackle drainage design challenges. The video was created and narrated by Drainage Design Product Engineer Daniel Yardley, who is located…
Drainage design
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How engineers can help prevent catastrophic flooding
Severe weather events are some of the largest looming threats to civilization in the next many decades. The power of water is humbling, something that anyone who has ever been through a flood knows well. Floods can wreak havoc on urban communities, destroying homes, but also destroy environments, damaging wetlands and natural habitats. However, we aren’t helpless. As a…
Drainage design
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Autodesk InfoDrainage integrates Artificial Intelligence with Machine Learning Deluge tool
Every built thing in the world has a drainage plan. From housing developments to commercial properties to roads and railways – each of these unique engineering projects requires resilient stormwater infrastructure and sustainable drainage design. For much of human history, engineers and builders took a more rudimentary path towards drainage: dig holes, oversize pipes and canals,…
AI
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InfoDrainage 2024.4: Machine Learning, results migration with Civil 3D, speed improvements
The Autodesk InfoDrainage team has built in some fantastic new features into InfoDrainage 2024.4, including intelligent machine learning deluge, results mapping with Civil 3D, and speed and scalability improvements. In this post, we’ll walk through what these improvements mean for you, and how you can stay up to date with our product roadmap, webinars, and drainage…
Product news
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Transforming your drainage design workflows with InfoDrainage
Building sustainable water infrastructure is at the core of our mission here at Autodesk. This is why our development teams have been hard at work building InfoDrainage into the foremost drainage design platform. It represents a single solution for sanitary and storm sewer design, all in an easy-to-use interface, with integrations into Civil 3D and…
Drainage design
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InfoDrainage 2024.3: Cloud Analysis, Clash Detection, HEC22 Advanced Inlet Analysis
The latest update of InfoDrainage is here, with advanced clash detection for stormwater controls, cloud simulation analysis tools, and advanced HEC22 Inlet analysis capability. InfoDrainage 2024.3 builds off the most advanced, user-friendly solution in drainage system design to make it even better. In this post, we’ll walk through what these improvements mean for you, and…
Drainage design
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InfoDrainage Standard vs Ultimate: What’s the difference?
Autodesk’s InfoDrainage is a drainage design and analysis solution that designers, developers, landscape architects, engineers, consultants and approval authorities rely on to: Water professionals who are completely new to InfoDrainage sometimes ask us which version they need to get started. For many years, we offered two versions of InfoDrainage, but as of August 7, 2024,…
Drainage design
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Designing drainage sustainably: 6 SuDS options inside InfoDrainage
When storms cause flooding, we often want to make water flow as quickly as possible away from the problem. But water is an asset, not a problem. Just as with traffic on our highways, making the pipes wider and the flow faster doesn’t solve the problem. By holding on to water or controlling how quickly…
Drainage design