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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…
Drainage design
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The City of Fayetteville’s flood resiliency in the face of climate change: mapping 15 watersheds
You’ll find dozens of US cities and counties named after Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, but the city in North Carolina was the first – and probably the only one he ever actually visited. Originally called Cross Creek…
Customer stories
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InfoWorks WS Pro 2024.5: Model Diagnostic Tables, Demand Area Analysis, and the age of your water
The latest update to InfoWorks WS Pro is here, with improvements to the platform to make hydraulic modelers’ lives easier. InfoWorks WS Pro 2024.5 introduces Diagnostic Tables to the platform so users can find stability issues within a given hydraulic model with…
Product news
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AU 2023: The year AI took center stage for Autodesk water solutions
Autodesk University this year marked a significant focus on the water industry and solutions. This was evident in the core narrative of the AEC keynote and industry forum, highlighting Autodesk's unique attention to water as a valuable resource.
Events
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1D vs 2D hydraulic modeling: What’s the difference? Pros and cons? How do you decide?
Predicting floods and how these flows of water interact with topography and infrastructure has presented a menagerie of challenges for engineers past and present. Floods are dynamic events that encompass a series of interrelated factors that determine the resultant effects. Factors like…
Storm, sewer, flood
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Designing sustainable irrigation networks with InfoWorks WS Pro
Agriculture accounts for roughly 70% of global water usage annually – a staggering statistic that underscores the world’s need for sustainable and well-managed irrigation systems. In addition, irrigated agriculture accounts for 40% of the world’s food supply, despite taking up only 20%…
Sustainability
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Autodesk InfoDrainage integrates AI drainage design feature 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…
Product news
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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…
Product news
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InfoWorks ICM now integrates with Civil 3D, uniting designers with hydraulic modelers for flood analysis
Everything in the built environment progresses through the planning phase and design phase, before eventually being constructed and operated. In the planning phase, sites are scoped, drainage studies are completed, and hydraulic analyses are run to understand where and when capital improvements…
Product news
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New Technical Information Hubs to support Autodesk Water desktop products
The Autodesk Water team is excited to release our latest Technical Information Hubs for our desktop products. These newly released information hubs work to collect the wealth of information that various Autodesk teams provide to customers each and every day, all in…
Product news