• VHB simplified and streamlined their workflows by adopting InfoDrainage

    VHB was looking for an integrated drainage solution for their land development projects, so they partnered with Autodesk to try out new modeling software. VHB engineers shared their experience using InfoDrainage with Senior Product Manager Samer Muhandes at Autodesk University in their excellent presentation Navigating Stormwater: How VHB Overcame Drainage Challenges Using InfoDrainage. We’re excerpting…

    Customer stories

  • Info360 Asset adds ‘Event’ record and smarter ways to link assets and data

    We’ve collected the most recent updates to Info360 Asset, our web-based app for asset management professionals, which include a new record type, Events, easier ways to add media, and smarter ways to connect your assets and data. We have added Events to Info360 Asset as a new record type. This allows asset managers to upload…

    Product news

  • Understanding fire hydrants: How do they work and why are they different colors?

    Fire hydrants are all around us. These above-ground pipe fittings can supply flows upwards of 1,500 gallons per minute to save lives and put out fires across the world. We all know what fire hydrants do, but how does a fire hydrant work? And why are they sometimes different colors? Hydrants may be painted a…

    Water distribution

  • Lead & Copper Rule: How smart asset management software can help get the lead out

    Are lead pipes in America finally going to be fully removed? That’s the plan. Utilities have spent the last three years preparing for the requirements of the Revised Lead and Copper Rule, and the first deadline has now passed. By October 16, 2024, all US water utilities should have completed an inventory of their pipes…

    Asset management

  • [e-book] Unlock the potential of operations and maintenance with digital transformation

    Operations and maintenance (O&M) in water and wastewater management are at a crossroads. Aging infrastructure, regulatory demands, climate uncertainty, and labor shortages create immense challenges for utilities and municipalities alike. In this complex environment, maintaining service levels and system performance is not a simple task. However, the growing influx of data from utility plants and…

    Operational analytics

  • Risk Analysis Runs for cloud and copying cloud simulation results in InfoWorks ICM 2025.5

    InfoWorks 2025.5 is here, marking the last release of the 2024 calendar year. With it comes new abilities to copy cloud simulation results, run risk analysis on cloud databases, and improved NetCDF file formats for TSD objects. In this post, we’re going to walk through what each of these improvements mean for InfoWorks ICM users,…

    Product news

  • Simulation Health Reporting now available in InfoDrainage 2025.5

    Troubleshooting is an annoying necessity of hydraulic modeling. Why couldn’t my model just work right the first time!? Well, we feel your pain, and we want to make the model troubleshooting process even easier for you. With our new Simulation Health Reporting feature inside InfoDrainage 2025.5, the identification of continuity and convergence errors within hydraulic…

    Product news

  • Integrated highway drainage design with the Civil 3D + InfoDrainage end-to-end workflow

    Transportation infrastructure like highways and roadways remains a vital component of modern engineering work, but – as any highway designer knows – with it comes a series of rigid guidelines for drainage and regulatory compliance. Autodesk has long been helping engineers and designers build better highways, and part of that mission is delivering drainage design…

    Drainage design

  • ICYMI: Watch the top AU2024 customer & partner on-demand sessions

    Autodesk University 2024 in San Diego has come and gone. Did you miss it? We recently put together posts for all the best hydraulic modeling and best drainage design sessions, and this last post wraps up our AU2024 coverage by assembling the top sessions that feature our customers and partners. We’re always grateful for their…

    Events

  • Do your asset managers use hydraulic modeling data? Here’s why they should – and how to do it.

    With our recent development efforts to bring InfoWorks ICM results into Info360 Asset, asset managers can now assess system capacity issues, evaluate LoF and CoF, and identify critical storm durations that impact the sewer and drainage network. This data-driven approach enables you better formulate your risk analyses and prioritize CIP more effectively, focusing on areas…

    Asset management