InfoDrainage

  • Choosing a drainage design solution: InfoDrainage or InfoWorks ICM?

    What are the factors that should lead us to choose a drainage design solution? Or as I am sometimes asked by customers: “Should I use InfoDrainage or InfoWorks ICM for drainage design?” This might not even be the right question to ask. Perhaps it is more about aligning the right tools with the right problems…

    Commentary

  • Water Drop workflow videos: InfoDrainage ANZ edition

    We’ve been releasing Water Drop workflow videos at a steady pace in the past few months. These are short videos to help illustrate popular ­– but also sometimes lesser-known ­– workflows in our water software.  This set of three new videos isn’t just for water professionals in Australia and New Zealand region (aka “ANZ”), but…

    Water Talks

  • InfoDrainage 2024.1 update: HGL, EGL, part-family awareness, better Civil 3D round-tripping

    InfoDrainage, our drainage design and analysis technology for creating sustainable and consciously green drainage networks, saw numerous efficiency updates earlier this year. Now, there’s even more value to add to your designs and BIM workflows with enhanced Civil 3D round-tripping functionality and newly added hydraulic grade lines and energy grade lines, which are an important…

    Product news

  • 4 New Water Drop workflow videos: audit reporting, phase management, printing, and RTC

    We've been releasing new Water Drop videos every month since we began this project. Every time we add a new one, we include it on our Water Drop YouTube playlist. You can be updated every time we release a new video by subscribing to our YouTube channel and turning on notifications.

    Water Talks

  • Join us on Wednesdays for The Drainage Download

    Last month, we kicked off a new initiative, combining our technical resources from multiple teams to answer customers’ burning questions about drainage design in a live setting. Each week, we’ve been sitting together as a group, tackling subjects from 1D-2D analysis to Civil 3D integration with InfoDrainage, as well as answering questions from attendees —…

    Water Talks

  • 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

  • 3 fresh Water Drop workflow videos: pipe-sizing automation, fireflow analysis, and new cloud capabilities

    Happy Spring, everyone. You know what they say: April showers bring May Water Drops! It’s certainly true where I live in Denver, Colorado. Earlier this month, we had 1/3 of our annual rainfall occur in just 72 hours. Streets, roads, and (unfortunately) my basement were flooded. It was a prescient reminder of why hydraulic modelers…

    Water Talks

  • 10 things you can do in InfoDrainage above and beyond SSA in Civil 3D

    Autodesk’s Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA) for Civil 3D is a dynamic hydrologic and hydraulic modelling software that assists in the design and analysis of stormwater systems, sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems. It enables engineers to predict the impact of new designs and changes, optimize system performance, and plan for extreme weather events. If…

    Commentary
  • Pool of water

    InfoDrainage 2024 launch: Design Logic Switch, FEH2022 support, and arc pipes

    Global Launch at Autodesk is the time of year that marks the release of the latest innovations for our software. For InfoDrainage, that means you’re now able to update to InfoDrainage 2024. Here’s what you can expect to find when you’re notified of the latest update from the Autodesk Access app. Introducing Design Logic Switch…

    Product news

  • Jacobs designed an innovative, flood-resistant amphitheatre that stores 150,000 gallons of water underground

    In the town of Sidmouth on the South West coast of England, Jacobs, a leading technical water consultancy, not only designed a flood alleviation scheme that protects residents and properties but created an innovative, unique, impeccably sustainable, dual-use amenity for residents. It’s a strikingly beautiful example of blue-green infrastructure. The Sidmouth area has a long…

    Drainage design