InfoWorks WS Pro


  • How our open-source GitHub repository grew from a simple idea into a global engineering community

    Engineers working in hydraulic modeling are increasingly turning to GitHub, scripting, and AI tools to automate workflows and extend their models – including our customers. GitHub has become the world’s largest platform for sharing open-source code. Engineers, researchers, and developers use it to publish everything from small scripts to full software projects. Many widely used…


  • What is EPANET? A practical guide for water engineers

    If you’ve spent any time working in water distribution modeling, you’ve probably come across EPANET. EPANET is a software tool used to simulate the hydraulic and water quality behavior of pressurized water distribution systems. Engineers use it to model how water moves through networks of pipes, nodes, pumps, and valves, and to understand how those…


  • Hydraulic modeling explained: a guide to 1D, 2D and integrated catchment modeling

    Hydraulic modelling is the simulation of how water flows through systems such as pipes, rivers, and surface floodplains. Engineers use it to predict water levels, flow rates, and flood risk, helping design and manage water infrastructure under different conditions. Hydraulic modeling often combines 1D and 2D approaches to represent both network flows and surface behavior…


  • Aguas de Alicante’s digital twin water transformation

    Aguas de Alicante is one of Spain’s oldest water utilities, with roots dating back to 1898 when potable water was first brought to the city of Alicante. It operates under a public-private model and manages the integrated water cycle — including water capture, treatment, distribution, sewerage, and wastewater purification — for Alicante and surrounding municipalities.…


  • Using Ruby scripting with AI agents to extend and improve your hydraulic models

    The art of hydraulic modeling straddles the intersection of creative ingenuity and technical prowess. Can AI agents help you be more creative and technically proficient even if you don’t have a background in computer programming? Creating an effective and accurate hydraulic model isn’t just about ingesting all of your data, but also about getting all…


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    Autodesk and Esri partnership expands with new InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro integrations

    These new Esri integration capabilities in our latest software updates will make it easier for you to tap into the existing Esri data and tools that you’ve invested in and bridge the gap between GIS and BIM, enhancing your overall productivity and data accuracy. Since establishing a strategic partnership, Autodesk and Esri have been committed…


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    How Arcadis uses scripting and cloud simulations to model endless water distribution possibilities

    Arcadis, a global design and engineering consultancy, saw an opportunity to put Autodesk’s InfoWorks WS Pro through its paces to provide insights into one of California’s most complex water systems. One of the largest water utilities in northern California, one with an extensive and complex water network built over decades of suburban expansion, faced a…


  • New batch of Water Drops: Using LIDs/SUDs, soakwell/drywell design, culvert analysis

    It’s been a dry fall in Colorado where I live (and indeed across the US). It’s also been a bit dry on the Water Drop workflow video front in the last month as many of us were meeting customers and industry regulars at Autodesk University. But you can consider this mini-drought over because we now…


  • Isolation vs collaboration: why we should expect parallel workflow capabilities in water engineering software

    Were you in the workforce or studying in 2010 when Uber, the Apple iPad, Microsoft Azure and 4G mobile data networks were released? If so, you will probably recall (perhaps with a sigh of nostalgia about simpler times, tinged with frustration) the sometimes-painful experience of being a team member contributing to a Word document, Excel…


  • InfoWorks WS Pro 2025.4 makes already-fast cloud simulations even faster

    The latest release of InfoWorks WS Pro can be summed up by quoting faux-NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby: “I wanna go fast!” The Autodesk InfoWorks WS Pro product and development team have been shaking and baking over the last few months by making our already fast cloud simulations even faster in InfoWorks WS Pro2025.4. While we’ve…