Autodesk Infraworks

Features What’s new in InfraWorks New features in InfraWorks® preliminary design software help enhance detailed road design tasks, improve design decisions, and advance component-based bridge design and point cloud processing.

• Superelevation. Calculate and apply superelevation to any component roads in your model that have curves or spiral-curve-spirals.
• Roadside grading. Vary the slopes and the materials applied to different sections of roadside grading.
• Cross-section views. Assess superelevation, road assembly, and cut-and-fill engineering details of your road design in cross-section form.
• Terrain contours. See more detail in existing and proposed ground surfaces by displaying contours and controlling the interval.
• Manage bridge components. Create and manage bridge components and content directly in InfraWorks.
• Flood simulation. Analyze flooding projects based on multiple inflow locations and water elevation changes over time.
•  Calculate material quantities and export to a CSV file. Calculate earthwork quantities on multiple selected roads, station range, and area of interest parcel, right- of- way.
•  Build roads with components like curbs, lanes, and shoulders
• Component roads. Design roads with curbs, lanes, and shoulders. Create parametric models in Inventor and add them to the component road design.
• Parts Editor. Create custom drainage or piping parts with Inventor and export them to the Parts Editor using a free Inventor plug-in.
• Labels for component roads. View in-canvas labels of bridge and bridge component dimensions depending on your selection and view position.
• Generate features from point clouds. Extract linear features from point clouds. Export linear features, vertical features, and ground grid to AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Labels for bridges. View in-canvas labels of component roads depending on your selection and view position.

Model

• Model existing environment. Create a large-scale model by aggregating existing data including 2D CAD, GIS, raster, and 3D models.
• Automated data import and model creation. Create base models from GIS, Raster, DGN, and SketchUp.
• Photorealistic visual effects. Add dynamic sun and shadows, water, and clouds.
• Generate terrain from point clouds. Build data into your model terrain.
• View projects in context. View projects in context of existing conditions.
• Bridge design configurations. Copy bridge design configurations from one component to another, and from one bridge to another.

Design

• Ramps and center lane flows. Quickly create and edit ramps and center/left-turn lanes.
• Roundabout design. Easily convert an intersection into a roundabout style.
• Area of interest. Expand your designs of parcels, easements, and right-of-ways. Easily and accurately represent them in your InfraWorks model.
• Component-based bridge design. Edit bridge decks and girders independently of other bridge components.
• Smarter pavement drainage. Recognizes and responds to complex geometry.
• Import preliminary designs into AutoCAD Civil 3D. Migrate roads and pipe networks from InfraWorks to AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Analyze

• 2D distance and slope. Measure the distance (horizontal and vertical) and slope between two points in a model.
• Measure distances and areas. Determine the best location for design elements.
• Dynamic site analysis. Work with different data types from many sources.
• Shadow and lighting analysis. Predict how shadows may affect project designs.
• Theme palettes. Visually classify assets according to attributes.
• Bridge line girder analysis. Perform a detailed analysis in the cloud.

Collaborate

• Real-time feedback. Accelerate approvals with the Design Feed feature.
• Model publishing. Publish centrally and more securely in the cloud, then engage stakeholders via web/mobile access.
• Model network storage
• iPad app