InfraWorks: Drainage Design

1h 47mIntermediate2018-01-22

Authors

Lynda Sharkey

Technical Specialist, Software Prototyper, Product Manager

Course details

Autodesk InfraWorks is a design and engineering program that can help transportation planners and civil engineers better understand how their projects will function in the real world. In this course, learn how to use this powerful software to model watersheds, culverts, and drainage networks. Instructor Lynda Sharkey covers hydrology terms and methods, explains how to analyze a watershed, and shows how to troubleshoot your watershed model. She also demonstrates how to add culverts to a road both automatically and manually, modify culverts, and create and size drainage networks.

Learning objectives
Hydrology terms and methods
Analyzing a watershed
Troubleshooting your model
Modifying culverts
Culvert reporting
Adding a drainage network to a model
Analyzing and inspecting elements of a drainage network
Sizing a drainage network

Skills covered

InfraWorksCivil EngineeringAutodeskAECDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - Good to know

1. Watersheds

04 - Model housekeeping
05 - Understanding hydrology terms and methods
06 - Analyzing a watershed, part 1
07 - Analyzing a watershed, part 2
08 - Tips and tricks

2. Working with Culverts

09 - Adding culverts to a road automatically
10 - Adding culverts to a road manually
11 - Modifying culverts
12 - Modifying a culvert solution
13 - Culvert reporting

3. Networks

14 - Introduction
15 - Adding a drainage network to the model
16 - Highlighting and viewing drainage networks
17 - Analyzing and inspecting elements of the drainage network
18 - Sizing the drainage network
19 - Modifying and deleting elements of the drainage network

Conclusion

20 - Next steps