Learning Infraworks

Course details

InfraWorks is a powerful new tool from Autodesk that lets you create and visualize preliminary designs in stunning 3D. It enables you to communicate your ideas to anyone, regardless of prior knowledge of design or engineering, by positioning your model in fully featured landscape and cityscapes. The final effect makes your ideas seem more credible to clients, and helps you, the designer, analyze how models will perform in the real world. In this course, Eric Chappell shows you the essential features to get you up and running with InfraWorks and quickly able to create and share your own designs. Learn how to build an initial model from scratch or import it from another source; add roads, buildings, and water features; adjust the rendering settings to better present your model; and analyze how changes in terrain, light, and shadows affect your design.

Learning objectives
Working within the InfraWorks environment
Building a model of existing conditions
Creating a new design with roads, coverage, and buildings
Add detail with trees, water features, and points of interest
Using styles to change the appearance of your design
Presenting your design
Analyzing your design

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - Working with the InfraWorks 2015.3 Update

1. Work within the InfraWorks Environment

04 - Using the Start page
05 - Operating the user interface
06 - Understanding the InfraWorks model
07 - Navigating the model using the mouse
08 - Navigating the model using the ViewCube
09 - Navigating the model by selection
10 - Applying bookmarks

2. Establish Existing Conditions

11 - Creating a model with Model Builder
12 - Getting data from the National Map Viewer
13 - Creating a model from scratch
14 - Importing imagery
15 - Configuring the model
16 - Importing terrain data
17 - Importing road and railway data
18 - Importing water feature data

3. Create Your Design

19 - Creating roads
20 - Editing roads
21 - Creating coverages
22 - Editing coverages
23 - Creating and editing buildings

4. Add Detail

24 - Creating trees
25 - Editing trees
26 - Creating water features
27 - Editing water features
28 - Working with points of interest
29 - Working with city furniture

5. Create and Apply Styles

30 - Working with the Style palette
31 - Creating a material style
32 - Creating and applying a coverage style
33 - Creating a material group
34 - Copying and modifying a road style

6. Present Your Design

35 - Working with Model Generation settings
36 - Looking at 3D Graphics settings
37 - Working with visual effects
38 - Checking out the Sun and Sky settings
39 - Working with snapshots and renders
40 - Working with storyboards

7. Analyze Your Design

41 - Measuring your model
42 - Analyzing terrain
43 - Analyzing light and shadow

Conclusion

44 - Next steps