Samer Muhandes
The latest update of InfoDrainage is here, with advanced clash detection for stormwater controls, cloud simulation analysis tools, and advanced HEC22 Inlet analysis capability. InfoDrainage 2024.3 builds off the most advanced, user-friendly solution in drainage system design to make it even better.
In this post, we’ll walk through what these improvements mean for you, and how you can stay up to date with our product roadmap, webinars, and drainage design training.
Clash detection analysis for Storm Water Controls (SWCs)
With InfoDrainage 2024.3, we believe that we’ve now created the only drainage design software to offer clash detection functionality for stormwater controls. Following the successful implementation of clash detection between pipes and manholes in our previous release, we have extended these functionalities to include stormwater controls that will significantly enhance the utility and comprehensiveness of our clash detection capabilities. This latest addition helps by creating a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for drainage design and hydraulic modeling.
In complex projects, the need for a tool that can quickly identify design conflicts is paramount. Recognizing this, we have expanded our clash detection capabilities to cover:
- Pipes and stormwater controls: Whether it’s a storage structure, swale, or rain garden, our tool can now identify spatial conflicts between these stormwater control measures and your pipeline layout.
- Manholes and stormwater controls: With this update, you can ensure that manholes are optimally placed with respect to stormwater controls, thus avoiding redesigns and project delays.
- Stormwater controls with stormwater controls: InfoDrainage can detect clashes between different types of stormwater controls. This allows for a more coherent and efficient layout, which is crucial for effective water management and environmental protection.
Cloud analysis capability
InfoDrainage has achieved a significant milestone in its journey towards enhanced operational excellence: the migration of our rainfall and runoff services to the cloud. This development, while not currently yielding speed improvements in hydraulic simulations, introduces a number of compelling advantages. Most importantly, this transition enhances operational resilience through a robust, multi-regional data center architecture, thereby mitigating the risks associated with hardware failure and local power outages.
Additionally, our cloud-based platform offers unprecedented scalability, seamlessly accommodating both small-scale and large-scale projects. It also facilitates future efficient remote collaboration, allowing for geographically dispersed drainage designers and site designers to work together in real time. Moreover, the move serves as a long-term, cost-effective alternative by eliminating the need for costly on-premises hardware and maintenance.
HEC-22: advanced inlet analysis capabilities
InfoDrainage now allows for the analysis of networks with multiple types of inlets, expanding beyond our prior capabilities. This flexibility enables you to model and analyze more complex and customized drainage systems accurately. As an extension to our existing HEC-22 inlet capabilities, this release allows for a nuanced examination of each HEC-22 inlet type.
Whether you are working with curb openings, grates, or combination inlets, InfoDrainage now supports a more detailed analysis, offering further insights into system performance and effectiveness. In previous versions, InfoDrainage would establish a depth-flow relationship curve from the inlets and pass it to the engine; InfoDrainage 2024.3 will pass the inlet physical parameters to the engine so they can be considered in the simulation.
Read the release notes and upgrade your version
This latest release underscores our commitment to continually refining InfoDrainage, integrating best-in-class capabilities to ensure you have the tools you need to produce outstanding drainage system designs.
Ready to update?
- You can update InfoDrainage via the Autodesk Access app, or, if you utilize a Thales Licence, from our support site.
- Go deeper into this release with our product release notes.
- Stay up-to-date on what’s coming next with our high-level roadmap.
- You can also explore our free learning series for InfoDrainage here if you’d like help getting started.