Introduction - Simulate Quick and Accurate Traffic Flows (2:39 min)

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GOYO GRZESKOW: Hi.

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Welcome to the course How To Simulate Quick

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and Accurate Traffic Workflows.

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My name is Goyo.

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I'm a Civil/Structural Engineer at Autodesk.

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Before starting, if you haven't checked

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the previous conceptual design courses

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available on the Connected Learning website,

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and you are just starting designing with InfraWorks,

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I'll strongly suggest you to complete first

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the course being displayed, as to follow the present course

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content requires the ability to create, edit, and modify

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both roads and intersections using InfraWorks.

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All of which is very well explained

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within the Be More Efficient with BIM

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by Designing Roads in InfraWorks course.

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To find it, check the website address displayed

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on the screen, or open your browser and search,

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Customer Success Learning Hub Civil Engineering Disciplines.

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Then enter the conceptual design--

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thus, civil engineer section--

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and you will see that.

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If you have already the mentioned abilities,

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you are good to go for what's coming.

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Having the different design proposals

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validated with real data in order

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to check or design against an as close as possible to reality

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environment is extremely important,

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as these validation directly impacts on the efficiency

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and, of course, the time consumed

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during any conceptual design stage.

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The less you have to amend your proposals, the more efficient

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you get in exchange.

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Having a tool capable of running simulations

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that returns the insight required to understand

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if a specific proposal addresses the requirements of a real life

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data environment or not is a powerful feature,

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ideal for conceptual designers of any kind of discipline.

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Computer simulation is often used

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to model systems for which simple and closed-form

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analytical solutions are not possible.

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Traffic simulation is an InfraWorks feature

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able to run simulations computed on the cloud that are later

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used by civil and transport engineers

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to validate and confirm proposals while designing

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roads, highways, intersections, parking lots, et

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cetera, within a conceptual design stage and in no time.

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Traffic modeling and simulation is particularly

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useful in congested conditions, where the free flow

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relationships between flow, speed, and density no longer

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apply.