Many stormwater design teams rely on workflows that bounce between multiple programs, require repeated file transfers, and depend on clunky spreadsheets. This approach is inefficient, prone to error, and difficult to scale across an organization. InfoDrainage, on the other hand, allows for robust stormwater design all in one place, and easily round-trips with Civil 3D software. In this class, we'll show where Kimley-Horn teams saw meaningful efficiency gains in generating RCNs and round-tripping storm drain networks. Drawing on Kimley-Horn's collaboration with Autodesk, we'll discuss how real-world needs shaped InfoDrainage to benefit both project teams and the industry more broadly. Mike Pizzino, InfoDrainage expert at Autodesk, will co-present.

Discover how VHB, a leading engineering firm, has transformed stormwater management by utilizing InfoDrainage. Attendees will learn how VHB improved their efficiency by transitioning from multiple software solutions to InfoDrainage, a unified and integrated platform. This session will illustrate the pitfalls of designing drainage systems using isolated drainage design tools and spreadsheets, highlighting the associated data loss and their inability to handle complexities. Through a comprehensive case study, attendees will gain insights into how VHB leveraged InfoDrainage to enhance their drainage design workflows and advance sustainable drainage systems. The presentation will explore the technical features of InfoDrainage, highlighting its sophisticated simulation tools powered by the hydrodynamic formulation of the SWMM engine. These tools are designed for accurate representation of the interactions between various drainage objects to tackle the challenges associated with complex sites.

In this session, we'll explore the intricacies of drainage design workflows for transportation projects, including rail, roads, and highways. Using Autodesk's InfoDrainage and Civil 3D software, we'll present a streamlined workflow that facilitates the interaction and data exchange between both software solutions, with a special emphasis on drainage for transportation-related projects. One of the key learnings will be spotlighting the data exchange and results migration capabilities between civil design software (Civil 3D) and drainage design software (InfoDrainage), without the interjection of spreadsheets. Additionally, we'll highlight InfoDrainage software's machine learning (ML) deluge feature, with emphasis on its potential to expedite the concept and early planning process by rapidly identifying ponding locations on a site. Testing data showed the ML deluge outperforming traditional deluge by identifying ponding on a site in four seconds compared to more than nine minutes.

Come see how Civil 3D software and InfoDrainage integrate to design and optimize your drainage design on any site. We will start off with a story of how Kimley-Horn, the Civil 3D team, and the InfoDrainage team worked together to solve some of the most-complex challenges we all face during design. For instance, we will show you the vast improvements we've made, including new Civil 3D objects, interoperability with Civil 3D, clash detection, and the enormous improvements with flexible reporting. In this session, we'll explore how InfoDrainage transforms drainage design workflows and optimizes stormwater management. Attendees will learn to integrate InfoDrainage into project workflows, enhancing collaboration and streamlining processes. Our expertise will guide participants in using InfoDrainage for time-saving Civil 3D interoperability, cost reduction via design logic switching, improved outcomes with clash detection, and compliance assurance through design auditing and reporting.

InfoDrainage and Autodesk Forma will soon work together as part of a connected workflow for site drainage design. In this session, you'll work with Civil 3D and InfoDrainage models hosted in Forma, using live references such as surfaces and CAD background data to keep design information connected across applications.   Starting from a site design, you'll develop and optimize a drainage network in InfoDrainage, leveraging connected site data to accelerate hydrologic design.   The workflow continues with dynamic hydraulic simulation, exceedance assessment, and review of results, followed by compliance-ready reporting. The session concludes by synchronizing the completed drainage design back to Civil 3D, demonstrating a streamlined, connected workflow from site model to validated drainage design.

In this session, we’ll combine the power of InfraWorks software and InfoDrainage to locate and design basins for a proposed 5,000-lot subdivision in Colorado. You’ll learn how to import the architect’s lot layout and overlay on the existing Civil 3D surface in InfraWorks. We’ll cover how to export new locations into Civil 3D, and how to lay out basin, pipes, swales, channel, and so on in InfoDrainage. Once set up and fully tested, repeating the process with new architect layouts will be a breeze!

This session will walk through how catchments or watersheds can be automatically generated using a surface model and assigned to drainage networks as part of a concept design in Civil 3D software. Ultimately, with the InfoDrainage/Civil 3D integration tool, we’ll see how we can bring all the data across to InfoDrainage and use its more extensive runoff routing methods and rainfall generation tools to set up and simulate hydrology and accurately size up the drainage network.

This session will focus on the Civil 3D catchments tool and its integration with the InfoDrainage workflow. You’ll learn the fundamental steps for setting up catchments and importing data into InfoDrainage, as well as strategies to improve workflow efficiency. The presentation will cover the use of the time of concentration calculator within the catchment object for further analysis. Additionally, the session will demonstrate the process of importing catchments into InfoDrainage to start stormwater design seamlessly, highlighting tools and techniques that ensure accurate data transfer. By the end of the session, participants will have the skills to effectively apply these techniques to their own drainage modeling projects, empowering them to optimize design outcomes, streamline project timelines, and enhance overall project quality.

Don't just analyze your storm pipe networks; design them in one go with Civil 3D and InfoDrainage Ultimate software. Supercharge your workflow using Autodesk Docs software to store rainfall data and other design resources. Exchange data between Civil 3D and InfoDrainage for green infrastructure efficiency. Save time by storing pipe exchange settings and collaborating in the cloud.

Join us for an in-depth technical instruction session as we guide you through the entire process of a drainage design project, from preproject planning to detailed design. Harnessing the power of legacy architecture, engineering, and construction tools (InfraWorks and Civil 3D software) as well as the newer tools and InfoDrainage, we'll demonstrate seamless interoperability and connectivity to streamline your workflow. We'll focus on the catchment automation aspects of InfraWorks and Civil 3D. Then, we'll shift to how Civil 3D and InfoDrainage can be used to complete the drainage design even as these subcatchments change as the project progresses. You'll learn practical techniques and best practices for using this interoperability to its fullest potential. By connecting the design-and-make process from end to end, we're advancing practices in the field of drainage design. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your skills and revolutionize your approach to drainage projects with InfraWorks, Civil 3D, and InfoDrainage.

In this session, we'll explore how digital tools like InfoDrainage are transforming drainage design through advanced reporting capabilities. This presentation will guide engineers through the process of converting complex drainage data into actionable, flexible reports that enhance decision making and ensure compliance. Learn about the ability of InfoDrainage to integrate diverse data types from various projects, creating customized reports tailored to meet specific regulatory and stakeholder requirements. We'll demonstrate practical strategies you can use to complete drainage design from concept to detailed design stage while integrating the drainage network within the site design in Civil 3D software and producing flexible reports to meet local authority requirements.

With the release of drainage tools for Civil 3D 2026, users are asking: How do these tools fit into Autodesk's drainage design ecosystem? This session provides a clear, practical comparison of drainage tools for Civil 3D and InfoDrainage, including how each solution integrates into your workflows. We will demonstrate how to combine Autodesk tools with open-source solutions and LLM's to unlock new possibilities. We streamline the drainage design process by using API and Civil 3D tools for catchment delineation. Walk away with a practical understanding of the tools, with the ability to navigate Autodesk's evolving drainage design landscape and leverage a hybrid ecosystem for scalable, intelligent design.

Early‑stage flood resilience design relies on simplified assumptions, limiting understanding of how site-design decisions influence flood performance. This session will present an InfoDrainage‑led workflow to quantify flood resilience at site scale through coordinated parametric design and hydraulic modeling. The session will show how InfoDrainage, Autodesk Civil 3D, Subassembly Composer, and Dynamo software are used together to drive parametric site design and generate inputs for 1D‑2D flood simulation. Rule‑based design logic enables rapid, repeatable generation of site grading and flood mitigation solutions using Dynamo Player. The resulting BIM‑ready terrain and surface models support scenario testing across exceedance and climate change scenarios.

This session will walk through how catchments or watersheds can be automatically generated using a surface model and assigned to drainage networks as part of a concept design in Civil 3D software. Ultimately, with the Civil 3D InfoDrainage integration tool, we'll show how you can bring all the data across to InfoDrainage and use its more extensive runoff routing methods and rainfall generation tools to set up and simulate hydrology, and accurately size up the drainage network.

InfoDrainage for Civil 3D software is a tool designed to support the requirements of delivering BIM (Building Information Modeling) compliance with optimized drainage design workflows. Civil 3D pipe networks and surfaces can be created from InfoDrainage networks or vice-versa and kept up to date via Parts Mapping. With InfoDrainage providing the tools to design, optimize, analyze, and compare drainage designs, gaining approval can be easy. Including traditional drainage and green infrastructure elements as 3D objects, the design remains true to site, helping to better communicate and support sustainable design approaches. Drainage designs involve iterative changes, which can be a painful and time-consuming process. Round-tripping is supported from InfoDrainage to Civil 3D networks, which can help to reduce data errors during required model updates. Using InfoDrainage for Civil 3D, engineers can efficiently represent their designs, giving greater confidence in the validity and accuracy of design information.

Delivering a multimodal corridor requires more than geometry alone; it demands coordination across design, drainage, automation, and visualization. This session will show how ICON Engineering applied a connected approach on the 124th Avenue corridor in Thornton, Colorado. Civil 3D software served as the backbone of the design, while Dynamo, InfoDrainage, and InfraWorks software systems were integrated into a single pipeline. Dynamo automated alignments, profiles, and utility coordination tasks; stormwater design was developed and validated in InfoDrainage; and the design was brought into InfraWorks for visualization and stakeholder communication.

Early-stage drainage design prioritizes speed, using simplified assumptions to test options quickly. However, challenges such as combined sewer overflows (CSOs), flooding, biodiversity loss, and wider community outcomes are increasingly interconnected and require a more systems-based approach that extends beyond the traditional boundaries of the water sector. This session explores how connected digital workflows can support the identification, design, and validation of sustainable drainage interventions that deliver multiple benefits. Using an anonymized case study, attendees will see how opportunities can be rapidly explored through parametric site-design workflows in Civil 3D and InfoDrainage, then assessed through system-scale modelling in InfoWorks ICM to understand impacts on flood risk and CSO frequency, volume, and timing. The session focuses on balancing speed, rigour, and confidence in decision-making, helping practitioners understand how technology, systems thinking, and proportionate modelling can support more resilient and integrated outcomes for communities and the environment.

Resilient infrastructure demands smarter design—especially as flood risks rise and environmental targets tighten. In this industry talk, we’ll explore how evolving regulatory and environmental challenges in the United Kingdom have shaped the way we approach surface water management on major infrastructure programs. In the past—while working with large, complex sites and multiple data-rich models—we’ve faced limitations in relation to integration, scale, and design flexibility. By transitioning to new approaches and tools such as InfoDrainage software, we’ve unlocked new efficiencies in design workflows, enabled spatial coordination, and better supported the delivery of sustainable, resilient systems. With case studies from recent UK projects, we’ll also touch on the integration of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and green infrastructure to meet climate goals and protect the environment. You’ll gain practical strategies for implementing more-intelligent, future-ready drainage designs—and you’ll get a few fresh perspectives along the way!

Water infrastructure is changing fast, and your tools need to keep up. Join Autodesk water experts to explore the latest innovations across InfoDrainage, InfoWorks ICM, InfoWorks WS Pro, InfoWater Pro, and Info360 Insight. Discover how you can streamline workflows for drainage design, hydraulic modeling, and asset management, alongside expanding integrations with Civil 3D and the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection. Discover what's new, what's coming next, and how it all connects. You'll get a sneak peek at in-development capabilities, and you'll have the chance to connect directly with the teams behind these solutions, ask questions, and share feedback that helps drive the roadmap forward.