April 14, 2016

Improved Upgrade and Collaboration Experience

Previously, only an Admin or Publisher could upgrade a cloud model to match the new version of InfraWorks, while Authors and Readers had to wait until the cloud model was upgraded before they could open the model. Now everyone in the group (Admin, Publisher, Author, and Reader), can open a model locally and it will be upgraded to match their latest installed version of InfraWorks. Note, however, that the group will not be able to sync their editing changes back to the cloud until an Admin or Publisher also upgrades the shared cloud model.

See To open a model.

Improved Access to Feature Attributes

A new user interface element, called the Stack, provides quick access to the currently-selected feature's attributes and settings. The Stack consists of panels that display closely-associated attributes and their current values. See The Stack.

An addition to the Video Library for this release includes an overview of the Stack. Learn how to customize the Stack to suit your workflow needs.

See Working with the Stack (Video).

Dynamic Presentation Enhancements

When you create a camera path from a design road, you can now arrange the camera for the best viewing perspective by defining explicit camera settings. See To create a camera path from a design road.

• Camera position offset
• Target position offset
• Camera speed
• Key frame density
• Set targe relative to road or to the camera
• Preview the starting view
• Follow the path in reverse

2D Vector Overlay Support

You can now import 2D DWG vector data as an overlay that is draped over terrain. See To import 2D vector terrain overlays.

Model Builder Enhancements

• The terrain has been updated to greatly improve the granularity. Processing the terrain directly from source OSRM from LP DAAC (NASA) data results in 9 times better granularity.
• Vector data has been updated with the latest from OpenStreetMap.

See To create a model with Model Builder.

Roadway Design: Enhancements to Roundabouts

Enhancements to roundabouts support precise editing and interoperability with AutoCAD Civil 3D:

• Edit roundabout dimensions directly in the canvas. See To modify roundabout geometry.
• • Transfer a roundabout created in InfraWorks directly into Civil 3D 2017 as a Vehicle Tracking format roundabout. In Civil 3D, the roundabout can optionally dynamically control a Roundabout Corridor.

Traffic Simulation Improvements

Traffic simulation in on/off ramps and center turn lanes is enhanced with correct geometry modeling, streams, and signalization.

New: Mobility Simulation

Determine the best way to provide the infrastructure to move people around the city by taking advantage of the functionality in the simulation engine previously known as "Commuter." Multi-modal simulation tracks each person from start to finish, providing animations and reports of key performance indicators. Mobility services tracked include:

• Transit modeling
• Parking
• Taxi mode
• Personal mode

See About Mobility Simulation.

Drainage Design Enhancements

The Stack now provides easy visibility of and access to attributes for drainage assets:

• Inlets and Manholes
• Culverts
• Watersheds
• Outfalls

See About Drainage Design.

Bridge Design Enhancements

Enhancements to bridges provide opportunities for customization:

• Use the new "Send to Revit" command to automatically create a full Revit model of your bridge. See To send a bridge to Autodesk Revit.
• Create customized concrete girders from standard sections.

Improvements to Viewing Models on the Web

Improvements to web viewing make it easy for others to view your models:

• Public access to models means that viewers do not need to log in to A360 and publishers do not have to add viewers to an InfraWorks group.
• Models can be embedded into web pages using iframe.
• The InfraWorks web viewer is optimized for mobile phones.

See Improvements to Web Experience.

February 8, 2016

Improved Collaboration Experience

We've made improvements to cloud model collaboration.

• When you upgrade your shared models, your team can continue to work on those models without losing changes.
• Local changes are synced to the cloud, so other team members stay current with the changes.
• Admins and Publishers can create local copies of models to explore new features before migrating their teams to the latest version.
• To optimize performance we cache cloud models locally. You can now configure the cache location.

See A Quick Intro to Sharing Models with Others.

New Learning Videos

We continue to create videos to support learning and optimize your experience with InfraWorks.

Additions to the Video Library for this release include a playlist for railway design and individual videos on intersections, roundabouts, the Web Administrator, raster image overlays, and animating a design road.

See InfraWorks 360 Video Library.

Detailed Engineering for Transportation

We have improved the performance of roadway gizmo editing and profile editing. You can now choose when to update your model while editing the profile view of a road.

Right-click a design road to convert it to a component road for precise editing.

Animate a camera path along a design road. See Animating a Design Road.

We've made a number significant improvements to roundabout and intersection editing.

• Use grips to adjust roundel size, position, elevation, bearing, and slope. The rest of the roundabout adjusts to your edits. Lane widths remain constant. You can also adjust elements of the roundel on its asset card. See Grip-editing Roundabouts.
• Right-click a turn in an intersection to add a center turn lane. Use grips to adjust the transition start and end points of the turn lane.
• Use grips to adjust the position of ramp intersections. Design standards determine the length and taper of the acceleration lane but you can adjust these using grips as needed for local conditions. See Creating Ramps and Interchanges.

Traffic Analysis and Simulation Improvements

• The Animation Player is no longer specific to traffic animations and can be used to play other animations.
• Simulation results appear in the Traffic Study Area asset card.
• The new Reports button in the Results area of the Traffic Study Area asset card enables you to send analysis and simulation data (displayed in the red and blue boxes in the simulation) to Microsoft Excel.

Railway Design Enhancements

We've made improvements to railway design so that tracks in close proximity share bridges and tunnels. See Railway Design.

Drainage Design Enhancements

Rainfall

• The new Rainfall Content manager enables you to assign model-specific rainfall for more accurate drainage design. Three samples are provided in the Rainfall Content manager: FHWA BDE Equation, ANZ 6-degree polynomial, and a tabular sample. You can modify and rename these as needed. You can also import rainfall data.
• Use the sample or imported data to create a rainfall IDF curve. This becomes the design default for the Add Drainage Network, Size Drainage Network, and Inspect Performance commands.
• Inlet Asset cards show the computed rainfall intensity according to the default rainfall.
• Import rainfall data in the following formats: Australian Rainfall & Runoff 6-degree polynomial data (.csv), NOAA PFDC (.csv), or the Hydraflow (.idf) or (.stm).
• Export rainfall to Microsoft Excel for editing or to transfer to a new model.
• Rainfall IDF dialog box provides graphical representation of IDF rainfall, the frequency, and durations in graph form, together with a fully editable tabular view.

Size Drainage Network

• Size Drainage Network enables you to size a connected network of pipes, inlets, manholes, and outlets according to the standard step method, aiming for a nearly full design size. This network is no longer limited to a network along a road.
• You can now specify the Annual Exceedance Probability for the default rainfall.

Inspect Performance

Allows you to select rainfall and AEP so you can review different performance scenarios.

Inlets

You can now edit the tributary area, time of concentration, and runoff coefficient of inlets outside of the road. We assume these inlets gather 100% of tributary flow.

Point Cloud Enhancements

Generate 3D terrain models from point clouds. (Preview)

• Directly consume Autodesk ReCap point cloud file formats (.rcs and .rcp).
• Process point cloud data to identify ground and other features, especially from high-density point clouds.
• Produce grid-based raster terrain.
• Adjust settings to control terrain quality for different types of point clouds.
• Remove redundant points to generate light-weight results.

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2D Terrain Overlay

This release features import and terrain overlay of 2D content. See To import 2D overlay content and Terrain Overlays.

View Features on OpenStreetMap

You can now connect to OpenStreetMap to view source data from features created by Model Builder. See To create a model with Model Builder.

Improvements to Rendering and Viewing Models on the Web

• You can now zoom in and out and view panoramas at full screen.
• Create panoramas by adding bookmarks to the model. You can now disable panorama creation when you add a bookmark if you don't need a panorama view. See Managing Bookmarks.
• Model rendering is now consistent with layer visibility settings.
• We've improved the sorting of models on the web home.
• When searching models, you can now include more than one search item.

Web Administrator

• Use the new Web Administrator to render and manage models, panoramas, and proposals for viewing in a browser. This tool enables you to share models with colleagues and stakeholders on the web and on tablets. If you have Admin or Publisher privilege, open the Web Administrator from InfraWorks 360 Home, the Utility Bar within a model, and when viewing a model in a browser.
• You can now select which proposals to render using the Web Administrator.
• Render high-quality panoramas at 3000 pixels wide as opposed to 1000 pixels.

See Improvements to Web Experience.