Autodesk InfoDrainage 2024.1

Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Grade Line

In our constant mission to provide you with a robust and intuitive drainage design software, we have enabled you to plot the Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) and Energy Grade Line (EGL) within the long section of the drainage network.

Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) - This is a graphical representation of the pressure and gravitational potential energy of water flowing through your drainage system. Essentially, the HGL shows the energy level of the water as it flows through pipes, channels, or other conduits and allows you to visualize the change in energy due to pipe friction and changes in elevation.

Energy Grade Line (EGL) - This depicts the total energy available to the water, which includes the energy related to water velocity in addition to what is reflected in the HGL.

Plotting both the HGL and EGL gives you a clear, comprehensive view of how energy is distributed and changes throughout your drainage system. This helps you identify potential problem areas, such as bottlenecks, sections of the system where water may not drain effectively, or areas where high velocities could cause erosion or damage to the system.

This new feature represents our commitment to offering powerful, accessible tools for sophisticated drainage system design.

Part-family Awareness in InfoDrainage

As a significant new addition to our drainage design software, we have enabled you to specify the materials for pipes and structures/manholes directly within your project. Pipes and manholes are fundamental components of any drainage system and the materials used for these elements can significantly influence the construction cost as well as the durability under various constraints (for example, shallow pipes).

Pipes Part-Family - With this new feature, you can now specify and select the type of material used for the pipes in your drainage designs. Being aware of the pipe materials during the design process allows you to make and communicate informed decisions considering project requirements and constraints.

Manhole Material Part-Family - Similar to pipes, the material used to construct manholes can greatly affect their lifespan, cost and overall system efficiency. Our new feature lets you specify the manhole/structure type or material so this becomes an output of the drainage design rather than an afterthought.

If you realize that you have two names used for the same part-family, you can simply use the merge function, which will not only merge the part-family list but will also update the drainage network accordingly.

This new feature also facilitates improved communication and coordination with stakeholders, contractors, and material suppliers, as drainage designs will now include explicit material specifications. This ensures that the correct materials are used during construction, minimizing potential issues and discrepancies.

Improved mapping when roundtripping with Civil 3D

With the part-family awareness in InfoDrainage being introduced, we have enabled you to preserve the pipe/structure part-family when round tripping with Civil 3D. Previously, the drainage network would be categorized in the mapping process based on size, now with the improvements introduced, the mapping logic would categorize the pipes and structures based on size and material. For example, if the mapping logic detects two pipes of similar size (for example, 300mm) and different materials (for example, concrete and HDPE), these two pipes will be presented in the mapping in two different rows so you can assign a different part-family to each of them.


Automated mapping when roundtripping with Civil 3D

With the part-family awareness in InfoDrainage being introduced, we have enabled an automated mapping whilst round tripping between InfoDrainage and Civil 3D. If you use the same part name in InfoDrainage, the software will detect the name and the size of the pipe/structure and link it directly to a part-family and a part-size from the existing list.

Civil 3D interoperability
- The issues reported in specific files when exporting from Civil 3D to InfoDrainage using English setup and Italian country kits have been resolved.
- The issues reported with InfoDrainage PSETs not being retained during the Civil 3D import process have been resolved.
- The Civil 3D import/export delays experienced by some users when loading the part families have been addressed. The import and mapping processes are now quicker.
- The import/export error associated with pipes that have no end structures assigned has been resolved. The export process does not crash, but instead, it will be exported with a simple junction in place of the missing structure.
- The issues associated with maintaining the existing style and data within Civil 3D when performing a full roundtrip with InfoDrainage have been resolved.
- The memory leakage issues associated with exporting a large Civil 3D model have been resolved.
- The issues associated with base-flow and input hydrographs losing their connections to the nodes when performing a full roundtrip with Civil 3D have been resolved.
General
- The issue associated with losing backdrops when performing the pipe sizing due to syncing has been resolved.
- The issue encountered when using the phase management with a dry weather run and a static run has been resolved.
- The issue reported with the Areal Reduction Factor not being applied to ARR rainfall has been resolved.
- The 1D/2D analysis error related to a particular minimum element area has been addressed.
- The issues associated with the use of cumulative rainfall and temporal patterns have been resolved.