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Autodesk InfoDrainage

Benefits of Autodesk InfoDrainage

  • Easy to use
    Use a single, automated platform for any project, with intuitive controls and clear visualization.
  • Optimized design
    Deliver compliant, sustainable, optimally sized, cost-effective designs—on time and within budget.
  • Quicker approvals
    Streamline approval processes with clear, defendable, and reviewable drainage designs.
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What is Autodesk InfoDrainage?

Autodesk InfoDrainage® is a full design and analysis solution that designers, developers, landscape architects, engineers, consultants, and approval authorities rely on to:

  • Design and audit drainage systems quickly and confidently
  • Deliver sustainable, cost-effective, and compliant designs
  • Accelerate BIM (Building Information Modeling) workflows

Autodesk InfoDrainage overview (video: 2:44 min.)

What you can do with Autodesk InfoDrainage

Take the complexity out of drainage design

Take the complexity out of drainage design

Improve efficiency, compliance, and control across the lifecycle of your project. Saving time on sustainable design lets you optimize workflows and obtain faster approvals.

Handy integrations to enhance design process

Handy integrations to enhance design process

Enjoy a connected design experience with Autodesk AutoCAD across devices. Create, view, edit, and annotate drawings with AutoCAD on mobile or on any computer using AutoCAD on the web.
Simpler regulatory compliance

Simpler regulatory compliance

Use auditing tools to simplify compliance. Generate custom reports and templates for local regulations and requirements in a number of languages and units.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Autodesk InfoDrainage used for?

Autodesk InfoDrainage is a design and analysis solution for stormwater and drainage system design. Engineers, developers, landscape architects, consultants, and approval authorities use it to model networks, size structures, run hydraulic analysis, and produce compliant documentation from a single platform. Instead of moving data between spreadsheets, CAD files, and separate hydrology tools, teams build, test, and validate the full drainage design in one connected environment.

Who should use InfoDrainage on a project team?
The software fits any role responsible for moving water safely through a site. Civil and drainage engineers use it for network sizing and hydraulic verification. Landscape architects use it to integrate green infrastructure into site design. Developers and consultants rely on it to test scheme viability early. Approval authorities use it to review and audit submissions with transparent, traceable calculations. Because the interface is designed around visual, intuitive controls, teams with mixed technical backgrounds can collaborate on the same model.
How does InfoDrainage support sustainable drainage design?

The platform lets you model sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and low impact development features such as swales, permeable pavements, bioretention areas, ponds, and infiltration trenches alongside conventional pipe networks. You can compare scenarios side by side, evaluate runoff performance against greenfield rates, and adjust designs until the scheme meets environmental requirements without overspending on infrastructure. This makes it easier to justify sustainable choices to clients and reviewers with data rather than assumptions.

Does Autodesk InfoDrainage integrate with AutoCAD and Civil 3D?

Yes. InfoDrainage is built for a connected BIM workflow and exchanges data with Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil 3D, so site grading, surfaces, and alignments stay consistent with the drainage model. Drawings can be created, viewed, edited, and annotated using AutoCAD on the web or on mobile, which keeps distributed teams and field staff working from current information. The result is fewer manual redraws and less risk of coordination errors between the civil design and the drainage design.

How does the software help with regulatory compliance and approvals?
InfoDrainage includes auditing tools that check the design against defined criteria and flag issues before submission. You can generate custom reports and templates aligned with local regulations, in multiple languages and unit systems, so documentation matches what the reviewing authority expects. Because calculations are visible and reviewable, submissions are easier to defend during questioning, which shortens the approval cycle and reduces resubmission cycles that delay project schedules.
Can InfoDrainage help reduce project costs?
Optimized sizing is where most of the savings appear. By testing multiple design options quickly, teams avoid the common practice of oversizing pipes, tanks, and storage structures as a safety margin. Right sizing reduces material and excavation costs, and catching hydraulic conflicts during design prevents change orders and rework during construction. Faster approvals also protect the project timeline, which carries its own financial value on development schedules.
What is the learning curve for teams new to InfoDrainage?

Most users familiar with civil design software become productive quickly because the workflow follows a logical sequence of building the network, defining catchments, running analysis, and reviewing results, with clear visualization at each step. That said, adoption moves faster with structured onboarding. Guided Autodesk training focused on your project types, local standards, and reporting requirements helps teams reach consistent results across the organization instead of each engineer developing their own approach.

How do we get started with Autodesk InfoDrainage at our firm?

Start by defining your use case: the project types you handle, the regulatory frameworks you work under, and how drainage design connects to your existing civil and BIM workflows. From there, licensing, deployment, and training can be structured around how your team actually works. As an Autodesk partner, MicroCAD supports organizations through software selection, implementation, team enablement, and ongoing technical support, so the investment translates into measurable workflow improvement rather than shelfware.