Autodesk InfraWorks 2026

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Autodesk® InfraWorks® 2026: Fundamentals provides you with a fundamental knowledge of the accelerated design process that uses data-rich 3D models with high-end visualizations. This enables you to create, evaluate, and better communicate 3D site plan proposals for faster approvals.

Topics Covered

• Roadway Design:
• Create property boundaries for parcels, easements, and right of ways.
• Create and modify design roads with precise parameters.
• Add components and decorations to roads.
• Adjust roadside grading.
• Apply and review superelevations in component roads.
• Modify how design roads intersect using a standard intersection or roundabout.
• Optimize the vertical design of a roadway.
• Create gradient maps based on selected feature sets to identify areas with low impact for site or corridor optimization.
• Find an optimal horizontal design of the roadway which yields a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution.
• Run traffic simulations to analyze and animate design traffic.
• Bridge and Tunnel Design:
• Add bridges and tunnels to a design roadway.
• Work with bridge deck and girder cross sections.
• Perform analysis and design checks on all the pre-stressed girders of your bridge.
• Drainage Design:
• Run a watershed analysis.
• Create or modify culverts.
• Create a pavement drainage network.
• Analyze the pavement drainage network.
• Point Cloud Modeling:
• Prepare the point cloud.
• Create a terrain from a point cloud.
• Create features from a point cloud.

Prerequisites

• Access to the 2026 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide are not compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2025).