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Autodesk InfraWorks Changelog

What's new in Autodesk InfraWorks 2023

Apr 14, 2022
  • Check for Updates:
  • Added a Check for Updates feature for parametric bridge and tunnel component parts.
  • Model Upgrade:
  • Added Model Upgrade for linear features such as Decks, Girders, or Tunnel Segments.
  • Command Search:
  • You can now use a Command Search to locate and use commands quickly.
  • Parametric Content Creation Updates:
  • Create parametric models for InfraWorks using the the Style Palette.
  • Bridges and Tunnels:
  • Added a file name path length check to the Publish Civil Structures command. If any intermediate file names generated through this command, including their paths, exceeds 245 characters, the civil structure will not export correctly and a message will be displayed in the Message Log.
  • General:
  • We no longer charge for the usage of InfraWorks Watershed Analysis and Optimization.

New in Autodesk InfraWorks 2022 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • New:
  • Decorations for Component and Corridor Roads
  • New Vegetation Content
  • Complex 3D Girders
  • Other New and Updated Features:
  • Bridges and Tunnels:
  • Pan and selection is faster.
  • The Civil Structures Revit workflow now uses a shared parameters file, so that multiple people working in revti can share and define the same properties. The Autodesk Revit InfraWorks Updater plugin will now ask for a shared parameters file when importing an IMX from InfraWorks, if one has not already been assigned.
  • Decorations:
  • Add to Library on Component Roads now captures linear decoration attachment and includes those decorations in the assembly to be added to library.
  • A message bar will be displayed upon selection of legacy decorations informing the user that "This is an old version of decoration that must be converted before editing. Right-click to view conversion options." After the action is finished, the message bar informs the user of successful conversion.
  • Decoration's gaps react to road change through intersections and roundabouts.
  • Linear decorations that are not associated with a road now have an attach command on the decoration context menu. Free decorations can occur either through creating free form decorations from the InfraWorks toolbar glyph Create glyph Environment glyph Linear Decoration command or by orphaning a decoration by removing the data source of the parent road. Attach allows the user to associate the decoration with a road seam.
  • Linear Decoration has been added to the Create glyph Environment section of the InfraWorks toolbar. Enables the user to create unattached free form linear decorations independent of a road alignment.
  • Collaboration:
  • Now uses Autodesk Docs for model collaboration.
  • Full support for Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) projects. In InfraWorks, every mention of BIM360 has been changed to refer to "Autodesk Docs".
  • InfraWorks now supports multiple datacenters in different regions. However, the first new region won't be ready for the release, but a couple weeks later.
  • General:
  • Profile View does not cause an issue when zooming and panning from the very left side to the right.
  • Names displayed in the Style Palette for new Models are user friendly.
  • Added new vegetation content to the Infraworks content library: * Bushes (3) * Flowers (17) * Hedges (3) * Meadow (3) * Grass (6)
  • Hovering over a feature with a tooltip shows the tooltip. Double clicking on the feature with link opens the link (e.g. in a web browser).
  • Model Builder:
  • Updated the interface and functionality of the Model Builder.
  • Point Clouds:
  • Updated the Terrain UI spinner so that it's increased in the main number level.
  • Fixed:
  • Bridges and Tunnels:
  • Fixed an issue where the Offset:Station could not be changed for an individual bearing.
  • Fixed an issue where running refined bridge analysis took a long time when the edge detail option was checked on.
  • Fixed an issue where the girder section dimensions were not showing up in the stack when a slice was selected.
  • Fixed an issue where the refined bridge analysis was not marked out of date after a change to the girder material strength.
  • Fixed an issue where the pier skew was not correct on a wide road.
  • Fixed an issue where the generic object rotation value was not updating in the stack when tilting was turned on.
  • Fixed an issue where the generic object did not show up when placed in the model.
  • Fixed an issue where the number of cross frame groups was not reduced if the number of girders in a groups were reduced.
  • Fixed an issue where the tunnel import failed in Revit when the tunnel category was set to pipes.
  • Fixed an issue where the top of the abutment was not correct.
  • Fixed an issue where the bridge start station highlighting was not correct after changing the bridge start station.
  • Fixed an issue where the bridge clearance envelope was not displayed correctly on a curved bridge.
  • Fixed an issue where the bridge abutment bearings were not correct on an abutment with a large skew.
  • Fixed an issue where lofting errors displayed in Revit when importing a tunnel.
  • Added smaller required parameters for 3D Girders.
  • Provided default settings when the user creates custom bearings for parent type: 'All' by default.
  • Component Roads:
  • Fixed an issue that a component road is not fully selected while calculating earthwork quatity for it.
  • Fixed an issue with the Profile View panel that caused the Title of the panel to display the wrong road name.
  • Fixed an issue exporting road alignments to Revit. Roads that included spirals curves would only would only import the part of the road up to the first spiral. With this fix the full length of the road will now be imported to Revit.
  • Create/Edit/Delete Core Feature:
  • You can switch to "Shape Terrain" mode, no matter how many times we have clicked on the coverage.
  • Decorations:
  • Fixed an issue with the Linear Decoration annotation lines displaying incorrectly in curves when the view was orbited to an oblique aspect.
  • General:
  • Fixed an issue when exiting Oculus Rift mode.
  • Fixed an issue on close when the annotation edit tool was active.
  • Grading:
  • Fixed a customer-reported issue that the model freezes with time creation.
  • Quantities Reporting:
  • Fixed an issue that quantity highlighting was missing when opening the earthwork quantity and material quantity.
  • Tooltip & POI:
  • Fixed an issue in which some strings in the undo tooltop were not localized.
  • Traffic Simulation:
  • Fixed an untranslated string on the Traffic study warning dialog.

New in Autodesk InfraWorks 2021.2 (Dec 8, 2020)

  • What's New:
  • Added Road Decorations for corridor roads brought in from Civil 3D.
  • You can modify Lane Markings to component roads.
  • Add-ins for Autodesk InfraWorks:
  • We've made improvements to the Autodesk Revit InfraWorks Updater to support civil structures workflows between InfraWorks, Autodesk Civil 3D and Autodesk Revit.
  • Civil Structures:
  • We've improved a workflow for your civil structures that spans Autodesk Civil 3D, Autodesk InfraWorks, and Autodesk Revit. Check out the whole workflow here: Civil Structures workflow.
  • Added the ability to view the top of foundation elevation in the Stack when a bridge foundation is selected.
  • Added Refined Bridge Analysis. Alignments with plan curvature, skewed piers and abutments are taken into account. Also, provides grillage, offset girder and finite element models that better reflect the actual layout of the bridge girders.
  • We've introduced cross-frames, representing the structural framing between steel plate and steel box girders. This feature also supports steel diaphragms, which would typically be used at support locations between girders.
  • Collaboration:
  • We've enhanced support for data exchange between Autodesk InfraWork, Autodesk Civil 3D, and Autodesk Revit. Check out the Data Exchange section of the help for more information.
  • General:
  • We've improved the behavior of the The big "B" button in the Utility Bar. Click this to open BIM 360 Document Management in your browser.
  • We've added dedicated error messages to InfraWorks for instances when there is no internet connection detected or there is an issue connecting to BIM 360
  • InfraWorks Home:
  • We've introduced a new streamlined InfraWorks Home experience, featuring the Recent and BIM 360 tabs.
  • The icon for the Notifications drop down menu will display an additional badge when there are new unread messages.
  • We've improved the display of models on InfraWorks Home. Now, .IWM files are listed in InfraWorks when BIM 360 models are copied in BIM 360.
  • The state of a model will be updated automatically after downloading a not yet cached cloud model and vice versa after deleting the local cache of a cloud model, without having to manually refresh the page.
  • Enhanced the available model actions on the Recent tab of InfraWorks' new Home screen.
  • Added the ability to remove models from the Recent list (without deleting the model itself).
  • Re-implemented the Notices section as a drop down of the Utility bar.
  • Increase the number of displayed models on Recent to 10.
  • Model Builder:
  • We've added the ability to select a coordinate system during model creation with the Model Builder. This vastly simplifies the process of using Model Builder models in cross-product workflows.
  • Point Clouds:
  • We've added the ability to add point cloud data into InfraWorks directly via .LAS or .LAZ format.
  • Road Design:
  • A grading option has been added to the component stack for modifying grading for selected corridor regions in a corridor component road.
  • We've added new menus for switching between corridor component road and component road when you have selected multiple roads or components.
  • Civil 3D corridor-related info like baseline region name, horizontal baseline name and vertical baseline name are now dislayed in the Stack for a selected corridor component road.
  • We've also made enhancements to Lane Markings control in the Stack, and removed lane marking shadow issues.
  • We've simplified the mapping of materials for corridors that were imported from Civil 3D, enabled corridor parameters to be accessible on the stack, and extended the number of corridors that can be imported into InfraWorks.
  • Fixed Issues:
  • ArcGIS Data Integration:
  • Fixed an issue where a layer could not be published after update service name.
  • Fixed an issue where an ArcGIS layer could not be imported successfully with the clip-to-model option selected.
  • Fixed an issue where a layer published to ArcGIS Enterprise portal could not be opened directly.
  • Bridges and Tunnels:
  • Fixed an issue with toggle behavior in parametric decorations that caused attribute toggles to be stuck on.
  • Fixed an issue where after adding cross frames to a bridge, the selection of bridge objects disappeared.
  • Fixed an issue where running refined bridge analysis a second time while having an analysis PDF report open did not give feedback to the user.
  • Fixed an issue so the road gizmo is now active when a new bridge is drawn.
  • Civil 3D DWG Import:
  • Fixed an issue where road profiles which contained parabola with almost identical in and out grade were unable to be imported.
  • Fixed an issue of parabolas in road profiles getting removed when there were free parabolas that had almost identical in and out grade.
  • Component Roads:
  • Fixed an issue that could occur if a road was selected when all data sources were deleted in the Data Sources panel.
  • Fixed an issue where road options at IMX tab and DWG tab of the Configure Road dialog box were not translated.
  • Improved the performance of adding roads in models containing tunnels.
  • Fixed an issue with the component decoration split tool that occurred when multiple clicks happened while the model was refreshing.
  • Fixed an issue in which only part of the lane marking was seletable if the road assembly was added in componnet roads.
  • Fixed an issue of incorrect geometry of alignment when importing anchored floating curves in IMX.
  • Fixed an issue when importing roads from Civil 3D from either DWG or IMX that caused some vertical curves to be discarded so that they showed as just PVIs in the Profile View.
  • Coordinate Systems:
  • Fixed an issue with the "Which coordinate system should I choose?" link in the New Model dialog that caused the link to always go to the English page regardless of the Language setting.
  • Create, Edit, Delete Core Feature:
  • Fixed an issue where the Content picker was shown when starting a Draw Tool from the toolbar, such as drawing a conceptual road or water area.
  • Fixed an issue that occurred when rapidly editing features.
  • Cross Sections
  • Fixed an issue that caused Right of Ways not to be displayed in the Cross Section View in circular curves and other tangent sections.
  • Fixed an issue with Cross Section View buttons that would cause difficulty switching between views.
  • Drainage Design:
  • Fixed an issue in which the IDF icon was not shown in Size Drainage Network dialog.
  • General:
  • The Open Model dialog changes to the correct size and the text in the dialog and also should adjust according to the Hi DPI scaling settings.
  • Home:
  • Fixed an untranslated string on the new Home page.
  • Fixed the date and time format on the Recent tab of the new Home so that it responds to the Region settings of the operating system.
  • Model Builder:
  • Fixed an issue when accessing Model Builder in mainland China.
  • Fixed an issue when importing a SHP file in Model Builder. If the polygon is not imported at the expected location, re-export the file from Civil 3D and use the MAPEXPORT option to perform coordinate conversion to LL84.
  • Selection:
  • Fixed an issue where the component highlighting and selection could highlight or select the incorrect component.
  • Site Design:
  • Fixed an issue that caused the triad gizmo and bounding box to not be enabled in 2021.1.
  • Stack:
  • Fixed an issue in which the right edge of the Stack was cropped and information was illegible.
  • Stylization:
  • Fixed a thumbnail image in the DrawStylePicker.
  • Watershed & Streams:
  • Fixed an issue in which the selected station range was not shown in watershed anlaysis.
  • Autodesk InfraWorks 2021.1 Hotfix 1
  • Security:
  • This hotfix contains security updates for Autodesk InfraWorks (2021.1 - August 2020 release). Learn more
  • Bridges:
  • Fixed an issue where the dimensions of certain bridge objects were not being updated from the spreadsheet.
  • Coordinate Systems:
  • Fixed an issue with custom coordinate systems.
  • Autodesk InfraWorks (2021.1 - August 2020)
  • BIM 360 Collaboration:
  • Fixed an issue where .JSON files associated with InfraWorks projects were not being properly copied to BIM 360 Document Management projects.
  • Added a tooltip to explain why outdated collaboration models could not be synchronized with the current version of InfraWorks.
  • Civil Structures:
  • Fixed an issue where the bridge right click menu > Send to Spreadsheet command was incorrect when the application language was set to English - United Kingdom.
  • Fixed a crash that happened when using Thai/Japanese characters in the analysis project name.
  • Fixed an issue where some structure features were enabled when edit mode was turned off.
  • Fixed an issue where the deck haunch would not update if the girder spacing was changed.
  • Fixed an issue where the first abutment on a bridge would not render on narrow roads.
  • Fixed an issue where the integral pier toggle could not be changed
  • Fixed an issue where there was a gap between the top of pier and bearings when the pier cap was sloped.
  • Added the ability to increase the girder group gap to account for diaphragms.
  • Data Exchange:
  • Fixed an issue where mapping rules and stack material overrides would not apply in InfraWorks to Autodesk Civil 3D corridors that were created via data shortcuts.
  • Fixed an issue where Autodesk Civil 3D alignments with existing ground profiles that were used to build a corridor could not be exported to InfraWorks at the appropriate geographic location.
  • Fixed an issue where corridor surfaces displayed triangles when grading Civil 3D corridor component roads in InfraWorks.
  • Fixed an issue where retaining wall subassemblies from Civil 3D were not displayed properly in InfraWorks.
  • Fixed an issue where the minimum solvable curve length had caused small sections of roads from Civil 3D to occasionally be discarded.
  • Fixed an issue where units of measurement for design speed couldn't be sent from Civil 3D to InfraWorks.
  • Desktop Graphics:
  • Fixed an issue where Sun and Sky and Date/Time settings were inaccurate in relation to a model's timezone.
  • Fixed an issue where the mini-toolbar display values update in all cases of geometry modifications.
  • Drainage Design:
  • Fixed an issue where InfraWorks would crash after user-defined inlets were added to component roads.
  • Fixed an issue where the boundary of Flood Simulation areas were not selectable after being drawn.
  • General:
  • Various minor fixes and enhancements for the InfraWorks Home and startup experience.
  • Fixed an issue that caused application instability when using the User Coordinate System (UCS) picker.
  • Addressed issues that occur when exporting very large geographic areas to 3D model format.
  • Adjusted the fly-out menu for style catalogs and Stack fly-outs, to correct offset and sizing issues that were occurring.
  • Fixed an issue where tiles were missing in some models after WFS import.
  • Improved the behavior of checkbox options for the right-click context menu when a civil structure or component road is selected. The default state is now unchecked.
  • Fixed missing colors in exported FBX files.
  • Point Clouds:
  • Fixed an issue where the point cloud export dialog was mis-aligned.
  • Road Design:
  • Fixed an that prevented creating a Right of Way that included a non-tangent curve, using the Parallel Drawing option.
  • Fixed an issue with perpendicular and co-linear snaps when creating Parcels, Right of Ways, and Easements. Depending on the model's coordinate system, the snap angles were sometimes incorrect.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented compound offset spirals from being stored in exported IMX files and sent from Civil 3D to InfraWorks.
  • Autodesk InfraWorks 2021.0 Hotfix 2
  • Security:
  • This hotfix contains security updates for Autodesk InfraWorks (2021.0 - April 2020 release). Learn more
  • Coordinate Systems:
  • Fixed an issue with custom coordinate systems.
  • Autodesk InfraWorks 2021.0 Hotfix 1
  • Security:
  • This hotfix contains security updates for Autodesk InfraWorks (2021.0 - April 2020 release). Learn more.
  • Autodesk InfraWorks (2021.0 - April 2020 release)
  • General:
  • Fixed an issue in the New Model dialog that was preventing coordinate system selection in the Settings tab when using InfraWorks with high display resolution.
  • Fixed an issue that caused items to appear in grayscale instead of color when pinning a toolbar action to the Quick Access menu bar.
  • We've added a warning message to notify you if your system is using outdated graphics card drivers.
  • Fixed an issue where the Model Properties dialog was cutting off the display of buttons on the bottom of the dialog.
  • ArcGIS:
  • We resolved a data offset issue that occurred for models with unsupported coordinate systems when publishing data to an ArcGIS Portal.
  • Civil Structures:
  • Fixed an issue where orbital navigation in your model was not available when the Publish Civil Structures dialog was open.
  • Fixes an issue where the pier diaphragm width attribute was not being properly translated into other languages for non-English (US) usage of InfraWorks.
  • Fixed an issue where part catalog names and tooltips were inaccurate after importing a part catalog into InfraWorks.
  • Drainage Design
  • Fixed an issue where the edit state for Pipeline features was not updating correctly.
  • Point Clouds:
  • Fixed an issue where extracting linear features from point cloud data with the Cross Section View panel open would cause InfraWorks to unexpectedly close.
  • Fixed an issue where InfraWorks would unexpectedly close when importing improperly-formatted CSV data with the Point Cloud Image Lookup tool.
  • Road Design:
  • Fixed an issue where coverage materials for corridor component roads were not supported for imported IMX data from Autodesk Civil 3D.
  • Fixed an issue that caused unexpected behavior when importing road models with horizontal and vertical alignments of different lengths from Autodesk Civil 3D.
  • Fixed an issue where Right of Ways could be created with invalid self-intersecting geometry when using the Parallel Drawing.
  • Fixed an issue where the right-click context menu for selected component roads was too narrow to display all text.

New in Autodesk InfraWorks 2020 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • What's new in InfraWorks 2020:
  • Save back to ArcGIS:
  • Connect ArcGIS data, make changes to the data in InfraWorks then save changes back into ArcGIS
  • Extend schema transfer between features:
  • Add new types of features to your model and additional properties onto existing features for more aggregated models with deeper metadata.
  • Spreadsheet-based edits of structures:
  • Make batch edits to structures properties of your model in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, then update your InfraWorks model.
  • Road grading cut/fill material:
  • Control the color of cut and fill areas in a road design to visibly show changes to terrain by a road.