Tutorials For InfraWorks 360
Tutorials For InfraWorks 360
The Basics covers fundamental tasks that you will need to get started and continue interacting with Autodesk InfraWorks 360.
In this short exercise you will launch Autodesk InfraWorks 360 and open a sample model.
5. Click Download.
Use the default location unless you have a particular reason not to.
7. Arrange the InfraWorks 360 window and the tutorial window so you can see both at the same time.
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This exercise covers some simple but essential skills that you will use all the time with InfraWorks 360.
Begin with some basic navigation with the mouse.
4. Lock mouse navigation above ground. Set this lock in the Navigation section of Application Options.
6. Open the Model Explorer. Turn the Buildings layer off and on.
7. Open the Surface Layers dialog box. Turn the Roads layer off and click Apply. Turn the Roads layer on again and click Apply.
This exercise introduces some more essential editing skills. Youll change the style of a road feature, and then update the style of a building.
2. Mouse over the road in the foreground to see the tooltip, Magnolia Drive Northeast.
4. Click the Road tab. Drag and drop the style, Boulevard with Summer Hardwood, to the road.
9. Drag the Height gizmo to make the building approximately 20 meters in height.
10. Press ESC and then orbit so you can see at least some of the roof.
Pressing ESC will generally (not always) exit edit mode.
11. Open the Style Palette. Click the Facade tab. In the Metal and Glass folder, drag the style, Lear, to the roof.
Dragging to the roof updates the facade on all four sides. You can also drag the style to just one side.
12. Undo twice to revert the building to the state before editing.
Present your design concepts in a proposal. A proposal is an alternative design relative to the as-built environment. You can create multiple proposals
to try out and present different ideas.Use the exercises in this tutorial to start a new proposal, sketch some features, and add detail to your proposal.
This exercise shows you how to start a new proposal and add the groundwork for a new subdivision.
4. Press ESC and then orbit to see the site partly from the side.
6. Drag the gizmo down so that the ground level is approximately 1833 meters. Or for more precision, enter the number.
9. Drag the grips so that the subdivision area is adjacent to the existing road. Add vertices if needed.
All you need to do here is tidy up the edges of the coverage so that it neatly fits against the road without any big gaps.
11. Delete the road stub extending into the subdivision area. Either right-click and click Delete or click the road stub and then press Delete.
In this exercise you will sketch a road into a subdivision and add some new homes.
1. Using the style, Street Sidewalks with Lamps, sketch a road into the subdivision. Make an intersection with the existing road.
Sketch the road as closely as you can to the example in the video so that you will have room to place houses on either side of the road.
3. Start the City Furniture tool and enter residential in the filter area.
6. Repeat to place four more homes with the style, Buildings > Residential > Two Story Wood.
7. Using the Rectangular Selection tool, select all the houses in the subdivision.
Select just the houses. If you select the road as well, try again.
8. Right-click the selected houses and click Edit to enter Edit mode.
9. Drag the height gizmo to make the height of all the houses approximately 15 meters.
11. Using the rotate and placement gizmos, arrange the houses individually in the subdivision.
This is easiest in plan view and zoomed in fairly close.
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In this exercise you will add detail to the proposal by refining the land cover style, adding a pipeline under a road, adding some trees, and adjusting the
proposal view angle. You will bookmark the view as Proposed Subdivision.
2. Under Stylization > Manual Style, click [] to display the Style options. You might have to click in the Name field to see the [] button.
12. Press ESC to exit edit mode and then orbit the model to view the pipeline below the level of the street.
14. Sketch a row of trees along one side of the street. Use the T02-V02 Vegetation Light Green style. Double-click to finish.
17. Rotate and zoom the model to find a good view to show off the finished proposal.
Imagine that you are going to make a presentation of the design and can only show one picture.
Tutorial 3: Collaboration
Use the exercises in this tutorial to set up a collaboration group, post comments, publish a model to the cloud, and sync updates.
Note: You must be logged in with a current Autodesk 360 account.
2. Click the Administer Groups tab and then click Add Group.
5. Click Users for the group to see who has admin and publish rights. You should see your email address for admin.
In this exercise you will make a copy of a model to experiment with disconnecting from the cloud service and publishing a local model.
1. Note that the Tutorial 2015 model has a Connected icon indicating that the model is connected to the cloud.
You downloaded a local copy of this model in Tutorial 1. That copy remains connected to the original model in the cloud. Sharing the model in the
cloud enables you to collaborate with others.
6. Click Disconnect to create a local model that is not connected to the cloud service.
Normally, you would not do this. However, for the purposes of this tutorial, you need to start fresh with a model that has no connection to an existing
model.
7. Note that the Publish icon says Publish This Model To InfraWorks 360.
If the model were still connected, the icon would say Sync Model Changes With InfraWorks 360.
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In this exercise you will use Design Feed to post a comment on your proposal to your group.
5. Click the geolocation icon and place the marker with a double-click.
The geolocation marker associates the comment with a location in the model.
6. Click Post to see the comment in the Design Feed as others in the group will see it.
8. Click the geolocation icon to verify it goes to the location of the comment.
3. Select the Subdivision COMPLETED proposal and leave Subdivision unchecked. Ignore the other items.
5. Click Publish.
7. Note that the Publish icon now says Sync Model Changes With InfraWorks 360.
In this exercise you will make some changes to the model and then sync those changes to the cloud to share with other users.
6. Open the model and make a change to the subdivision. For example, move or rotate one or two of the houses.
Any minor change will do.
13. Note that the revision you just made appears in the change history.
Tutorial 4: Communication
Use the exercises in this tutorial to prepare your model for presentation, add still images, create and modify a video storyboard, and share the design
as a scenario.
If you skipped Tutorial 3: Collaboration, or even all three tutorials, you can still do this tutorial. Begin by opening the model Tutorial 2015 and select the
proposal SubdivisionCOMPLETED.
This exercise gives you the chance to experiment with environmental effects of sun, sky, and clouds, and other visual effects that affect the appearance
of the model.
4. Change the Time and Date settings to approximately 17:30 and 10/1.
5. Open the Visual Effects panel. Change the settings as follows: Brightness = 60, Contrast = 60, Field of View = 70.
8. On the Visual Effects panel, change the settings as follows: Brightness = 50, Contrast = 50, Field of View = 45.
In this exercise you will create a snapshot of the model. You will then create a high-quality rendering of the model for comparison.
4. Click Save and then locate and view the saved image file.
6. While the model is loading, stretch the black render window so it is wide format.
7. Wait for the model to load and rendering to start. Note that the Date and Time settings are inactive once rendering has begun.
9. Change the Time and Date settings to 17:30 and 10/1 (Oct 1).
11. Let the render process run for a minute or so, then click Stop Render.
12. Click Save Image. View the saved image file and compare it to the snapshot.
5. Select the name of the storyboard and change it to Tour of Foothills Subdivision.
7. Change the name of the first keyframe to Start point and press Enter.
8. Using keystrokes to pan the view, as shown in the video, move to a point just in front of the entrance to the subdivision.
Click anywhere inside the model view to activate navigation with the keys. The video shows the keystrokes that are used to create the movement.
Here is a summary that you can print:
UP ARROW = Forward
LEFT ARROW = Left
RIGHT ARROW = Right
A = Pan left
D = Pan right
SHIFT + A = Orbit clockwise
SHIFT + D = Orbit anticlockwise
10. Using a combination of keys on your keyboard, advance the view into the subdivision road.
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12. Use the keys to advance up the road to the beginning of the curve.
14. Use the keyboard to get into position then add keyframe #5, Turning, after the curve.
5. Select each keyframe in turn and make sure that Keep speed is selected.
6. Click Play again to review the updated animation. The speed should now be moderate and consistent.
9. Copy and paste the name of the storyboard onto the Your Title text.
14. Select the keyframe, Turning. Then right-click and select Play From Here to review the added effect. You don't have to play the whole animation from
the beginning.
16. Open the Storyboard player, rewind to the beginning, and play the animation from there.
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5. Zoom out so that the entire subdivision is centered in the field of view.
7. Under Define Area of Interest, click Bounding Box and then draw a rectangle that includes the subdivision. Double-click to finish.
In this case, youll limit the area included in the scenario to the subdivision.
8. Under Storyboards, select the storyboard that you created in the last exercise.
If you didnt create a storyboard, select the sample storyboard provided.
12. Wait till the scenario finishes generating and Published appears in the Scenario Browser.
Terms of service may appear the first time you view a model.
15. Navigate the model in the browser, turn layers on and off, and then play the storyboard.
This is how customers can see your work, even though they do not have InfraWorks 360.
Thats the end of the tutorials for the Autodesk InfraWorks 360 software. Stay tuned for more tutorials coming soon for the add-on modules (Roadway
Design, Bridge Design, and Drainage Design)!