Autodesk InfraWorks 360 and Autodesk InfraWorks 360 LT Essentials

About the Author Eric Chappell is the Community Evangelist for InfraWorks 360 at Autodesk. He has been a consultant and award-winning educator for more than 20 years and has close ties with the team that develops InfraWorks 360. For over 10 years he has been a highly rated speaker at Autodesk University and has taught various classes on InfraWorks 360. Eric is also an active blogg er with numerous popular InfraWorks 360 posts; follow his blog at http://ericchappell.blogspot.com.

Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Exploring the InfraWorks 360 Environment 1 Using InfraWorks 360 Home 2 Using My Models to Open Projects 3 Notices 6 Specialize 6 Preview 6 Manage Groups and Cloud Models 7 Exercise 1.1: Access a Model via InfraWorks 360 Home 7 Getting to Know the InfraWorks User Interface 9 The Utility Bar 10 The Intelligent Tools 13 Exercise 1.2: Explore the InfraWorks User Interface 25 Understanding the InfraWorks Model 26 The Components of a Model 27 The Storage of the Model 29 Model Explorer 30 Exercise 1.3: Work with an InfraWorks Model 32 Navigating the InfraWorks Model 37 Navigating via the Mouse 38 Exercise 1.4: Navigate the Model Using Your Mouse 38 Navigating by ViewCube 41 Exercise 1.5: Navigate the Model Using the ViewCube 43 Navigating by Selection 44 Exercise 1.6: Navigate by Selection 45 Creating and Using Bookmarks 46 Exercise 1.7: Create and Use Bookmarks 47 Now You Know 49 Chapter 2 Building a Base Model 51 Creating a New Model with Model Builder 52 Exercise 2.1: Create a New Model with Model Builder 53 Creating a New Model from Scratch 57 Exercise 2.2: Create a New Model 59 Understanding Coordinate Systems 60 Importing Ground Imagery 63 Exercise 2.3: Import Ground Imagery 64 Importing Terrain Data 69 Exercise 2.4: Import Terrain Data 71 Setting the Model Extent 76 Exercise 2.5: Set the Model Extent 77 Managing Surface Layers 79 Importing Vector Data 80 Exercise 2.6: Import Vector Data 81 Now You Know 86 Chapter 3 Creating Your Design 87 Creating New Roads 87 Exercise 3.1: Create a New Road 89 Editing Roads 93 Exercise 3.2: Edit a Road 98 Creating Coverages 102 Exercise 3.3: Create Coverages 104 Editing Coverages 108 Gizmos 109 The Right-Click Menu and the Shape Terrain Command 110 Setting the Smooth Radius 112 Exercise 3.4: Edit Coverages 113 Creating Buildings 116 Exercise 3.5: Create Buildings 118 Editing Buildings 121 Gizmos 121 The Right-Click Menu 123 Exercise 3.6: Edit Buildings 124 Working with Proposals 127 Exercise 3.7: Add a Proposal 130 Now You Know 132 Chapter 4 Adding Detail to Your Design 135 Working with Points of Interest 135 Creating Points of Interest 136 Editing Points of Interest 137 Exercise 4.1: Work with Points of Interest 138 Working with Trees 142 Creating Trees 142 Editing Individual Trees 143 Editing a Row or Stand 144 Exercise 4.2: Work with Trees 145 Working with Water Features 151 Creating Water Features 152 Water Feature Gizmos 153 Water Feature Properties 154 Exercise 4.3: Work with Water Features 155 Working with Barriers 160 Creating Barriers 161 Barrier Gizmos 162 Barrier Properties 162 Exercise 4.4: Work with Barriers 163 Working with Pipelines and Pipeline Connectors 168 Creating Pipelines and Pipeline Connectors 169 Preparing to Work with Pipelines and Pipeline Connectors 170 Exercise 4.5: Create Pipelines and Pipeline Connectors 171 Pipeline and Pipeline Connector Gizmos 175 Pipeline and Pipeline Connector Properties 176 Exercise 4.6: Edit Pipelines and Pipeline Connectors 177 Working with City Furniture 179 Exercise 4.7: Work with City Furniture 181 Now You Know 182 Chapter 5 Working with Styles 183 Managing Styles 183 Exercise 5.1: Manage Styles 186 Working with Material Styles 188 Creating a Material Style 190 Exercise 5.2: Create a Material Style with Color 191 Exercise 5.3: Create a Material Style with a Texture 193 Working with Coverage Styles 194 Exercise 5.4: Create and Edit Coverage Styles 195 Working with Road Styles 199 Exercise 5.5: Create a Material Group 204 Exercise 5.6: Create a Road Style 206 Working with Facade Styles 210 Exercise 5.7: Create a Facade Style 212 Working with Style Rules 217 Exercise 5.8: Apply Style Rules 219 Now You Know 221 Chapter 6 Presenting Your Design 223 Working with Visualization Options 223 Model Generation Settings 224 Exercise 6.1: Explore Model Generation Settings 228 3D Graphics Settings 231 Exercise 6.2: Explore 3D Graphics Settings 237 Working with Visual Effects 239 Exercise 6.3: Explore Visual Effects 246 Working with Sun & Sky Settings 248 Exercise 6.4: Explore Sun & Sky Settings 249 Capturing Your Design with Snapshots and Renders 252 Create Snapshot 252 Render Model 253 Exercise 6.5: Capture Your Design with Create Snapshot and Render Model 256 Telling Your Story with Storyboards 259 Applying Camera Path Animations 260 Exercise 6.6: Tour Your Model with a Camera Path Animation 263 Exercise 6.7: Edit Your Camera Path Animation 265 Applying Other Types of Animations 266 Applying Titles and Captions 268 Exercise 6.8: Enhance Your Storyboard 269 Now You Know 272 Chapter 7 Analyzing Your Design 273 Measuring Your Model 273 Exercise 7.1: Measure Distances 276 Visually Analyzing Your Model 278 Select Visible 278 Range Finder 278 Exercise 7.2: Analyze Your Model Visually 280 Analyzing Terrain 283 Using Terrain Statistics 283 Using Terrain Themes 283 Exercise 7.3: Analyze Terrain 288 Applying Feature Themes 293 Exercise 7.4: Analyze Features Using Feature Themes 296 Analyzing Light and Shadow 300 Using the Sun & Sky Asset Card 300 Using a Storyboard 301 Exercise 7.5: Analyze Light and Shadow 302 Now You Know 305 Chapter 8 Sharing Your Design 307 Collaborating Through InfraWorks 360 307 Overview of Collaboration 307 InfraWorks 360 Groups 308 Exercise 8.1: Create a Group 311 Publishing Models 312 Synchronizing Models 313 Exercise 8.2: Publish Your Model 314 Using Scenarios to Share Your Model 317 The Scenarios Panel 317 The Scenario Editor Asset Card 319 Exercise 8.3: Share Your Design as a Scenario 322 Now You Know 326 Index 327