Key details

InfraWorks training course for beginners, teaching key techniques for infrastructure design and urban planning.

InfraWorks 3D design and engineering software provides a comprehensive, real-world solution for your infrastructure design and urban planning. It offers easy integration with Civil 3D, Revit Structure and other applications, and supports BIM workflows.

InfraWorks training is ideal for civil engineers, planners and others who need to create preliminary infrastructure and urban designs and proposals, incorporating a wide variety of data. The techniques covered include:

• Modelling your project’s existing environment, incorporating survey-grade 2D/3D details and GIS data.
• Designing roads, bridges, drainage, and more, incorporating engineering principles.
• Analysing your model, to make better decisions for sight distance, flood simulation, and more.
• Communicating your 3D site plan proposals for faster approvals.
• Show your designs in a realistic environment by creating high-impact visualisations and videos using storyboards.

InfraWorks training is arranged on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group. Your training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing.

Live online InfraWorks training

InfraWorks training is available live online. We’re not currently offering this course in-class.

Accredited InfraWorks training

Armada is an Autodesk Authorised Training Centre (ATC), and our InfraWorks courses are accredited by Autodesk.

InfraWorks courses are hosted by Autodesk Certified Instructors with vast experience of using the InfraWorks application professionally. See Expert trainers.

How will I learn?

InfraWorks training is hands-on and practical.

Our trainer teaches the necessary theory, then demonstrates techniques step-by-step. You then practice the techniques taught on a computer running InfraWorks.

There is plenty of time to ask questions, and you can take away all the files you create.

InfraWorks training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

• A comprehensive training guide for InfraWorks, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher afterwards.
• An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an accredited InfraWorks training course. This is emailed to delegates directly from Autodesk. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.

After course support

Following InfraWorks training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their InfraWorks trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

Prerequisites

Delegates must have a working knowledge of an Autodesk CAD application, such as AutoCAD or Civil 3D. If you don’t have this knowledge, we recommend you attending AutoCAD Essentials training first.

A good understanding of civil engineering concepts, and/or a GIS application is beneficial but not essential.

InfraWorks version

Training can be based on any recent version of InfraWorks to suit you.

General information

Course times

Standard course times are 9.30am–4.30pm.

As we’d be hosting this as a ‘closed course’ for you/your group, there’s usually flexibility to change these times to suit you, e.g. start or end 30 minutes earlier or later.

Payment

Payment for InfraWorks training can be made by:

• Bank transfer. Please call 01527 834783 for our bank details.
• Card. All major credit and debit cards accepted. Payment can be made securely online or over the phone. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Armada doesn’t record or store your card details.

Purchase orders

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.

Accommodation

See Accommodation local to our training centres.

Cancellations and postponements

If an on-request InfraWorks course booking is cancelled giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.

If an on-request InfraWorks course booking is postponed giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a postponement fee is payable. View postponement terms.

Terms and conditions

Expert trainers

InfraWorks training courses are hosted by:

• Marnus van Staden
• Philip Madeley

Marnus van Staden

Marnus van Staden is an experienced professional with over a decade of expertise in Autodesk software instruction and consulting. With a strong civil engineering background, Marnus has contributed to many projects including railways, bridges, commercial and residential buildings, and complex steel and concrete structures.

As an instructor, Marnus has spent 10 years helping clients gain confidence in using Autodesk tools like AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, Infraworks and BIM 360, creating customised instruction programs for a diverse range of industries.

Known for his practical, hands-on approach, Marnus offers a first-class experience to individuals and organisations looking to elevate their Autodesk skills and project efficiency.

Marnus continues to work as an Autodesk consultant, advising clients on best practices and tailored solutions to boost productivity and project outcomes.

Philip Madeley

Philip’s background is in Civil Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, and has worked as a Consultant in this industry for many years.

Philip is also a long-standing Autodesk Certified Instructor, with specialist knowledge of AutoCAD and related GIS applications such as Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D and InfraWorks.

Philip’s approach to training is practical. He loves to utilise his knowledge and experience to show delegates how they can make best use of the software on their own projects.

Away from training, Philip’s interests are photography, and watching rugby and cricket. He also does voluntary work, and describes himself as an all-round lover of life.

Course content

Getting started with InfraWorks

• The InfraWorks user Interface
• 3D viewing and navigation tools

Building and managing models

• Using the Model Builder
• Creating and editing models
• Managing styles

Terrain and feature themes

• Creating conceptual roads in the model
• Creating and adding buildings and other city furniture
• Creating coverages
• Add vegetation
• Creating a pipe network
• Creating railways and adding railway furniture
• Creating water features
• Add miscellaneous details to you model

Road design

• Creating and editing roads
• Creating junctions and roundabouts
• Modifying horizontal and vertical layouts
• Working with intersections
• Balancing cut and fill along the road
• Line of sight analysis
• Sight distance analysis

Bridge design

• Creating bridges
• Configuring bridges
• Structural analysis

Drainage design

• Creating drainage networks
• Automatic networks for road models
• Creating culverts
• Terrain analysis
• Watershed analysis

Analysing the model

• Measuring the model
• Analysing shadows
• Visualising the model at time of day and year

Visual communication and data transfer

• Creating high-impact visualisations
• Using storyboards to analyse and visualise your designs
• Creating videos from storyboards
• Importing from and exporting to Civil 3D

Live online training

Online training lets you participate in a live InfraWorks course from your place of work or home.

We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:

• See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
  
• Watch our trainer demonstrate techniques in InfraWorks.
• Interact by speaking, or using chat.
• Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.

Like our in-class courses, online InfraWorks courses…

• Are presented by Autodesk Certified Instructors.
• Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises using InfraWorks.
• Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

All you need is an Internet-connected computer with…

• InfraWorks installed. If you don’t have a current subscription to InfraWorks, you’re entitled to a 30-day trial that’s ideal for participating in training. We’ll send you a link to this. If you’ve already used your trial, we can lend you a license for the duration of your course.
• A webcam and audio capability. If your computer running InfraWorks doesn’t have these, you can use a second device, such as another computer or tablet. See Hardware recommendations for live online training for further details.

If there’s anything you’re not sure about we’ll do our best to help you. We won’t be able to assist with your InfraWorks installation, but we can provide details for Autodesk support who’ll be able to help you with this.

We provide everything else…

• Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
• A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.

In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.

When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time