iDAS Infrastructure Solution

Devotech iDAS provides the engineering industry with automated design functionality within your Autodesk® Civil 3D® interface.

Devotech iDAS allows advanced design features for:

  • Dual carriageways
  • Single carriageways
  • Urban roads
  • Road Rehabilitation
  • Advanced site grading
  • Stormwater design and analysis
  • Sewer design and analysis
  • Water Reticulation Networks
  • Bulk Water Networks
  • Survey data imports and manipulation

Updates

iDAS Updates and Releases

Program

Release date

Release name

Description

Type

27 May 2025

iDas 2026 update

Latest release of iDAS. Infrastructure Design Automation Suite (iDAS). Devotech iDAS provides the engineering industry with automated design functionality with your Autodesk® Civil 3D® interface.

Devotech provides civil engineers with next-generation design and analysis software that is focused on ultimate efficiency and productivity. Devotech iDAS is an automated modelling, design and analysis solution that seamlessly integrates with Autodesk Civil 3D, allowing you to take your project from conceptual design to construction drawings in a fraction of typical design time.

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Content

New features

iDAS Version 2026

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NEW FEATURES INCLUDE:

  • NEW COMMANDS
    • Create catchment, flow paths and watersheds from a surface
    • Export surface to a GeoTIFF file
    • Import ModelMaker CDM files
    • Export multiple profiles data to CSV
  • COMMAND IMPROVEMENTS
    • Create Parts along Alignment PVI option and draw in profile view
    • Points from Section View polyline option
    • Draw parts in profile view crossing pipes and styles
  • PIPE MANAGER IMPROVEMENTS
    • Surface channel profiles update after analysis
    • SWMM engine version upgraded to 5.2.4
    • Force main pipes added to stormwater and sewer networks

Only a few updates are shown above, to see all the new features, please download the “What’s NEW” PDF document.

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iDAS Training solutions - CPD Accredited

Maintaining Engineering Excellence with iDAS Training Solutions

For professionals in the field, keeping skills sharp and staying ahead of industry standards has become essential rather than optional. Rapid technological advancements, changing regulations, and increasingly complex projects are just some of the challenges engineers are facing.
Meeting the demands of modern infrastructure projects, requires both technical skills and adherence to continuous professional development.

Common Engineering Challenges VS the iDAS Training Solution

  • Time-Consuming Manual Design Processes
  • Complexity in Managing Multiple Design Standards
  • Skills Gap, Keeping Up with Industry Trends and CPD Requirements
  • Constant Plan and Production Rework
  • Streamlining the Design Process using efficiency tools
  • Ensuring Compliance with Standards
  • Bridging the Skills Gap with CPD-Accredited Training and meet CPD requirements
  • Plan and Production Efficiency Tools


Now, with iDAS training recognised for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation, engineers have a valuable opportunity to enhance their skills and earn CPD credits.
The iDAS software suite, combined with CPD-accredited training, is designed to provide engineers with a complete solution for productivity and professional growth.

Level Up Your Engineering Skills with CPD Accredited iDAS Training!

Civil 3D Fundamentals

The Autodesk Civil 3D Fundamentals course is designed for civil engineers and surveyors who want to take advantage of the Autodesk Civil 3D software’s interactive, dynamic design functionality. Autodesk Civil 3D software permits the rapid development of alternatives through its model-based design tools.

Who should attend:

This course is intended for someone who has experience working with AutoCAD, or someone who has attended AutoCAD Fundamentals training and wants to learn how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D in order to improve their productivity and proficiency with the program.

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  • CPD Accredited - 4 Credits ECSA
  • Onsite - In person (4 Days)
  • Public - In person (4 Days)
  • Autodesk certified professional exam

Level Up Your Engineering Skills with CPD Accredited iDAS Training!

Civil 3D and Devotech iDAS Advanced Road Design

The Autodesk Civil 3D Fundamentals course is designed for civil engineers and surveyors who want to take advantage of the Autodesk Civil 3D software’s interactive, dynamic design functionality. Autodesk Civil 3D software permits the rapid development of alternatives through its model-based design tools.

Who should attend:

This course is intended for someone who has experience working with AutoCAD, or someone who has attended AutoCAD Fundamentals training and wants to learn how to use AutoCAD Civil 3D in order to improve their productivity and proficiency with the program.

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  • CPD Accredited - 5 Credits ECSA
  • Onsite - In person (5 Days)
  • Public - In person (5 Days)
  • Autodesk certified professional exam

Level Up Your Engineering Skills with CPD Accredited iDAS Training!

Civil 3D and Devotech iDAS Storm and Sewer Networks

Sewer and stormwater network branches are automatically calculated, and each branch graded to ensure water flow from each starting node to the outfall node. Networks can be optimised by specifying certain design parameters. Sewer and stormwater networks are analysed within Devotech iDAS, without the need to export to external analysis applications. Pipes are automatically sized according to the flow and velocities of the pipes.

Ideal for:

Civil Engineers, Technologists, Technicians and Draughtsmen, Civil Contractors and Surveyors

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  • CPD Accredited - 2 Credits ECSA
  • Onsite - In person (2 Days)
  • Public - In person (2 Days)
  • Autodesk certified professional exam

Level Up Your Engineering Skills with CPD Accredited iDAS Training!

Civil 3D and Devotech iDAS Bulk Water and Water Reticulation

Devotech iDAS supports networked systems, as well as overland distribution networks. Networks are analysed real-time, without the need to export data to external applications. Devotech iDAS contains a comprehensive library of water network structures and pipes.
This course will teach users all the tools needed to design a pressurized water systems in AutoCAD Civil 3D and Infrastructure Design Automation Suite (iDAS). Training focuses on bulk water pipeline design and analysis, water reticulation network design and analysis, pumps, valves, water tank sizing and clash detection. All the other tools needed for a successful design such as surfaces, platforms, COGO points, plan production and quantities are also covered in this course.

Ideal for:

Civil Engineers, Technologists, Technicians and Draughtsmen, Civil Contractors and Surveyors

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  • CPD Accredited - 2 Credits ECSA
  • Onsite - In person (2 Days)
  • Public - In person (2 Days)
  • Autodesk certified professional exam

Survey and Surfaces

The main Devotech iDAS tools for survey and surfaces are the following:

  • Autodesk® Civil 3D® template based on the TMH11 standard
  • Rename COGO points in the selection sequence
  • Add station, offset and alignment name from alignment to COGO point properties
  • Import and export GPX (Garmin GPS)
  • Link points to create survey features
  • South African coordinate system translation
  • Import surface from Model Maker TOT file and export surface to TOT file
  • Import surface from Civil Designer DAT file

Platforms

The main Devotech iDAS tools for platform design are the following:

  • Calculate platform layerworks quantities automatically
  • Create setting out points for cut and fill automatically
  • Create volume surface table

Urban Roads

Urban roads design requires a lot of repetitive tasks which can be minimized by using Devotech iDAS. Very often the road centrelines are available as polylines. Devotech iDAS has a command which converts polylines to Autodesk® Civil 3D® corridors. All the objects are created automatically including horizontal alignments, profile views, vertical alignments, corridors, top surfaces, datum surfaces and sample lines. The designer just needs to focus on the actual design by adjusting the objects. Devotech iDAS also provides tools to create intersections automatically, to change labels for multiple alignments at once, modify multiple profile views and section views in terms of height and datum, as well as tools for quick navigation within the drawing.
It is often required to design a channel on the low side of the road and a barrier curb on the high side of the road. Devotech iDAS contains a conditional subassembly which automatically determines whether the road edge is on the low side or high side and applies appropriate subassemblies.
Devotech iDAS also provides tools for plan production so that the plan and profile sheets can be created for all the roads at once.

Single Carriageways

Single carriageway design can sometimes be challenging and the most important part is to keep all the objects dynamic. Devotech iDAS provides tools to link drainage and

guardrail details in the profile views (longsections) dynamically with the corridor. The other major benefit is that Devotech iDAS can link profiles dynamically with the corridor so that the profiles of the road edges are dynamic and they do not need to be recreated every time the design changes. Devotech iDAS also contains a subassembly for cut/fill based on SANRAL (South African Road Agency) requirements.

iDas Dual Carriageway

Dual Carriageway

Dual carriageways can have very complex geometry with different horizontal and vertical alignments for each carriageway. This introduces various width and height differences at the median. Devotech iDAS has a tool to link profiles dynamically to corridors which allows it to link the median geometry to carriageways so that the entire corridor updates automatically. Other tools allow the user to link drainage and guardrail details in the profile views (longsections) dynamically to the corridor. Devotech iDAS also provides various subassemblies which can be used for the dual carriageways:
  • Lane subassembly which has inside and outside width and shift width
  • Median subassembly with retaining wall which automatically creates channel, barrier or barrier with retaining wall according to the vertical difference between carriageway’s inside edges
  • Cut/fill subassembly based on SANRAL (South African Road Agency) requirements

Stormwater & Sewer Networks

The main Devotech iDAS tools for stormwater networks design and analysis are the following:

  • Extensive pipe catalogue
  • Custom pipe and structure properties, e.g. design flow and velocity, maximum flow and velocity, curb inlet type, inflow, lateral inflow etc.
  • Convert multiple lines and polylines to pipe network
  • Swap multiple pipes or structures simultaneously
  • Create profile views (longsections) for entire network automatically
  • Regrade entire network automatically
  • Grade multiple pipes at once (forward or backwards)
  • Run-off calculation based on Rational and Epaswmm methods
  • Pipe and structure quantities

Water Reticulation Networks

The main Devotech iDAS tools for water reticulation design and analysis are the following:
  • Custom pipe and structure properties like design flow, velocity, inflow,
  • lateral inflow, pressure etc.
  • Convert multiple lines and polylines to pipe network
  • Add house connections
  • Swap multiple pipes or structures simultaneously
  • Adjust the invert or cover for entire network
  • Water reticulation analysis
  • Valves
  • Pressure map
  • Pipe and structure quantities
  • Excavation quantities according to SABS 1200
  • Rename pipes and structures